Mica Ricketts

5 days ago | marieclaire.co.uk | Mica Ricketts

With summer’s official arrival now tantalisingly close here in the UK, my thoughts have already turned to one thing as a very pale beauty editor—how to get a sun-kissed glow. Yes, while I’d love to have the certainty of a season of sun-soaked days, we all know that the British weather doesn’t always love to play ball during the summer. Which means I’m constantly on the lookout for the best fake tans, cream bronzers, and glow sprays to help me fake more radiant skin.

5 days ago | marieclaire.co.uk | Mica Ricketts

I make no secret of the fact that there are two main things I need from the products in my make-up bag—they need to be fast and they need to be easy to use. Which is why, as someone with rather unruly brows, my routine tends to be outsourced to professionals for a quick brow wax every few months and a haphazardly applied tinted brow gel on days that I’m leaving the house.

1 week ago | marieclaire.co.uk | Mica Ricketts

Summer is well and truly on its way, with temperatures rising, getaways being booked and the sunshine becoming a more regular fixture on my weather app. Yet while I’m passionate about making sure I’ve applied my daily dose of SPF to my face, I have to come clean about one thing—unless I’m on holiday, I’m pretty lacklustre when it comes to applying sun cream to my body. I know, I know.

1 week ago | marieclaire.co.uk | Mica Ricketts

Despite the abundance of incredible nail trends that have been dominating 2025 so far—I’m talking iridescent soap nails, pistachio manicures and vibrant jelly nails—I’ve been on something of a manicure hiatus of late. Specifically, a break from gel manicures after a rather questionable removable job at a salon I had never visited before left my nails in tatters.

1 week ago | refinery29.com | Mica Ricketts

While nail trends come and go, certain manicures never look dated — and the French manicure is one of them. Classic, minimal and undeniably timeless, there’s nothing like that combination of white tips and a nude base for an instantly polished nail look. However, if you love a pared-back manicure but find the humble French mani slightly, well, basic, then you might be interested in its latest iteration. Enter: the tinted French manicure.