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Fashion and fluidity

Have gender norms in fashion history ever swapped around? Rebecca Thomas investigates

Top 5: Iconic Beauty Looks

Laura Mills talks you through her top 5 iconic beauty looks from the past couple of thousand years

Craving & Saving: Cult Beauty Classics

Saving £63.02 on just four kinds of cult beauty products, Laura Mills introduces this week’s Craving & Saving alternatives on makeup

SS16 Beauty Forecast

Looking to update your makeup look just in time for spring/summer? Laura Mills brings you the rundown of what’s hot on the SS16 catwalk, featuring a blast from the past, a classic red laip, and some plain old weird lashes

Festive make up: The drugstore edition

Heading out to any festive parties? Laura Mills has your make-up look sorted without busting your budget. Cue bronze shades, glitter, and a classic red lip

Craving & Saving: AW15 beauty must-haves

Laura Mills gives you the beauty lowdown on her top 3 makeup picks for AW15, and how to save yourself a whopping £70.51

Why do you wear makeup?

“I would be lying if I said that makeup doesn’t contribute to my self-confidence. It is concealer and not coffee that helps me arrive at a 9 o’clock lecture looking and feeling more awake”

Tickled Pink: top five beauty buys for Breast Cancer Awareness

This week sees the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Millie Kershaw rounds up her highlights of the limited edition beauty products on sale for the good cause

Fresh off the catwalk: Autumn Makeup Trends

Looking for ways to spruce up your makeup bag? Beauty Editor Millie Kershaw suggests some styles you can ‘conker’ (get it?) this autumn

Makeup Corner: emergency makeup

Having a bit of a makeup crisis? Follow Millie Kershaw’s 4-minute emergency makeup guide to transform from bed bug to beauty queen

Is my face a feminist issue?

Kirsty Marsh on the feminist face of make-up mavens

What lies within: Makeup brush neglect

If you make just one beauty resolution for 2015, please let it be a regular cosmetic brush cleanse. Don’t say I didn’t warn you

I (kind of) Woke Up Like This

So you’ve had a big night, you’ve got kebab in your hair and you look like an extra from The Mummy? Memorise these beauty tips so that you can strut to class with pride as opposed to shame in the am.

NYFW: Beauty round up

Stephanie Yeo rounds up NYFW’s top beauty looks.

Beauty bible: Spring collections

Last week Nikki Patel told us what trends to look out for in Spring, now beauty guru Stephanie Yeo tells us what gorgeous collections to find them in!

Top 5 Christmas Beauty Gifts

Christmas always coincides with the release of lots of exciting new make-up sets. Ella Westall takes us through her top 5 picks

British beauty boffins: Lisa Eldridge

Nikki Patel tells us all about Britain’s most renowned makeup legend

Men’s makeup: eMANcipation?

Anna Sopel gives us her opinion on men’s makeup.

Let’s face it!

Nikki Patel shows us how to waterproof our makeup come rain or shine.

Autumn beauty trend report: coloured eyeliner

Stephanie Yeo shows us how to work this season’s hottest new beauty trend.