Safety in numbers

Don't know your UVA from your UVB? All at sea about SPFs? Brigid Moss grills the experts on summer's hottest health issue - sun protection.

The new black

Hannah Pool: At-home hair treatments have come a long way since the days when my only option was to buy a job lot of VO5 hot oil.

Ask Emma

Natural health therapist Emma Mitchell answers your questions.

The new black

Hannah Pool: My hair is the longest it has been for 10 years. In fact, the summer of 1994 was when I first shaved the lot off.

The new black

Never mind the kitchen sink, it's the bathroom cabinet that Hannah Pool has a problem leaving behind when going on holiday.

The new black

Hannah Pool: The cosmetics market can be divided into two sectors: premium and high street. While Asian women have some choice in the premium end, there is nothing for them on the high street.

Lipstick on your fella

Why should women have a monopoly on beauty tricks? Male make-up - largely the undetectable kind that takes the average man closer to the chiselled ideal - is now on the market. Our man-in-mascara wore it for a month: on the Tube, in the office, at the pub. Here's his verdict.

The new black

Facials are not supposed to be fun, nor are they supposed to be glamorous, says Hannah Pool.

The new black

Hannah Pool: The summer is a bummer for the optically challenged.

The new black

Hannah Pool: I've got a new obsession. It's not a new make-up range, or even the latest spa treatment; it's more of a toy.