Having a wardrobe crisis is common with 54% experiencing a ‘clothes on, clothes off’ C.O.C.O moment – changing outfits 3 times or more before deciding on a final look.    The look they all want. whether it is Kylie Minogue’s smooth legs, Holly Willoughby’s beautiful hair and J-Lo’s perfect tan.

The researched also showed that women are willing to suffer for their looks.  Over half of women will risk pain and blisters for the sake of looking their best in their high heels. Nearly a quarter claim to have worn a bra that is too tight or uncomfortable because it makes them look better in their clothes. Just under a quarter of girls have worn ‘Bridget Jones’ control pants to look better in a dress, with women in their late twenties the most likely to wear them!

9 out of 10 women shave their legs to get rid of unwanted hair, and a sneaky 47% admit to using their boyfriend’s razor without telling them – often leading to nicks and cuts. Nearly half of women feel the need to cover up their legs with the help of tights or leggings to hide shaving mistakes, whilst nearly a third use an everyday plaster to conceal a nick – often drawing more attention to the area!

Elastoplast has introduced a product called Elastoplast Invisible Protection which might be the answer to making the beauty regime more pleasant.  It is claimed to be the first ever totally transparent plaster that offers an aesthetic alternative to ordinary fabric plasters since you can hardly see it on the skin. Invisible Protection is just like a second-skin; it’s ultra-thin and waterproof and will stay on all night – allowing the wearer to feel care-free and confident. Invisible Protection is available to purchase from all major retailers nationwide with an RRP of £2.99.

To mark the launch of Invisible Protection, Elastoplast have teamed up with expert beauty blogger, Becci Vallis, to create ‘Beauty SOS’ videos – fast and effective beauty advice for all girls on the go! Elastoplast’s ‘Beauty SOS’ videos are available to download for free to your computer and mobile phone from the new Invisible Protection website –
www.elastoplast-invisibleprotection.co.uk

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All of the products in the Veet hair removal range are dermatologically tested and validated by the British Skin Foundation. Not only that, but the effects of Veet’s Hair Removal Creams last twice as long as shaving and you have up to 4 weeks of smoothness with the Wax Strips, so your legs will look and feel fabulous for longer.

Veet Hair Removal Cream’s effective Moisturiser Complex will ensure that your legs are left silky and touchably smooth in minutes. Veet Hair Removal Cream is available in two variants; with Lotus Milk and Jasmine for Normal skin and with Aloe Vera and Vitamin E for Sensitive skin. The range includes Veet Hair Removal Cream, Veet In-Shower Hair Removal Cream and Veet Spray On Hair Removal Cream.

Veet’s Ready To Use Wax Strips formula ensures that the wax stays on the strip, not on your skin. Their Strong Grip Technology enables hair as short as 2mm to be removed from the root more effectively. The Ready To Use Wax Strips are available in 2 varieties; Normal skin with Shea Butter and Berry and Sensitive skin with Vitamin E and Almond Oil – both of these will ensure smooth and moisturised skin.

More information here.

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The Bronze Goddess makeup collection from Estée Lauder is available online and includes exotic, eye-popping color and seductive bronze radiance to create a dramatic new look. The collection makes skin look luminous with a heavenly sun-kissed glow; it gives eyes a sparkle with bold, juicy, metallic hues and for lips, tempting shades are on trend this season.

House of Fraser customers can create a vivid metallic look by applying the new, limited edition Bronze Goddess Liquid Eyeshadow. Estée Lauder has developed a lightweight, ultra-creamy liquid eyeshadow that delivers maximum metallic impact to eyes in just one stroke. Customers will find that not only will their eyelids look beautiful, but they stay soft and comfortable all day. For a complete eye look, Estée Lauder suggests applying the new all weather Sumptuous Waterproof Bold Volume Lifting Mascara.

In addition to these exciting new products, House of Fraser also offers Estée Lauder’s popular beauty products that have returned online for summer 2010. The Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess collection includes the Bronze Goddess Soft Matte Bronzer, Bronze Goddess Soft Shimmer Bronzer, Bronze Goddess Soft Duo Bronzer and Bronze Goddess Luminous Liquid Bronzer. Each one of these exceptional bronzing products delivers divinely beautiful, natural looking, sun-kissed skin, making it easy to choose the product that is right for the customer.

For summer 2010, Estée Lauder has produced a new, limited edition Bronze Goddess Solid Perfume Pendant. This luxurious golden orb pendant with matching chain not only makes a beautiful statement, but makes application a breeze. It is easy for customers to transport through airports and wherever their travels may take them.

