It was announced this week that fashion mega-chain Topshop, has plans to launch it’s own make-up brand next year. The details are pretty much under lock and key right now, but there are rumours that the range will be made in collaboration with a top make-up artist. Topshop has long been the high-street shop of [...]

Twitter is alive with the sound of shocked tweets today as blog network Shiny Media goes into administration. The network was founded five years ago and is home to many lifestyle blogs including Kiss and Makeup, Catwalk Queen and Bridalwave. There has been no official word of the news from Shiny Media as of yet, [...]

It seems there’s always one celebrity getting sued by a beauty company. Now, it seems to be Lindsay Lohan’s turn to face some legal issues. In a lawsuit filed in Tampa, Florida, chemist Jennifer Sunday claimed Lohan and her business partner, Lorit Simon, stole the formula for Sevin Nyne, a Lohan-endorsed fake tan which launched [...]

The world is buzzing with the news of Michael Jackson’s death today, but there has also been more sad news from Los Angeles: Farrah Fawcett died yesterday after her battle with cancer. She was 62. A beauty icon since she shot to stardom in Charlie’s Angels, she made a lasting impression on pop culture. Her [...]

A rise in the popularity of hair straighteners is partly to blame for the soaring number of children being admitted to hospital with burns, a charity has revealed. The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) said that the number of children hospitalised for burns has risen by more than 50 per cent in the past decade, [...]

This stateside invention is surely an accident waiting to happen. It’s a hair straightener, called the TS2 Nomad Mobile Flat Iron, which plugs directly into the cigarette lighter of your car. Cue idiots trying to iron their hair while cruising the motorway. At worst, you’re going to run someone over or crash and kill yourself, [...]

Every town has them – groups of surly teenagers standing around looking intimidating in bulky jackets pulled over their heads. They may well just be convening for a chat, but they’re scary to walk past and you can’t help thinking they are up to no good. Nottinghamshire council has had an ingenious idea, which could [...]

Next time you decide to forgo the 48 hour test patch trial when dying your hair at home, think of this image of 19 year old Crystal Atkinson. After using a hair colorant by L’Oreal the young woman has been left with horrific and painful chemical burns. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Miss Atkinson is now taking legal [...]

According to recent news from the Guardian newspaper shampoo in the water supply is triggering the growth of deadly drug-resistant bugs. Scientists from Birmingham and Warwick universities say disinfectants and other products washed into sewers and rivers are triggering the growth of drug-resistant microbes. It has been discovered that soil samples taken from a wide [...]

Over the last few years the term ‘stem cell’ has been bouncing about, causing some controversy along the way. They are most often associated with human embryos, whereas they are actually found in all living multi-cellular organisms. Recently the use of stem cells in skincare has become an exciting development. However, it is important to [...]