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Beauty sleep

Posted May 11th 2010, by Hannah Adams

I’m tired of feeling tired. It seems as though my body is wading through waist-height treacle while my mind lags a few yards behind. I make a trip to the GP and watch his eyes glaze over while I detail the vagaries of my exhaustion. I imagine he wants to thwack my notes on the [...]

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The great lipstick/lip gloss debate

Posted May 5th 2010, by Gillian Davies

A discussion on the beauty desk about lip glosses and how they are perceived went something like this: Lipstick is mature, glamorous and for women who want to be taken seriously (sentiments of the beauty director and editor). Lip gloss is for teenage girls and WAG wannabes but gives you an amazing pout (me). Why, [...]

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Why overweight people finish last

Posted May 4th 2010, by Catherine Jones

Don’t think you make snap judgements about others because of their weight? A new report reveals that even five-year-olds do. And here’s the test to prove it

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Going veggie was easier than I thought

Posted May 4th 2010

Reluctant environmentalist Catherine Jones goes cold turkey and gives up meat for a month

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Guilty pleasures

Posted April 30th 2010, by Justine Knight

Only Elizabeth Hurley — the woman who tirelessly helped transform white jeans from fashion faux pas to wardrobe staple — could elevate beef jerky from the snack of American truckers to the fare of beauty editors. The high-protein, low-calorie snack made from air-dried strips of silverside sourced from her own herd of cattle on her [...]

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Garden your way to wellbeing

Posted April 29th 2010, by Sophie Herdman

Weather permitting, I plan to spend my bank holiday gardening. Not because my garden is in desperate need of some tender loving care (although the 5-inch grass and weeds might suggest otherwise), but because research claims it will improve my wellbeing. Gardening is a good form of exercise (burning 180 calories an hour), increases knowledge [...]

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