New to the fragrance collection for summer 2010 is the Bronze Goddess Eau Fraiche and Bronze Goddess Body Oil. Available at House of Fraser, the beautifully designed bottles offer a reminder of a sun-filled day at the beach.

Inspired by the power of the sun, the Bronze Goddess Skincare collection is available at House of Fraser and includes five sunscreen products with formulas that incorporate cutting edge enhanced UVA technology and meet the European Commission 3:1 Sunscreen Recommendation for sunscreen, five radiant self-tanners and an indulgent after-sun body moisturising tan enhancer. Each product in the Bronze Goddess skincare Collection creates a seductive experience with a variety of textures and formulas that leave skin looking radiantly luminous and feeling nourished and irresistible.

Click here to see the Estée Lauder range at House of Fraser.

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The thought of a woman with more facial hair than Santa Claus may be an amusing image but, for many females, the reality of living with excess hair on their face or body is a daily ordeal causing them to hide away or resort to ineffective hair removal methods which can aggravate rather than eradicate the problem. It’s time to fight back against excess hair or inconvenient regrowth with laser hair removal at sk:n, The UK’s No.1 skin clinic.

sk:n brings you cutting-edge technology combined with leading medical specialists who can provide expert solutions to any of your skin related problems, including unwanted hair. sk:n clinics use the latest in laser technology to focus a beam of light on the hair follicle beneath the skin’s surface to quickly and safely stop the hair from growing. This kind of treatment is no longer just for the A-list in Hollywood, it is now an affordable and accessible treatment for everyone. sk:n are offering all readers a 20% discount on laser hair removal and a free consultation (worth £25).

Starting from just £52, sk:n is offering you the chance to get rid of unwanted hair for good. With laser hair removal, there will be no more waxing, no more shaving, no more bleaching and best of all no more embarrassing moments! Forget about ingrown hairs and shaving rashes, laser hair removal leaves your skin smooth day after day. It is the safe, long-term solution to excess or unwanted hair.

Whether it is an unsightly underarm, an embarrassing bikini line, or an upper lip like St. Nick, laser hair removal is suitable for most areas of the body and face. So ladies, leave the facial hair to Santa this Christmas and contact sk:n to see how a short course of treatment can revolutionise your confidence and set you free from your inhibitions at last.

To book your free consultation call 0800 028 72 22 or visit www.sknclinics.co.uk to find out more information.

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The biggest trend in online cosmetics at the moment is to wear products that are good for your skin and which contain natural ingredients. Green credentials can produce some of the most beautiful and effective results out there, as long as you know which to buy. With the green keyword on every companies lips, it can take a little bit of digging to work out who knows what they are talking about, and which products are cheating by jumping on the green bandwagon with al natural nonsense.

Every season beauty journalists are bombarded with a sea of products claiming wondrous, active new ingredients. While half of this is essentially nonsensical marketing, there are some genuinely brilliant brands bringing cutting-edge ingredients to the beauty table. And by cutting-edge we mean unusual, natural ingredients and unique extracts that are changing the way we view beauty and skincare. But how can you decipher between the truth and the fluff? As Newby Hands recently commented in Harper’s Bazaar on the silent debate of the word ‘natural’ in beauty marketing, ‘are these products all they claim to be, or are we all just victims of ‘green-washing’?’

In essence, the truth of the matter lies in the quality and quantity of ingredients in the products used. Such percentages are usually tracked back to the ethos of the company’s structure and how they have sourced their ingredients and their explanation on the value of the ingredients used. One brand (which is exclusive to Zuneta.com) is extremely open about the quality and reasoning behind the products created. FOUND is a niche skincare range, created by Eric Cosson that currently has two unique skin moisturisers, one of which is built upon rare oyster extract (ISTR) and the other, laboratory designed peptides which imitate snake venom (SARPA). Both products have been a labour of love for Eric who designed them based on scientific research and an interest in the history of these unusual extracts and elements. But what is his take on brands that have, or indeed claim, to have new, unusual ingredients? ‘FOUND products are very concentrated and that is the specificity. I believe in the highest concentration of active matter. I didn’t put the snake venom in just for marketing reasons, I put the percentage claimed to have an activity’ he says. However, Eric acknowledges that as the founder of such a small niche company he was involved completely in the process of creating the formula and choosing the ingredients. Both SARPA and ISTR contain active ingredients of over 55%, a significant percentage that is naturally reflected in the high-end price of the unique creams. The wise words ‘you get what you pay for’ ring true especially in this case but what about those of us with more dash than cash? Are we to be excluded or are there brands with a more affordable price tag that can give us similar results?

