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The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
We've tested 1000s of products from blushes to brows kits & these are 2025 Fabulous Beauty Award winners to buy PRONTO
OUR expert panel have spent weeks testing thousands of beauty products to determine which beauty buys are the best on the market. From groundbreaking tech to cult classics, there's something to suit everyone… 8 MEET THE FABULOUS BEAUTY AWARDS 2025 JUDGES Our specially selected panel of 10 talented judges for the Fabulous Beauty Awards 2025 contains over 100 years of beauty expertise. Sinead McIntyre, Fabulous Editor-in-Chief, Tara Ledden, Fabulous Beauty Editor and Mia Lyndon, Fabulous Beauty Writer intentionally sought experts who they know and trust to build on their own encyclopedic knowledge of beauty - bringing opinions and experience from different backgrounds, to represent the diversity of Fabulous readers. Hair Stylists Lorraine Dublin and Samantha Cusick, Trichologist Hannah Gaboardi, Dermatologist Dr Emma Amoafo-Mensah, Make-up Artists Sarah Jane Froom and Adeola Gboyega, and multi-hyphenate Beauty Entrepreneur and Make-up Artist Ruby Hammer complete the line up. Between them, the judges have spent weeks testing thousands of beauty products - from £5 lip liners to £500 beauty gadgets, there's no beauty stone left unturned. It's official, these are the best beauty products of 2025. MAKE-UP 8 Best Base Product GOLD Clarins Skin Illusion Tinted Moisturiser, £40 [GREEN TICK] SILVER Maybelline Super Stay Lumi Matte Foundation, £12.99 BRONZE Vieve Skin Nova Complexion Balm, £34 Best Blush GOLD NYX Professional Make Up Buttermelt Blusher, £8.99 SILVER L'Oréal Paris Lumi Le Liquid Blush, £9.99 BRONZE Ruby Hammer Cheek Colour, £24 Best Bronzer GOLD Ilia Sunshift Cream Bronzer, £41 SILVER Sculpted by Aimee Liquid Lights Bronze, £19 BRONZE E.L.F Cosmetics Camo Liquid Bronze & Contour, £7 Best Brow Product GOLD Benefit Cosmetics Mighty Fine Brow Pen, £26 SILVER UKBrow by UKLash Brow Sculpt, £15 BRONZE Sweed Brow Serum, £42 Best Eye Shadow GOLD Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Palette of Beautifying Eye Trends, £49 SILVER Nars Total Seduction Eyeshadow sticks, £28 BRONZE Ilia Eye Stylus Shadow Stick, £32 Best Eye Liner GOLD Urban Decay, 24/7 Glide on Eyeliner, £21 SILVER Hildun Beauty Liners In Spiced Pecan By Hannah Martin, £16 BRONZE Valentino Beauty Colorgraph Eyeliner, £29 Best Lip Colour GOLD Nars Powermatte High Intensity Lip Pencil, £25 SILVER Mac Cosmetics Macximal Sleek Satin Lipstick, £25 BRONZE e.l.f. Cosmetics Glow Reviver Lip Oil Glimmer, £8 Best Mascara GOLD L'Oréal Paris Paradise Big Deal Mascara, £12.99 SILVER Benefit Cosmetics BADgal Bounce Mascara, £27 BRONZE Milk Makeup Kush High Roll Tubing Mascara, £35 HAIR Best Haircare Product GOLD Dyson Chitosan Styling Range, from £49 SILVER Living Proof Perfect Hair Day High-Shine Gloss, £30 BRONZE Nuxe Hair Prodigieux Pre-Shampoo Nourishing Mask, £29 Best Hair Styling Product GOLD Color Wow Texas Hold 'Em Big Hold Hairspray, £29.50 SILVER TRESemmé Lamellar Shine Ultra Gloss Spray, £5 BRONZE Cantu Weightless Curl Cream, £9 Best Scalp Product GOLD Alpha-H Healthy Scalp Exfoliating Treatment, £24.99 SILVER Beauty Pie Youthbomb 360° Hair Restore Scalp Serum, £40 BRONZE Olaplex No.0.5 Scalp Longevity Treatment, £41 SKIN 8 Best Skincare Brand GOLD CeraVe SILVER Medik8 BRONZE Dermalogica Best Lip Care Product GOLD Bobbi Brown Extra Color Shine, £32 SILVER Paula's Choice Pro-Collagen Peptide Gloss Balm, £26 BRONZE Tatcha The Kissu Lip Treatment, £42 Best Face Sunscreen GOLD Garnier Vitamin C Daily UV Brightening Mist SPF50, £12.99 SILVER Elizabeth Arden HydraPlay™ Daily Defense Nourishing Fluid Broad Spectrum SPF 40, £32 BRONZE Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun Aqua-Fresh Rice + B5 SPF50+, £14 Best Body Sunscreen GOLD Bondi Sands Sunny Milk SPF50+ Body