Intentional, affordable beauty habits = smart beauty
As the cost-of-living crisis continues, many of us are reviewing our spending habits. Here are some practical ways to maintain your beauty routine while being kinder to your budget.
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Why your hands deserve a skincare routine
For years, skincare has been face-focused, with multi-step routines, a ‘prevention is better than cure’ mindset and daily SPF use a non-negotiable. However, the area most susceptible to the visible signs of ageing has quietly been overlooked: our hands. It's time to introduce a skincare routine for your hands!
Your nails but better
With synthetic nail fatigue and ensuing nail damage frustrations, a quieter beauty movement is emerging: the return to natural nails. Less about perfection and more about nail health and low maintenance.
Wear these nail shades now!
As lifestyles shift with seasonal changes, so too do nail choices. It’s time to ditch bright, sunshiny summer hues for a mix of comforting, nostalgic and sophisticated shades. Take notes from this seasonal edit of colours to wear now.
Mature-age eye beauty tweaks!
Has your eye makeup lost its sparkle, perhaps not sitting quite right these days? Subtle application tweaks can have a dramatic effect on opening the eyes. One of Australia’s most in-demand makeup artists and founder of The Makeup Insider podcast, Vanessa Barney, shares her expertise to enhance and refresh the eye area when things start to shift post 40 years!
The key to healthy nails… it’s not what you think!
What springs to mind when you think about nail care? Is it strength, shape, texture, length or condition? Often overlooked and critical to nail health is the cuticle area.
Reframe your brows
Brows shape your face… they frame your eyes, define your expressions, and open the eye area. Healthy, well-groomed brows hold the power to elevate your makeup look. Over 40, they naturally change and thin, so a brow strategy is essential and can often be referred to as a ‘non-invasive lift’.
Wellness 2026 – Your way, your style
Wellness in 2026 is more about acceptance and alignment with yourself over correction and transforming into something new (phew!). Extreme routines, aesthetic ideals and the pressure to do and have it all is no longer the way forward. Instead, a clear and calm shift is emerging…
Sophisticated. Calming. Quietly elegant. PANTONE Color of the Year
It’s that exciting time of year the shade that will be driving the trends and overall sentiment for the new year is announced. The PANTONE Color of the Year 2026 is… PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer
Your Care. Your style. Since 1959.
This year marks a significant moment as the beloved and award-winning Swiss beauty brand MAVALA unveils a bold new chapter for the future. With over six decades of beauty excellence, MAVALA remains committed to timeless values with a modern, refreshed focus moving forward.
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