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• 1 Beauty fact or fiction? The truth behind some familiar hair myths
  Catherine Zeta-Jones may have been blessed with thick hair full of natural movement, but for the rest of us it's hard enough making sure our crowning glory looks glorious without old wives' tales getting...

• 2 Get the look: Tamsin Egerton works the casual beach blonde effect
  A keen fan of Hot Chip, St Trinian’s star Tamsin Egerton turned up super-early at the launch party of Wrigley’s 5 gum to catch the members of the band and their supports playing – and...

• 3 How to recreate this summer's must have 'natural' look as worn by Kate
  The trend for natural-looking make-up started with Kate Winslet at a screening for Away We Go in New York and gathered pace at the Glamour Awards. There, fresh-faced beauties from Joanna Page...

• 4 How to… make small lips look fuller
  1. Exaggerate Make your lips look larger than they are by slightly extending the natural lip line. Use a lip pencil to create a new line just outside the real one, but stick fairly close – within 2mm...

• 5 Sunprotection: the facts
  We now have more cases of skin cancer than Australia, so it's clear the message about safe sun just isn't getting across. To help you make sense of the advice while the warm weather stays with us, we asked...

• 6 X marks the spot for Halle's hot hair
  She never looks less than A-list amazing, but now Halle Berry is sporting a new bob shape that manages to be soft and sharp at the same time, she's added an even more sophisticated edge to her look. If...

• 7 Treatment of the week
  It's one of the most indulgent and therapeutic treatments you can enjoy at a spa or salon. But what is hot stone massage – and is it right for you? We asked Noella Gabriel, director of product treatment...

• 8 Bridal beauty tips we can all use
  Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady's recent nuptials are a timely reminder we're entering the wedding season, so we've brought together the best tips for bridal beauty that everyone can use to look naturally...

• 9 Quick tip for top tootsies
  Now that British summer-time has finally arrived, we'll be pulling out those strappy sandals – a la Courtney Cox Arquette and Victoria Beckham - from the back of the wardrobe once more. But...

• 10 Picture perfect tips from the top
  Celeb make-up artist Cassie Lomas has been working lots with Lady GaGa lately to make sure she looks picture-perfect on photographic shoots, as well as regularly making up soap stars including Charlie...

• 11 Make more of your mascara
  Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has been pictured with her face au naturel – and we think she looks amazing. But in these straitened times, you don't have to do without make-up to make it go further;...

• 12 Keep legs looking smooth in short skirts
  If broken veins or blemishes on your thighs make you feel self-conscious about wearing short skirts, apply foundation or concealer to the patches about which you feel most uncomfortable, setting with a...

• 13 Want to make your legs look longer?
  Keep a continuous line of colour the whole way down the leg to draw the eye up and down in one smooth movement. If you're going out bare-legged, that means nude-coloured footwear. Otherwise match your...

• 14 Nails, hands and feet tip: Help stop nails from flaking
  Carry nail polish over the tip of the nail as you draw the brush upwards – it helps prevent moisture loss from the layers of the nail plate and also reduces flaking.

• 15 Nails, hands and feet tip: Protect nails from staining
  Here at hellomagazine.com's Beauty channel, we love dramatic nail colours and wear dark or bright polish all the time. Yet we never have yellowing nails – usually caused by pigments in the polishes...

• 16 Skincare: Help keep skin from looking oily
  If you don't have time to let your moisturiser fully absorb into your skin before you apply your make-up – which will mean cosmetics just sit on top of it and slide off within a couple of hours –...

• 17 Skincare: Moisturiser for money savers
  If the credit crunch is causing you to pull in the purse strings and you want to save on brand-name moisturisers, buy aqueous cream instead – the most basic form of moisturiser that forms a barrier...

• 18 Caprice says take a bath if you want to look hot
  Model Caprice told us that if she hasn't got time to redo her hair and make-up before a big night out, she gets into a hot bath – the steam refreshes her style and her face. The thing is to make...

• 19 Karen Hardy's tip for sparkling through the night
  We learned a great tip from Strictly Come Dancing's Karen Hardy, who won the fourth series of the show with partner Mark Ramprakash. Karen loves to sparkle and says she was still wearing high heels and...

• 20 Complexion perfection: Quick tip for reducing hot spots
  In an emergency, take the redness out of a fresh spot by dabbing eye drops on it. In the same way that eye drops help clear bloodshot eyes by constricting blood vessels, they can also reduce swelling and...