Serum, £14.99 SILVER Ultrasun Family Wet Skin Spray SPF50+, £22 BRONZE E45 Sensitive Spray SPF50+, £13.99 FRAGRANCE 8 Best Female Fragrance GOLD Arkive Headcare Future Bloom Fragrance, £30 SILVER Marc Jacobs Daisy Wild, £115 BRONZE Narciso Rodriguez all of me EDP intense, £134 Best Male Fragrance GOLD Mugler A*Men Fantasm Eau de Parfum, £105 SILVER AllSaints Shoreditch Leather Eau de Parfum, £69 BRONZE Roger & Gallet Cologne Twist Eau de Cologne, £39 BODY Best Bath/Shower Product GOLD Jo Malone Enrich Shower Cream, £25 [GREEN TICK] SILVER Joonbyrd Moon Swim Body Wash, £40 BRONZE Sol de Janeiro Delicia Drench Shower Oil, £23 Best Body Care Product GOLD Ceramidin Body Lotion, £22 SILVER Clinique Moisture Surge Body Hydrator, £29 BRONZE Nécessaire The Body Vitamin C, £55 [GREEN TICK] Best Fake Tan GOLD St Tropez Sunlit Skin, £29 SILVER Bare by Vogue Face Tanning Drops, £20 BRONZE Self Glow by James Read Sunbright, £39 Best Nail Colour GOLD Bio Sculpture Gemini Polish Blushed Boulevard, £15.50 SILVER It's Topless, £8.99 BRONZE Elegant Touch Petite Press On Nails, £6 Best Nail Care Product GOLD Essie To The Rescue, £10.99 SILVER Navy Professional Cuticle Serum Pen, £7.95 BRONZE Nailberry Miracle Corrector Pen, £13.50 TECH Best Beauty Gadget GOLD ZIIP Dot, £169 SILVER CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Face Mask Series 2, £399 BRONZE PeepClub Heated Eye Wand LED+, £85 Best Hair Tool GOLD ghd Chronos Max, £299 SILVER Shark SpeedStyle Pro FLEX 4-in-1 High-Velocity Hair Dryer, £199 BRONZE Dyson Airwrap i.d. Multi-Styler and Dryer, £479.99 BEST OF THE REST Best Cult Product GOLD Eylure Dybrow, £8.75 SILVER Color Wow Dream Coat, £27 BRONZE Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Concealer, £36 Best Menopause Beauty Product GOLD Absolute Collagen Crystal Clarity Collagen Powder, £27.99 SILVER Evolve Organic Beauty Age Defying Multi Peptide Cream, £40 BRONZE Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Recovery Cream, £92 Best Beauty Innovation GOLD No7 Future Renew Damage Reversal Night Serum, £39.95 SILVER Inkey Ectoin Hydro-Barrier Serum, £15 BRONZE Medik8 Liquid Peptides Advanced, £79 Best Budget Product GOLD Morphe Reimagined Brushes, from £8 SILVER Rimmel London Lasting Finish 8 Hour Lip Liner, £3.99 BRONZE The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5, £7.90 Best Supplement GOLD Boots Habi Apple Burst Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies, £10 SILVER Victoria Health DoSe by VH Collagen Tripeptide Complex, £45 BRONZE Gallinée Calm & Microbiome Supplement, £35 Best Viral Beauty Product GOLD Inkey Tripeptide Plumping Mocha Brown Lip Balm, £11 SILVER NYX Professional Make Up Face Glue Primer, £8.99 BRONZE Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm, £38 Best Men's Grooming Product GOLD Estrid Shave Gel for Face, £4.95 [GREEN TICK] SILVER L'Oréal Men Expert Derma Control Anti-Blemish Serum with 3% Niacinamide + Salicylic Acid, £19.99 BRONZE AKT London The Body Wash Concentrate SC.02, £26 Best Celebrity Brand GOLD Fenty SILVER Haus Labs BRONZE Rhode Best Independent Brand GOLD Glow For It SILVER Plenaire BRONZE Navy Professional Best New Brand GOLD OVA SILVER Joonbyrd BRONZE Daise Best Premium Brand GOLD Aromatherapy Associates SILVER ELEMIS BRONZE Clarins Best Sustainable Brand GOLD UpCircle Beauty SILVER Wildsmith BRONZE Antipodes Best Tween-Friendly Brand GOLD Starface SILVER Hero Cosmetics BRONZE indu Beauty Best Retailer GOLD Boots SILVER Sephora BRONZE Space NK Best Online Retailer GOLD LookFantastic SILVER M&S BRONZE Cult Beauty Editor's Pick GOLD Trinny London Take Back Time, £65 SILVER Aveda Miraculous Oil, £32 BRONZE Tangle Teezer The Ultimate Detangler Extra Gentle, £15 So there you have it! Months of testing more products than the average person will use in their life time, distilled into 40 of the most shopped categories, to crown the very best of the best so you know exactly what's worth the splurge.
