Nessa Humayun

2 weeks ago | marieclaire.co.uk | Katie Thomas |Nessa Humayun

At Marie Claire HQ our beauty cupboard is full to the brim with products—there isn't a shelf in there that isn't spilling over with pots and tubes. I won't lie to you, it can get a little manic and overcrowded in there. And yet each month, the beauty team sets aside time to go in there and trawl through what's been sent to us over the past month and find the ones that truly stand out. These products earn themselves a spot on their very own shelf. The Beauty Desk Drop shelf.

3 weeks ago | marieclaire.co.uk | Nessa Humayun

Elisa Lee became obsessed with Korean skincare in 2012, right before it went mainstream in her native China. She loved it so much, in fact, that she started a dedicated K-beauty Instagram page, which she runs to this day. “I can’t believe this is happening,” she says about President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariff” agenda, which sees South Korean exports levied with a 25 per cent hike on US imports. “I think everything will become more expensive, including Korean skincare.

3 weeks ago | marieclaire.co.uk | Nessa Humayun

Few people are so skilled at navigating the blurred line between make-up and art as Isamaya Ffrench. The 36-year-old is acclaimed for creating whole worlds in her approach to make-up; using it as an instrument for transformation, disruption, or now, with her new core collection, a way to enhance what's already there. Ffrench has had a storied career in the industry. While studying at university, she started face painting at children's parties.

1 month ago | marieclaire.co.uk | Nessa Humayun

Has the rodeo ever been so fashionable? I don't think so. Since last summer, all sorts of sartorial inspiration has been coming out of the South, and it's only set to ramp up when Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter concert tour commences later this month. One trend we're going to see everywhere very soon is rodeo hair. Everyone from Maura Higgins and Sabrina Carpenter to Beyoncé has been rocking the style. It's an XXL take on bombshell hair, and it packs a punch.

1 month ago | marieclaire.co.uk | Nessa Humayun

Fragrance is woven into the tapestry of all of our lives, whether we like it or not. As such, a single scent has the ability to carry whole worlds and histories inside—some can even operate as a time-capsule to bygone eras; a world, say, under the rule of Queen Victoria, when smog, sooty fog and coal dust swirled around the streets of London. The year is 1890, and amidst the churn of the city was an oasis on Jermyn Street, where aromatic, steam-like vapours cut through the detritus.