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The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Maura Higgins reveals £6.99 dupe of £29.50 buy she swears by to keep greys away, but skincare faves will break the bank
HER long and luscious brunette hair is envied by women worldwide. But Maura Higgins has revealed she's plagued with an much hated issue when it comes to her locks - grey hair. 4 In a Q&A session with fans on her Instagram page, Maura, 34, was asked about her "go to hair saviour". Replying, the former Love Islander praised L'Oreal's DIY colour and their Magic Retouch spray for "saving my life". "I'm so grey!" she added. And the spray is very affordable too, at just £6.99, while the pricier product it's a dupe of - Color Wow Root Cover Up - will set you back a whopping £29.50. Maura was also asked to list her skincare favourites too, but fans quickly realised the majority were out of their price range. She cited Creme de la Mer, Tatcha and RéVive as the brands she always stocks up on in Space NK. A 500ml jar of Creme de la Mer's famous moisturising cream costs a staggering £2,160.00, while the cheapest product Tatcha sells is their £15 blotting papers. Meanwhile, their Dewy Skin Cream, which has previously gone viral for helping users obtain glowing, glass skin, costs £97 for a 15ml jar. While RéVive products range in price from £22 to £475. Elsewhere in the Q&A, Maura was asked how she maintains such an even tan - even on her face. Maura Higgins makes shock return to Love Island USA after she was 'replaced' during series "I would say it's just understanding what suits your skin," she said. "Cause obviously us pale girlies, it's not easy. It's really not easy. "I would say stay away from anything oil-based. "So your moisturisers, make sure there's no oil in them because that'll like make your tan all patchy. "You have to know what suits your skin." Others pleaded for Maura to give them a house tour, as she's recently moved into a new home - hilariously dubbed 'Casa A'Maura' in reference to Love Island. Common mistakes that are destroying your healthy hair Haircare experts at Tangle Teezer shared their insight. Not brushing correctly Brushing your hair regularly is one of the most basic, yet effective, ways to keep it looking healthy and maintained. However, mechanical damage from your hairbrush and brushing your hair the wrong way may be doing more harm than good. To avoid excessive pulling and breakage to the hair, the best way to brush your hair is to start at the ends and work your way up to the roots. It's also important to choose a brush that is gentle on hair, but tough on tangles. Not using the right hairbrush for hair type Selecting the right hairbrush for your hair type is essential to maintain healthy hair. Different hairbrushes are designed to work with different hair types, textures, and lengths. Taking the time to pick out your perfect brush is the little thing you can do to make a big difference when it comes to your hair health. For fine hair, a brush with soft-flex teeth is recommended as it can de-tangle hair without pulling or damaging fragile strands. For straight to wavy hair, we recommend our de-tangling brushes with regular-flex teeth, and for thick or curly hair, we recommend our firm-flex teeth and our brushes with a larger paddle size. If you have tight curls and coils, a wide-tooth comb maybe a better match for your hair. Not brushing treatments through in the shower Using treatments is a great way to keep your hair hydrated and healthy. Whether you're using a deep conditioner or treatment masque, it's important to brush it through from the mid-lengths through to the ends of the hair. This will make sure it is evenly distributed through the hair so the treatment can nourish all strands. When brushing through your treatment, make sure you use a brush that is as gentle on wet hair as it is dry. The importance of scalp care in healthy hair Healthy hair starts at the root so bring a scalp brush into your hair care routine has many benefits, as it promotes blood circulation. A scalp brush can help with dandruff, by removing the build-up of old skin cells and products that can lead to an itchy, flaky scalp. Not only do scalp brushes remove the leftover products that can lead to dandruff, but they can also help apply products - from oil treatments to anti-dandruff shampoos - deeper into your scalp. Also, massaging your scalp stimulates pressure points and increases blood circulation, unblocking hair follicles, allowing your hair to grow stronger and healthier. "Yes, you'll definitely get a house tour," she smiled. "Obviously right now there is nothing in here. "I have that snug area and my sofas, but the living room, nothing in it. "Bedroom, nothing in it. All the rooms, empty. There's nothing. "So I'm basically living out of this kitchen area, which is fine. "I'm just happy I'm in, because there's actually so much you can get done once you're in a house!" But she added she'd forgotten "how stressful it is moving house". 4
The Sun
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
MAFS star Shona Manderson, 32, shows off natural grey hair transformation as she embraces ‘her reality'
