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How supermodels stay radiant despite their jet setting, chain smoking,...
Sorry to break the news but smooth, glowy, flawless skin doesn’t come easy. Gasp, right? But think about it for a moment. How do you sculpt a kick-ass body? By working out relentlessly and eating with...
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Sleepytime Saturdays: Why sleep is THE new black and my experiments with...
I come from a long line of insomniacs, so chronic sleeplessness has been a very normal way of life for me since, well, forever. In fact, I do my best work late at night – think post-1 am on a good day....
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Beauty recipe: The Italian secret to glow-y, flawless, PERFECT skin
I’ve spent most of these last weeks wandering around the inner reaches of France, Germany and Italy, with one conclusion: while French women are the epitome of understated chic and the Germans have a...
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Sleepytime Saturdays: How much sleep do you really need? And what happens...
So, where sleep is concerned, how much is really enough? Last month, the National Sleep Foundation (yes, this exists!) released amongst the first-ever concrete guidelines for how much sleep we need on...
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Gypsy beauty recipes: Secrets to looking mystical, exotic and bohemian-glam
Long, glossy, carefree hair, skin that glows like smooth marble touched with warm gold, exotic kohl-lined eyes that seem to peer into your very soul, a haunting fragrance that wafts around like the...
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Skip the booze, try these fabulous Irish beauty recipes for St. Patrick’s Day!
Between St. Patrick’s Day, Kendall Jenner and Jamie Dornan, it seems the Irish are taking over our world. Which is not surprising, considering the beauty of the Irish has been renowned across...
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Beauty DIY: Super-simple and super-effective home remedies for thicker,...
Bold eyebrows seem to be in perpetual fashion and with them come a zillion pencils, powders and gels to enhance what you (don’t) have. But what if you could actually grow more hair, making the whole...
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Tired? Sleepy? Need to sparkle in a hurry? You really NEED this beauty...
Anyone who follows The Beauty Gypsy would know I rarely review off-the-shelf skincare products. Why? Because somewhere along the decade-long journey in the annals of beauty, I’ve become jaded with all...
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Are cupcakes making you… hairy?
I adore cupcakes but here is a worrying thought: according to scientists, eating too many of them can lead to excessive body and facial hair. The reason? Resistance to insulin – the hormone that...
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Stressed? Exhausted? At the end of the road? Your Skin NEEDS this DIY face mask
What is life without a bit of stress? And we all know what stress. Acne, lack of radiance, dryness, dullness, wrinkles, rashes… it’s not a pretty sight. Especially with summer looming. This is...
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Beauty recipe: This DIY face pack wants to protect your skin from air pollution
While focusing on sun protection, we usually forget another major skin culprit: Pollution. Think smog. Dirt. Dust. Car exhaust. Industrial emissions. Heavy metals. Household vapours. Cigarette smoke....
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Beauty recipe: How a simple, single ingredient DIY face mask healed my skin...
Sometimes, in skincare, you really need to pare down to the very basics. Because when your skin is super-reactive or seriously dry and flaky or plagued with a chronic overload of acne, the worst thing...
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Heat got you down? Make a keep-your-cool face mist
As a kid, all I wanted to do on hot summer days was run through every sprinkler in the neighbourhood. Thankfully for my current day self, there does exist a grown-up version of those cooling,...
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10 ways in which lemon water rocks the health and beauty stakes!
If you can make time for only one small thing that has a HUGE impact on your health and skin, let it be this: start the day with a mug of warm water and the juice of half a lemon. I started doing this...
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Beauty DIY: Super-simple and super-effective home remedies for thicker,...
Now even science has proven that bold eyebrows are the single most important feature of our face – far more than eyes and lips for “emotional expression as well as facial recognition”. In fact, Yahoo...
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Beauty super food: Baked kale chips (and how to make them at home)
This is the week that I start eating healthy (promise!) and to start things off on a motivating note, my super-best friend baked me some kale chips. Kale, as you know, is a nutritional powerhouse with...
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Your skin’s 24-hour cycle (because for skincare, timing is EVERYTHING!)
If I was to force feed you a rich meat stew at 6 am, followed by a roast chicken an hour later, it’s a definite possibility that your digestive system would rebel AND your energy levels would go into...
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Stressed? Exhausted? At the end of the road? Your Skin NEEDS this DIY face mask
What is life without a bit of stress? And we all know what stress does to skin. Acne, lack of radiance, dryness, dullness, wrinkles, rashes… it’s not a pretty sight. Especially with winter looming....
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Why you should wash your face (and hair) with vodka
If you were in Russia, your day would probably begin and end with vodka, which is called upon for everything from rinsing the mouth to curing hair loss. Translating as “little water” or “dear water” in...
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Turmeric: The super skincare spice (and it doesn’t always turn you yellow!)
There is a reason turmeric is a core ingredient in beauty rituals and medicinal regimes all the way from Japan and Indonesia to Sri Lanka and India. Multiple reasons, actually: this yellow-colored...
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