Beauty and Fashion

Swimsuits That Last Seventeen Years: The Treatment Is Done Once a Year, With Vinegar and Baking Soda From the Kitchen

Chlorine, salt and sunscreen wear them down year after year. The treatment against that needs vinegar, baking soda and a...

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Curly Hair Cut Wet Is Tailoring Something That Does Not Exist: A Hairdresser on the Mistake That Sends People Reaching for the Straightener

A wet curl is longer, heavier and straighter than it will be in half an hour. Hence that bell effect...

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The Most Expensive Menu With a Cold Main Course Leaves a Worse Memory Than a Modest One Served Properly: Eleven Rules for Wedding Food

Almost none of the items on the list is about money. The temperature of the food, the choice of wine,...

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Nine Fans Across Twenty Years: the Object the Fashion Industry Cannot Sell You Twice

One carries an engraved date from 2007 and was brought out thirteen years later. At forty degrees a fan works...

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A Psychologist on Well-Kept Nails: It Is Not About the Nails, It Is About Half an Hour You Owe Nobody

Ana Galán refuses to hand over one single meaning and instead points at what the ritual actually does. The difference...

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Black at a Wedding Still Reads as a Mistake Here: Decorators Use It as a Frame, Not as a Colour

One strip of ribbon around a napkin, at almost no cost, and the table instantly looks deliberately set rather than...

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Orange is not a difficult colour, it is a loud one: a colour stylist explains where on the body to wear it

Valentino and Ermanno Scervino brought it back in full this season, and the advice is more specific than the usual...

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A tan is a defence, not a reward: a dermatologist on what your skin is actually doing at the beach

Every burn leaves a biological mark that adds to all the previous ones. Skin does not start from zero each...

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The white wedding dress is 186 years old, not centuries: nine brides who skipped it

Queen Victoria set the rule in 1840. What connects everyone who broke it is not rebellion but budget.

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A thirty-euro knit that torments you all day: the word wool on the label tells you almost nothing

Merino wool keeps you cool, while ordinary acrylic traps heat and moisture. The difference is one line on the label...

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What you will see on the brush in September are decisions made in August: a pharmacist on the mistake everyone makes on holiday

The hair has already gone through the phase that precedes shedding. Plus one verdict the supplement industry has no interest...

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Eight tables with surnames from two countries and one message: you do not need eight surnames, just find your own

One dress with detachable parts instead of two gowns. And the best detail is neither the dress nor the decor...

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