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Most hair dye reactions are mild, but they can appear up to three days later and a few are serious. Here is how the strand test works, what a reaction looks like and what a dermatology patch test involves.
The tiny tub, triangle, square and iron stitched into your clothes follow a shared system. Learn the five shapes and a few modifiers, and most laundry decisions become straightforward.
Words such as “eco”, “conscious” and “sustainable” are everywhere in fashion, and they mean very little unless they are specific. What the UK regulator expects of those claims, and how to read them as a shopper.
Alterations are the quiet secret of a wardrobe that fits. Which changes are routine, which are limited by the cloth and construction, and how to get the best from a first visit.
The headline number is quoted constantly and often misunderstood. What the UK figures actually measure, why the gap is bigger for some groups than others, and how it differs from unequal pay for the same job.
Menopause is a health matter that arrives in the middle of working life, and it is still too often treated as private awkwardness. What the symptoms can involve, what employers are expected to do, and how to start the conversation.
Most of us wear a small part of what we own, and keep the rest out of hope or guilt. A calm, practical way to find out what earns its place, what needs a small fix and what can go.
Fit is what separates a suit that looks considered from one that merely looks new. A practical walk through the checks worth making in the fitting room, in the order that matters.
Razor burn, bumps and ingrowing hairs are common enough to feel normal, and mostly preventable. A step-by-step look at preparation, technique, and when irritation is a sign to change approach.
Jeans are the most familiar garment in the wardrobe and one of the least understood. What the weight, weave and finish of denim mean, and how to look after a pair so it ages well.
U, PG, 12A, 15, 18: the letters on a cinema poster are the work of a long-running independent body with a published rulebook. Here is how the system works and where it is easy to misread.
A well-known person praising a product on social media is often an advertisement, and in the UK it is meant to look like one. A plain-English look at what the rules ask of the people who are paid to be seen.
