Hannah Pool: I tried a serum. And now I'm hooked.

Hannah Pool: Men have always lagged behind women in the style stakes (letters to the usual address). This is just as true for black men as it is for their white counterparts. But finally, it seems, black men are catching up - well, at least in terms of hair.

Hannah Pool: not only can Beauty Imaging System, at SK-II in Selfridges, London, tell how your skin is likely to age, but it compares it with that of other women of your age and generic ethnicity (I say generic because the machine was clearly designed with other markets in mind - I had to plump for African-American), then it gives you a mark out of a 100.

Hannah Pool: I've always had a grudge against really bright make-up. There are only so many times a woman can hear "bright colours look great on dark skin", as a standard response to every make-up dilemma, before she starts to hate the very idea.

Hannah Pool: The gorgeous black model Liya Kebede, has joined Elizabeth Hurley and Carolyn Murphy on the books of Estée Lauder.

Hannah Pool: Strange though it may seem for someone so seemingly obsessed with all things beauty, but I have never had my legs waxed.

Hannah Pool: Recreating babydoll eyes is where the real fun is to be had.

Hannah Pool: I know plenty of Americans think that Britain is full of old white ladies on bicycles, but surely their UK sales teams can tell them otherwise.

Hannah Pool: Normally, I rush to try out new products, but I'm uncharacteristically ambivalent towards foundations.