Observations with Richard Beecham: A needle in the face – and other beauty tips

I think I’d like to get more botox,” she said, delicately gesturing to her forehead. “It’s all getting a bit loose again.”

This was a comment not from a former trophy wife in her 50s, or a nipple-pierced divorcee dad grappling with a midlife crisis, but a friend of a friend in her late 20s.

Sensing an opportunity for humour, I aggressively stretched my facial skin back with my hands, and asked: “How do you think I’d look?”

Beauty Bible beauty clinic: I'm looking for affordable and effective skincare - can you help?

Our weekly Q&A from the Beauty Bible experts Sarah Stacey and Josephine Fairley, whose latest book is The Ultimate Natural Beauty Bible. Their series of Beauty Bible books are now bestsellers worldwide – and this column solves your beauty dilemmas. Visit their website, beautybible.com, for lots more information, tips and exclusive offers. If you have any beauty dilemma you would like them to answer, you can e-mail them there too.

Beauty Lab: Anti-ageing shampoo

The best make-up and skincare products go under the Fashion Team's microscope. This week: anti-ageing shampoo

It's not just our skin that we need to keep an eye on - our hair is ageing just as fast. Jane Barnett, hair and scalp specialist at Kérastase, says: "As we age, cell metabolism and regeneration slows and our hair loses colour and density." Environmental factors also contribute. "Exposure to the elements, or styling habits that cause stress and damage, cause premature ageing." We tested the new wave of products.

Female beauty pageant judge spared jail after grooming and sexually assaulting young girl

Charlotte Holl swapped 1,200 text and social media messages with her victim, as well as giving the young girl cigarettes and alcohol
A female beauty pageant judge who groomed a young girl with cigarettes and booze and sexually assaulted her has been spared jail.

This Baby Will Only Stop Crying For Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’: Watch

We're with you baby girl. OOOOOHHHHH!!!!

When you’re stuck in a Kia on a long drive with a screaming baby, you’ll do just about anything to get that kid to stop crying: silly voices, stupid faces, Cheerio bribes, whatever it takes.