Beauty: Last News

Last night’s BAFTAs produced plenty of incredible beauty looks, including Kate Middleton’s laminated-looking eyebrows and Jodie Turner-Smith’s crystal freckles.The after party red carpet also saw Ashley Graham and her on-trend, vampy make-up. However, her matte base – which looked flawless in Instagram snaps – was washed out by flashes from red carpet cameras. Instead of her skin looking perfectly velvety like it does in her own selfies, the professional cameras caused a make-up flashback – the dread of every make-up artist and celebrity.This flashback resulted in a white cast on her skin, making Ashley’s foundation appear flat.

The BAFTAs red carpet saw some incredible hair and make-up looks as the stars gathered to celebrate the best films, actors and filmmakers of the past year.Though we spotted several noteworthy beauty trends, it was laminated eyebrows that really stole the spotlight, with the likes of Kate Middleton, Frankie Bridge and Florence Pugh all rocking the brushed-up look. If you haven’t heard of the treatment before, eyebrow lamination is the process of straightening your brow hairs so that they sit in an upwards direction.The service involves softening the brows with a chemical solution and then brushing them into your perfect brow shape to set.

Losing our hair is something we probably won’t think about until we’re faced with the problem ourselves. Yet it’s a surprisingly common issue: every single month in the UK, 8,000 people now search for ‘hair loss in women’, and stats show a whopping 40% of women will experience some form of hair loss in their lifetime. Whether it’s due to post-covid, age-related hair shedding, chemotherapy, or alopecia – a condition which affects 15 in every 10,000 people in the UK – hair loss can ruin your confidence.

If you cast your mind back to Married at First Sight UK’s 2021 series, you’ll probably recall some legendary brides ranging from Marilyse Corrigan to Nikita Jasmine. Fans of the E4 show will likely also remember Morag Crichton for her ill-fated marriage to Luke Dawson and, perhaps, for her beauty look. When the show was airing, Morag, 31, became the of Twitter commentary after watchers debated what treatment she’d had done to her brows to give them a shiny appearance.

It’s been a few weeks now since Molly-Mae Hague gave birth to daughter Bambi, and she’s clearly basking in that new-mum feeling, regularly sharing snippets of parenthood alongside partner Tommy Fury with her 7 million Instagram followers. One thing that Molly-Mae may currently be missing just a little bit about pre-baby life, though, is her regular bubble baths.

If you’ve ever wondered what Claudia Winkleman would look like without her trademark fringe, we now have the answer – completely different.The Strictly Come Dancing host is surprising Twitter this week after an old clip of her without her iconic hairstyle went viral. The clip is from 2003 and shows Claudia hosting a BBC chat with Frasier star Jane Leeves.

We love it when a beauty tip makes its way out of the Love Island villa and into our inboxes (thank you, Boots).This week, the retailer has clued us into the name of a lipstick so long-wearing that it might just last longer on the Islanders’ lips than the original couples will last in Casa Amor. Ok, we exaggerate a tiny bit, but KVD Beauty Everlasting Hyperlight Liquid Lipstick, £19 here, really is known for being one of the longest-wearing lipsticks on the market.This matte liquid buy has recently had a bit of a formula upgrade, and it now feels super nourishing and lightweight on the lips while still giving all-day (and all-night) pigment.

Celebs left, right and centre are getting their long hair chopped into trendy bob hairstyles. We’ve had Lily Allen with her ‘French girl’ bob and Emily Ratajkowski with a chin-skimming number, and now we have Maura Higgins making a bid for Bob of the Year with her modern take on a ‘Pulp Fiction’ cut.

Crème de la Mer moisturizing cream. The ultra-rich cream quickly immerses skin in healing moisture and is said to reveal a firmer feel and a more lifted, rejuvenated look over time. Regularly a splurge, La Mer's skin savior is on sale for the lowest prices we've ever seen at Walmart right now. A two-ounce jar usually costs $380, but Walmart's Presidents Day deal is taking  La Mer Crème de la Mer, dropping to price to just $66.

It’s notoriously difficult to pin down exactly what beauty products members of the Royal Family use and swear by, but we have been given a clue to Princess Diana’s favourite lip balm from her former make-up artist. Creating a “Diana” make-up look on Lisa Eldridge’s YouTube channel, MUA Mary Greenwell revealed that she always uses By Terry’s Baume de Rose Lip Care, £40 here, to prep the lips before make-up, so we can take a good guess that it was also used on the late Princess of Wales.

When you have hair as good as Michelle Keegan, why would you ever need to switch it up? Historically, the actress has kept her hair a dark, glossy brunette shade and her layers long and tousled. Now, she’s showing off a new look that sees her lose several inches of length from the ends of her hair. Though Michelle is yet to reveal the outcome of her trip to the hair salon, her colourist, Calum Tierney, gives us a full glimpse of the transformation process in a new-posted Instagram Reel.

Here at OK! we don’t believe you need an excuse to spoil yourself – but saving yourself £90 is a pretty good reason, we think.That’s what new subscribers get when they sign up to the OK! Beauty Box, and receive this month’s box (worth over £98) for just £7.50.This month’s box is our gorgeous Treat Time Edit, encouraging you to take a moment to treat yourself with a sensational selection of pampering face and body products. And it’s a treat for your purse, too! Inside you’ll find five top pampering products: a refreshing cleanser, a suits-all moisturiser, brightening under-eye patches, an indulgent pillow mist and a body butter that’s proved to be a real hit with our testers.

