Book Reviews
Get the Gloss reviews the latest health and beauty books, recipe books and more to let you know which ones we can't put down
Nutrition
The Dopamine Diet: a diet plan that makes you happy as well as slim?
January 12th 2021
Also known as the ‘Tom Kerridge’ diet, owing to the chef’s frankly astounding 70 kg weight loss, the dopamine diet is hailed as the healthy eating plan with a side-order of ‘happy’. How does that work? We did some delving… >>>
Skin
Caroline Hirons: when (and how) to squeeze a spot and when to leave well alone
June 14th 2020
The straight-talking beauty expert gives her step-by-step guide to safe pimple-popping. Because you're going to do it anyway >>>
Nutrition
Pinch of Nom: the new Weekly Food Planner from the record-breaking diet cookbook
June 17th 2019
It's the UK’s most-visited food blog and its debut cookbook rivalled Joe Wicks for sales. Now it's making goal tracking easier with a motivational food journal. Here's what you need to know about the Pinch of Nom phenomenon >>>
Beauty
How to create a seriously cool negative space mani at home
May 2nd 2019
According to the Queen of manicurists Marian Newman. Here’s all the inspo and tools you need… >>>
Zen Mistress
Why meditation is the new caffeine
May 1st 2019
We might think caffeine is a great productivity tool, but it's actually masking what we really need, and that's rest. Think you haven't got time in your day for that? This new book might just change your mind >>>
Review
Readers' Edit: the top fashion, beauty and foodie buys you're loving
March 30th 2019
This week you've been stocking up on some of this season's most covetable items, including vibrant midi skirts, bridal beauty and chic headbands even Blair Waldorf would approve of... >>>
Review
The Readers' Edit: your favourite health, beauty and fashion buys
March 16th 2019
Forget frivolous makeup, March is all about active ingredients for you savvy skincare shoppers. Vitamin C, PHAs and hyaluronic acid all made their way into your bathroom cabinets. You also stocked up on supplements and leg-lengthening trousers >>>
Beauty
These are your top 10 health and beauty buys to kick off 2019
January 29th 2019
From super skin supplements to a Charlotte Tilbury makeup set sellout and a new Olaplex innovation, here’s what made it into your ‘most popular’ list for January >>>
Health
11 health resolutions your GP wants you to keep
January 6th 2019
Tackling stress is one of the most important things we can do for our health and yet most of us are too blasé about the damage it's doing, says Dr Rangan Chatterjee. Use his simple interventions to reduce your daily stress dose and feel happier, leaner and more productive >>>
Health
The 5 diet changes that could make you less anxious
January 2nd 2019
There’s a strong link between anxiety and the food we eat, says Registered Dietitian Ali Miller author of the Anti-Anxiety Diet. If you want to balance your mood, start by avoiding these inflammatory foods >>>
Health
The new health and nutrition books to have on your bookshelf
December 26th 2018
From The Fast 800 by Dr Michael Mosley to The Angry Chef’s latest launch and Joe Wicks’ new veggie book, here’s what you’ll be reading in 2019 >>>
Review
What we can all learn from 'The Truth Pixie'
December 20th 2018
Matt Haig’s best-selling book written to guide children through troubled times has gone viral among adults too. If Christmas is a time of conflicting emotions, you’ll want this in your stocking >>>
Interview
Lily Pebbles: “I don’t put rainbows on things- I’m a realist friend”
March 5th 2018
On the week of the release of her first book, all about the importance of female friendship, we speak to one of the UK’s biggest bloggers about making new friends as an adult, cherishing old pals and what to do when a friendship situation gets awkward… >>>
Sex & Gynae
The Wonder Down Under: the vagina book that the world needs
February 13th 2018
From shattering ‘the hymen myth’ to learning the truth about the clitoris (it’s FAR larger than you probably realise) and underlining how great discharge can really be, here’s why girls, women and humans everywhere should add this to their reading list… >>>
Not Fair
7 brilliant beauty blogs & vlogs for darker skin tones
January 17th 2018
From makeup tutorials to hair how-tos, these British-born beauty bloggers, vloggers and digital powerhouses are changing up the beauty game >>>
Review
Shelf-care: the new self-help books to have on your bookshelf
January 8th 2018
From mastering the art of letting go to silencing your inner critic and leading a more judgement-free life, this year’s roster of self-help books are brimming with useful advice. Here’s our pick of the books set for big things >>>
Wellbeing
Kakebo: how budgeting the Japanese way makes you mindful (and richer)
January 3rd 2018
Minimise that spreadsheet- ‘kakebo’ is about to make keeping track of your finances far more inspiring. Here’s your cheat sheet to the Japanese art of saving money… >>>
Health
11 new health and wellbeing books worth reading this year
December 26th 2017
Looking for a New Year’s read? Here’s our round-up of the best books hitting the market (and our bookshelves) >>>
Recipe
6 healthy baking recipes you’ll return to again and again
August 29th 2017
In celebration of the return of The Great British Bake Off, and also just cake, two queens of sweet treats bring you their ultimate ‘makeover’ bakes >>>
Health
Is this the only diet book you'll ever need?
June 29th 2017
In the Italian town of Pioppi, people live ten years longer than anywhere else. A new Mediterranean diet plan, based on their secrets, claims simple science-backed sense >>>
Review
Review: The Low-FODMAP Recipe Book
June 1st 2017
If you suffer from IBS or other digestive problems, this book could help you on your way to a healthier, happier gut. We spoke to the dietitian behind it to bring you the lowdown on this new low-FODMAP diet plan >>>
Nutrition
Madeleine Shaw: "This book isn't about food fads"
April 19th 2017
The health food blogger is back with her third book and it’s jam packed with seasonal eating ideas, plus refreshingly light on the courgetti et cetera. Here’s what we made of it… >>>
Interview
Daisy Buchanan: "Self confidence doesn’t grow in a linear way"
April 10th 2017
As her debut book, How To Be A Grown Up hits the shelves, Daisy Buchanan talks to Judy Johnson about her hour-long hair ritual, feeling overwhelmed and what's coming next in adulthood >>>
Mind
Good Mood Food: How do your meals make you feel?
February 10th 2017
Cooking and eating well aren’t always top of the agenda if you’re feeling fragile, but a new book demonstrates the powerful link between mood and food. For soulful recipes and advice, look no further… >>>
Budget Beauty
Extreme budget beauty - or how I survived for a year on £22.23
February 3rd 2017
Personal finance journalist Michelle McGagh's 'no-spend' year involved waving goodbye to 95% of her beauty spend... and an unfortunate incident with a banana >>>
Nutrition
Deliciously Ella With Friends Cookbook Review
January 27th 2017
Deliciously Ella’s latest cookbook for healthier entertaining will first and foremost inspire your daily cooking regime says Susannah Taylor >>>
