Beauty: Last News

Sometimes a spray or self-applied fake tan that’ll last you several days (or even weeks) is required. Other times, the best body bronzers for a “one night only” glow are what you’re after instead, to add a little bit of warmth and illumination to your natural skin tone. Once you’ve mastered the art of applying fake tan perfectly, relying on an instant formula is your one-way ticket to a faux glow that’ll wash off when you need it to.

If you follow Love Island’s famous faces on social media, you may have noticed that many of the female cast members look a little different from their time on screen. Over the past year, more and more of the show’s stars have been embracing their natural looks, with everyone from Molly-Mae Hague and Shaughna Phillips to Faye Winter and Sharon Gaffka booking in to dissolve their lip fillers.

Fringes have never exactly fallen out of favour, but there really does seem to be more famous faces than ever switching up their look with the addition of a choppy fringe or curtain bangs.The latest A-lister to serve up a new fringe? Singer, actress and beauty entrepreneur extraordinaire Selena Gomez, who ditched her usual trademark long bob for blunt bangs paired with extra long extensions for a new TikTok video. Lip syncing along to an amusing audio in standard TikTok fashion, the singer could be seen with poker straight warm brunette extensions and a slightly feathered fringe that falls past her brows.

So you’re diligent about applying the best anti-ageing skincare to your face – but have you given much thought to the skin below your chin? No? Perhaps it’s time to, because, much like the hands, the neck and décolleté is often an overlooked area that can be a big ageing giveaway. “The skin on the neck and chest is one of the most delicate areas of the body,” explains Dr Sophie Shotter, founder of Illuminate Skin Clinics.

One of our favourite beauty moments from last year was when a Glossier friends and family discount code, meant only for brand workers to use, got leaked online. Good old social media pulling through for us.The mistake meant that thousands of people hurried to the checkouts to buy their favourite products at a big discount before someone spotted the mistake.This year, the brand is treating us all to an official code for us non-workers to use after the last one proved so popular.

While we’re looking forward to getting to know a whole new group of Islanders next month when Love Island returns for its eighth series, we’re still a little bit obsessed with the 2021 contestants – especially Kaz Kamwi and her seriously inspo-worthy beauty looks. Any Love Island fan will remember she went viral during her stay in the villa last year, thanks to her coordinated fashion and beauty looks. With every new bright outfit Kaz wore, she’d match her liquid eyeliner to it, prompting plenty of watchers to send out tweets asking where she bought her liners from.

The nineties beauty and fashion resurgence clearly isn’t going anywhere any time soon, as the decade’s influence on trends across both hair and makeup is still dominating social media. From grungy looks to blue eyeshadow and shaggy, layered haircuts inspired by Friends’ Rachel Green, there’s no denying the presence of a lot of nostalgia in the beauty world – and that of course extends to our favourite celebrities, too.

Olivia Bowen and her husband Alex Bowen are easily one of the biggest romantic success stories to come out of ITV’s hit dating show Love Island. Appearing on the show’s second season back in 2016, the couple eventually came in second place and have been together ever since they left the iconic villa – going on to get married in 2018. Fast forward to 2022 and they’re currently expecting their first child together, and this week Olivia has indulged in a little bit of pregnancy pampering.

Ah, TikTok. It’s the app that has given us so many weird and wonderful (and, admittedly, at times dangerous) beauty trends over the past few years.

Love Island 2021 star Lucinda Strafford surprised us all earlier this month when she switched from blonde to brunette. Now, she’s transitioned to phase two of her post-villa makeover with a “reverse ombré” looking colour – where the ends of the hair are darker than the roots and mid-lengths.

After cancellations due to COVID, Holly Hagan’s wedding to footballer Jacob Blythe is finally set to take place in Ibiza.The Geordie Shore star has been in full bride prep mode, sharing treatments and transformations with her followers on Instagram. Last week, Holly shared a makeup-free selfie after heading to an aesthetic clinic for “Botox and a small bit of nose filler” – and now to continue her makeover she’s just headed to her hair salon to get some new extensions fitted ahead of the big day.

