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• 21 Complexion perfection: Make expensive cleanser go further
  If you use cleanser and cotton wool to remove your make-up, you'll find that more cleanser goes on teasing off your mascara than anything else – a waste of expensive skincare. To make it go further,...

• 22 Condition and shine: Give new life to a greasy fringe
  If you haven't had time to wash your hair and it's looking a little worse for wear, dampening and blowdrying the fringe or front top sections can do wonders to rejuvenate your whole style. But if you haven't...

• 23 Nails, hands and feet: Cheat your way to slimmer fingers
  Polish isn't just there to decorate your fingertips – you can use it to flatter the shape of your hands, too. If your fingers look a little squidgy or stout, or your nails are short, concentrate...

• 24 Condition and shine: Avoid styling products if you want shiny hair
  If you want your hair to shine, especially after going an expensive new colour, avoid styling products as they work by coating hair with a residue that clouds its natural reflective ability. Instead use...

• 25 Styling advice: Take the oomph out of over-blown hair
  If you've overdone your blowdry and your hair's looking too bouffant, take it down a notch or two by spritzing just once with a fine water spray – though make sure you do it from about four to six...

• 26 Nails, hands and feet tip: Double up to make varnish last
  Don't skimp on polish if you want your manicure to last – you need two layers to prevent wear around the edges. Though make sure you stop there – three is too many and leads to peeling.

• 27 Styling advice: Soft hands to fend off flyaway
  If you're prone to experiencing flyaway hair, moisturise your hands and as the cream's being absorbed into the skin, run them lightly over the surface of your locks. Make sure your hands aren't completely...

• 28 A gorgeous smile: Zap a coldsore in seconds
  It's an old wives' remedy, but it seems to work for us – at least until the pharmacy opens. When you feel the telltale tingling of a coldsore erupting, stick an icecube straight on to the affected...

• 29 Complexion perfection: Take care with concealer to protect skin from lines
  The skin under the eye is the thinnest on the face and therefore the most prone to 'mechanical' lines – those created by repeated actions, such as frowning. Tugging or rubbing the skin can also create...

• 30 Styling advice: Irons can bring life to layers
  Straightening layered hair can flatten sections so they blend into the rest of hair and lose the bounce and separation they're cut in to create. So rather than slide irons straight down the hair, separate...

• 31 Condition and shine: Don't skimp on conditioner if you want shiny hair
  If your hair is fine or prone to oiliness, many beauty experts recommend using conditioner just on the ends of hair, which are driest. This is working on the assumption that conditioner makes the top layers...

• 32 Eyes and brows: Keep smoky eyes smoking for longer!
  Running a kohl eyeliner along the inner rims of eyelids is one make-up trick guaranteed to sex up any look. But being right next to moist eyes, the eyeliner doesn't stay around long. Give yours a fighting...

• 33 Nails, hands and feet: Stop nail polish from bubbling
  If you can see tiny bubbles in your nail varnish once it's dried, it means your nails weren't thoroughly clean before you applied it. The two most common causes are oils from moisturiser and residue from...

• 34 Eyes and brows: The key to long lashes
  To really lengthen lashes, it's key to work right into the root with mascara and then layer on as many coats as you can before lashes turn spiky. Focus on one eye at a time so the mascara doesn't have...

• 35 Nails, hands and feet tip: Give your manicure a professional finish
  You know how professional manicures just look, well, that bit more professional than a DIY job? The key is to first buff nails for a super-smooth surface, then gently slide the nail varnish brush down...

• 36 Nails, hands and feet: Quick tip for smoothing flaky nails
  Nails flake for all kinds of reasons – a low water intake could be one, as water is needed to bind the fats that stick the layers of the nail together. Old emery boards can also fray the edges of...

• 37 Styling advice: Give straightened hair a bit of oomph
  If you have straight hair and like the glossy, smooth effect created by using straighteners on top, you'll also be aware how it can leave hair overly flat at the roots and looking lank. The solution's...

• 38 Nails, hands and feet tip: Be careful with moisturised hands
  Because the skin on the back of your hands is so thin, it shows signs of ageing much sooner than other parts of the body. What's more, as the skin gets a lot of exposure to ultraviolet light, it's prone...

• 39 Hair removal: Take the ooh out of hair removal!
  Removing hair by waxing or by epilator can be a painful business. But the mistake many make is starting with hair that is as long as it gets or has regrown substantially since the last defuzzing. Yanking...

• 40 Skincare: Get the measure of your holiday beauty kit
  If you're planning to save weight on airline baggage allowances by decanting your favourite beauty unguents into smaller pots, remember not to fill them to the top. The cabin pressure will cause them to...