Columns
Read the latest from our award-winning columnists, including Sarah Vine, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Christa D'Souza and more, on topics ranging from anti-ageing to sensitive skin to motherhood and beyond
Sense and Sensitivity
The best moisturisers for sensitive skin
February 18th 2020
If your skin reacts to beauty products often, you might be tempted to go for doctor's orders when it comes to your face cream. But there are good ones out there for sensitive skin - you just have to find them, writes Judy Johnson >>>
Skin
How cannabis is becoming skincare's hottest new ingredient
January 30th 2020
As more countries legalise cannabis for medicinal use, it's also becoming big news for the beauty industry with cannabis compound cannabidiol or CBD said to be a powerful soother for problem skin. Susannah Taylor investigates >>>
Who, What, Hair
No time (or money) to get your colour done? Here's how to make your hair colour last longer at home
January 8th 2020
Whether you’re looking to tackle brassiness, dullness or root regrowth, here are the best products for giving your hair colour a new lease of life between appointments >>>
Elle Macpherson
Elle Macpherson’s New Year’s Eve health and beauty secrets
December 31st 2019
Our columnist always wears white on New Year’s Eve, never has regrets and goes minimal with makeup. Here she shares her favourite ways to round off the year >>>
Mind
Madeleine Spencer's best books for holiday reading
December 22nd 2019
Our beauty columnist is also something of a bookworm with a penchant for well-written sagas, scandalous reads and dark tales (we're always asking her for recommendations at GTG). Here's what she's curling up with >>>
To Buy For
To Buy For: why every busy woman needs this one-stick wonder
October 4th 2019
Call off the search, this sophisticated highlighting stick is your ultimate cheat for tired face days, says our columnist Nicola Bonn >>>
To Buy For
To Buy For: Why I'll always justify buying a luxury cleanser
September 3rd 2019
Ten years ago, beauty editor Nicola Bonn fell in love with Emma Hardie Cleansing Balm. Cheap date it was not. But as other cleansers have come and gone, this a love affair that's endured. And now it has a little gel sister too... >>>
The Makeup Maniac
The best makeup fixing sprays and setting sprays
July 25th 2019
There’s a setting spray out there to meet your every need and budget. Here are the best fixing sprays that seal the deal to keep your makeup in place all day long >>>
Sense and Sensitivity
How to stop prickly heat and heat rash from ruining your summer
July 25th 2019
If heat rash is making life a living hell, read on for the experts' (and sufferers') advice on what causes prickly heat, how to get rid of heat rash and how to keep your cool with these remedies and treatments >>>
The Makeup Maniac
The ultimate base basics for pale skin
July 10th 2019
From redness to dark circles to enhancing freckles, fair skin comes with its own unique makeup requirements. Here’s how to handle porcelain skin like a pro… >>>
To Buy For
To Buy For: The affordable eyebrow pen that looks totally natural
June 26th 2019
Makeup artist and GTG columnist Madeleine Spencer was an over-plucker with an expensive infill habit.... until Glossier Brow Flick landed >>>
To Buy For: The frizz-fighting hairdryer that's almost as good as a Dyson
June 13th 2019
This worth-it dupe is less than a third of the price and gentle on fragile hair. Sarah Vine is a convert to the Remington AIR3D >>>
Elle Macpherson
Elle Macpherson: How I keep my legs in great shape
June 11th 2019
At nearly 6ft tall Elle's nickname at school was 'Legsy 11'. How does she keep those famous pins toned and buffed? In her GTG column this month, Elle talks all things leg care – from whether to wax or shave, to keeping on top of cellulite and the best smoothing moisturiser >>>
Review
The exotic skin-brightening spa treatment that’s good enough to eat
June 8th 2019
On a trip to the Maldives, sensitive skin columnist Judy Johnson tested a new edible spa menu that gives a whole new meaning to feeding your skin >>>
Wellbeing
Sarah Vine: the wellbeing wonder mineral that's an essential part of my beauty routine
May 20th 2019
Most of us are deficient in this relaxing mineral and one of the best ways to top up your levels is through the skin. Where once that meant a functional bag of Epsom salts, now a new raft of beauty products from luxury creams to deodorants make it even easier to get your fix, as Sarah Vine discovers >>>
On The Face Of It
On the face of it: when I add up the cost of my anxiety ...
May 19th 2019
Time, money, education and career opportunities - when you suffer from anxiety and panic attacks, the cost isn’t just emotional, says Madeleine Spencer >>>
Sponsored
How to manage hot flushes when you're at work
May 16th 2019
Hot flushes in the office can be distracting at best, debilitating at worst and there's not a lot you can do to stop them. But you can certainly lessen the impact, says Sarah Vine. From keeping your meals light to wearing specially-engineered 'anti-flush' fabrics, here's what she knows works for this common menopausal symptom >>>
The Makeup Maniac
This is Rihanna’s favourite beauty look according to her makeup artist
May 10th 2019
Hector Espinal knows what Ri Ri loves (and what she doesn’t). We met him for a makeover to chat the new Get Hotter collection, Fenty’s launch into Boots and what Rihanna wears day in, day out >>>
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 >>>
Sense and Sensitivity
Rosacea and me: Talonted Lex on skincare, stress and being highly sensitive
April 30th 2019
The beauty blogger and rosacea sufferer talks to Judy Johnson about her favourite products, the link between stress and skin and the secret to great nails >>>
To Buy For
To Buy For: How this French pharmacy body oil became my signature scent
April 9th 2019
Ultra-hydrating and oozing Parisian allure, Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Riche is a body oil but not as you know it, says Nicola Bonn >>>
The Makeup Maniac
Exactly what to expect from a bridal makeup trial
April 3rd 2019
Here’s how to get what you want, what to do if you don’t know what you want and how to deal if it goes a bit wrong… >>>
Who, What, Hair
12 of the best hair products I’ve tried during my 7 years writing for GTG
March 22nd 2019
From hair wipes to curlers that look like medieval torture devices, I’ve tried some strange things in the name of ‘Who, What, Hair’. It’s been worth it though, and in my final column for GTG (*cries uncontrollably*), I’m counting down my favourites >>>
The Makeup Maniac
Why we’ve got eyeshadow palette fatigue
March 8th 2019
It’s the makeup category we’re finding it hard to keep up with, and we’re not alone. With more eyeshadow palette launches than ever, here’s why we’re going on a palette diet and the ones we actually use, day in, day out >>>
To Buy For
To Buy For: The foundation that's confidence in a tube
March 6th 2019
Call off the search, the base to end all bases is here, says Nicola Bonn. And she’s not the only one who thinks so >>>
