Laser

Bad beauty

Laser danger and botched Brazilians

Natasha Hughes How to tell a qualified beautician from a "butcher.

Plastic disaster

Jennifer Aniston's extreme laser peel

Jennifer Aniston

"Horrifying" laser treatment left Jennifer Aniston looking like a "burn victim".

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Eyes wide open

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What's behind the trend for Asian people to have their faces "Westernised", wonders Benjamin Law.

Beauty trends

Make mine a beauty 'Lite'

Gwyneth Paltrow: pulled back on the botox.

Natasha Silva-Jelly The latest beauty trends can be summed up with "good things come in small doses".

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Viral response

Waxing increases risk of STI

Sexually Transmitted Disease...

Judy Barouch To hair or to bare... down there? Seems there's a new factor to take into consideration when deciding on this vexing (or should that be waxing) question.

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Fresh look

Beauty trends 2013

Falsies are in fashion.

Natasha Hughes Customised hair, flexible hours and falsies. Natasha Hughes looks at the what's set to be big in beauty this year.

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12 months of beauty

A year in beauty: best and worst of 2012

jessie

Natasha Hughes They say it's all in the eye of the beholder...

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Beauty Beat

All things bright and beautiful

Decolleatge chest breasts model

Natasha Hughes It's time to get something off my chest - with skin brighteners.

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Sun sense

Nanoparticles don't penetrate skin, study finds

Suncream

Sarah Berry "Breakthrough" claims by cosmetic companies aren't all they're cracked up to be, according to a new study.

Hot stuff

You flaming beauty

Hot stuff ... is soothing your skin the key to anti-ageing?

Sarah Berry Books and diets are based on it. But, is this just one red hot beauty myth?

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Skin care beats surgery

Surgery or skin care?

Natasha Hughes Cosmetic treatments are a waste of time if the home beauty regime's patchy, says a plastic surgeon.

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Bikini lines

To shave or not to shave

bikini wax

Matty Silver Neat trim, au naturel or full Brazilian? Your choice may depend on the risks - and benefits - of a bare 'down there'.

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Forever young

How to be a 'natural' beauty

Charlize Theron

Sarah Berry Surgery is on the wane as celebrities embrace "natural" beauty fixes.

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Spring clean

Skincare that works

Skin cream, lotion, cosmetics, skincare, sun screen.

Natasha Hughes What to look for in a skin cream and what to avoid.

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Body art

Tattoos still taboo at work

Megan Fox.

Luke Malone Backlash against visible ink is fuelling a boom in the tattoo removal industry.

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Time on your hands

Woman, iphone, hand, nice hands, nail polish, ring, rings, jewellery, mobile phone.

Natasha Hughes Tips for keeping your hands looking elegant and youthful.

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Open all hours

Women at the hairdresser, beauty salon, reading the newspaper.

Natasha Hughes You're not imagining it - you really are spending longer in hair and beauty salons.

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And they're racing ... to scratch that ageing nag

Justine Harvey

Rachel Wells Melbourne racegoers are queuing up for Botox and anti-ageing filler injections in the lead-up to the social whirl of the spring racing carnival.

The heat is on

Icy-pole at the beach.

We all have our own beauty rituals but as the weather and the seasons change, so should our regimes. With summer on our doorstep, now's the time to switch to the beauty rules for the new season.

Face facts

Saving face

Elle Macpherson.

Kellie Hush Forget expensive anti-wrinkle creams and cosmetics. A quality sunscreen is still the best and cheapest way to fight the ageing process, writes Kellie Hush.

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