Innehållsförteckning för April 13, 2022 från Stylist

As a teenager, my Beauty Without Cruelty eyeshadow palette was my favourite thing. I got it for my 13th birthday, my heart pounding as I unwrapped the sweetie-inspired colours. Using magazine tutorials, I’d practise after school; smoky eyes, rainbow eyes, laid-back daytime eyes. I couldn’t get enough. I’d been raised to believe make-up meant conforming to the male gaze, but my Rimmel lipstick and I were having none of it. I knew it could be different because of how I felt. A year or so later I was lying on my bed devouring A Visit From The Footbinder (a story about women being trapped by a socially-normalised yet torturous aesthetic), before trying to sleep with a head full of Benders (if you know, you know) so I could have curls. Was…

stylist advertorial From vibrant colour to treating dry, frail ends – we spoke to a professional about why a trip to the salon will always guarantee ultimate #hairgoals We all know we feel our best after we’ve been in the hands of a professional. The shine at its shiniest, the colour at its most vibrant – full confidence has been restored. Here, Adam Reed, editorial ambassador for L’Oréal Professionnel Paris tells Stylist about the benefits of a professional salon experience and one of the most innovative treatments to hit the market in recent years… THE FULL EXPERIENCE In lockdown many of us dabbled with home restyles, often to our hair’s detriment. “The pandemic helped highlight how close the relationship is between a hairdresser and client,” Reed says. “Clients missed professionally…

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skin deep As recommended by the beauty industry’s most knowledgeable experts. Megawatt glow guaranteed Words: Shannon Peter and billie bhatia 1. Clé De Peau Precious Gold Vitality Mask, £250 Victoria Magrath, fashion and beauty content creator, In The Frow: “This mask is packed full of antioxidants to recharge skin and is a key part of my Sunday evening ritual. Not only is it a luxurious self-care moment, it leaves my skin super hydrated and looking plumped.” 2. Medik8 Crystal Retinal 10, £79 Billie Bhatia, fashion and beauty features director, Stylist: “Retinal works on the skin 11 times faster than retinol. With regular use, Medik8’s wonder cream left my skin brighter, firmer, smoother and even lightened my darkest areas of pigmentation.” 3. Clinisoothe+ Skin Purifier, £14.95 Pamela Marshall, clinical aesthetician and co-founder of…

real life Sumaira Latif was born with inherited progressive sight loss. Here, she lays bare the frustrations – and joys – of navigating the beauty world as a blind woman I can pinpoint the moment I realised I was going to become completely blind. Up until then, I’d been able to read very slowly, and I managed to disguise how much I struggled at school by memorising and repeating things back to my teachers. But that day, aged 16, I looked down at the black marks on the white paper and I couldn’t make sense of them at all. That’s when the shock hit me; I wouldn’t be able to play netball with my friends, or learn to drive, or put on eyeliner the way other girls did. Immediately, people…

for more recipes head to stylist.co.uk/food Colour clashing was one of the biggest beauty trends on the s/s 2022 catwalks, and it translates just as easily to our plates as it does our eyeshadow palettes and nail polishes. But instead of resorting to artificial food dyes to add colour to your baking, this eye-catching eat-the-rainbow pancake stack from Dr Megan Rossi’s new cookbook Eat More, Live Well brings its vibrant hues from nature. Featuring good-for-the-gut phytochemicals (as you’d expect from The Gut Health Doctor) such as betalain from beetroot and chlorophyll from spinach, plus oats and banana for fibre, they’re also simple to prepare. Blitz the base batter in a high-powered blender, add your vegetable of choice and pile on the toppings for a brunch as healthy as it is…

