Category: Features

WHERING – IT’S NOT JUST AN APP, IT’S AN ETHOS

Written by Brian James & Leigh Maynard London Fashion Week is fast approaching, and this season with-it, a mix of live and digital shows. The fashion industry has been forced to adapt over the last 18 months. Where once sustainability was a byword reserved for independents, conjuring images a world away from high fashion aesthetics,

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DIRECTOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER RANKIN TEAMS UP WITH VISIONARY WILL.I.AM FOR NEW MERCEDES-AMG CAMPAIGN TO CELEBRATE THE BRANDS FIRST EVER HYBRID CAR

Technology and media continue to work closer than ever before, as it stylishly captured in Director and Photographer Rankins latest lensed offering. Teaming up with Forward-Thinking Visionary and Music Icon Will.i.am, Rankin shot the latest campaign for Mercedes-AMG, which celebrates a truly momentous moment in sports car history with their first ever hybrid car. The

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LET’S TALK GOOD SKINCARE PRACTICES: PART VIII – SUNSCREENS

Hey, put that sunscreen on! The last, and virtually most important step in your skincare routine is sunscreen. Most important because if there’s ever a product that is truly “anti-ageing”, that will be SPF, as it protects skin from sun damage that causes premature skin ageing, which is why I won’t include a specific ageing

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LET’S TALK GOOD SKINCARE PRACTICES: PART VII – MOISTURISERS

Moisturisers are your second to last product to be applied (last should always, always, always be SPF) as they are what effectively protects your skin barrier from external aggressions (other than sun damage) and “lock” everything in. Most moisturisers can be used AM and PM – (provided they aren’t tinted or don’t contain SPF), but

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LET’S TALK GOOD SKINCARE PRACTICES – PART VI: MASQUES

Relax, Refresh, Recharge, Face Masque! The reason we are talking about masques now, is because as a skincare step they’d be applied after your exfoliator and before your serum, and because they are a special treat/pamper moment, an occasional weekly or monthly treatment rather than a daily step.  So keep following here, daily routine will

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LET’S TALK GOOD SKINCARE PRACTICES – PART V: ACID EXFOLIATORS

Let’s Talk About Acids, Baby! We touched a little on the subject of acids when we talked about toners earlier in this series. Depending on skin type and needs, you can use a gentle acid product to exfoliate and smooth skin daily. But because there are different types and strengths for different needs, and some,

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LET’S TALK GOOD SKINCARE PRACTICES – PART IV: SERUMS

The Serums Have it! Ok, so now we are getting more serious into the treatments, and serums is really where you should make your bigger investment (not to say you have to spend a fortune or that all good serums need to be a budget breaker, that’s not the case at all). Serums are the

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LET’S TALK GOOD SKINCARE PRACTICES – PART III: EYE CREAMS

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Eye Creams! If you’re wondering “why are we talking eye creams at this stage?” It’s because here is where they should enter your routine. After toners and before serums. This might change on the days you’re using an acid exfoliator, in which case you’d cleanse, exfoliate, mist

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