Along with all the fun and festivities, party season can bring with it a host of cosmetic complaints.

Waking up with a hangover is bad enough, but when you work up the courage to peek in the mirror, only to discover massive eye bags and a constellation of spots sprouting across your chin, it’s enough to make you want to go straight back to bed.

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It’s easy to get bored with your hairstyle – after all, most of us have had it the same way for years.

Luckily, there are plenty of ways to switch up your look without doing anything extreme. High fashion has wised up to the infinite possibilities that come with hair accessories, giving retro bows and clips a 2019 update.

We take a look at what people Google and obsess over each year...

And when it comes to beauty, what we’ve all been Googling provides a remarkable insight.

Google Trends has compiled the top beauty queries from the past year and a half were concerned with our hair.

It turns out we’re not particularly original, because we’re all asking the same things. To spare us from another year of madly Googling everything to do with our hair, stylists have given their professional answers to our most-asked questions…

We already know Rihanna is a beauty icon: after all, her make-up line Fenty Beauty successfully disrupted the entire industry.

But while we pore over her make-up looks, we shouldn’t forget what a hair icon she is. The 31-year-old has been in the spotlight since she was a teenager, and she’s switched up her hairstyle seemingly a million times over – suiting every new do like the true chameleon she is.

Here are some of Rihanna’s most memorable looks…

Invented in a Paris hair salon in the 1970s, the balayage hair dye technique is nothing new

Its popularity has risen dramatically in recent years, yet, ‘What is balayage?’ remains one of Europe’s most googled beauty questions.

Why the confusion? “I think it’s down to social media influence,” says Tim Scott-Wright, award-winning hairdresser and founder of The Hair Surgery.

Calling all beauty lovers - this event is designed especially for you.

We’ve teamed up with the team from QV Skincare to bring our beauty aficionados a lovely breakfast event where we’ll learn about gentle, quality skincare.

Taking place at Society Café and Lounge in Jumeirah 1 on December 16, our guests will have the chance to speak directly to a leading dermatologist, try some QV products, and enter the chance to win a fabulous hamper of skincare goodies.

As we inch towards the end of 2019, it’s fascinating to look back and see how the beauty industry’s biggest names have fared this year.

Who has maintained their market share? Who has fallen out of favour? Who has come in and shaken up the scene?

To that end, the Cosmetify Index reveals the 10 brands of the year, and you may be surprised by some of the results.

Not everyone is willing to go under the knife and have plastic surgery, but it seems there are lots of people who want a bit of a boost when it comes to their appearance.

This is where injectables come in: Needles full of fillers, Botox or even your own fat, that can change the shape of your face. Considering the Instagram trend for plump lips and defined cheekbones, it’s perhaps no surprise young women feel pressure to go under the needle.

Alongside the joys of the festive season and the excuse to drink mulled wine at any occasion, winter brings with it a multitude of beauty problems.

As well as contending with frizzy hair and brittle nails, our skin suddenly feels bone dry and starts to flake in annoying places.

“Most people’s skin gets drier and more sensitive in the winter months,” says Dr. Catharine Denning, dermatologist ambassador at Japanese skincare brand Curél.

“When the temperature outside starts to drop, so does the humidity and the air becomes dryer.