Gone are the days of orange, patchy skin – and for good reason! These days we’re all embracing a natural and heathy look, swapping noticeably fake tans for a more subtle bronzed glow. The best part? You can achieve a beautiful and golden tan in just four easy steps… Exfoliation is Key: Priming a canvas […]
It might be time to put away all those expensive potions and lotions after trying coconut oil in your daily beauty regimen. It’s loaded with Vitamin E and fatty acids (such as lauric acid, myristic acid, capric acid and more) which are anti-fungal, anti-oxidizing and anti-bacterial, just the sort of stuff that our body happily […]
Discover your dark side with ManTan Words: Damien Woolnough Photograph: Mitchell Griest 3th September 2018 Leading make up artist Nadine Monley usually spends her time making women’s skin glow from the pages of In Style, Russh and Vogue but now she’s focussing on invigorating the outlook for pale men. With her own brand the Beauty Dept. she developed Man Tan, perfect gay […]
By Gabby Neal There’s a lot of miscommunication when it comes to how fast particular products work. Can’t say we blame you either, there’s a whole lot of false advertising going on and somewhat fake news out there. One might say 12hrs, another 12 weeks – so who’s right? If we’re being perfectly honest with […]
By Gabby Neal No matter how careful we are, scars a wonderful unavoidable way in which our body naturally repairs itself. And unfortunately for the most part, everyone in some form or another has found themselves waking up to battle scars; be it from a night out, surgical procedure or an internal mental struggle. Essentially, […]
By Gabby Neal As we’ve grown up, the concept of washing our face has evolved as well. Now that we’re twenty-something years old, we can’t really rely on the good old splash a bit of water and we’re good to go, method anymore. We really have to look after our skin and actually use products […]
By Gabby Neal With that many products on offer it’s somewhat hard to decide which ones are best; both in product and performance. Although all are intended to achieve the same outcome, they work in different ways. We here at Beauty Department are obvious fans of the gradual tan over the instant. More so for […]
We’ve all woken up, completed our dutiful morning routines only to find flaky skin appear on our noses. Our first reaction – top up the moisturiser into more a heavy duty application. But It’s not the lack of moister that’s causing this, it’s missing or at least not carrying out, the proper process of exfoliation. […]
Latest shoot for Monster Children by our beauty department creator Nadine Monley. Model Alannah Walton is a name to watch! Photographer Darren Mc donald Model Alannah Walton Stylist Tamila Purvis Hair and make up Nadine Monley
There’s something about the mysterious glow which keeps everyone guessing. Where did they go? What did they do? Or more frequently…who did they do? So I thought I’d do a bit of a background check on this and find out exactly what it is, what causes it and how exactly we can get it. Essentially, […]