Korres, the Greek skin and beauty company that has roots in Athens’s first Homeopathic Pharmacy is a world-class brand with a unique track record that has converted beauty skeptics high and low. Dating back to its founding legacy, Korres still credits that all their products are based on four large groups of natural ingredients; medicinal herbs such as aloe vera and evening primrose known for their pharmaceutical use, specific Greek flora herbs for example thyme and mastiha, food ingredients such as yogurt and thyme-honey and high-efficacy naturals like watermelon DNA-protective bio extract. Korres is one of the biggest beauty and skincare brands to steer clear of specific synthetic compounds that are non biodegradable and linked to common problems such as skin irritations and allergies while keeping their prices very affordable. Due to the brand’s Mediterranean history, Korres is famed for their inclusion of slightly unusual ingredients with exotic twists. They have recently sourced GUAVA for their products, a sweet fruit tropical fruit from Asia which has rarely been used in the skincare world. Korres realised that Guava is an important source of vitamin C, which stimulates collagen synthesis for healthy, hydrated and renewed skin and as such created body butters and shower gels and even lipsticks using this unique ingredient.

As our world becomes a smaller place and exotic ingredients become more readily available along with advances in technology it is exciting to imagine how the buzzword ‘natural’ in beauty will evolve. So for now, how should you decipher between the truth and the fluff? Trust the brands that are committed to creating products with a high active content and remember Eric’s wise words ‘the more products the brand has, the worse the products will become.’ As with most things in life, ‘natural’ is a notion where simplicity definitely overrules.

Beauty nowadays is all about being natural, and using ingredients that come from the natural world – jump on the bandwagon comfortable in the knowledge that you know the difference between the good and the bad.

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Zuneta are fanatical about cosmetics because they believe that a person’s makeup says a lot about who they are. For this Autumn/Winter 09 it’s all about bold looks and statement makeup that stands out, all of which can be found at Zuneta.com.

The 80s biker chic still reigns supreme as a strong influence in fashion and beauty for Autumn/Winter 09 but instead of heavily smudged, smokey dark eyes-think texture and intensity-for the epitome of metallica. For those who want to make the ultimate statement with this look we say go for a midnight shimmering blue. Not only is it anti-ageing for an older woman but it also vividly frames the eyes and works surprisingly well if you’re tired! Rouge Bunny Rouge’s Fire Drop in ‘Spun from Sunny Seawater’ is a peacock blue pigmentation with a super high percentage of pearl, granting your eyes a marvellous shine and luminosity with a weightless feel. if you have green or blue eyes consider trying Rouge Bunny Rouge’s Fire Drop in ‘Eaten all the Cherries’ an iridescent rose gold which would make these colours pop! Rouge Bunny Rouge’s ‘Smithereens of Stars’ eye glosses create a gorgeous wet look either washed across the eyelid alone or layered over other powder eye shadows.

We all saw the bleached brows of the Givenchy campaigns followed by the near obliteration of brows across the entire Autumn/Winter catwalk. Although this was ‘nude’ taken to the extreme it did serve to remind us how much the shape of your brow can alter your face! We say invest in Model Co’s Designer Brow Kit complete with professional brow stencils if you want to change or maintain a new shape. We also love Paul and Joe’s Eyebrow liner in three perfect hues and ultra fine tip allowing for absolute precision. Build the effect that you want and finish with a slick of Rouge Bunny Rouge’s Eye Gloss in Angels Play for dewy brows that will look groomed to the max.

In tune with an autumnal palette, sculpted faces in golden bronze hues stood out as a very modern trend to play with this season. Deep bronzing and dark browns were blended plentifully around the eye before being angled down the cheekbones and swept up and over the temples. We recommend using Becca Pressed Bronzing Powder in Salsa for a medium dirty gold bronze shade and Calypso for a darker brown bronze shade. Apply directly onto the skin with angular strokes using a good quality brush like Becca’s Double Cheek Contour Brush. Layer up with and mix these shades for maximum effect. To finish, applying a light dusting of Becca Pressed Shimmer Powder in Athena or Angel to create a translucent sheen. For a daytime look we simply adore Becca Brazillian Bronzing Sheen a sheer cream bronzer that adds a touch of luminosity and gloss to any complexion. Highlight your cheekbones and above the brow bone for a subtle bronze glow.

Because buying makeup is a big decision, Zuneta has created the Zuneta Clinic that offers free cosmetics and beauty advice. Log onto www.zuneta.com to find out about your face.

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