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DDF Skincare Feature (HN Harvey Nichols Magazine)

On the skincare front, the gap between the cosmetic and the clinical is closing in fast. In the US, the growing trend for “advanced skincare” lines is taking the traditional, 3-step cleanse, tone and moisturise rule to a whole new level. Think “refine”, “peel”, “renew” - and more.

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Beach Bag Essentials (HN Harvey Nichols Magazine)

Beyond Beauty offers one-stop shopping for the ultimate beach beauty kit. Jenni Baden Howard gets packing.

• Art Luna Hair America Healthy Highlights Hair Lightening Gel (£10.50). Be a golden girl - Hollywood Super-colourist not required. Comb through this low-peroxide formula and let the sun do all the work.

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Therapy Systems Skincare Feature (HN Harvey Nichols Magazine)

Attention, serious skincare buffs - there’s a hot new brand on the block. Since its launch Stateside two years ago, Therapy Systems - now available on this side of the pond at Beyond Beauty - has already earned an A-list following. Allure magazine has hailed the clinical, frills-free formulations “strong stuff - not for sissies”, and the Sex and the City cast stash the results-orientated products in their Dior saddlebags (for the record, the girls are said to swear by the Sensitive Glycolic Toner, £15.80, which purges pores of pollution and exfoliates to brighten dull, city-grey complexions).

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Uma Thurman and Other New "Faces" (HN Harvey Nichols Magazine)

Call it the Uma effect. The ad campaign for Lancome’s latest foundation, starring its supernaturally radiant movie star model, might tempt you to add it to your winter beauty hit list. The name certainly couldn’t be more apt: Photogenic.

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