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2024 Beauty Advent Calendar Guide
Why wait until Christmas Day for your presents when you could spread the joy throughout December? If you’re looking for something a bit more than chocolate to open every morning, then this is the guide for you…

The Ultimate Halloween Costume Guide
Struggling with inspiration for the most anticipated night out of the year? Your Halloween costume is probably already sitting in your wardrobe…

Fashion and Beauty’s Autumn Favourites
Want to know Fashion and Beauty’s must have’s for Autumn? You’ve come to the right place…

The Fashion x LQBTQ+ Society’s Charity Fashion Show is back!
The Fashion Society and LGBTQ+ Society have teamed up again for a fabulous charity fashion show in aid of Trans Mutual Aid Manchester

Decoding the phenomenon: What lies behind celebrities launching beauty brands?
Why are so many celebs leaving the spotlight and reaching into the realm of cosmetics to launch their own beauty brands?

Hair, makeup and costume design nominees at the 2024 Academy Awards
Who has been celebrated for exceptional hair, makeup and costume design at the Academy Awards 2024… and who was snubbed?

2016 makeup is back, and so is creativity
With 2016 makeup trending on social media, we’re looking back to a simpler time and re-injecting creativity into today’s ‘clean girl’ era

Is it fetch? Hollywood’s struggles with teen fashion
Another year, another movie putting its own spin on teen fashion just to be met with a wave of criticism, and the Mean Girls reboot is no exception, but where did it all go so wrong?

Pat McGrath’s ‘glass skin’ makeup for Maison Margiela Spring 2024 show breaks the internet
Maison Margiela’s Spring 2024 Paris Haute Couture show is going viral for its incredible makeup looks featuring doll-like, ‘glass’ skin. And the question on everyone’s lips: how did she do it?

New Year’s skincare resolutions
Skincare is definitely something at the bottom of students’ priorities but that is a habit you can break in 2024 with these skincare resolutions!

The best beauty advent calendars of 2023
From Soap & Glory to Charlotte Tilbury, here are the best beauty Advent Calendars of 2023 for every price range

A Christmas list for the girliepops
Whether you’re struggling with Christmas gift ideas for friends or family, or looking for things to add to your own wish list, here is a compilation of the best Fashion & Beauty recommendations this season

Why have we fallen out of love with eyeshadow? And how to embrace it back into our lives with loving arms
The Mancunion explores the lack of colour in 2020s makeup trends and suggests an answer to the all-important question: where did all the eyeshadow go?

Eerily easy makeup looks to try this Halloween
No costume? Don’t fret! Try these easy eye Halloween makeup looks instead – you’ll look scarily spectacular

Make-up Soc’s guide to Winter glam
Check out the President of Makeup Society’s guide to winter glam makeup for the holiday season this year
Why is Johnny Depp in the Savage x Fenty Fashion Show?
If you were one of many people to watch Savage x Fenty’s fashion show and wonder why Johnny Depp featured – this one is for you!

Sephora has finally launched in the UK!
One of the most highly anticipated arrivals in the beauty world has come true as Sephora has finally launched in the UK

A look at celebrity halloween costumes: from works of art to classic characters
Halloween has come and gone. But that doesn’t mean we can’t take a look back at the most memorable and iconic costumes celebs had to offer. From sexy, chic and freak, pop culture has shown it all

In the Beauty Bag #9: Makeup Soc President Imogen Mingos
From makeup must haves to skincare favourites, have a look what Makeup Society President Imogen has in her beauty bag!

What does ‘Bimbofication’ mean for feminism?
Why is Bimbofication is trending on TikTok? We discuss what it means for women and their femininity