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Hair straighteners for gyms

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

You've never seen this Tyra

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

Facial filler injections blind 98 people

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

Hot agent sells your house

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

Too slim for the catwalk?

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.

Friends star's 'tanning intervention'

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

Popstar to launch MAC line

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

Aniston: I 'beat myself up' over looks

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

Martin Daubney: How to age gracefully if you're not George Clooney

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.

'Ludicrous to call me plus size'

Brazilian beauty pageant runner-up wrestles crown off winner, storms off

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.

'I want to be 100% plastic'

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

Lydia Ko reveals new look

New year, new look for New Zealand golf pro Lydia Ko, who has ditched her signature glasses and hair tie for a new online bio pic.

Do you regret your tattoos?

A third of people who have them done regret it - but new removal techniques offer hope, finds Victoria Lambert.

Cara Delevingne gives thanks for 'best eyebrows in the world'

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

New face of Max Factor has been dead for 53 years

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.

Kate's hair a 'nightmare'

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.

Plasma jab does perk-up job

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