A ONE-DAY DIARY FROM FLAT WHITE TO LIGHTS OUT Sali, 47, is a beauty writer, broadcaster and the co-founder of Beauty Banks, a charity that tackles hygiene poverty. She lives in Brighton with her husband, two sons and rescue dog, Sylvie I’m usually woken at 7.15am by the sounds of my teenage son getting ready. Every morning, even if I’m getting up at 4am to travel, my husband makes me a mug of tea (I drink about 10 cups a day so this is the first of many). Then I’ll jump in the shower and get ready. I only wear make-up if I have meetings, but I never skip perfume – Chanel No 5 is my all-time favourite. I grew up in Wales, but ran away to London when…

fashion Statement collars are BIG news this season – we’re talking sharp and sculptural, studded and contrast styles. And they’re being echoed in beauty too, from bold and graphic make-up to bejewelled eyes fashion: Polly Knight Photography: ARVED COLVIN-SMITH Make-up: Emma Miles using L’Oréal Paris line drawing “Update classic black eyeliner by morphing its usual pointed shape into something more organic,” suggests make-up artist Emma Miles. “Dip a fluffy eyeshadow brush into a pot of liquid eyeliner, then sweep the colour across your lid following the natural arc of your eye area – imperfection will add extra cool factor.”Coat, £1,495, Christopher Kane (christopherkane.com); earrings, £275, Susan Caplan (susancaplan.co.uk) spring greens Minty green may not be for everyone, but a statement matte lipstick in any shade will create a fashion-forward look…

simone ashley Stylist invites the star of cultural phenomenon Bridgerton, Simone Ashley, to showcase make-up’s fresh new colour palette and share all about TV’s biggest show photography: Benjamin Madgwickbeauty direction: Shannon Petermake-up: Anna Payne I do not know that my heart is big enough to convey what it has been like watching #BridgertonS2 and seeing Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran as Asian women with darker skin, playing romantic leads on a mainstream show. I am 41, and this is the first time I’ve seen it.” This reaction, from writer Poorna Bell, is one of many shared across social media heralding the leading ladies of series two of the blockbusting Regency romp. In them, for the first time, many South Asian women have seen themselves, and their culture, represented as beautiful…

stylist advertorial Influencer, creative consultant and writer Arooj Aftab explains the problem with the term ‘diversity’ and why she’s pushing for real change in the fashion and beauty industries I’ve always been fascinated by fashion. I grew up in a Pakistani household in Bradford, and remember being struck by the difference between mainstream British trends and what my family wore at home. I used to feel embarrassed if Dad picked me up from school in his traditional clothing, but now I love those garments – they represent my roots. I was also born with neurofibromatosis, a disorder where benign tumours grow along my nerves. I’m more conscious of my condition when something touches my skin, so I prefer loose-fitting, androgynous looks. Fashion isn’t trivial – my clothing choices are a…

big hair don't care Forget the tousled, ‘undone’ hair that’s dominated the catwalks for years, it’s big, bouncy and very much ‘done’ hair that’s best in show words: billie bhatia For years unfussy, just-had-great-sex bed hair has been the epitome of cool. If we were still at secondary school, the girls with that covetable shaggy, all shook up hair would line the back row of the bus, and anyone who dared slick their hair into a ‘do’ would be relegated to the seat next to the driver. Undone hair reigned supreme for the best part of the last decade. As someone who is supremely lazy with her own hair, this should have been a trend that made my heart sing, but my unruly curls and layers of frizz placed me…

hormones Cutting-edge medicine is allowing us to take a closer look at how hormones affect everything from our skin to our energy levels. It starts with a simple blood test... It’s probably just your hormones.” We’ve all heard it a hundred times. When a smattering of spots sets up shop on our chin, or we suddenly feel murderous towards the stranger standing on the wrong side of the escalator. Used to dismiss niggles women are expected to just deal with, ‘hormonal’ has come to be synonymous with the words ‘tough luck’. But everyone is hormonal. We’re all at the whim of these tiny chemical messengers, which control everything from our mood to the function of our organs. And when their delicate balance gets out of whack, any number of issues…

The meaning of a beautiful life in 22 questions What will the Queer Eye star and founder of JVN Hair make of our questions? Who is your ultimate beauty icon? I have so many beauty icons and people I look up to. But probablymy grandmother Anne. Where is your happy place? At home with my husband and family, preferably with friends over to play hair and make a big meal for everyone with gorgeous hairstyles. Is it more important to be liked or respected? I don’t see the need to choose – there is no reason why we can’t be both liked and respected. What makes you feel beautiful? There are so many layers that contribute to the feeling of beauty. Sometimes it’s physical because let’s face it, I’m stunning.…