Free your face

The trends, products and cool brands set to shape your year ahead

IS THE REAL YOU FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A MAKEUP BAG OR IN A GLASS-SKIN SERUM? Alexandra Friend CANVASSES OPINION

It smiles, it frowns (a little) and it insists that the glow comes from green juice, gratitude and SPF50. We used to aspire to look ‘done’, now we’re meant to look ‘undone’ – but at what cost?

Between viral ‘glass’ complexions and teenagers getting tweakments, you need thick skin not to measure up where your own reflection sits. One writer asks how extreme skincare goals relocated body dysmorphia – and how to save face

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PHOTOGRAPH: LOUIE BANKS. STYLING: BILLY LOBOS THE BEGINNING ...