C-suite clients are getting treatments to age themselves down, with a focus on looking energetic, young, and full of vitality. Plastic surgeons report a significant increase in demand for facial procedures among executives.
Barbie Botox, also referred to as Traptox, has become a sensation on social media platforms, particularly TikTok, where it has garnered millions of views over the last three years.
It's just so convenient and so easy and so affordable. It surprises me that more people don't do it. In Asia, it's way cheaper, the quality of care is always good, and there are so many options to choose from. Whereas when you book things in the US, not only do you pay more money for it - even when you have insurance - but also it can take months to get in.
Rose Byrne, who is nominated for best actress for her role in the psychological comedy-drama "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," shined in a silk crepe Chanel dress at the Actor Awards. Timothée Chalamet, who is nominated for his portrayal of Marty in "Marty Supreme," sported an open-collar Prada look.
Over the past century, the fabled property in the 7200 block was home to the Ralphs supermarket founder; the wealthy scion of the Cudahy meatpacking family; and producer Joseph M. Schenk and his then-wife, actress Norma Talmadge. Before that, in 1904, it was reputedly owned by Hollywood's first official mayor, George Dunlop.
And by "Who-dom," I don't mean the Seussian variety but the taxonomy coined by 's Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger: the vast, sub-stratospheric tier of celebrity occupied by figures whose fame is intensely meaningful to some and virtually nonexistent to everyone else. Whos are defined in opposition to Thems, the indisputable celebrities known to most except those living under a rock or who willingly reject the very notion of pop culture,
Trisha Paytas' announcement that she intends to run for a seat in the US House of Representatives in her home state, California, has come as a surprise to many. As someone put on X/Twitter on Tuesday (6 January): "Trisha Paytas announcing that she is running for the House of Representatives was not on my 2026 bingo card." Since then, Spencer Pratt, a reality TV star, has announced his own political aspirations by launching a campaign to become the Mayor of Los Angeles.
This comes after millions of women, myself included, have spent years trying to unlearn the toxic messages we were fed in our youth. That beauty equals thinness. That discipline means restriction. That our bodies must be controlled and minimized to be acceptable. We fought for size diversity, for the radical idea that you can be beautiful, strong and worthy without disappearing. And just as that movement was starting to shift the cultural tide, here comes this trend of pharmaceutical shrinking that pretends thinness is wellness.
I am familiar with this feeling. Breadcrumb trails of heat lead to pain that's called minor, pressure that's called surprising. Rooms like this-the salon where my scalp scalds as my curls burn away or the aesthetician's office where I lie as vulnerable as I might in a hospital bed-are drenched in anxiety's musk, scented with antibacterial spray. The women who leave me their warmth are like older sisters, evidence files, guinea pigs, role models, comrades, and competition.
Text over a photo of Burns recovering in a hospital bed shared that she had "always struggled" with her breasts since the age of 12. "They caused me so much pain when exercising and I deeply hated the oversexulisation it brought," Burns wrote, adding that she had tried many alternatives such as different bras, but felt no relief. Burns explained that she wanted to do the surgery while she "was young and healthy and by the universe's graces able to".
West is figuring out her style as any tween would and should—and in front of the entire world, no less. That includes experimenting with beauty and fashion looks and, yes, piercings (with her parents' permission, of course). I'm sure getting cyberbullied by the entire world is doing far more damage than a little ring on her finger, so please, have some compassion.
Demand for beauty treatments is soaring. The global aesthetics market is projected to reach €22.9bn by 2028, according to analytics company Clarivate, driven by the development of more natural-looking results and the influence of social media. But how much are Irish women actually spending on such treatments? "It's very hard to find statistics, because they're all private enterprises, so they don't need to release them," says Liz Dwyer (@lizdwyerbeauty), co-founder of the Future Beauty and Health Show, which returns to the RDS on March 21-22 with a line-up of Irish and international experts in aesthetics and longevity.
There's a strange moment that happens the first time you watch botox kick in. One day you're squinting at your reflection and see the familiar lines crease across your forehead. A few days later, you raise your eyebrows andnothing. The skin stays put. It's subtle, even anticlimactic, but it's also the clearest proof that the world's most famous anti-wrinkle injection isn't magic or mystery.
"Very, very early in my career, an actor I worked with, a male actor, gave me a book called Why French Women Don't Get Fat," she told Charli, referring to a 2006 food book by Mireille Guiliano. "And it was essentially a book telling you to eat less." Robbie recreated her shocked expression upon receiving the book for Charli. "'I was like, ' Oh. F*ck you, dude,'" she recalled. "He essentially gave me a book to let me know that I should lose weight."
For 22 years, I ran around with small bags of saline water on my chest a fact I shared with only a handful of close friends. I felt ashamed of having chosen artificial enhancement. I'm an outdoorsy mountain runner. At 56, I want to model ageing naturally, but having breast implants ran counter to that. Now they are gone, thanks to explant surgery implant removal without replacement.
"I'm like an oil painter," Carolina Gonzalez tells me mid-glam. "When you think you've blended enough, blend some more." I'm sitting in her chair, testing out the reformulated Luminous Silk foundation - which the Armani ambassador swears by - and it hits me that I'm getting the same treatment as Gigi Hadid, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Sabrina Carpenter. Her clients see the biggest stages and carpets in the world, and if they're not painted to perfection, you'll know. That's why skin is Gonzalez's signature.
"I'm just not a judgmental person like that, so I try not to pay attention to it," she said. "But I think that no one knows unless they're in my shoes what I'm dealing with and how we have to manage certain things from the outside world or even in our life that we have to go through together." She tried to clear up how some may view her parenting style.
Bobs, pixies, and other short cuts were the name of the hair game in 2025, and goth makeup had a major moment that is expected to continue into this year as well. This year, bold beauty looks once again graced the red carpet, but classic Old Hollywood glam was also a mainstay.