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Mother knows best

BEAUTY lore is peppered with old wives’ tales: toner makes your pores smaller, chocolate causes breakouts, pluck a grey hair and two more will grow back in its place . . . But there comes a time when a girl realises that her mom was right about some things after all. Perhaps, say, it’s the day when that frown-induced furrow suddenly won’t bounce back into invisibility, leading mom to raise one well-honed I-told-you-so eyebrow.

Ultimately, there’s nobody better to give you the great beauty lessons in life. Because your mom knows what your DNA has in store for you (and she is also clued in to all the secret, less-than-ideal beauty

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