Marie Claire UK Marie Claire UK
  • Fashion Fashion
      • Fashion
        • View all Fashion
        • Fashion Trends
        • Shopping
        • Watches and Jewellery
        • Fashion News
  • Beauty Beauty
      • Beauty
        • View all Beauty
        • Fragrance
        • Hair
        • Make Up
        • Skincare
        • Nails
        • Marie Claire Beauty Awards
  • Health Health
      • Health
        • View all Health
        • Fitness
        • Nutrition
        • Female Health
        • Wellbeing
  • Life Life
      • Life
        • View all Life
        • Opinions
        • Travel
        • Sustainability
        • Weddings
        • Money & Work
        • Competitions
  • Culture Culture
      • Culture
        • View all Culture
        • TV and Film
        • Celebrity News
        • Books
        • Royal News
  • Vouchers Vouchers
      • Clothing
        • View all Vouchers
        • Mint Velvet
        • Karen Millen
        • H&M
        • nobody's child
        • ASOS
        • ARKET
        • MANGO
      • Designer Clothing
        • View all Vouchers
        • Reiss
        • THE OUTNET
        • SSENSE
        • Mytheresa
        • Liberty London
        • Selfridges
        • Farfetch
      • Accessories
        • View all Vouchers
        • AllSaints
        • Aspinal of London
        • Charles & Keith
        • River Island
        • FitFlop
        • Kate Spade
        • Vagabond
      • Jewellery
        • View all Vouchers
        • Pandora
        • Abbott Lyon
        • Goldsmiths
        • Beaverbrooks
        • Astrid & Miyu
        • Swarovski
        • Angara Jewellery
      • Beauty
        • View all Vouchers
        • Sephora
        • Cult Beauty
        • Space NK
        • Dyson
        • Clarins
        • Look Fantastic
        • Clinique
      • Activewear
        • View all Vouchers
        • Lululemon
        • Gymshark
        • Sweaty Betty
        • Nike
        • adidas
        • New Balance
        • Helly Hansen
  • NEWSLETTER Signup to our newsletter
  • Trending
    • Women in Sport 2026
    • Marie Claire Masters
    • Spring Summer 2026
    • Nail Trends 2026
    • Best Investment Bags
    • Best Perfumes
    • Digital Issues
    • Women Who Win

    When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

    Mica Ricketts

    Mica Ricketts

    Freelance Beauty Editor and Contributor

    Mica Ricketts is a freelance beauty editor and contributor to Marie Claire. She has written for titles including Refinery29 and Who What Wear UK, and also works with beauty brands on content messaging and marketing copy. She was previously Who What Wear UK's beauty editor. As someone that has tried basically every acne product on the market, she has a particular passion for debunking skincare myths and finding products that work. Plus, with two small children at home she is all about time-saving beauty routines that boost glow and disguise dark circles.

    Latest articles by Mica Ricketts

    Best La Roche-Posay Products
    As a beauty editor with adult acne, there’s one affordable brand that makes up most of my skincare routine

    A French pharmacy favourite

    Skincare
    • glossy pink nails
      Trust me, glossy pink nails are the *chicest* summer mani—they elongate your hands beautifully

      You'll be rushing to the salon

      By Mica Ricketts

      Beauty
    • a line up of mica rickett's Best Tinted SPFs
      This summer, I’m forgoing most of my make-up routine in favour of one of these 8 tinted SPFs

      A true multitasker

      By Mica Ricketts

      Skincare
    • woman with brunette hair wearing sunglasses and a beige blazer
      I Love Luxury Skincare, But This £13 SPF Moisturiser Will Be All I’m Using This Summer

      Dewy skin with added sun protection

      By Mica Ricketts

      Skincare
    • best tea perfumes
      I’ve been feeling frazzled lately, but this unexpected fragrance note calms my senses like a comforting cup of tea

      The alternative gourmand

      By Mica Ricketts

      Fragrance
    • A lineup of Glossier cleansers, including the Glossier Milky Jelly Cleansing Balm
      I’ve Used Glossier’s Cult Jelly Cleanser For 8 years, But Now That I’m 35 Its New Launch Has Replaced It Entirely

      It removes every scrap of make-up

      By Mica Ricketts

      Skincare
    • Woman with brown wavy hair wears gold chain necklaces, an orange ribbed asymmetric shoulder and pistachio nails
      Green Nails Are The Unexpected Trend Of 2025—Pistachio Manicures Will Be The *Only* Way To Wear Them This Summer

      Move over matcha

      By Mica Ricketts

      Beauty
    • Meghan Markle wearing tan shirt with Montecito manicure on her nails
      Meghan Markle's 'Montecito manicure' is *the* quiet luxury nail look and it's so easy to do at home

      Royally chic

      By Mica Ricketts

      Beauty
    • Lea Naumann wearing white tshirt, black skirt and cowboy boots with suitcase and hand luggage containing best chic miniatures
      Travelling soon? Petite and practical, these minis will give your beauty bag a chic upgrade

      First-class formulas only

      By Mica Ricketts

      Beauty
    • portrait of young woman with natural skin, no make-up and skin texture showing
      I Have Acne-prone Skin, So Struggle With The “Clean Girl” Make-up Look—I Asked A Professional For Help

      Here are there 5 simple steps

      By Mica Ricketts

      Make Up
    • best mermaid waver
      I’ll be wearing effortless beach waves all summer long, thanks to these 6 mermaid waver tools

      They’re *so* easy to use

      Hair
    • Mica Ricketts holding Givency L'Interdit EDP
      Audrey Hepburn wore this classic floral perfume for a reason—I’m obsessed with it too, 68 years later

      If it’s good enough for Audrey...

