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Fashion and beauty: Wake up to the time clock in your make-up bag

According to a recent survey, the contents of the average woman’s make-up bag are as much as four years out of date. Nearly 90% of the 1,000 women questioned said they weren’t even aware that cosmetics have a ‘use by’ expiry date and more than two-thirds admitted to never washing their make-up sponges or brushes. But does it matter? And what should we be doing? HILARIE STELFOX reportsRead

Fashion: Meet a cosmetics hoarder

PAULINE SMITH, sales manager at the House of Fraser store in Kingsgate, admits to being a make-up hoarder.Read

Fashion and Beauty: A prop-er wedding for rugby bride Louise Moore

THE MAKERS of Four Weddings were on the look-out for unusual ceremonies and outspoken brides to appear in the new series of the Living TV programme.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Breast Cancer Care Charity effort by Huddersfield Boots store staff

STAFF at Boots in Huddersfield are organising three Fun Days in the store to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care.Read

Fashion: Shoulder pads are coming back, but you don’t have to wear them

Anyone over 40 will remember the shoulder-padded days of the 1980s, when Dynasty-style ruled, but it’s been a long time since the female silhouette has been quite so dramatic. However, all that is poised to change as shoulder pads start to make their way back into our wardrobes. Hilarie Stelfox reportsRead

Fashion and Beauty: Is yours a mum in a million?

MUMS everywhere will be hoping for a treat on Mother’s Day, March 14.Read

Health: Our fitness competition winners are making great progress

Jonathan and Janine Chambers won a personal trainer for six months with the Examiner. They are about to complete their first month of trainingRead

Fashion: Bum-Chums bosses areBrighouse’s underwear entrepreneurs

IT ALL began during Craig Hendry’s impoverished student days when he saved money by giving his friends home-made gifts.Read

Get gorgeousness on the cheap!

AMERICAN designer Michael Kors has designed a new range of glamorous cosmetics for Estée Lauder called the Very Hollywood Color Collection.Read

Beauty: Huddersfield schoolgirls to be offered free make-up lessons

Most high schools have a minimal make-up ruling but don’t hold lessons on how to apply it. Now one Huddersfield school has invited its Year 10 and 11 girls to take advice from the beauty experts. Hilarie Stelfox reportsRead

Fashion and Beauty: Dressing up a romantic Valentine’s Day tale

WHEN bride Lucy McKenna walks down the aisle on February 26 she’ll be wearing a gown that will become the stuff of family legend.Read

Fashion: Huddersfield University’s No Frills fashion show tickets on sale

TICKETS for Huddersfield University’s ‘green’ fashion show are now on sale.Read

Step into spring

MINI fashion shows at Huddersfield’s House of Fraser store on Saturday will showcase the latest spring designs for both men and women.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Alexandra House spa gets top marks

HUDDERSFIELD day spa Alexandra House in Edgerton has been given a five ‘bubble’ rating by the Good Spa Guide, a publication that reviews spas across the country by using secret customers.Read

Two Huddersfield girls battle for Miss Universe Great Britain title

MISS Universe watch out – because two Huddersfield girls are after the title.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Recycled clothes on the catwalk of Huddersfield University Business School’s student show

RECYCLING has never been more fashionable. Which is why the No Frills charity fashion show, planned by Huddersfield University Business School students and featuring one-off reconstructed garments, is right on trend.Read

Fashion and Beauty: There is no quick fix for healthy weight loss says Charlotte Ryman

SUPERMARKET assistant manager Charlotte Ryman joined a slimming club with one aim in mind – to throw away her size 26 wardrobe and get into size 16 clothes.Read

Fashion and Beauty: The price of beauty can be high

IF YOU want to really splurge out on some truly luxurious skincare and have got to that age when wrinkles are no longer someone else’s concern, then ask for a demonstration of the new Prevage day cream from Elizabeth Arden.Read

Fashion: Sweet dreams are made of this

` IF YOU’RE looking for a really luxurious beauty treat, positively packed with natural goodness and a celebrity endorsement to boot, then check out the Aromatherapy Associates Overnight Repair Mask.Read

Fashion: Sweet 16 and spot free

TEENAGE skin problems can undermine the confidence of even the most outgoing girl.Read