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Straight talk, indie vibes: The miracle formula boosting Aussie beauty start-ups

Local entrepreneurs are edging into the global beauty market with the help of smart comms, no-BS ingredients – and stunts that get eyeballs on their products.

  • Susan Horsburgh

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Actor Cate Blanchett is a famous example of hooded eyelids.

Heavy, droopy eyelids? Here’s how to embrace them or make a change

Actor Cate Blanchett’s eyelids show how hooded lids can be very attractive.

  • Stephanie Darling
Actor Lily Collins

Do your eyebrows need a rebirth? This is what you need to do

There are many reasons why your eyebrows might be looking less than lovely. Here’s how to fix them.

  • Stephanie Darling
Adore Beauty store manager applying blush on Annie Carroll at the online retailer’s first physical store in Southland shopping centre, Melbourne,

Adore Beauty chases billions with a drastic makeover (and more Tim Tams)

The e-tailer is opening more than 25 stores, taking on competitors Mecca and Sephora in the bricks-and-mortar world.

  • Damien Woolnough
Last year’s “strawberry skin”, perfected by Hailey Bieber, food-inspired beauty trends continue.

Hailey Bieber has perfected this yummy beauty trend. Here’s how to get the look

This year promises looks filled with food references, fresh faces and blurred lips.

  • Stephanie Darling

This year’s 10 must-have fragrances

Sniff out all the hottest fragrances of the year.

  • Stephanie Darling
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Pamela Anderson sans makeup at The Gothams Film Awards in New York on Monday.

Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing make-up? Then call me a bad feminist

Women are being told we’re more “authentic” if we ditch makeup. Who benefits from that? Not the busy everyday woman who needs a bit of armour in a jar to boost her confidence.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Red is still a forefront lip colour for summer.

The make-up trick Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner use to get party-ready

Underpainting, in which bronzer and blusher are applied before a light coating of foundation, is a celebrity-approved technique.

  • Stephanie Darling
Lip-plumping gloss has made a major comeback, but do they actually work?

Burn, baby, burn: Do lip-plumping beauty products actually work?

They certainly make the lips tingle and burn, but do they actually work, and how safe are they to use? Let’s ask the experts.

  • Nell Geraets

Spoilt for manicure options? Why you should stick with the most classic of all

This is why the French polish has timeless appeal.

  • Stephanie Darling

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