MARRIED At First Sight favourite Shona Manderson has revealed she's embraced her natural grey locks in a new hair transformation. The E4 star, who worked as a yoga teacher before finding fame on the matchmaking show, told how she was "trying to work with it & not against it" with regard to her silver shade. 7 7 7 7 Shona, 32, married Brad Skelly on the reality series but their partnership was branded "unhealthy" by the Married At First Sight relationship experts. The distressing scenes on the show caused domestic abuse charity Women's Aid to speak out about Brad's behaviour. During her time on the show, she showcased caramel-coloured locks with blonde dipped highlights. Off air, Shona then found love with fellow MAFS UK star and Adrienne Naylor 's TV husband Matt Pilmoor. On the reunion show earlier this year, she sported a lighter ashy blonde shade as Matt "proposed" to her with a promise ring. Now she has revealed her full grey shoulder-length style. An Instagram post showcased her poker-straight locks from different angles, and in the caption she wrote: "24 hours getting used to my new hair eeek!! "Swipe all the way to the end for the before. @alicealiciahair. "This is my reality I have sooo many greys so I'm really trying to work with it & not against it. "We decided to go for the chop to get rid of the warmth and go more ashy then leaving my greys to blend." MAFS star rushes herself to hospital after pus begins oozing from her very puffed up eye Staying candid, she added: "It's taking me a while to get used to because I've never been this short or cool toned before but I love my little grey bits at the front sparkling through! Xoxo." Earlier this month, shew gave fans an update on her hair journey and said: "8 months of embracing being a grey haired girlie." OPENING UP It came a year after she opted for a more natural look and dissolved her face fillers. The Nottingham-based screen star has kept fans in the loop with her journey and recently confided she was "stripping it all back so I can heal." Mafs couples that have stood the test of time Loved-up Tayah Victoria and Adam Aveling of series six fame had the first Mafs baby. The pair couldn't keep their hands off each other on the programme and quickly found their feet in the outside world, moving into Adam's Doncaster home. Just 18 months after meeting, the couple welcomed their daughter Beau. Season five couple Michelle Walder and Owen Jenkins also managed to make their marriage work away from the cameras and had their first child in December. Teacher Michelle, 29, has no regrets about taking part in the experiment. She told us: 'I just feel very lucky and thankful that it has worked out - and excited for everything to come.' Michelle and Owen were both sick of dating apps when they applied in 2019. Owen recalled: 'I had been out for some drinks with a friend after work. "While he was out for a cigarette I was scrolling on Instagram waiting for him to come back in. 'The MAFS advert was the last thing I saw, and I joked, 'Wouldn't it be funny if I signed up?' 'A few beers later when I was back at home I sent in the application, and the rest is history.' Another couple to make Mafs UK history is Zoe Clifton and Jenna Robinson. Despite a slight rocky start, where they clashed over Jenna's vegan lifestyle, the show's first same sex pairing are still going strong. They even have a successful podcast together called Life With a Pod. Jenna shed light on being involved in the show earlier this year when she told us: "We're not legally married, and I never felt like we were. I definitely feel the process makes you take the relationship a lot more seriously and having the help of the experts… if you can survive that process it sets a firm foundation for a long-lasting relationship." Shona added: "The no make-up thing as I've got older hasn't been a big thing for me because I'm not actually that good at make up to make myself look that different but no fake tan??? "I find that the hardest. It's how I felt at first when I dissolved my over done filler last year & got rid of my hair extensions. "Sooo naked. But you're not naked, you're just you. It's about loving yourself through all stages. "I haven't even plucked my eyebrows or waxed my upper lip & it's not about letting myself go, it's about letting myself be. "It's all part of the healing. Unfiltered, unedited, unafraid with my lil greys, eczema & acne spots. We just keep on riding the wave." Her body confident approach comes after she was rushed to hospital this summer when her eye puffed up after an allergic reaction. 7 7
Telegraph
21-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- Telegraph
I thought it was bold to let my hair go grey – but now I'm turning back to colour
Looking back at photos I reached peak hair colour, sadly, when I was five years old. I sported a natural smattering of sun-kissed blonde highlights. As I grew up my hair became a dark chestnut. I don't remember any horrific moment when I noticed my first grey hairs but they must have been making themselves known so I started using brunette dye in my mid-30s. With hindsight I rushed into it. As my hair began to lose more pigment I started to get strikingly contrasting grey roots. The battle lines were drawn. About a month after each hair appointment my young daughter would take great delight in pointing out my shock of parting when I leant down (to tidy up after her, probably). Between relentlessly regular six-week salon visits I reached for sticks, powders and sprays to disguise my roots, but it felt like people were talking to the top of my head as the crispy texture or wrong shade gave the game away. After a decade of dyeing (since I was 36), I'd had enough and decided to transition from brown to grey. I was determined to age gracefully. I didn't want to be the female equivalent of a man with a comb-over. I was inspired by similar-aged women with great grey hair such as Sarah Harris, then deputy editor of British Vogue. I liked the way she saw it as 'honest and non-conformist'. It felt like an act of rebellion. I like