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    Shannon Lawlor

    Shannon Lawlor

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    Executive Beauty Editor

    Shannon Lawlor is the Beauty Director at Who What Wear UK. With nearly a decade of experience working for some of the beauty industry’s most esteemed titles, including Marie Claire UK, Who What Wear, Glamour UK, Stylist, Refinery29 and Fabulous, Shannon’s aim is to make the conversation around beauty as open, relatable and honest as possible.

    Having also worked behind the scenes with some of the industry’s biggest brands and retailers, Shannon has a unique insight into what people really want from their beauty routines and has made it her mission to demystify the intimidating world of beauty. Whether she is writing about her first beauty love (fragrance) or the best dark circle treatments, you can always expect her approach to be no-frills and totally candid.

    While Shannon is the first to admit she doesn’t personally hold the answers to every beauty question out there, she'll regularly turn to her little black book of qualified experts for help. As a self-proclaimed lazy girl, Shannon has an affinity for hard-working perfumes, fool-proof make-up products and does-it-all skincare.

    When she’s not working, you’ll likely find Shannon in the bath (not a day goes by without an hour-long soak), dusting her extensive perfume collection or giving no-holds-barred beauty reviews on social media from her bathroom floor.

    Latest articles by Shannon Lawlor

    Shannon Lawlor after using Kiehl's eye cream
    My dark circles mean I always look exhausted, but I can count on this brand's eye creams to make me look alive

    They're cult for a reason

    Skincare
    • Solar perfumes: a woman in a yellow flower field under the sun
      Sun-drenched perfumes are my specialty—trust me, these 9 solar scents are like sunshine in a bottle

      They're unbelievably uplifting

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Flora Verde
      This classic scent is, without question, the best summer perfume ever made—and I'll never be without it

      There's a reason it's an icon

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • Shannon Lawlor after using La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Serum for eight months
      I've used this French pharmacy serum for 7 months to treat post-acne marks—here's proof it *actually* works

      It's really good at what it does

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Skincare
    • Victoria Beckham
      I'm rubbish at eye make-up, so I got Victoria Beckham's MUA to school me—here's what happened

      Do I look like VB, now?

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Make Up
    • Shannon Lawlor wearing Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balms
      This tinted lip balm is so good that I've used it every day for an entire year—and I've cleared *countless* tubes

      Softening, tinted and generally very cute

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Make Up
    • Scam skincare tools: a face behind a broken mirror
      Trust me, I understand skin—these are the 5 skincare tools I would *never* buy

      Plus, what to use instead

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Skincare
    • Woman in a wheat field, scene similar to the vibe of Elizabeth Arden White Tea Eau de Toilette
      My perfume collection has a five-figure value—and yet I refuse to be without this £27 scent

      Yes, it's currently in the sale

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • woman wearing some of the acne patches from the article
      11 breakout-busting acne patches that really do work

      Tried and tested by team MC

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Skincare
    • Nail Trends 2024
      I asked celebrity manicurists what 2024 nail trends are reigning supreme for summer—these are the 11 to know

      Chic manis, this way

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Beauty
    • I hadn't used a body mist in 20 years, but this summer scent is proving my most complimented to date

      I'm as shocked as you are

      Fragrance
    • Influencer wearing a summer nail colour on her toes
      Take it from me, these are the only summer nail colours to wear on your fingers and toes in 2024

      So, so chic

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Beauty
    • A woman with hair flying over her head
      I'm so fed up of my fine hair breaking—these are the products I'm actually seeing results from this summer

      Hello, stronger hair

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Hair
    • Shannon Lawlor holding a bottle of Chanel Comete perfume
      After wearing it every day for two months, I officially name this unassuming Chanel perfume the chicest ever

      Its soft comfort is like no other

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • Shannon Lawlor wearing Victoria Beckgam Beauty FeatherFix Brow Gel
      I'm calling it, Victoria Beckham's new brow gel is the single best brow product in the world—see for yourself

      It trumps everything I've ever tried

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Make Up
    • woman applying one of the best sunscreen for acne-prone skin - getty images 1389859311
      After the best sunscreen for acne-prone skin? As blemish-prone beauty editors, these 10 didn't break us out once

      If your skin breaks out at the mere whiff of an SPF, read on

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Skincare
    • Rihanna shot for Dior J'adore, wearing black sunglasses
      After 20 years, Dior has named a new face of its most iconic perfume—introducing, Rihanna for J'adore

      Rihanna has been named the new face of Dior J'adore

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • Shannon Lawlor holding Kylie Jenner Cosmic Eau de Parfum bottle
      This is supposedly the fastest selling fragrance of 2024—I thought I'd hate it, but I'm actually impressed

      It has been quite the surprise

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • Acting Senior Beauty Editor Shannon Lawlor wearing DCYPHER foundation
      Wearing the wrong foundation shade is a thing of the past thanks to this innovative product and I'm completely converted

      It's an exact-match foundation

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Make Up
    • Coco & Eve Bali Bronzing Foam
      My colleagues think my golden tan is too convincing to be fake—but it's all down to this exceptional product

      I've kept it under wraps for years

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Beauty
    • Mecca Cosmetica To Save Face SPF50+ Superscreen
      You can quote me on this—this SPF is the best skincare product I've *ever* introduced into my routine

      I'm on my ninth tube

      Skincare
    • Dior Sauvage Eau de Parfum and Elixir
      This is probably the most popular men's fragrance in the world—and I insist my husband always has a bottle

      I don't have a bad word to say about it

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • Simone Ashley on various red carpets
      Simone Ashley reveals her favourite red-carpet moment and the beauty ritual she leans on before stepping out

      A reflection on her life in red carpets...

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Beauty
    • Sol de Janeiro Perfume Mist Discovery Set
      The Sol de Janeiro Perfume Mist Discovery Set is finally here—and it's a must for lovers of summer scents

      It's destined to be a bestseller

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • Shannon Lawlor holding Diptyque Orphéon
      It's time for me to properly reveal my signature scent—trust me, this is the best perfume you will ever smell

      I'm sharing this with you, but I don't want you to buy it

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • Best New Beauty Products May 2024 including: Oribe Styling Lotion, James Read Self Glow, Chanel Comete, Dior Bronzer, Sarah Chapman Serums and Cerriere Freres Candle
      It's not often a new beauty product stops us in our tracks but these 8 are in a class of their own

      The crème de la crème

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Beauty
    • Shannon Lawlor having her wedding beauty and make-up done
      I got married four weeks ago—these are the 6 wedding beauty risks I took that *really* paid off

      Brides to be: read this now

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Beauty
    • Timothee Chalamet on set for Bleu de Chanel
      I've always considered this men's fragrance the best of the best—and Timothée Chalamet just confirmed it

      A new campaign sees the actor star in a short film by Martin Scorsese

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • Expensive perfumes: Tom Ford, No.19 Chanel, 1872
      Fine, I'll own up—here are the 17 luxury perfumes that are so good I've stolen them off somebody else's neck

      They're too good to not jump on

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Fragrance
    • After 4 months of daily use, I can confirm this is the most effective skincare ingredient I’ve ever tried

      It has been 18 years in the making

      By Shannon Lawlor

      Skincare
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