helena frith powell

There are certain things I will never try, and I can confidently say that this is one of them. Penoplasty, or to give it its more colloquial name, penis enlargement, is not quite the complicated procedure you might assume. It has at least one thing in …

Facial peels have really moved on. Gone are the days when you were covered in chemicals and then had to spend days hiding in a darkened room as your skin peeled off like a lizard’s. In keeping with the whole organic, natural era we are living in, I rec …

‘They can replace hands and lungs, they can fit pacemakers, but they can’t do a damn thing about hot flushes,’ laments the lead character in the new French hit film Aurore, or I Got Life! to give it its English title. My first reaction on hearing this …

We are besieged by political correctness wherever we go. And it seems rather one-sided. For example, I was amazed to see that while my local supermarket wasn’t selling Easter eggs this year (they are “chocolate” eggs apparently) it was proudly displayi …

I can’t resist a bargain, so when my favourite nail salon offered me 50% off false eyelashes I thought ‘it would be rude not to’. So off I trotted yesterday to have them done, having completed a patch test a few days ago to make sure I wasn’t allergic …

I try to do a mask three times a week. This morning I tried the Clarins SOS Hydra Refreshing Hydration Mask, which I loved. It’s a cream/gel so doesn’t feel too oppressive, even though the texture is thick and luxurious. It glides on perfectly and afte …