Frazzled and frizz-afflicted women can expect free hair straighteners at plenty of gyms and bars.

Supermodel Tyra Banks has shared a "raw and real" selfie on Instagram.

Nearly 100 people have been left blind by cosmetic treatments that went wrong, according to a doctor who pioneered the use of Botox.

Using a good-looking agent could fetch homeowners an extra $20,000 on the price of the average Auckland home, research reveals.

Liz Lamb is a Kiwi high-jump champion, health food blogger and model, and if she lived in France modelling agents could be sent to jail for hiring her.

Jennifer Aniston staged an "intervention" against her own tanning habits.

British pop star Ellie Goulding will launch her own line of beauty products with MAC Cosmetics.

Jennifer Aniston used to "beat" herself up about the way she looked.

Ageing is great if you mature like a fine wine. But what if, like most men, you mature more like a ripe cheese? Martin Daubney explains the options.

Sales in the United States of non-designer mass fragrances have dropped by half since 2000.

Kylie Jenner has spoken out about the online craze that has teens suctioning their lips in shot glasses to mimic her pouty look.

The quest for the perfect pout has turned even more bizarre with a new trend in suction devices.

Real women differ dramatically and quite different body types can be equally attractive. The science of attractiveness must grapple with variation, both within societies and among cultures.

Holliday, the first woman of her size to be hired by a major modeling agency, is also the first model over size 18 to model Monif Clarke's clothing line.

A Brazilian beauty contest ended in chaos when the furious runner-up wrenched the crown off the winner's head, and threw it to the ground moments after the result was announced.

Justin Jedlica has already had 190 cosmetic procedures in his bid to transform himself into a human Ken doll.

Cara Delevingne has praised her late grandmother for having the "best eyebrows in the world" in a touching tribute.

She may have been dead for more than half a century, but that has not stopped Marilyn Monroe becoming the new face of a beauty brand.

Her lustrous locks are the envy of women the world over. But the Duchess of Cambridge's hair is a "nightmare" to style because it is so "long and thick", according to her husband.

An Auckland appearance medicine clinic has introduced a cutting-edge "facelift" treatment using the patient's blood - without a knife or surgeon in sight.

On my must do list was buy fruit from the supermarket, conditioner from a hair salon - and nip into the pharmacy to get derma fillers injected into my face.

She's been seen kissing Kate Moss on Love magazine's cover and posing completely naked for French Vogue, but now the Brazilian model comes with something new.

Cosmetic surgery doesn't affect only the patient, as Anna van Praagh recalls

A pharmacy at one of NZ's biggest malls is offering shoppers walk-in Botox treatments.

Julian Maloney and his crew recently had a close shave with one of the most important NZers. The barber tells us his secrets.

It could be the ultimate in male vanity - men are paying thousands of pounds in search of the perfect nipple.

Lucy AitkenRead had to survive the "stinky stage" but has no regrets about giving up washing her hair for two years.