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Sali Hughes

Sali Hughes is resident beauty columnist for Guardian Weekend magazine and a features and comment writer for a range of magazines. She is also a weekly contributor to BBC radio 5 live

January 2025

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    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Bargain hunters, rejoice! Discount beauty has arrived at the Bicester Village outlet shopping centre

    It’s not only the prices that make a trip to the designer outlet worthwhile, it’s the hope of tracking down cherished discontinued items
  • Still life for Sali Hughes winter beauty 2025

    The Filter
    Winter beauty essentials: Sali Hughes’s 30 favourite cold weather products

    Does your skin suffer during a cold snap? Hair and nails in need of TLC? Let our beauty expert guide you through the best lotions, serums, makeup and more

    • Sali Hughes on beauty
      I don’t bother with beauty products in the January sales. Instead, I reorganise and spruce up my supplies

    • Sali Hughes on beauty
      The beauty products and gadgets I tried, tested and loved last year

    • Sali Hughes on beauty
      Beauty serums are fast, no-nonsense – and do three jobs in one

December 2024

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    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Safe Botox isn’t only for Harley Street – it should be on the high street, too

    If reliable brands can offer affordable injectables, customers won’t need to look for dubious alternatives
  • Ilia Balmy Gloss Tinted Lip Oils.

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    How to choose the ideal ‘your lips but better’ lipstick shade

    There are some whacky ideas about finding the right nude lipstick tone, but really it is very simple…
  • Comp of beauty products held by illustrated hands

    The Filter
    The best beauty gifts: Sali Hughes’s present picks for Christmas 2024

    From luxury gift sets to TikTok-famous products, here’s everything you need to delight the beauty lovers in your life this year

November 2024

  • Sali Hughes on Dyson Airwrap

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    I didn’t rate the original Dyson Airwrap – has the new version ironed out the kinks?

  • 20241009 SaliHughesAUTUMNV2LANDSCAPE copy The best autumn fragrance launches Photography: Kellie French Lighting Tech: Declan Slattery Set Design: Yvonne Achato Fragrance: Hermes Barenia

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Not a fan of sweet fragrances? Let me introduce you to chypre scent family

  • Products from Harry Styles’ Pleasing range.

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Not all celebrity beauty brands are cynical cash grabs. Some have real star quality

  • Cutout image of man's profile against blue sky with clouds

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    The barely there makeup products I recommend to my male friends

October 2024

  • Woman with a sheet moisturising mask on her face. (Credit: Dmytro Flisak / Alamy Stock Photo)

    Today in Focus
    The child skincare boom - podcast

  • Saturday magazine Sali Hughes 80s hair Photography: Kellie French Lighting tech: Declan Slattery HMU: Sarah Cherry Model: Emily I @ Nevs Top, £45, rokit.co.uk

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Break out the hairspray and rollers: big hair is back

  • Saturday magazine - Sali Hughes - 24 Hour eyeshadow Photography: Kellie French Lighting tech: Declan Slattery HMU: Sarah Cherry Model: Emily I @ Nevs

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    The non-powder eyeshadows you can trust not to budge

  • LED mask

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    They’re expensive but there’s value in red and blue LED light masks

September 2024

  • Sali Hughes - red, white and blue balloons floating a small suitcase

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    American beauty: my pick of products you can find only in US stores

    While more and more products are available globally, there are still treasures to be found on a US drugstore trolley dash
  • An orange on an orange background. The orange has an orange cosmetic tube placed in the middle of it.

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Given up using vitamin C serums? Here are some that are gentle enough for sensitive skin

    Some people are unable to use vitamin C skincare comfortably but there are ways round the problem
  • three coloured jars of Aimee’s Brighten Up Colour Corrector

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    TikTok has declared concealer is over. I’m not so sure

    Look further than the thick, old-fashioned stuff and you’ll find a new wave of barely-there products that lighten signs of tired eyes with an almost invisible finish

August 2024

  • Unbranded products falling into a blue plastic bag

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Why it’s time to bag a high-street retinal – retinol’s fast-acting little sister

    Almost every dermatologist I’ve spoken to is decidedly positive about the vitamin A derivative
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