
Anita Bhagwandas
Anita is an award-winning journalist with over 15 years of experience on some of the UK’s biggest magazines. She explores beauty culture and questions the power that pretty privilege has over our lives. She's so passionate about the topic, she has written a book on it called UGLY: Giving Us Back Our Beauty Standards (2023, Blink), which was serialised by The Guardian and Independent and featured by Vogue, Elle, and many more. She's also a beauty columnist for The Guardian Saturday magazine, freelance Beauty Director at Condé Nast Traveller, and contributes to several international publications.
Latest articles by Anita Bhagwandas
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1920s Hairstyles: How To Do It & Who To Copy
Everything you need to know about 1920's hairstyles, by the experts
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Would You Give The Touching Gift Of Porn This Christmas?
Pornhub are now offering Christmas gift vouchers for your loved ones. You need to watch the advert...
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Merry Gothmas! A Guide To Being A Christmas Goth...
Your definitive gift guide to all things Goth for Christmas. Tis the season to be melancholy...
By Anita Bhagwandas
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A Nutritionist Speaks: The Superfoods You Should Really Be Eating
What superfoods should you really be eating?
By Anita Bhagwandas
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How To Apply Blusher: The Beauty Hacks You Need Right Now
Upgrade your blush skills with our blusher video tutorial
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Step Back Into The Fifties At Hemsby Festival
A blast from the past at this quirky weekend festival in Norfolk
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Sugar Skull Halloween Make-Up Tutorial: From Dull To Skull In 15 Minutes
Nail that beautiful sugar skull look this Halloween
By Anita Bhagwandas
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How to curl your hair with straighteners: The one hack you need to know
Ditch your tongs - your straighteners can basically give your curls to die for
By Anita Bhagwandas
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A Halloween Zombie Make-Up Tutorial Made Easy
Forget about a vampy lip or a smokey eye - these are the real halloween looks you need to master
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Spotlight: Pure Gold Collagen could be the answer to your skin-sagging prayers
Could this little bottle of wonder turn back the years?
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Nashville Is Nearly Over, But We've Got Your New Country Soundtrack Covered
The country tracks to listen to after you've watched all of Nashville season 3
By Anita Bhagwandas
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The Best Things About Being A Goth
School might have sucked, your parents might have pleaded with you to listen to some nice pop music and maybe no-one really understood you. But it's still worth it.
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Is It Time To #LetGo?
In 40 years will we really care who had the most Instagram likes or worked the longest hours?
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Meet The Women Redefining Beauty
Meet the four inspiring women who promise to change the way you think about beauty...
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Ella Eyre Is The New Face Of Armani Violet
The fragrance house reveals it’s new face – and our new favourite pop princess
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Tess Holliday: Everything You Need To Know About The Plus Size Model Of The Moment
We're borderline obsessed with Tess Holliday - the 29-year old plus size model, body confidence activist, feminist and all-round badass. Say hi to your new beauty icon...
By Anita Bhagwandas
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The 5 New Diets of 2015
Summer’s here, so here come the 5 new diets of 2015. But which ones work? Team Marie Claire test them out, to sort out the fast fixes from the fads...
By Anita Bhagwandas
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The Down Low On Brazillian Blow-dries
Is it the holy grain of perfect hair? We help you decide.
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Five Ways To Break A Bad Habit
Ten coffees a day? Netflix marathons over seeing mates? Haven’t read a book since 2001? We’ve called in the big guns to nix your bad habits for good...
By Anita Bhagwandas
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The Brunette's Guide To Using Dry Shampoo
Ditch the grease, without looking like a Halloween extra...
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Would You 'Choose Beautiful'?
Dove's new emotionally driven video aims to challenge how women see themselves. But does it work?
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Let Your Movie Heroine Pick Your New Favourite Scent
Because sometimes all you want in life is to smell like your favourite movie star...
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Four Post Break-up Beauty Hacks To Make You Feel Less Rubbish...
Because at this moment in time, it’s ALL about making yourself feel better
By Anita Bhagwandas
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Is The French Manicure Back?
It's been cast out of our beauty regimes, but is there a way to bring it back from the 90s?
By Anita Bhagwandas


