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June

How to know if – and when – you’re going to go bald

Diet, stress, smoking, drinking, excessive exercise and deficiencies in iron or protein can all play a part in men and women losing hair. Here’s what to do.

  • Jack Rear

May

A toothbrush that cuts your hair? This is the Swiss army knife of grooming

As Panasonic’s multifunction device reveals, there’s a natural order to morning ablutions.

  • John Davidson
Kim Crowley of Style Sense says Kim Crowley says few people know what colour really suits them.

TikTok and cost-of-living crisis reignite a mega ’80s style trend

Just because you like a colour, doesn’t mean it likes you. Yes, “getting your colours done” is the new fashion hack for buying smart, not more.

  • Lauren Sams

April

David Beckham obviously follows the 2 per cent rule: he still looks great at 48.

Middle-aged? Male? Heed the 2pc rule

Throw out your T-shirts and remember to befriend your barber. Oh, and sharpen up your image a little bit more every year past the age of 45.

  • Luke Benedictus

January

How to wear it – the total wardrobe edit

Your one-stop personal shopper is here in the form of our top-rating fashion advice columns of the past year.

  • Lauren Sams and Lucy Dean
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December 2023

MCo Beauty founder Shelley Sullivan: “We work fast because our customers expect it.”

Psst. It’s OK to buy make-up and shampoo from the supermarket

Traditional beauty companies eschew mass markets but these Aussie brands are happily stocked on supermarket shelves.

  • Lauren Sams

November 2023

Nick Smart, the Agence de Parfum and Libertine Parfumerie owner at his flagship fragrance boutique in Paddington, Sydney.

Why this lawyer quit to start a posh fragrance business

Nick Smart, the owner of distribution company Agence de Parfum, has just opened a glam flagship in Sydney for his burgeoning Libertine Parfumerie brand.

  • Dan F. Stapleton

October 2023

Daniel Craig’s blue eyes mean he looks best in blue tones, rather than reds.

How to know what to wear to your next big meeting

In defiance of popular perception, science shows you shouldn’t dress to your skin tone – it’s really all about the eyes.

  • Joe Pinkstone

April 2023

Straand takes the stigma out of talking about, and remedying problem scalps.

Beauty brands are coming for your most embarrassing problems

Once neglected challenges such as flaky scalps and blotchy skin are in the sights of a raft of companies offering solutions with an upbeat spin.

  • Lauren Sams

March 2023

Why Princess Diana’s hairdresser loves gardening (but not hedges)

Sam McKnight famously chopped off the royal’s Sloane Ranger bob for a slicked-back ’90s cut. These days he’s cutting a different path.

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  • Lauren Sams

February 2023

“The skincare [product] talks to the stem cells in your body, telling them what to do,” says Professor Augustinus Bader.

Is this $437 cream really ‘the world’s best’ beauty product?

Augustinus Bader skincare is now a billion-dollar company, with an eminent biomedical scientist behind its name. But what’s behind the hype?

  • Lauren Sams
Mark Di Stefano with his father. Good-hair-for-life genes do not run in the family.

Guys, are you fretting over your receding hairline? So is this 34yo

Having long enjoyed a thick head of hair, this young professional is mulling over his options – is it time for a transplant?

  • Mark Di Stefano

January 2023

Ben Rowell receives a skin treatment in his quest to look younger.

The man makeover: I got Botox, threading and a pedicure at 56

Midlife treatments are not just for women. It’s time for men to stop raiding their wives’ toiletry bags and take matters into their own hands.

  • Ben Rowell

November 2022

When travelling, you don’t always have time for your standard weekly skin treatments such as an LED mask.

Just how many cleansers, serums and peels should you travel with?

Caring for your skin while away from home can be tricky. Here’s how four experts tackle the issue.

  • Lauren Sams

August 2022

The Australia Financial Review’s Tim Beor gets his first facial

I signed up for a beauty regimen. Here’s what happened

A back-of-the-envelope calculation reveals the daily skincare routine will cost me a week of my life every year – and that’s excluding the facials.

  • Tim Beor
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Paul McCartney performing in June at Glastonbury Festival in England: he has got his hair dye just right, blending in tawny shades with his natural grey.

The strange double standards of men dyeing their hair

While women tweak the tone of their tresses unabashedly, it’s often secret business for guys. But beware, you could end up looking like a human Berocca.

  • Jeremy Langmead

July 2022

French style icon Inès de la Fressange in Breton stripes.

French style is all about je ne sais quoi. What does that mean?

Effortless chic is much admired, but pinning it down is the tricky part for those of us who aspire to emulate it.

  • Lauren Sams

March 2022

Kenneth Branagh at the BAFTAs wearing Dolce & Gabbana with some subtle engineering to lengthen and slim his frame.

The midlife man’s guide to a glow up

A fresh face, great haircut and sharp look go a long way.

  • Stephen Doig

November 2021

Ella Joye in her bedroom, headquarters of the fashion brand she runs on social media.

The micro-entrepreneurs building brands in their bedrooms

Powered by their social reach, Gen Z-ers are launching micro-businesses as their side hustles. But what does it mean for the environment?

  • Eugenie Kelly

October 2021

Model Paulina Porizkova in Camilla and Marc’s new campaign.

Why senior fashion models are increasingly in demand

The industry that put its clotheshorses out to pasture at 25 has just discovered that diversity sells – younger ones are a turn-off, but those older are not.

  • Lauren Sams

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