No matter their age, all women struggle with uncomfortable hormone-related conditions and symptoms at some stage – whether it’s to do with an imbalance or their cycle. But according to naturopath and nutritionist Belinda Kirkpatrick, the co-author of Healthy Hormones: A practical guide to balancing your hormones, there are a number of simple lifestyle changes …

They can make a refreshing alternative to your usual cup of builders’ tea or coffee, but new research has found that popular drinks, including fruit teas and flavoured waters, could be bad for your teeth. The team at King’s College London found that drinking the likes of fruit squashes, cordials, fruit teas, diet drinks, sugared …

Keeping up with the all the fun face masks out there is harder than keeping up with the Kardashians. How do you try them all (and get all their glow-inducing benefits) without going totally broke? Enter DIY face masks. Tweak what you use to suit your skin’s needs that day (dry, oily, flaky) without buying …

It’s sometimes hard to pinpoint exactly what it is that attracts us to someone. It might be their confidence, or their sense of humour, or you might just like the way they look. A lot of research over the years has gone into trying to work out what it is that makes us fancy each …

Most of us assume that facial cleansing is a task so basic it can be accomplished even when you’re completely exhausted or slightly tipsy — which, of course, it can. But it turns out that there’s a lot more to it than soap and water, says Doris Day, dermatologist and author of Forget the Facelift. …