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First Tuesday look club

Model with hat. Beauty Beat Whether you want to screen it, fake its effects or smell like it, the sun is where beauty is at.

Reality TV fuels surge in plastic surgey

Increasing numbers of Australians going under the knife to dramatically change their appearance.

California dreaming

Louis Vuitton luggage. Beauty Beat What do you pack for a 5-star resort holiday in Southern California?

The skinny on Kate Moss

Kate Moss Kate Moss speaks about past weight issues and her feelings on breast implants.

Eat your way to better skin

Woman holding a basket of strawberries. Experts say the right diet may be the key to treating skin disorders.

Big hair makes a comeback

Big hair. Photos Big, voluminous tresses are back. Celebrity stylist David Keough tells how to get the look.

Miss Sister Italy title up for grabs

World Youth Day 2008 pilgrims. The first beauty pageant for nuns starts next month in Rome.

Spectacular bodies of art

Lizard man, one of the creations from the 2007 Australian Body Art Carnivale. Photos Living canvasses celebrate the human form in Eumundi's Australian Body Art Carnivale.

The magic of make-up

Models wear wild butterfly makeup. Make-up adds glamour, gives you confidence and it covers the flaws - how could we live without it?

Olympic gold (earrings)

Australia's Stephanie Rice poses with her gold medal after the women's 200m individual medley swimming medal ceremony. Beauty Beat Forget about drugs and sport - what about Olympians and adornment?

Hope for the vein

Spiderman Beauty Beat Our plastic surgeon answers your questions on spider veins and skin tags.

Hair iron or toaster?

Women straightening their hair in the bathroom of Ruby Rabbit. Dermatologists warn that hair straighteners are damaging women's tresses.

Science banishes bad hair days

Pamela Anderson Following extensive research German scientists have hit upon a remedy for unruly hair.

Hair aware

Model getting her hair done. Beauty Beat Why is it so hard to find that perfect hair product?

Stress lines

Illustration of a woman looking shocked and stressed. Beauty Beat Tension can cause hair loss and skin problems. How do you dodge hormonal beauty threats?

Staying beautiful after 40

Kim Catrall A new book reveals how older women can revive their looks - naturally - and enjoy a beauty comeback.

Cramping our style

Supermodel Iman applies makeup in a Selfridges window. Beauty Beat It's official. The economic downturn has hit the beauty sector. Are you doing without?

A question of cosmetics

Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight. Beauty Beat Our plastic surgeon offers solutions for dark under-eye circles and broken capilliaries.

First Tuesday Look Club

Generic pic of a woman applying mascara. Beauty Beat Natasha Hughes rates all the new products including her Mascara of the Month.

L&S Hot Discussions

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Pump up the volume

Big hair. Photos Big, beautiful, bouncy hair featured at the launch of John Frieda's range of Luxurious Volume Collection hair products.

Spectacular bodies of art

Lizard man, one of the creations from the 2007 Australian Body Art Carnivale. Photos A diverse range of colours and designs featured at last year's Australian Body Art Carnivale in Eumundi.

Slap on the face

Daniel Johns wearing guyliner.

More men are using the guyliner and bloke's bronzer, but its more obvious on some than others.

The Annual Hair Expo

The 32nd Annual Hair Australia Expo at Sydney Convention centre. Photos The latest and hottest looks for hair were on show at Sydney's 32nd Annual Hair Expo.

Miss Universe battle heats up

Miss Universe hopefuls strut their stuff on a Melbourne catwalk.

Glamour queens

Daniel Scott as Felicia in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Polished and perfect is pretty but glammed-up gorgeous is great, writes Natasha Hughes.

Body shopped

Body butter for UNWIND.   The Body Shop, Nut  .  Tuesday May 4, 2004.     S UNWIND  faq040504.001.001 DIGICAM 24965***FDCTRANSFER*** The Body Shop's ideals died long before its founder, Anita Roddick.