Pregnancy is beautiful, but we should be wary of the conditions under which it’s idolised
Sep 15, 2025
Inside beauty’s new repair economy where filler dissolves, Botox blow-back and “Ozempic hair” turned aftercare into the main event
Aug 28, 2025
Singers and actors have undergone the knife to aid their careers for decades, but now the practice is trickling down to people who don’t work in the spotlight
Aug 26, 2025
No make-up dating is a trend going viral on social media. We speak to the people who are doing it (with varying degrees of success)
Aug 19, 2025
From post-mortem facelifts to cadaver cartilage nose jobs, post-death altruistic donations are the raw material for 2025’s most coveted tweakments
Jul 24, 2025
Opening today at Somerset House, Virtual Beauty invites audiences to reflect on identity, empowerment and the shifting boundaries of beauty in the digital world
Jul 23, 2025
Framed as care, encouragement or tradition, some parents push their children toward cosmetic surgery, leaving behind lasting emotional scars
Jul 14, 2025
This beauty ‘vibe shift’ is characterised by the resurgence of ultra-thin ideals, conservative aesthetics and regressive socio-political attitudes – and it isn’t just shaping our bodies
Jun 09, 2025
In the midst of greater plastic surgery transparency and access, the line between having the right to adhere to conventional beauty and being forced into a ‘dictatorship of beauty’ is blurry
Jun 06, 2025
As the beauty industry morphs to meet shifting gender dynamics, rising conservatism, and constant surveillance, why do our self-care treatments look more like self-harm?
May 29, 2025
The East London-based creative has gained fans in Julia Fox and Paloma Elsesser with her tongue-in-cheek, inclusive approach to high fashion
May 27, 2025
When people who have built their careers on body positivity lose weight, the reaction from their community can be harsh. Chloe Laws explores the ethics of weight loss transparency in the age of Ozempic
May 23, 2025
Welcome to the world of ‘full bush in a G-string’
Apr 03, 2025
Can we find joy in beauty again?
Mar 26, 2025
More and more young people are breaking up with smartphones and social media – and our perception of beauty and body image is changing as a result
Mar 10, 2025
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