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              Beauty

              • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
                In-demand hairdressers are downsizing. Good luck getting an appointment

                No shopfront, no signage — the new small studios are private, personal and take only one or two clients at a time

                A man with blond curls and a beard, wearing a black t-shirt and trousers, straightens the long auburn hair of a smiling woman sitting in the chair in front  of him
              • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
                How fragrances are becoming the mane attraction

                Hair mists are playing an increasingly important part in women’s beauty routines

                A woman in a black and white photo from the 1940s combs her hair
              • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
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                Estée Lauder is in need of a makeover Premium content

                Like its middle-aged consumer, the company’s earnings need some anti-ageing protection

                A sales assistant helps a customer try on a lip colour at an Estee Lauder store in Shanghai, China
              • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
                FT SeriesHTSI autumn fashion special 2024
                Bobbi Brown is en route to her second billion-dollar company

                Jones Road is another business miracle (balm) in the making

                Bobbi Brown at her Jones Road studio in New Jersey
              • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
                The gold rush in men’s grooming

                A wave of new brands is promising beauty for men — but are the products any different to those targeting women?

                A young bare-chested man, apparently looking in a mirror, is combing back his dark hair
              • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
                HTSI
                The best new beauty launches for autumn 2024

                Stock up on these serums, supplements and scents

                Chanel 31 Le Rouge Matte lipsticks, £140 each
              • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
                FT SeriesHTSI autumn fashion special 2024
                Rose Ferguson, the model-turned-nutritionist who tells Kate Moss what to eat

                Meet the functional medicine practitioner dubbed ‘Queen of the Reset’

                Rose Ferguson in the kitchen of her Gloucestershire home
              • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
                Ask Adeela
                Does your skin hurt? These beauty products will help with inflammation

                HTSI’s beauty expert Adeela Crown is here to soothe

                Augustinus Bader The Skin Infusion is a four-week treatment to support the skin barrier
              • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
                HTSI
                Gucci Westman is hitting the spot

                In its first six years, Westman Atelier has become the go-to brand for a flawless complexion. What’s next? A cover-up, of course

                Gucci Westman photographed at home in New York State
              • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
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                Perfume offers a new ‘lipstick effect’ in the luxury slowdown Premium content

                Something in the air means fragrances enjoying more demand and people are going for more premium products

                Collection of perfume bottles
              • Friday, 23 August, 2024
                The cheat’s guide to looking effortless

                Could a high-cost monthly intervention do more for your appearance than a complex daily regime?

              • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
                HTSI
                Why we’re giddy for the scent of saddle leather

                Meet the stable of new horse-inspired fragrances

                Horses in a paddock
              • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
                Ask Adeela
                How to soothe sensitive skin

                From rosacea to hives to dry eyes, HTSI’s beauty expert shares her best tips and treatments

                Allies of Skin Invisible Sunscreen Gel, £43
              • Friday, 2 August, 2024
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                Jennifer Garner’s mane man? Her hairstylist of course

                The actress and Adir Abergel discuss the bangs, blow-dries and bowl cuts that have kept them close for more than 20 years

                Jennifer Garner and Adir Abergel at Abergel’s home in Los Angeles
              • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
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                Spice things up with a peppery perfume

                Does your fragrance feel the grind?

              • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
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                Beauty’s recession-proof status won’t survive this consumer squeeze Premium content

                Recent evidence suggests that even consumers with high disposable incomes are starting to feel the pinch

                Dermalogica Skin Care
              • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
                HTSI
                How mini make-up became a big deal

                As cosmetics get ever smaller we investigate a micro trend

              • Friday, 5 July, 2024
                HTSI
                28 buys for that festival vibe

                Be a headline act this summer

                The inspiration: Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin (far left) at Coachella in 2015
              • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
                HTSI
                2024’s best sunscreens

                New launches from skincare brands – plus some experts’ favourites 

                47 Skin Daily SPF 30, £35 for 50ml
              • Monday, 17 June, 2024
                OutlookEmma Jacobs
                Employees embrace WFH (work from hairdressers)

                Salons are installing USB ports, extra sockets and quiet areas for calls in a bid to draw back customers

                A smart phone sits propped against a water bottle on a desk as a woman speaks on a Zoom call
              • Monday, 17 June, 2024
                Interview
                Anti-trend and effortless: how Merit Beauty reached $100mn in sales

                Founder Katherine Power and CEO Philippe Pinatel on the minimalist style that has made the brand a viral hit and an acquisition target

              • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
                HTSIThe HTSI summer motoring special
                Beauty mogul Charlotte Tilbury wants to give F1 a makeover

                She built a £1bn business with her Magic Cream and Pillow Talk. Can she bring a flawless finish to an all-female vision for motorsport?

                Eighteen-year-old French racing driver Lola Lovinfosse with Tilbury in the f1 Academy Paddock
              • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
                Ask Adeela
                How can I make my hands look younger?

                HTSI’s beauty expert Adeela Crown gets digital

                Model holds a hand up to her face
              • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
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                Feed your candy crush

                18 reasons why you need something sweet this summer

              • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
                HTSI
                Why has perfume become so expensive?

                The rise of the £250 scent

                From left: Fueguia 1833 x gabriela Hearst New York, £450 for 100ml EDP. Loewe Un Paseo Por Madrid Ópera, £236 for 100ml EDP. Gucci The Alchemist’s Garden A Reason To Love, £240 for 100ml EDP. Hermès Hermessence Oud Alezan, £283 for 100ml EDP. Veronique Gabai Oud Elixir, £245 for 85ml EDP
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