Hairdressers call it high-maintenance hair. That’s the nice way to describe hair that’s really really really hard to handle – whether it has been mechanically or chemically abused (or both), or has just always been naturally (more…)

If you can never seem to find your perfect pink lipstick, the L’Oréal Paris Made for Me Natural Lip Blush range could have your name all over it. Forget fuchsias though. This all about finding the right natural-looking lip colour for your features – so your lips look like your lips, just a little prettier. Blondes are matched with a nude-pink, dark-blondes get an icy-pink, brunettes can choose from a rosy ‘bitten-lip’ shade or a more neutral version, (more…)

Another day, another can of hair magic. Batiste – they of the scrumptiously scented ‘Tropical’ dry shampoo - have just launched ‘Blush’, with its pretty fragrance of red hibiscus, orange, freesia, peony and musk. It’s the perfect two-in-one for the coming summer, when scalps get a little oily and traditional perfumes feel a bit too heavy. And let’s not forget the matter of the cute pink and floral can. Sold.

Details: $8.95 from selected pharmacies.

This month, L’Oréal is relaunching Elnett in Australia, the famous 1960-born gold can of hairspray featuring that fabulously retro illustration. And even better, it’s as good inside as out. Hairdressers love it (and love the fact that they will no longer have to fork out huge excess baggage fees) for the way it can be so easily brushed out, no matter how much of the stuff is sprayed into hair. (more…)

At the risk of sounding completely superficial (and no disrespect to the poor polar bears), one good thing about global warming is that anything goes when it comes to what we wear. Strappy shoes in autumn? Sure. Frocks in winter? Yep. Smoky eyes in spring? Easy. Berry lips in summer. Why not? Especially when Yves Saint Laurent launches its Autumn/Winter collection when it’s technically no longer winter in this country. Anyway, why let an old-fashioned beauty rule get in the way of a makeup must-have? (more…)