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
18 awesome images from the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards
Astrophotography can make you feel two very different things: tiny and insignificant in a vast universe or absolutely and complete amazed at our vast universe. We wouldn't fault you for feeling either way. We're a tiny occupier of a medium-sized planet in a universe made of billions of galaxies. That universe is stunning to behold. For the photographers honored at the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, the universe is their muse. From our fiery sun to dazzling aurorae, and a sparkling Milky Way to captivating nebulae, the images capture our celestial neighborhood in beautiful detail. 'The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is now in its seventeenth year and returns with an expert panel of judges from the worlds of art and astronomy,' a statement about the honorees says. 'The winners of the competition's nine categories, two special prizes and the overall winner will be announced on Thursday 11 September.'
Japan Times
07-07-2025
- Business
- Japan Times
Japan eyes new target for replacing utility poles with underground power cables
The infrastructure ministry will set a new target for stepping up efforts to move power lines underground in the nation and eliminate existing above-ground utility poles. Specifically, in its envisaged new five-year plan starting in fiscal 2026, the ministry will list sections of emergency transport routes in urban areas for which it aims to complete work to replace utility poles with underground power cables by fiscal 2030, informed sources said. The ministry hopes to formalize the new plan next spring, after discussions by a panel of experts. The ministry is mainly seeking to remove utility poles along approximately 21,826 kilometers of urban-area emergency transport routes that have a high risk of collapsing in the event of a disaster. As of the end of fiscal 2024, such work had been completed for only 35% of the high-priority areas. The current program, covering fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2025, sets a target for the construction start rate. In areas where putting power lines underground is challenging due to reasons such as roads being narrow, the ministry plans to utilize roadside drains, the sources said. This approach is expected to reduce costs and shorten construction times. Laying power lines underground is estimated to cost around ¥500 million ($3.4 million) per kilometer of road, according to the sources. Emergency transport routes, designated by prefectural governments under the basic law on disaster management, are designed for use to ensure a smooth transportation option for people needing emergency medical care and relief goods in times of disasters. The construction of new utility poles along such roads is banned as fallen poles could obstruct emergency vehicle traffic. With removing utility poles also helping to improve the urban landscape, the ministry is providing financial support to electric power companies and others that manage power lines and to local governments to facilitate replacing above-ground poles with underground power lines.
