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Edwina Ings-Chambers writes a weekly beauty column for the Weekend FT, as well as regularly reporting on fashion trends in her role as deputy fashion editor. - -

Pièces de résistance

The hairpiece is back. Edwina Ings-Chambers says bird’s nest-sized buns, huge chignons and tight curls provide instant glamour

The noses in the know

Perhaps people now have a need for exclusivity and speciality when it comes to fragrances, writes Edwina Ings-Chambers

When every cloud has a designer lining

The reality of climate change has turned umbrellas and wet weather gear into the latest ‘it’ accessories, says Edwina Ings-Chambers

Eye up the bright pop option

In spite of her initial reservations, Edwina Ings-Chambers succumbs to the thrill of an Abba flashback moment and tries out an electric blue eyeshadow

In search of my bottled summer self

When fragrance is linked to someone else’s personal life, Edwina Ings-Chambers feels like she is just riding on their olfactory coat-tails

When the west looks east

China has long been an important source of inspiration in the fashion industry. Edwina Ings-Chambers observes that designers’ love of oriental style is still blossoming

In the mood for brown

Colours are always open to personal interpretation, suggests Edwina Ings-Chambers, as she discovers how brown can have a touch of mystery and be synonymous with glamour

Pearly sheen fit for a queen

Edwina Ings-Chambers nets a harvest of pearl powder-based cosmetics that promise to give skin a radiance boost

Foot fest

The latest pedicures are the beauty equivalent to trading in your M&S panties for a drawer full of La Perla, writes Edwina-Ings Chambers

In a stir over new cosmetics mixture

Ladurée’s cosmetics range is based around almonds – the key ingredient in the luxury cakes company’s macaroons, writes Edwina Ings-Chambers

The Kate Moss cut and other fringe issues

Flared, floppy and fashionable

Looking blue, feeling good

Designers take gothic inspiration

Tempting fêtes

Say it with a retro twist

Message in a perfume bottle

Valentino’s day

Brush with power

Reasons to be jolly in January