Latest articles by Cassie Steer
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8 Valentine’s Day Date Night Beauty Looks We’ve Pinched From The SS14 CatwalksRunways and romance might sound like an incongruous mix but, take it from us, if you’re hung up about what hair and make-up look to rock on Friday, it’s here you’ll find ‘the one’ for you.
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10 Tricks Of The Trade That'll Make You Glow... On The Outside At LeastLacklustre, sallow and pasty. Not the most endearing adjectives, we grant you, but spare a thought for your poor overworked epidermis at this time of year. Devoid of sunlight and being subjected to an unhelpful cycle of central heating and polar vortexes, no wonder it’s feeling a bit, well, ‘meh’. Luckily, we have a raft of industry experts on hand to give your skin back its get up and glow.
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6 Beauty Products That Will Give You A Much-Needed Energy BoostSuffering a mid-January slump? We've been on the hunt for beauty products that will make you feel a whole lot better.
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Beauty School Drop Out: 4 Things You Should Have Learnt To Do But Never DidFrom liquid eyeliner to perfectly-shaped brows, you'll be graduating from beauty school in no time with our easy-to-follow guide.
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How To Shape Your Eyebrows To Suit You'The best way to create your perfect shape at home is to start off by using a brow stencil kit,' says queen of facial topiary Shavata.
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5 Beauty Ideas We're Going To Steal From The Golden GlobesThe 5 stand-out (and simple) beauty tricks we learnt from the 2014 Golden Globes.
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Hair Chalks: Could This Be The Perfect Look For Christmas Day?Thought streaking was just for summer? Well Santa is in for a surprise as the new wave of hair chalks could be about to change your mind.
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One-Minute Beauty Treatments: Our Favourite 60 Second Products (Because Who Really Has The Time?)Let’s face it, most of us barely have time to get dressed let alone do a ‘cleanse, tone and beautify’. Luckily those considerate beauty boffins have stepped in with a plethora of products to snatch back some precious morning-time (set that alarm clock to snooze now). Here are our top ten...
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Winter Foundations: 10 You NEED To Know AboutMove over BBs (CCs and DDs too, while we're at it) because winter is on its way and it calls for something a little more heavy duty. And, boy, do we have the contenders for the job. Make way in your make-up bags for the next generation of power players your skin will thank you for.
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The 5 Hotly Anticipated Backstage Beauty Products We Can FINALLY Get Our Hands OnThese are the five hero products the backstage make-up pros swear by and now we, yes you, can get our hands on.
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5 Amazing Backstage Beauty Moments From Paris Fashion Week SS14From meteorological mishaps to alien activity – we knew there was a reason backstage at PFW got a big thumbs up from us. Here are our favourite soundbites from the hair and make-up maestros behind the looks...
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Milan Fashion Week SS14: 5 Ways To Nail The 'Natural' Look At HomeThe 'I'm-not-wearing-any-make-up-but-really-I-am' look is a skill that we're still trying to perfect, but thanks to the beauty pros backstage at Milan Fashion Week, we're that bit closer to nailing it.
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Milan Fashion Week SS14: 5 Beauty Secrets The Pros Didn't Want You To KnowWe've been sniffing around backstage at Milan Fashion Week to bring you the latest tips and tricks from the beauty pros. You can thank us later.
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London Fashion Week: The 2 Beauty Looks We'll Be Trying Next SeasonOur Beauty and Style Editor Cassie Steer on the two make-up looks she'll be trying come SS14.
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The Hottest Place To End NY Fashion Week? Backstage At Marc Jacobs, Natch...Our beauty and style editor Cassie Steer rounded off New York Fashion Week in style. Come and find out why Marc Jacobs is a cut above the rest...
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5 Brilliant Beauty Buys The Pros Are Using Backstage At New York Fashion WeekStraight from the backstage make-up stations at New York Fashion Week, we bring you the key beauty products that you really need to know about. If they're good enough for the likes of Cara and Karli...
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New York Fashion Week SS14: Marie Claire's Top 5 Beauty LooksWe've been scouting around backstage at New York Fashion Week to bring you the five stunning catwalk beauty looks that will turn heads back in Blighty.
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New York Fashion Week: 5 Things We've Learned So FarAh, New York. The concrete jungle where dreams are made of, apparently, but eleven shows in and are things looking dreamy backstage? Read on to find out what our beauty and style editor, Cassie Steer, has garnered so far.
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Festival Beauty: The Looks You Can Only Get Away With When Stuck In A Field With 100,000 Other RevellersLet’s face it, there aren’t many places outside of pre-school that you can get away with wearing welly boots, teeny tiny shorts, face paint and a chicken on your head. Luckily we have festivals to make all that socially acceptable. That in mind, here’s our VIP pass to the looks we wish we could rock every day thanks to a little inspiration from the SS13 shows.
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Heatwave Beauty: 9 Ways You Can Fight The Make-up Melt This SummerThat elusive glowing orb in the sky is looking set to stay, so here are the products to help you keep your cool.
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The Essential Nail Tips You Need To Know AboutMake mani mistakes the stuff of beauty past with a little help from Adam Slee, talon-ted manicurist to the stars, official Rimmel spokesperson and all-round nail guru (cue rapturous applause).
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Behind The Scenes At Stella McCartney’s Resort 2014We were invited backstage at the Stella McCartney Resort show in New York to learn all about the designer's eco credentials, all with a little thanks to Aveda.
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Tools Of The Trade: Making The Most Of Your Make-Up BagTo create a masterpiece you need the right tools, so ditch those iddy-biddy applicators that come free with eyeshadow palettes and compacts and swot up on the make-up tools every girl should own.
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Northern DelightsIf there’s one thing us beauty journos excel in, it’s crisis management. Work woes? I can proffer the perfect MAC lipstick for it. Having a down day? It’s amazing what an uplifting fragrance (or let’s face it, any fragrance) can do. But when a friend (who shall remain nameless) was going through a particularly rough break-up, I knew that a beauty bag just wasn’t going to cut it - this was a case for some serious spa intervention
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Summer Hair 2013: All You Need To KnowThe good news is that SS13’s hair forecast is looking decidedly low-key compared to some of the overly-elaborate coifs of season’s past
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Nail Art: Top Five Trends To Try NowForget the 'Boy Brick Bag', this season’s must-have fashion accessory is at the end of your fingertips
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Crazy ChicFor us beauty journos, delirium may have set in circa Day three of Milan but if we were feeling a tad 'out to lunch', the hair and make-up teams were positively unhinged judging by today's bonkers beauty offerings.