CTV News
13-06-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Health screening task force to re-launch next spring after report calls for reform
A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer on May 6, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Damian Dovarganes OTTAWA — A panel of experts is calling on the Public Health Agency of Canada to modernize and reform the task force responsible for preventive health guidelines for things like cancer screening. The Task Force for Preventive Health Care provides clinical guidelines for family doctors about screening and prevention measures for cancer and other diseases. The federal government launched an expert review after the task force came under fire last spring for rejecting expert advice to lower the minimum age for mammograms from 50 to 40. Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she's asked the public health agency to work on the panel's recommendations and ensure the modernized task force is fully operational by next April. Then-health minister Mark Holland suspended the task force's work in early March while the review was underway. The expert report says the task force needs a clear mandate and should adopt a 'living guidelines' model that takes into account the latest research. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 13, 2025. Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press
The Independent
13-06-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Wales will overhaul its democracy at the next election. Here's what's changing
Next May's Senedd (Welsh parliament) election won't just be another trip to the polls. It will mark a major change in how Welsh democracy works. The number of elected members is increasing from 60 to 96, and the voting system is being overhauled. These changes have now passed into law. But what exactly is changing – and why? When the assembly was first established in 1999, it had limited powers and just 60 members. Much has changed since then and it now has increased responsibility, including primary law-making powers over matters such as health, education, environment, transport and economic development. The Wales Act 2014 also bestowed a number of new financial powers on the now Senedd, including taxation and borrowing powers. But its size has stayed the same. This led to concerns about capacity and effectiveness. In 2017, an independent expert panel on electoral reform concluded that the Senedd was no longer fit for purpose. It warned that 60 members simply weren't enough to scrutinise the Welsh government, pass legislation and respond to constituents. A bigger chamber, it argued, would improve both the quality of lawmaking and democratic accountability. Wales also has fewer elected politicians per person than any other UK nation. Scotland has 129 MSPs, while Northern Ireland has 90 MLAs. Even with next year's changes, Wales will still have fewer elected members per citizen compared with Northern Ireland. More Senedd members could ease workloads, improve local representation and importantly, may encourage a more diverse pool of people to stand for office. How is the voting system changing? Alongside expansion will be a change in how Senedd members are elected. Since its inception, Wales has used the 'additional member system', which is a mix of first-past-the-post for constituency seats and proportional representation for regional ones. From 2026, that system will be replaced by a closed list proportional system, using the D'Hondt method. It's a system which is designed to be fairer, ensuring that the proportion of seats a party wins more closely reflects the votes they get. But it also means voters will have less say over which individuals get elected. Wales will be divided into 16 constituencies, each electing six MSs. Instead of voting for a single candidate, voters will choose one party or an independent candidate. Parties will submit a list of up to eight candidates per constituency. Seats will then be allocated based on the overall share of the vote each party gets, with candidates elected in the order they appear on their party's list. For example, if a party wins a percentage share of the vote equating to three seats, the top three people on their party list will be elected. The calculation for this is defined by the D'Hondt formula. The decision to adopt this method in Wales was one of the recommendations of the special purpose committee on Senedd reform in 2022. Several countries across Europe use this system for their elections, including Spain and Portugal. In countries with small constituency sizes, D'Hondt has sometimes favoured larger parties and made it harder for smaller parties to gain ground. That's something observers in Wales will be watching closely. An alternative method, Sainte-Laguë, used in Sweden and Latvia, is often seen as more balanced in its treatment of small and medium-sized parties, potentially leading to more consensual politics. But it, too, has its downsides. In countries which have many smaller parties, it can lead to fragmented parliaments and make decision-making more difficult. In sum, no system is perfect. But D'Hondt was chosen for its balance between proportionality, simplicity and practicality. Could this confuse voters? One concern is the growing differences between electoral systems across the UK and even within Wales itself. At the UK level, first-past-the-post (FPTP) is the method used for Westminster elections. Meanwhile, some Welsh councils are experimenting with the single transferable vote method, which lets voters rank candidates in order of preference. So, some people in Wales could find themselves navigating three different voting systems for three different elections. Obviously, this raises the risk of confusion. Voters who are used to one vote and the 'winner takes all' nature of FPTP may be confused by how seats are allocated in Wales come 2026. With numerous different systems, the risk is that people do not fully understand how their vote translates into representation. In turn, this risks undermining confidence and reducing voter turnout. Voters will need clear, accessible information on how their vote works – and why it matters. But this is particularly challenging when UK-wide media often defaults to FPTP-centric language and framing surrounding debates, which can shape public expectations. News about Wales often barely registers beyond its borders, while news about politics in Wales barely registers within. Electoral reform often prompts broader conversations. As Welsh voters adjust to the new proportional system, some may begin to question Westminster's FPTP model, especially if the Senedd better reflects the diversity of votes cast. FPTP is frequently criticised for producing 'wasted votes' and encouraging tactical voting, particularly in safe seats. Under a more proportional system, tactical voting becomes less necessary, which has the potential to shift voter habits in Wales. If the 2026 reform leads to a more representative and effective Senedd, it may not only reshape Welsh democracy, but reignite debates about electoral reform across the UK.
