In the run-up to a holiday, it always seems there will be plenty of time to get everything together in time; the right clothes, the edited make-up bag etc - and the pre-holiday pedicure. 

Being a beauty writer, I rarely go anywhere without sunscreen in my bag, even on a normal day. One thing that has sunk in over years of doing this job is that what really makes skin look older than it needs to is daily exposure to ultraviolet rays,.

Cerezen: custom moulded to fit my ears (and really hard to photograph)

Creative Energy - candles with a dual purpose

So I was off to a party on Saturday, and, big treat, had secured an appointment for a blow-dry at Errol Douglas's super-chic salon in Motcomb Street. 

Thick with leather and ylang-ylang, and utterly addictive: Byredo's new Cuir Obscur

For brows like Cara's... some people will try almost anything, including PRP 

By Karen Heath

It's all about the DNA in beauty at the moment - whether it's analysing your genes to see where they are letting your looks down (more on this another time, as I've had a private tour of the Procter & Gamble beauty tech labs in Cincinnati where they.