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MAKEUP / UNDER THE LENS
73% skincare. What does that actually mean?
MAC Studio Radiance Skin Tint Stick: a closer look at the formula, the number and the 24-hour hydration promise.
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Four fresh reads from The Beauty Question desk
Stop the Puff Prints — When Your Powder Puff Is Stamping Your Foundation
Tiny, repetitive marks from a powder puff? Simple timing, tool and pressure changes stop those “puff prints” and keep your base looking like skin.
Mina Rhee
Make Lipstick Sit Like Skin, Not Velcro
Stop lipstick snagging on flakes with a simple three-step routine: gentle exfoliation, a thin balm with blotting, and building colour in thin layers.
Mina Rhee
Your Makeup Sponge Is Eating Your Foundation — Fix It in Three Simple Steps
Stop your sponge from hoovering foundation. Three quick technique fixes—wet, load, bounce—give a smoother finish and use less product.
Mina Rhee
Stop the Melt: How Lid Moisture, Tightlining and Placement Make Your Liner Move
Simple, product-agnostic tests and five-minute fixes to keep upper-lash liner from ghosting onto the lower lash line.
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Global Shelf
Dubai gloss,
London wit
The international beauty mood is no longer moving in one direction.
Skin
K-beauty has
grown up again
The newest skin conversation is less about ten steps and more about barrier, texture and believable glow.
Vivienne says
“Lines do not need to be hidden. Neither does age. Bad makeup, however, should be treated as a public emergency.”
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Five editors. Distinct points of view.
One standard: beauty coverage worth your time.
The Grown-Up EditVivienne MarchGlamour after 50, without the patronising nonsense.
Skin CultureMina RheeTexture, barrier care and useful glow.
Global ShelfYasmin Al NoorFragrance, luxury retail and international polish.
Launch RadarEmma CollinsThe launches worth your attention.
Industry WatchRachel BennettThe business behind the gloss.
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