Millie Court has been living it up in Ibiza with her fellow Love Island 2021 contestant Lucinda Strafford, and it’s safe to say that she’s been serving some seriously glam beauty looks in the process. In fact, so great has her beachside hair and makeup been that fans have been comparing her to arguably one of the most glamorous stars of all time, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.

Hailey Bieber has really positioned herself as something of a skin expert. Considering the fact she has skin so perfectly glowy that you can almost see yourself in it, we’re more than happy to take advice from the model when she dishes it out to us.

Having really cemented itself as a staple on the beauty market over the past decade, the best primer can help to solve a myriad of makeup issues. Got dry skin? There’s a hydrating formula to help soften and smooth your complexion. Struggle with excess oil? There are brilliant formulas out there to help mattify a shiny base and blur the look of pores.

It’s kind of hard to remember a time when Strictly Come Dancing pro Dianne Buswell didn’t have her trademark bright red hair. And although that’s unlikely to change any time soon, she just gave her look a major overhaul by switching to a fresh long bob.The 33 year old revealed the new style by taking part in a popular TikTok transformation trend, sharing a video in which she yanks the ends of her lengthy hair before transitioning into the long bob.

When we meet Lisa Snowdon, we’re hoping she’s just as lovely as she appears on screen.The bubbly TV presenter comes across as warm and down-to-earth, and has a knack of making us feel like we’ve known her for years.Thankfully, she doesn’t disappoint. A real girl’s girl, Lisa talks openly about body hang-ups, beauty routines and a topic she’s been particularly passionate about in recent years – the life-changing effect that going through the perimenopause in her early forties had on her. It’s this genuine warmth that made her a hit with Capital FM listeners when she co-presented the breakfast show between 2008 and 2015, Strictly Come Dancing voters (she finished third in 2008) and now This Morning viewers, who love her regular fashion segments.

If you haven’t heard yet, Lisa Snowdon is our newest OK! Beauty Edit celebrity collaborator – and we are thrilled to have her on board. Whether you’re looking for an award-winning cleansing balm or a statement metallic eye shadow, we have got you covered.

Whether giving fashion tips on This Morning or talking about the importance of self-care on Instagram, Lisa Snowdon always looks gorgeous. Want to know the TV presenter’s secrets? Well, you’re in luck, because Lisa, 50, has pulled all her favourite beauty brands and must-have products together into one perfect pampering package – and it’s available to buy for a fraction of its total value.This limited-edition OK! Beauty Box contains 10 of Lisa’s all-time beauty heroes, including the iconic Emma Hardie Moringa Cleansing Balm, a solution to that pesky “chicken skin” on upper arms, and an eye cream worth £73 alone.

Glowing, radiant skin is always on trend, but with summer just around the corner, dewy bases are truly on the agenda. It’s time to swap out your matte foundations and instead opt for lighter coverage and dewy highlighter formulas to help give your skin a youthful glow.

Typical – just when we thought we’d finally figured out one beauty buzzword (“hyaluronic acid” certainly takes a few attempts to pronounce), another skincare super-ingredient pops up for us to get our heads – and tongues – around. Niacinamide is the latest word to be popping up everywhere on bottles in the beauty aisles, and, because nowadays nothing can ever really be called a trend until it does the rounds on social media, it’s currently making waves on TikTok too.The #niacinamide hashtag has been viewed literally billions of times on the clip-sharing app, with brands like The Ordinary, The INKEY List and Glow Recipe quickly going viral.

Getting a natural, fresh-from-holiday glow isn’t always possible, or healthy. However, a new breed of clever self-tanning drops containing skin-smoothing and plumping ingredients are ready and waiting to give you a healthy summer-ready complexion – no sun or exotic holiday needed. From sunless drops that boast hyaluronic acid and caffeine benefits, to ones with colour correcting properties, there really is a formula to suit all skin types – and every budget.