The Skin Nerd: From Mermaidcore to vitamin drips, these are the summer trends you need to know

"Way more than simple surface-level preferences, trends are often the outward signs of inward change – and sometimes on a mass, cultural scale too."

Skin Nerd: Summer trends to have on your beauty radar

Although my specialism lies in skincare, industry-wide beauty trends have always fascinated me. 

The sudden arrival of a metallic eye when it’s been a season of pure smoky or the return of the bob after what seems like years of everyone asking for extensions both keeps me on my feet workwise and raises my curiosity personally.