Hints and tips:
...I’m staying in a lower-middle-class South Asian neighbourhood, where a dosa meal costs about €2.50, and where all the soaps in the Loyal City supermarket promise “whitening”....
...“You have to do all the steps before you go out. Even if my skin is looking good, I will never go out without wearing lipstick or with light make-up on....
...A tooth-whitening stall puts up a sign: “Last hour. Tooth whitening kits £20. Two for £35.” There is a queue for the gold eye bag patches....
...To that end, the last time I sat down for a nail treatment (with the UK Vogue beauty editors’ favourite technician, David Barton of Percy & Reed), I did a quick recon of the ingredients for the perfect kit...
...Off the menu are wheat, red meat, dairy, sugar, salt and all fats except olive oil, as are caffeine and alcohol....
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