This wasn’t ordinary frizz, this was frizz like I’d never experienced before. In fact, I’d never had a problem with frizz until I decided to go blonde from bottle brunette in that one afternoon. It didn’t matter what I did or what I used before my quick change, my hair was constantly shiny and soft. After the afternoon’s dying it became a different story, and fast – my hair constantly felt like straw and no amount of hair masks or special conditioners could bring it back to life. Until I decided to try Aussie…

I had previously been using Aveda and Paul Mitchell products, both with super strength ingredients for coloured hair, but none compare to the magic that Aussie has done for my dried out locks! As long as I don’t go straight from blowdrying to straightening on the hottest setting (which has taught me a hard lesson), Aussie manages to keep my hair moisturised and frizz-free. A real miracle worker! Their no-nonsense approach to advertising and their simple aim of turning helpless hair into fierce manes sold me, and for once it works. Years and years have been spent trying different products: anti-frizz serums, straightening protectors, moisturising masks, and none have given my hair the vibrancy that Aussie does – especially after drying it out so badly with the afternoon of bleach!

Aussie get a 10/10 from me for beating the odds against my damaged hair, and are sometimes on offer at Superdrug or Boots stores for half price (or 3 for 2). Learn more about their mission, and the wonderful ingredients that make it smell so delicious, at the Aussie Website.

At Wahanda we don’t think there’s anything wrong with men plucking and tweezing every now and then to tidy up unsightly bushy eyebrows, but when it comes to full-on waxing or threading to shape, define and create what’s now known as ‘guybrows’, we’re not so sure.

According to Debenhams, men now make up 40% of visitors to their in-store brow bars – that’s double last year’s figures. Probably taking example from celebs such as Russell Brand and Danny Cipriani, men are now catching onto the idea that a good brow shape can be beneficial to a face. Noel Gallagher, take note.

The most popular way of de-bushing those brows is threading, a very simple method that’s been used in India, Turkey and Egypt for years. It carefully removes unsightly fuzz in a quick and painless manner, ensuring that no stragglers are left behind to ruin that perfectly defined arch. But, while many women enjoy seeing a tall, dark stranger with a piercing stare (all you Twilight fans know it), there has to be a line before the new trend goes too far. Sylvester Stallone has already set the bar high for overdoing it, and we’re not sure Mr Darcy would have had the same effect without his manly mono-brow.

Many men are getting it right, managing that perfect mix of metrosexual style and shape but still looking manly enough without having to resort to hedge-trimmers. Slowly but surely the taboo around eyebrow shaping is fading, and men are beginning to take more notice of how their brows look. Ladies, we have beauty competition…

Forget that amazing non-surgical facelift, lunchtime liposuction and quick tummy tuck over the weekend, because there’s a new op in town. The announcement of a new two-in-one cosmetic surgery treatment has hit the news this week, making that ‘too good to be true’ idea of taking the fat from your hips and putting it back in places you’d much rather have filled out, a reality.

You can soon, in one single operation, get unwanted fat removed from parts of your body you’d like to be slimmed out and use it to enhance your breasts by up to three cup sizes the natural way. The new procedure hopes to overtake implants to dominate the cosmetic surgery market, providing a more natural looking and longer lasting breast enlargement while making women feel doubly confident by reducing fat from areas such as hips, thighs and stomachs.

First devised seven years ago, the op is due to be available from early 2010 and is expected to cost around £8,000. The Harley Medical Group are offering the two-in-one procedure at 25 clinics in the UK and 1 in the Republic of Ireland, but it won’t be available for those with low body fat or those who are happy with their body shape.

Utilising body fat of course raises some health issues from the sceptics; however the effects of the procedure are said to have roots in constructive surgery, and they provide a better and natural shape as well as being longer lasting than the traditional silicone implant which needs replacing every 10-15 years. Grafting the fat from the places you wish had a little less padding and using it to plump up your chest has been a want of many women for some time, so there’s no doubt that muffin-topped ladies will be queuing round the block to sign up as soon as it becomes available.

Celebrities are already flocking to get the natural enlargement operation, namely TV star Ulrika Jonsson. Spending £8,000 on mastoplexy has helped her get back in shape after the birth of her fourth child last July, saying it had given her back “the body I had when I was 16“. Mastoplexy is said to cause minimal scarring, providing a completely natural breast enlargement without the silicone.