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.

Fighting acne and finding the right product that works for your skin can be a difficult experience, and to add to injury, there's also getting the right treatment to reduce the acne scars left behind.

Want to get combat pigmentation problems, dark spots, and blemishes on your complexion? Look no further as we've curated the best of the best in treating pigmentation for good.

Skin pigmentation, dullness, and uneven skin tones are common skin problems a lot of us deal with at several points in our lives. Those dark spots and imbalanced tones aren't harmless, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do something to help with the fading process.

Long gone are the days when we’d remove our make-up with a wipe, slap on the closest moisturiser and call it a day.

Now, many of us pay close attention to our skincare regime, experimenting with different ways of keeping our skin aglow and plump.

And as the weather gets colder, dry skin becomes an increasing problem, making us even keener on moisturisers and serums that work properly, to keep the skin as hydrated as possible.

The key? Skin prep – which can also help with wearing make-up, as products are likely to apply more smoothly and last longer.

It’s World Vegan Day, which kicks off a month-long celebration of all things plant-based.

Maybe you’ve been considering going vegan, or maybe you’ve already started cutting down on the amount of meat and dairy products you eat, whether it’s for environmental or animal cruelty reasons.

But have you considered that it’s not just your diet that needs attention if you want to avoid animal-derived products?

Your bathroom shelf or make-up bag could be full of animal ingredients you didn’t even know about.

Ever since the K-beauty boom happened a few years ago, we’ve seen a flood of new skincare products on the market inspired by the infamous 12-step routine that many Korean women are said to diligently complete twice a day.

Essences, ampoules, sheet masks and lotions (nope, not the body kind) are just a few of the words we’ve had to add to our beauty lexicon, with brands claiming that adding these extra steps will give us the skin we’ve always wanted.

When you look in the mirror, do you notice a difference between the skin on your face and that on your neck? Well, you’re not alone.

“My patients are often concerned about the neck and décolletage ‘revealing their age’ after years of taking care of their face, but neglecting the neck,” says medical aesthetic specialist Dr. Wassim Taktouk.

Even if you are diligent with skincare, there are other factors that affect the skin below our jawlines.

With dewy skin so in demand, is it any wonder gel textured products are blowing up in the beauty industry? We think not.

For those in search of a plump, healthy-looking complexion, jelly-like cleansers and colour cosmetics are quickly replacing mattifying formulas and powder products.

Part of the continuing ‘no make-up make-up’ trend, increasingly people don’t want to mask their skin with a heavy layer of foundation, they’re happy to spend more time (and money) on their skincare instead, creating a base that doesn’t need concealing.

Are you an evening shower fan? Or do you prefer to lather up first thing in the morning?

If you said the latter, I’m afraid we’ve got some bad news for you. According to Swedish beauty brand Foreo, if you want to keep your skin in tip-top condition, it’s advisable to shower at night rather than when you get out of bed first thing.

Supermodels and celebs swear by coconut oil for a wealth of purposes, from removing eye make-up to moisturising dry shins.

The tropical fruit with the sweet-smelling flesh and refreshing juice has numerous beauty benefits, which is why it’s been harnessed in a host of new products, giving a nourishing boost to everything from fake tan to waxing strips.