Sali Hughes
Sali Hughes is resident beauty columnist for Guardian Weekend magazine and a features and comment writer for a range of magazines. She is also a weekly contributor to BBC radio 5 live
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Beauty: skincare products made by makeup brandsI’m unlikely to turn to makeup brands for active skincare, but rarely make up without first applying one of their illuminating day creams
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Beauty: Hot and bothered? Skin control products to keep you coolFrom drying down stickiness to ensuring makeup stays put beyond noon, concealers, tonics, CC creams and cleansers should help in a heatwave
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Beauty: the best autumn perfumesCharlotte Tilbury’s debut perfume reminds me of the fragrances worn by my mum in the 1970s
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Beauty: new products for dehydrated skinMuch hyped moisturisers from highly rated brands are bound to raise expectations – but will they disappoint?
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Beauty: the best new mascarasWhat is the point of mascara if one wants to look natural? Go large or go home, is my view
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Beauty: the best cushion makeup and skincareThe Korean technology is popping up all over the western market
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Beauty: the best free (or cheap) samplesAs someone with a love of all things miniature, this is invariably where I lose all self-control and buy enough tiny products for my next 90 holidays
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Beauty: Dyson’s Supersonic hairdryerI’ve been inundated with questions about whether it’s any good. I’m almost loth to say it, but it really is
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Isabella Rossellini: ‘There is no work between 45 and 60 – you’re in limbo’At 43, Isabella Rossellini was sacked as the face of Lancôme. Now, 20 years on, she’s been rehired. She talks movies, her mother, Ingrid Bergman, and her rollercoaster life
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Beauty: the best children’s sunscreensI want my children to see applying sun cream during warmer months as much a part of their daily routine as brushing teeth
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Beauty: the best wash-off fake tansOpt for wash-off tints – they take seconds to apply and stick around all day
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Beauty: nail polish that stays putOn day six, I had a single chip that could have limped past the week mark, but I had somewhere posh to go and whipped it off
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Beauty: everyone on Facebook likes it, but is it any good?So-called miracle products are advertised all over social media, but are any of them worth a click?
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Beauty: the best illuminating primersI’m still hoping Dior has second thoughts and gives Glow Maximiser another life, but if not, these are the best of the rest
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Beauty: how to banish dark circlesNot enough sleep or bruised by life? Brightening up under-eye shadows just takes a little time and two separate products
Sali Hughes on beauty Beauty: Christmas gifts for him indoors