All the pout with none of the trout?
Quick-fix cosmetic treatments have doubled in Britain in the last year. But with recent health warnings, is the lunch-hour jab really safe?
Five gurus, four weeks, one sceptic
Face all blotchy? Waistline a touch wobbly? Spine unaligned? Rachel Cooke visits the experts who promise the ultimate mind and body makeover
The knife consultant
Cosmetic surgery was once just for the weird and famous. Now it is booming. Julie Bindel meets the woman who promotes the scalpel as a cure for unhappiness
What I see in the mirror
My face isn't dramatically altered by make-up so I don't feel I need a disguise to face the world, says Alison Jackson.
Beauty queen
Advice on acne and the right moisturiser for mature skins from Kathy Phillips.
Face yoga video game to appeal to women
Nintendo, the Japanese computer games company, is preparing to launch Face Training - a game which offers to guide players through what it calls "facial yoga".
What I see in the mirror
Pattie Boyd
The Homemade Homemaker
We spend a fortune on hi-tech beauty and cleaning products, often without really thinking about what's in the lotions and potions we slap on our faces and pour down the drains. Yet with just a little bit of imagination and forethought, we could easily make many of them ourselves. In this new regular column, we'll bring you recipes for everything from toilet cleaner to toothpaste.
One month of … no shampoo
Ruth Allan: I brushed my hair each night to draw the natural oils away from the roots, and was pleased to see a smoother, sleeker me in the mirror.