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WHILST on holiday, what is the best way to stop hair from frizzing in the humidity?Your hair can behave very differently on holi-day especially in hot, humid climates. It is im-portant to change your hair care routine by us-ing products that are designed for dealing with hair in warmer climates. It is vital that you shield your hair from direct sunlight as it can cause damage and frizz.

You can prevent this damage by wearing a sunhat or smoothing on some hair oil; this will stop hair from drying out. A light serum can be used to combat frizz or alternatively you can invest in a salon permanent straightening treat-ment a month before your holiday to keep frizz at bay. Once you return from holiday, your hair will still require moisture and treatment, there-fore it is vital that you continue your holiday hair regime for a few more weeks.

HAIR CAREwith Asgar

Celebrity stylist Asgar is at Daniel Galvin Hair Salon, 58-60 George Street, London W1U 7ET

Natural plumped: You surprisingly don’t need any lipstick to get a more rounded, juicy and natural plumped look. In fact, what you want to do is take the colour out of your lips to create a nude shade which can be done in two ways.

You can often find great lip plump products that are light concealer shades or just a clear gloss that brings tingles to your lips, apparently causing them to become fuller. If you’re a DIY girl, all you have to do is apply a concealer over your lips and then line them with a pencil that is just the tiniest shade darker than your concealer. Then take a fresh lip brush and blend the edge of the lip liner into the rest of the lip.

This will create a bit of natural colour so your lips don’t look lifeless, but not enough for people to notice a hard colour has been added. Then add two thin layers of your favourite gloss to cre-ate a bit of a seductive shine!

The classic red: From Marylin Monroe to Chris-tina Aguilera, the timeless lip-popping bright red shade will not be going away anytime soon. Red lips usually being seen on paler skin makes dark-er girls shy away from trying out this style.

However darker and olive skin can still go for this style if they opt for a more flattering shade of fire reds and burgundies. Red lipstick can bleed into the surrounding skin easier, so fill in the lips by lining them first to define a strong shape.

A little tip is to use a lipstick brush to fill in the lips and then apply the lipstick

after. This helps to create a base col-our so that when the lipstick fades

the colour will still be as eye catching as ever. Since you’re already going for a dramatic lip, don’t look too overdone with heavy eye and face make up. Keep it nice and light for

the full effect!

Matte finish: If you want to steer clear of the shiny fantastic plastic look, stick to a nice matte finish by following these simple steps. First, lay down a thin layer of gloss carefully so that it doesn’t go over the lines of your lips, but instead defines them nicely. Then on top, apply the col-our of your blusher with a small lipstick brush, which should fix onto the gloss quite nicely. By using your blush colour, your lips will match the colour scheme you’re using

on your face. Lastly, add a thin layer of vaseline to seal down the blush colour and lock in a bit of mois-ture. And there you have it, a flawless matte lip finish.

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For a quick semi-matte look without using blushers and brushes, try out Bobbi Brown lip color, which gives an instant polish and full col-our. The creamy texture will feel great on the lips without having to put on gloss or lip balm underneath.

Make sure you always carry-ing around a tin of vaseline for when you want a glamorous shine, but don’t have the cor-

rect gloss. This saviour will always give off a

light sheen when-ever you need it and lasts forever.

A decent lip pencil is an

essential as this is what

can give your lips an amazing

shape. Choose one a few shades darker

than your natural skin tone – we recommend one from ei-ther Estee Lauder or L’Oreal. Remember to re-

line your lips whenever your colour has started to

fade during the night. The pencil can also fill in the

rest of the lips instead of a lipstick, which is handy!

If you don’t want to fill in your lips but are scared of the

bright red colours, try out benetint stain pocket pal lip

gloss duo from Benefit. Not only does this lip stain fit nicely in

your pocket, it gives your lips a great rosy colour too. A word of

caution though, make sure its ap-plied evenly and lightly as it does stay on quite strong.

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RU KOTECHA

High heel, high hellGOD created man and then the woman

tempted man from paradise. Thousands of

years later, man got his own back by in-

venting the high heel shoe. For me, wear-

ing high heels is like going on a bad date.

It starts off full of promise and seems

like a good idea at the time. You spend

time trying to ‘break them in’, but 40

minutes later you’re in agony and

can’t wait to get rid of them.

Yes, man has created a shoe that

gives the vertically challenged –

height, long lean legs and a pos-

ture that Marilyn Monroe would die for

(something women of all shapes and sizes desire).

Yet, like everything man

made, it all falls apart by night. Your feet

are blistered, you have calves the size of

baby elephants and a granny could would

walk faster, and with more grace, than you.

But, just like bad dating, with the high

heel shoe you never learn – if a Louboutin

asks you out, you can’t say no.

Not so hot gossipAsians love to gossip – and it can be about anything. From relationships and every-day things like work to what your mum’s, sister’s, husband’s,uncle’s, second cousin’s, wife did last Sunday afternoon. I hate gossips and always used to run out of the room when my mum and the auntie-jees started sweetening their tea with a spoonful of gossip about some dis-tant relative they hadn’t seen since 1968. The thing about gossip is that it’s mostly inaccurate because those cooking up the stories are adding their own blend of mirchi to spice things up.

Yes, there is no smoke without fire, but in the case of neighbourhood gossip, it’s more likely the evening rotis are burning than someone stoking the fires of an illicit affair. As Albert Einstein once said: “If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.” If only they would!

Ru’s Rules...GIRLS, glitter is not magic fairy dust that

will make you more attractive. Wear it and

your friends will probably disown you; not

because you look like a fool, but because

they have spent the last week removing

your face from all of their clothes!

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