to think of myself as an early adopter of the trend. I joined a supportive network of women on Instagram under the hashtags #silversisters, #greyhairmovement and #greyhairdontcare. As well as sharing their journeys they celebrated other trailblazers like the designer Liz Kamarul, make-up artist Michele Aikin and British model Sammie K. I felt liberated. I was free from the shackles of six-week hair cycles. I felt chic and confident. Women would compliment me or say I was inspiring them to ditch the dye. Covid and the consequential lockdown gave energy to the trend as women were denied visits to the hairdressers. They took advantage of being hidden away while they transitioned. Six months in I lost my patience with project grey. Around this time my husband told me I looked like I'd had a bag of flour dropped on my head. I wasn't prepared to chop short my long bob but recognised it would be another year before the grey had grown in. I needed help. So I cheated and revisited my colourist. I was lured into regular four-hour appointments where magic was weaved with foils, bleach and toners, to transform me to a cool ash-grey blonde. But over time my hair began to protest by throwing up frizz on good days, looking brassy and parched on bad. I sourced vats of nourishing products to try to appease it. Investing so much money and energy soon became a bore, so once again I opted to let the grey conquer. But as my blonde grew out I found I was having to supplement my look by upgrading my skincare, make-up and clothes to stop my late mother's voice tutting in my head and asking if I'd 'let myself go'. I'd catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror first thing in the morning, in my dog-walking gear, and fret that I looked frumpy. My husband posted a photo of me out walking on the family group chat and I was horrified how the hair on the back of my head was bright white and glowed conspicuously. I also noticed just how many women my age had opted out. I was no longer an outlier but just literally mainstream grey. I felt metaphorically drab too. I considered making a statement by using purple and pink toning shampoos but was put off by women decades older than me choosing this option. Is the recent trend for these just a re-marketing of a 1970s blue rinse? Natural-ish actual colour was what I yearned for. But I didn't want to reintroduce the dreaded regrowth ghost, so my hairdresser advised on bleaching then using a semi-permanent soft caramel which gently fades with each wash. As soon as I saw my new hair I felt physical relief. The warmer tones stopped my face looking washed out. A colleague has already confessed she feels her grey has made her feel invisible so is opting out too. And my colour-committed best friend, always ready with an honest opinion, simply said 'phew' when she saw me. OK, so I have to return every month but it only takes about an hour (including the cut), which is a quarter of the time I'd be sat having blonde highlights. I just wish I'd relented and done it sooner.
CTV News
11-07-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Cancer patient's grey hair ‘turned black gradually' during therapy, study says
A cancer drug used to treat advanced kidney cancer appears to have reversed grey hair in an older man, a rare side effect that researchers say could offer new clues about how hair colour might be restored. Researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur (AIIMS Bilaspur), published the study in BMJ Case Reports on June 27. It describes a man in his late 60s who was being treated for metastatic renal cell carcinoma with axitinib, a targeted cancer drug. After six months on the medication, his hair began changing colour. 'The patient observed that the hair on his moustache and scalp, which had previously turned grey due to ageing, turned black gradually, starting from the margins of the hairline on the scalp,' study authors Avita Dhiman, Pravesh Dhiman and Manju Daroach wrote. Grey hair study (a) Blackening of moustache hair and (b) blackening of scalp hair. Credit: BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2025. They added the effect continued to progress over the following months without the use of hair dye or other treatments. Axitinib belongs to a class of cancer therapies known as tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), which block specific cell signals that promote tumour growth. In this case, researchers believe the drug also triggered melanogenesis, the process that produces melanin, the pigment responsible for hair, skin and eye colour. 'Although several TKIs have been associated with hair repigmentation, this appears to be the first documented case of axitinib-induced hair repigmentation,' the authors wrote. They point to axitinib's role in blocking signalling pathways linked to pigment production, saying the drug may help protect the cells that produce melanin from damage and promote a key enzyme in melanin synthesis. The man's hair gradually darkened from the front of his scalp toward the back, with more of the occipital region turning black by the end of the ninth month. Despite the unusual side effect, doctors chose to continue the cancer treatment because the patient was responding well to it. 'Our hair … has some degree of melanin to give it its colour, otherwise it would be white or grey,' explained Dr. Monica Li, clinical assistant professor with the Department of Dermatology and Skin Science at the University of British Columbia, in a video interview with grey hair study Blackening of hair started from the hairline. Credit: BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2025 'As we get older, stress, certain medications, poor diet, vitamin deficiencies … could decrease how robust hair growth is, but also the colour,' she said. 