Maria Del Russo

“We’ve all had that day when we haven’t washed our hair for a few days, and it looks good, so I think that’s where this belief [tha

After recently dyeing my hair back to my natural brown after three gruelling months living as a bleach blonde, my strands were in need of some major TLC. T

My name is Maria Del Russo, and I hold these truths to be self-evident: A cheese plate is a perfectly respectable meal. A pack of shredded cheese is a grea

Nobody is perfect — not even a beauty editor. We may preach the gospel of SPF and slather on the stuff with fervour, but sometimes we slip up. We openly

“Did you see the photo I posted of Kelly* at the beach the other day?” my friend asked over coffee one day. I froze. A few weeks earlier, in a

I remember certain things about puberty vividly, like shaving my armpits for the first time while my family waited downstairs impatiently before a trip to

My skin and I haven't always been on great terms. It has pimpled, puffed, flaked, and fried countless times in the 25 years I've been around, and

This story was originally published on 22nd August 2015. When my dear friend Tara Teschke told me that she was considering embracing the grey hair that sta