Like many of us, Lydia Bright made some new year's resolutions last month. However, unlike many of us, Lydia is making good on one of hers.The former TOWIE star first took to Instagram in January to tell her followers of her mission to restore the condition of her curls after years of bleaching and heat styling her hair took the bounce and shine out of them. Now, she’s giving us an update on how that resolution is coming along.

We love how Kourtney Kardashian Barker is bringing back all of the retro trends we were worried had gotten lost amongst all the modern beauty looks. She’s reintroduced us to old Hollywood glam hair and full fringes of yesteryear, and now she’s doing her best to bring back a hairstyle that was the “it” look for any Myspace user. If you weren’t around in the Myspace days (lucky you), the website was one of the first ways friends could share pictures and interact online.The site was popular between 2005-2008, and the in-demand hair trend of that time was a razored, mid-length “emo” cut.Thankfully, Kourtney isn’t trying to bring back the heavy eyeliner and side-swept fringes that came with that hairstyle, but she is bringing back the choppy mid-length look – and we’re not mad at it.

Rihanna’s long-awaited Super Bowl halftime show last night has got everybody talking today – not least because of the star’s surprise pregnancy reveal. The singer wowed at the State Farm Stadium, performing hits such as Diamonds, Umbrella and Rude Boy in front of a celeb-packed audience. Her head-to-toe red outfit perfectly showed off her growing baby bump, and her glam look was completed with a slicked-back high ponytail, sparkly eyeshadow and deep red lipstick.

Rihanna sharing all the details of her Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show! The singer, actress, and businesswoman stunned at the upcoming show’s press conference wearing a bold red lip, courtesy of Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint Longwear Fluid Lip Color in Uncensored, and a slit snakeskin patterned skirt.After years away from a stage, on Sunday, February 12, RiRi will make her big comeback at one of the most watched sporting events in the world. In an interview with HOLA! USA, Rihanna’s makeup artist, Priscilla Ono, revealed that we would see lipsticks from Fenty’s newest collection.Now we also know that the key to the star’s beauty look after an all-night rehearsal for Sunday’s show includes the Fenty Beauty Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter!“The Fenty Highlighter is definitely helping today because I have yet to sleep,” the singer said.

The Paris in Love star revealed she has tried everything from Oxygen to Hydra facials, and believes these are the secret to eternally youthful looking skin.Paris is a particular fan of the facial that uses a Neurotris machine, which is an EMS device.This type of facial is a muscle stimulating one, where the beautician will use an EMS [electromagnetic stimulation] device.Here, two metal prongs are used to pass a low voltage electrical current through different areas of the face.  The current stimulates the production of collagen and elastin and also increases blood flow.Speaking on the effectiveness of this type of facial, a licensed aesthetician at Shafer Plastic surgery and Laser Center Graceanne Svendsen told Healthline: “These treatments have immediate benefits with absolutely no recovery time.”Paris’s ageless beauty hack comes as the former Simple Life star celebrates the first year as the wife of Carter Reum.Last year, the couple tied the knot in an extravagant three day ceremony, where a host of celebrities, including Kim Kardashian, were in attendance. Posting a heartfelt tribute to their union on social media she wrote: “This past year with you as husband and wife has been a magical whirlwind.”She continued: “No matter how far we travel and no matter where in the world we are as long as we are together, I'm at home with you.“I deeply cherish all of our adventures and memories and I look forward to a lifetime more by your side. “You are my rock and I’m so thankful to call you mine. “Cheers to being your #wifey for lifey and for our one year anniversary.” 

If you ask celebs about beauty regrets from their past, a huge majority of them would say overplucking their eyebrows. Some celebs, like Chrissy Teigen, are even going as far as to transplant eyebrow hairs to regain full-looking arches after destroying them in their youth. So why, then, are 90s-thin eyebrows making such a strong comeback amongst A-listers? The answer is they’ve found a clever way to cheat the look without compromising or plucking their natural brow hairs.The secret was first shared last week by model Ashley Graham, who titled a carousel of images “that’s a wrap” – referring to the end of Paris Fashion Week.

While most of the celeb world scrabble to get bobs and shorter hairstyles, Kate Hudson is out to prove that long hair will never really go out of style.The Bride Wars actress just showed off a very different look on the red carpet for the Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery photocall in London. Kate is set to star as main character Birdie Jay in the upcoming murder mystery sequel, which also sees Daniel Craig resuming his role as Detective Benoit Blanc.

Too Faced makeup often features strongly on many of our Christmas lists, but with the trending products costing upwards of £25 each, buying more than one item from the brand can start to get very expensive very quickly – which is why you need to make full use of this new offer.Too Faced has teamed up with Boots to launch a Greatest Hits Set.This limited edition bundle, £35 here, launches today in Boots stores and online, and includes some of the brand’s hero products worth £102.That’s a whopping £67 saving on full-size and travel-size makeup favourites. What’s included in the kit? Better Than Sex Mascara, full size worth £25 Hangover 3-in-1 Replenishing Primer and Setting Spray, full size worth £30 Killer Kajal Eyeliner, full size worth £19 Lip Injection Extreme, travel size worth £13 Hangover Replenishing Face Primer, travel size worth £15 We can already see plenty of beauty lovers making use of this offer while it lasts (until October 31, so act fast).

A lot of my friends ask me if I have any affordable makeup recommendations. While I will admit that I am a bit of a sucker for a Charlotte Tilbury or a MAC buy, sometimes I do come across a real gem that costs little more than my morning coffee. This week I stumbled upon Essence’s What the Fake! Extreme Plumping Lip Filler, £3 here, and I can’t get enough of it.