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Dear Caroline

Your exclusive beauty column from Mac Cosmetics’ senior make-up artist, Sunderland-born Caroline Donnelly. Read

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CLINIQUE have developed a great new range called Redness Solutions, for people who suffer from redness and flushing that causes ongoing blotchiness and discomfort. Read

Right time to indulge yourself

Hannah Davies discovers what to buy for the beauty-lover in your life this Christmas in The Journal’s spa awards. Read

Retail therapy

LIBBY Nolan, fundraising manager of the Children’s Foundation, has been busy. She’s organised all sorts of fundraising activities for the charity for December in Eldon Square. Read

Beauty therapy

BIGGING-up hair for a special night out works well as you’re getting ready; one step out of the door and the whole look is lost in the winter weather. Read

‘Face furniture’ can be a spectacular spectacle

WITH all the spectacle brands in the world today, from edgy couture to celebrity, sports brands, cosmetic houses and even Donald Trump and Scooby Doo, you’d think there’d be a few more aspirational spectacle wearers in the public eye. Read

Dear Caroline

SUNDAY morning I had a call from American Vogue. I was assisting make-up artist Mathias Vann Hoof for a feature on women’s wear designer Jonathan Saunders. Read

Purls of winter wisdom

THIS season, knits aren’t only big on the fashion front, they’re jumbo in size. Rejoice at the onset of cold weather – if there’s one winter warmer you have to invest in to keep cosy, it’s a chunky knit. Read

Retail therapy

METROCENTRE Debenhams’ personal shopper Dawn Monkhouse holds their Employee of the Year title. Bosses noticed the amount of thank-you letters she receives is comparable to fan mail. Read

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FOLLOWING the success of their Lunch Boutique events over the summer, Newcastle’s historic Mansion House at Fernwood Road, Jesmond is hosting a lunchtime event by Clinique on November 21. Read

Dear Caroline

TODAY I’ve been working in Soho in London. I’m working with a French actress, singer, model and now designer, Lou Doillon, the daughter of Jane Birkin who has just designed a range of clothing for Lee Cooper. Read

Some bright ideas for your face

Hannah Davies looks at the best Christmas sparkle this year. Read

Retail therapy

FREDERIC Fekkai believes “your hair is your most powerful fashion accessory,” so he’s created Coiff, a wardrobe of styling products that are so fine and light, they can be used with each other. Read

Peacocks put on a dazzling display

THE high street is fast moving, fit to burst and feeds our ever-hungry fashion habit on a daily, weekly or monthly basis depending on how much we crave and can afford. Read

Beauty treatment the student way

BEAUTY isn’t cheap. Like many lovers of a facial/ manicure/pedicure and a bit of pampering, I know that. But confusingly Newcastle College’s lifestyle academy is offering things like facials at £10? Manicures for £5.95? St Tropez Tanning for £8? Read

Dear Caroline

TODAY I’m writing from my parents home in Washington as I’m in the region – I worked in MAC House of Fraser in the MetroCentre yesterday and I’m at MAC Fenwick in Newcastle today. Read

Bags of unique fashion designs

Teenage runaway and fashion designer Karina Hesketh has battled illness to return with a fantastic eclectic collection. She speaks to Hannah Davies. Read

Beauty therapy

DE Vere Slaley Hall’s, new spa manager Pippa Wilson, is busy planning a special ESPA product evening this Thursday and Christmas packages. Read

Fashion duo aim to get us in shape

TRINNY and Susannah are the pair who’ve taken it upon themselves to teach us what to wear through whatever media channels they can muster. Read

Making a meal of pampering spa customers

WHEN a VIP pamper package for Secco and City Retreat in Newcastle was launched it seemed only fair to try it out to see if it lived up to its luxury tag. Read