Lipstick

Cosmetics concern

Top lipstick brands carry highest lead levels

Four hundred of the most popular lipsticks in the US contained trace levels of lead when tested recently, confirming similar results of earlier analyses but on a much wider scale and at higher levels...

Beauty Beat

Eye know how to do it (theoretically)

Model Aurelie wearing winter make-up.



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Natasha Hughes Makeup supremo Rae Morris has a surprising tip that will give you eyes worthy of the runway.

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Rise and Shine

Beautiful woman with magnificent hair beauty for march 24

We all want bouncy, glossy hair but getting the look can be a catch 22.

Au naturale

Perfecting the natural look with make-up

Natural beauty

Shelly Horton Looking like you're not wearing any makeup, yet hiding all your blemishes and highlighting your favourite bits, takes a lot of time and skill.

Expert tips

Genius beauty tips

Megan Gale

Natasha Silva-Jelly We asked the experts to reveal their favourite beauty tips, from perfecting a fake tan to finding the perfect shade of lipstick.

Here's lookin' at your lips, ladies

Beauty Bag Dinkus

Napoleon Mattetastic lipstick in Rita $38

Colour therapy

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Eliza Ashe discovers a flawless trick to finding the right make-up for your skin tone.

Beauty beat

Melting in the sun

A generic heat wave photo of a man walking silouetted by the setting sun in Darwin.
Photo Glenn Campbell

Natasha Hughes Even heat lovers have had enough. How do you look fresh as a daisy in this weather? Or even vaguely reasonable?

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Beauty Beat

Why we love shopping online for beauty

MAKE UP

Natasha Hughes Clueless sales assistants - and they're just the ones we manage to find - are keeping us away from the department store beauty halls in droves.

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Beauty Beat

The beauty of the bathroom edit

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Natasha Hughes If you want to simplify your life in 2013, sorting out your make-up and skincare is a good place to start.

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Bargain bin

Best budget beauty buys: Make-up and more

Beauty Melbourne Fashion Week

Natasha Silva-Jelly Make-up and beauty treatments that are big on results and low on cost.

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Perfect pouts

Luscious ways with lips

Lips

Natasha Hughes The trout pout's been superseded by the soft and tender lip, thanks to improved products.

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Style idol

Natalie Portman's style crush

Natalie Portman

Actress adores this big personality's "ladylike" aesthetic.

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Cosmetic appeal

The psychology of beauty

Dolly Parton

Sarah Berry Sarah Berry explains why beauty can't be taken at face value.

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Primping for self-esteem

Manolo Blahnik shoes, stilettoes, sandals, high heels, slingbacks.

Natasha Hughes There's nothing like beautifully manicured nails or a new pair of shoes for a confidence booster.

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Gold standard

What to wear with diamonds

Eva Herzigova

Advice from Dior on matching makeup and jewellery.

The best beauty tip ever

Generic pic of nice eyes and perfectly plucked eyebrows.

Natasha Hughes It's cheap, it's easy and will do more for your face than any amount of makeup or Botox.

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Hair apparent

Hair-dressed to impress: colourful curls get a twirl for expo opening

Hair expo

Nick Galvin EVERYTHING about Hair Expo Australia is big - the crowds, the noise, the amount of product on sale … and the hair.

Eye-raising

Why you need $50 mascara

Lancome Doll Eyes mascara ad.

Natasha Hughes Because the expensive stuff gives you "Doll Eyes", writes Natasha Hughes.

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Beauty's new gold standard

Makeup, cosmetics, eyelashes, mascara, lipstick, complexion, white skin, white teeth.

Natasha Hughes It's affordable, easy to use and made from 24-carat gold.

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