'That's why as we get older people show gray and white hair, because the melanin production is less.' Li cautioned, however, that while the case is intriguing, it remains an isolated finding. 'It is a case report, meaning it's a sample size of one,' she said, adding there need to be more reports to confirm if this is 'a consistent observation.' Li says hair colour changes have been observed with other TKIs, such as sorafenib, and the effect is often temporary, meaning that once the patient stops taking the drug, the hair tends to return to its original state. The researchers also acknowledge that hair colour changes aren't unheard of with cancer drugs, saying up to 30 per cent of people receiving targeted therapies may notice some kind of pigmentation shift. While the greying reversal was not the intended goal of treatment, researchers say it's a sign of how certain drugs may influence biological systems far beyond cancer. 'The observation … could have broader implications for understanding their role in non-cancer-related processes, reversing grey hair and developing specific drugs … which may be used to reverse greying of hair,' the authors conclude. grey hair study (a) Blackening of hair over the occipital area and (b) follow-up after 2 months revealed that more hair had turned black. Credit: BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2025 But Li emphasized that the drug in question is not something to be taken lightly. 'This is an anti-cancer medication,' she said, warning that there are serious potential side effects, from high blood pressure and diarrhea to rare, but life-threatening events like hypertensive crisis and blood clots. 'We have to understand that in general, medications have their advantages and disadvantages, and all medications have side effects,' Li explained. 'Some are common, some are not so common, but the uncommon ones are devastating and life-threatening.' She added that while repigmentation may seem like a cosmetic bonus for patients already undergoing cancer treatment, the risks of using such a drug solely for reversing grey hair would far outweigh the benefits. 'We all age and it's totally normal to see changes in the colour of our hair,' Li said. 'We're far, far away from even considering using an anti-cancer medication, just so that we can have hair greying improve.'
Daily Mail
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Salma Hayek, 58, embraces her natural grey hair as she attends Balenciaga show during Paris Fashion Week
Salma Hayek embraced her natural grey hair as she attended the Balenciaga show during Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday. Arriving at the brand's Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025/2026, the actress, 58, showed off her face-framing grey flecks as she pushed her hair back. Salma looked as chic as ever in an elegant, black velvet dress that featured a knee-high leg slit. She teamed the fitted number with a pair of peep toe heels and accessorised her outfit with Miu Miu sunglasses. Salma recently admitted that she is trying to steer clear of hair dye and revealed her unusual hack for covering up grey hairs. During a video for Vogue Beauty last month, the From Dusk Till Dawn star gave fans a look at her makeup routine. She also offered a few of her own beauty tips, such as how she covers greys without professionally colouring her long locks. While filming herself inside a spacious bathroom, Hayek explained to the viewers that she does 'not dye my hair.' The star continued, 'But if you choose not to dye your hair and you have the white like I do... or sometimes you don't want the white, I use mascara.' Salma then held up a tube of Benefic Cosmetics Roller Lash Mascara which can be purchased for $29. Hayek expressed that the special hack can also keep some of the loose hair 'out of your face. 'You have to change your makeup and beauty routine as you get older,' she said, followed by a small laugh as she kept putting mascara on some of the roots. The Frida actress also advised, 'Sometimes you go, "Oh, I don't look good and I did all my makeup but I hate the way I look." Change the makeup. 'Because maybe what worked before isn't working now. So, it's good to be adventurous and creative and try to have fun while you do it.' The actress then began to apply some of the black mascara to her graying roots around her face. After the star finished applying the mascara, she began to run her fingers through her long locks and said you could still put products in as well - although she wasn't adding any at the time. The actress added: 'Touch your face, touch your hair, touch yourself. It's all about the connection that you have with yourself and it's the routine of beauty.' Salma continued: 'It's a great moment to experience that. You will get more by doing this, than by putting a thousand products on your hair, on your skin,' Salma added as she bunched her strands of hair together. 'You know, using your hands - using your fingers. It's having a moment of connection with yourself, and you can make this beauty routine meaningful instead of just criticizing yourself.' 'As you get older, I thought when I saw like faces that were going like this - you know, that there were holes and stuff. I thought it was because people were putting fillers, you know? 'And then it was the imperfection of the filler. Guess what? No. It happens naturally,' Hayek admitted with a giggle. 'Because I don't put fillers and I get it.'