      By Mica Ricketts

      Fragrance
    • Best bright lipsticks
      I swapped my usual lip balms for the best bright lipsticks—and it was surprisingly joy-inducing

      A dopamine boost for Monday through Sunday

      By Mica Ricketts

      Make Up
    • A montage image featuring someone holding the Kenzo Flower fragrance bottle on top of a street style image of a guest wearing a Kenzo blue denim jacket with printed red logo and flower, outside Kenzo, during Paris Fashion Week, Menswear Spring/Summer 2020
      As a perfume-obsessed beauty editor, I can’t believe it’s taken me 25 years to try this classic Y2K scent

      It was worth the wait

      By Mica Ricketts

      Fragrance
    • woman holding one of the best make-up sponges up to her face
      I have no time to be faffing with brushes, but a make-up sponge is an essential in my routine—here are the 6 best

      Essential for smooth, seamless skin

      By Mica Ricketts

      Make Up
    • Kosas DreamBeam Sunscreen Review
      This sunscreen leaves my skin so glowy—it’s basically replaced most of my makeup-bag

      Forget the foundation...

      By Mica Ricketts

      Skincare
    • woman wearing long pastel knit, holding pink bag with butter yellow nails
      Butter yellow is the colour of the season—and experts have confirmed it looks chic on nails too

      Here's how to choose the best shade for you

      By Mica Ricketts

      Beauty
    • two women looking at fruit tree in summer clothes
      People call these perfumes 'basic' but I fundamentally disagree—in fact, these 11 smell really luxurious

      And they're perfect for spring

      By Mica Ricketts

      Fragrance
    • Trinny London Plump Up Peptide+ HA Serum
      I’m 35 and my skin is way less plump than it used to be—but this sell-out serum is restoring its bounce

      My shortcut to lifted, juicy skin

      By Mica Ricketts

      Skincare
    • Renia Jaz at Fashion Week
      Over 45? These are the 9 best serums to firm, smooth and boost glow, according to experts

      This one step could transform your skin

      By Mica Ricketts

      Skincare
    • Carla Bruni at fashion week
      Over 50? These are the 11 best concealers for mature skin, which don’t skimp on hydration, coverage and brightness

      With absolutely no clinging to dry patches

      Make Up
    • Lily James with hair bronzing and leather trench
      Want super glossy, glowy hair? Hair bronzing is the key to sun-kissed strands for spring

      Golden perfection

      By Mica Ricketts

      Hair
    • Mica Ricketts holding a bottle of the DKNY Be Delicious up against a blue sky
      This iconic 00s perfume was my signature as a teen, but it still smells so fresh and modern today

      This fruity fragrance is over 20 years old

      By Mica Ricketts

      Fragrance
    • Mica Ricketts holding a bottle of the Ultra Violette Fave Fluid
      I have so many sunscreens that I love, but this is the one that I recommend to *everyone* who avoids wearing SPF

      It’s truly undetectable

      By Mica Ricketts

      Skincare
    • Living Proof Scalp Care Density Serum
      I lost a *lot* of hair after having kids, but this serum has really helped with regrowth, bald patches and thickness

      Plus, it's keeping greys at bay

      By Mica Ricketts

      Hair
    • best rhubarb perfumes - woman spraying wrist with perfume
      If you love fruity scents but hate anything overly *sweet* then these 6 rhubarb perfumes will hit the spot

      This moreish note is about to take off

      By Mica Ricketts

      Fragrance
    • Woman with lived-in blonde hair colour wears black sunglasses, gold earrings, white tank top, black oversized blazer jacket
      ‘Lived-in blonde’ is the low-maintenance hair colour trend that’s going to be everywhere in 2025

      It's effortlessly cool

      By Mica Ricketts

      Hair
    • two models with blurred skin and wavy hair backstage at fashion week
      Blurred, back-lit skin will replace our obsession with glow—here are the best products for a velvety complexion

      Soft, radiant skin will be everywhere this spring

      By Mica Ricketts

      Make Up
    • woman with ghost waves on brunette hair wearing sunglasses and wool blazer
      A hair expert just confirmed that ghost waves are going to be *the* most popular hairstyle for spring

      And they couldn’t be easier to recreate at home

      By Mica Ricketts

      Hair
    • JVN Complete Air Dry Cream
      This is hands down one of the *best* hair products that I have ever used, and I will repeat buy it until the end of time

      It’s totally transformed my hair care routine

      By Mica Ricketts

      Hair
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Archives
    logoCreated with Sketch.
    • Site Archive
    • Contact Future's experts
    • Contact us
    • Terms and conditions
    • Advertise with us
    • Privacy policy
    • Cookies policy
    • About us
    Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google

    Marie Claire UK is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

    © Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.