Tag: Body
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New in beauty: the 9 new products for skin, hair and oral care we’re loving
October is when your skincare routine starts showing its limits. The moisturiser that was perfectly fine a few weeks ago suddenly isn’t cutting it, your lips are cracking, and you’re wondering whether your hair really needs washing or whether dry shampoo can buy you another day. This month’s beauty launches offer a few compelling reasons…
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Menopause-certified beauty: Here are 9 brands worth knowing about
With around 400,000 women in the UK entering menopause each year, the beauty industry is waking up to a life stage that has long been underserved. But what does it mean when a shampoo, moisturiser or deodorant is menopause-certified? Hot flushes are the symptom most people associate with menopause. Dry, itchy skin, thinning hair, changes…
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This Finnish skincare brand is bringing Nordic rituals to London, with an exclusive discount in saunas
Finland has about 3.3 million saunas for 5.5 million people, which makes a hot room and a cold dip as ordinary there as a kettle in a British kitchen. How’s that for a fun fact of the week? It’s more than a national pastime – UNESCO added the country’s sauna culture to its list of…
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New in beauty: our top 6 launches this month, from high-tech beauty gadgets to clever formulas
Forget the celebrity founder. Two of this month’s launches come from a dermatologic surgeon who has spent his career watching wounds heal and a chartered chemist who has spent decades formulating for sensitive skin, and we’d take that CV over a famous face any day. Add a laser eye mask and a foundation made of…
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World Heart Day: 8 things you probably didn’t know about your heart + how to keep it healthy
Your heart is doing quite a lot for you, considering you probably don’t think about it that often. It beats roughly 100,000 times a day, pumping blood around your body while you get on with work, workouts, dinners, drinks and everything in between. And while heart health can sound like something to worry about once…
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LERÉI is the new £1,000-a-month women-only wellness club opening in Knightsbridge
London is getting another luxury wellness destination, but LERÉI is taking the private-club approach. The new women-only wellness residence in Knightsbridge is bringing fitness, recovery, beauty and longevity services together under one roof, with membership starting from £1,000 a month. Limited to just 150 women, LERÉI is designed to feel more like a private residence…
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The naked truth about dry brushing: is it really worth it, and how can you do it properly?
Scroll through TikTok or Instagram (or just ask a friend) and you’ll quickly find dry brushing being credited with everything from “detoxing” the body and boosting lymphatic drainage to reducing cellulite and transforming the appearance of your skin. The ritual itself looks simple: take a firm-bristled brush, sweep it across dry skin before showering, and…
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Curtain up on The Haze: AKT’s newest product is a scene-stealing deodorising body mist
AKT, the deodorant brand founded by former West End actors Ed Currie and Andy Coxon, has launched The Haze: an alcohol-free deodorising body mist designed to be used alongside its Deodorant Balm. The brand says the idea came from watching someone try to cover up body odour with a scented mist, only for the two…
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Inside Mayfair’s stunning new Virgin Active social wellness club
Virgin Active has reopened its Mayfair Club, and calling it a refurb undersells what’s actually changed. This is the brand’s first UK Social Wellness Club – its most ambitious project to date, previously only seen in Milan, Cape Town, Sydney and Doha – and it’s built on a fairly simple idea: a gym doesn’t need…
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Drowning in fitness data? Here’s what AI can actually fix
The fitness app on your phone almost certainly knows more about you than your GP does. Sleep stages, stress load, energy levels, calories in, calories out, HRV trends, step streaks, hydration logs – most platforms have spent the last few years competing to track more of you, not less. Thanks to that, the average gym-goer…
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