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Hannah Pool: There's something about admitting that you still shave your legs that feels both cheap and pubescent.

The new black

Hannah Pool: Does black skin need sun cream? Of course it does.

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Hannah Pool: If ever a beauty product proved the fact that women don't get made up for the benefit of men, lip gloss is it. I adore my gloss, am inseparable from it, and yet even I find it sticky and a bit unsavoury.

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Hannah Pool: Ever since Ruby Hammer (one half of the make-up duo Ruby & Millie) gave me a makeover and practically wrestled my face powder from my hands, I've been trying to wean myself off the stuff.

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Hannah Pool: Just as less is more when it comes to the summer wardrobe, so it is with the summer make-up bag.

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Hannah Pool: We've had Bollywood, we've had Brazil and now it's time for Africa chic.

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Hannah Pool: Few people can out-talk me when it comes to Afro hair.

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Hannah Pool: Nail bars are over. Ladies (and some gentlemen), make way for the brow bar.

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Hannah Pool: Over the past few years, I have developed something of a love/hate relationship with the Afro Hair & Beauty show.

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Hannah Pool: I'm amazed by the risks people take with their skin.