C onsider yourself in good company if you’ve tried your fair share of questionable beauty tricks. Millennials will remember the noughties concealer-on-the-lips trend. Others will recall when we doused our hair in lemon juice and basked in the sun hoping for highlights.
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You might have supposed we’d moved on from going to bizarre lengths in the name of elevating our look, but we’ve raided the lockers of industry experts to find otherwise. Few would argue there’s a place for lube outside the bedroom or that nipple cream should be used by anyone other than a breastfeeding mother – except these pros. Here’s their list of the best unglamorous beauty essentials.
Teabags are the perfect DIY tool for fixing broken nails before applying gel or polish. Push the break shut and use nail glue to stick a small piece of the outer net to the area, like a mesh connecting the pieces of nail. Add a layer of top coat to the entire nail, sealing everything in.
Then trim any over-hanging teabag to the shape of your choosing, filing down any rough edges. Refresh your teabag plaster with every manicure until the split grows out. Giorgia Cappella , nail artist and trainer at The GelBottle Yorkshire Tea, £4.
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