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HOW TO: BRIGHTEN DARK SPOTS
Freckles are indisputably cute - (so cute I've been known to fake a smattering with {Brow Wiz}) - but 'liver spots', acne scars and hormonal pigmentation patches are a little less adorable; they make skin look older, and are literal blots on the clarity of your complexion. But... without getting overly 'Lady Macbeth' on you, you can expunge those 'damn spots' from your visage – just look for 'damn spot ousting' on the label (we jest).
MEET THE FOUNDER: EMMA HARDIE
World-renowned facialist and Cult Beauty expert, Emma Hardie set the beauty world a-buzz way back in 1996, with her signature 'Natural Lift and Sculpting Facial' - a way of massaging and 'kneading' the face to help maintain its strength and resilience. Celebrities, beauty editors and the skin care-savvy flocked in their droves to her swish Mayfair clinic (and continue to do so), to benefit from her unique technique. And now, with the launch of Emma Hardie Amazing Face, you too can emulate the EH method at home; the small (but perfectly formed) capsule collection of multi-use products - together with Emma's prescribed application - will help restore skin's former strength, luminosity and lustre. So go get your glow on...
WHY ARE PARABENS BAD?
Where once our Elizabethan counterparts spent their days fretting about whether "to be or not to be", our contemporary selves are plagued with far less existential concerns. To text or not to text. Tweet or not to tweet. Buy, or not to buy? And, the one that the beauty industry has had a furrow in its' forehead about for some time now; should parabens be used as preservatives in cosmetics? To paraBEn or not to paraBEn. That is the question.
CHRISTY TURLINGTON’S CULT BEAUTY PICKS
Ever wondered quite how supermodel Christy Turlington successfully defies the ageing process, and manages to look as youthful and luminous now (aged 45) as she did when she first gazed ethereally from those super-cool black and white CK campaigns? We think it's probably because she's secretly superhuman (and does a headstand every morning - gravity working in reverse works wonders). But alongside impeccable genes and healthy living, there are one or two beauty products Christy swears buy, to keep her skin glowing and hair looking healthy.
WHAT IS DOUBLE CLEANSING?
So... how should one 'double cleanse'? Well - it's pretty much what you think it is - washing your face twice BUT, before you insist that you don't have the time, I give you this simple equation: better skin = less make up so, you might spend extra minutes faffing in the bathroom, but you'll gain a multitude of bare-faced smug points. Simples!