The gateway drug the beauty industry uses to hook its future customers is hard to keep a grip on

What happens when you get new blood and new DNA from a complete stranger? This is the story of a woman whose own features began to change following a stem cell transplant.

As barely-there gowns grace the red carpet, what’s most revealing are the conversations they provoke

Beauty treatments might be an attempt to evade mortality, but the dead are right there with us

The non-binary actor’s Broadway debut made them a star. Now they’ve been signed up to write the Miss Piggy movie

Men’s quest to improve their appearance is getting extreme, but what does it tell us about beauty in general?

Soaking up the UV rays is back in style – skin cancer rates be damned. So is it time we thought about banning tanning?

The French artist talks with perfumer Francis Kurkdjian about how they made a unique scent together

Timothée Chalamet’s prosthetic ‘acne’ in Marty Supreme has become a talking point in how we present ourselves

On Sigmund’s couch with the cult fashion designer turned podcaster

The beauty industry is damaging our health as it capitalises on impossible ideals

Lily Allen's fifth album, West End Girl, about the implosion of her marriage, has set her free to enjoy life, and her own rediscovered fame

Pantone’s new shade of the year reveals much about who we are and who we want to be

After years of non-surgical aesthetic treatments, women are now returning to the ‘natural’ silhouette

Tradwives on social media may have left us slack-jawed, but then you realise there’s a husband just out of shot

Memories and paintings jostle for space in the light-filled London house of this prolific artist

Is it a delightful way to connect? Is it a manipulation tactic? Retail would suggest it’s a little of both…

For 30 years, she has been one of the most famous faces in fashion. She opens up about work, family – and mental health

That sound you can hear is the bell tolling as we collectively ascend to the next level of dystopia

It seems chocolate is not always chocolate, and ethical non-monogamy is not always ethical