Pharmacy make-up brands offer some real gems, many worthy of even the most sophisticated cosmetics case.

If you’ve failed with a detox, this season’s make-up is about creating — or faking — that elusive, healthy glow.

Spring starts early in the beauty world and with it comes gorgeous new makeup launches in time for Valentine’s Day.

IF SUMMER was all about minimalism and naked faces, prepare for an autumnal beauty revolution that requires a little more effort.

THE BEAUTIFUL Cheryl Cole purrs Geordie-style “Becos ahm weeeeth et,” as she tosses her mane in the TV spots for L’Oréal Paris’ Elvive Full Restore 5.

Is hiring a big name all it takes to ensure a platinum-selling beauty product these days, or in a world where celebrity is now an elastic concept, is it a harder sell? Kirstie McDermott finds out.

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When supermodel Linda Evangelista told French billionaire François-Henri Pinault in 2006 she was pregnant with his child, he asked her to get an abortion, her attorney charged on the first day of a child-support trial in Manhattan.

Tinted moisturiser, foundation, skincare, or something new altogether?

White Lightning

Blanaid Hennessy has developed a heavy reliance on makeup and chocolate.

Palette Perfection

DESPITE all her recent public pratfalls, Cheryl Cole seems determined to take the unusual step of washing that man right back into her hair with a brand new cut and colour.

Nars Pure Matte Lipstick in Carthage, €26

WITH her signature chestnut locks gleaming Cheryl Cole has the “X factor” as she revealed the first glimpse of her campaign for L’Oreal Paris.

Her style is copied by women around the country – and now Cheryl Cole has landed a deal to front beauty brand L’Oreal Paris.