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Beyoncé has had the same colourist since 2012. In part one of LAEL: Behind the Look, meet Rita Hazan and Neal Farinah, the team behind her hair, and the amber...

Everyone was talking about the wings at the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. We were looking at the feet. Meet Amina Muaddi, the official shoe partner, and see which shoe...

Kim Kardashian's Halloween 2026 look has everyone asking if she's already won best dressed. We're asking a different question: who made it? Meet skreem, the makeup artist behind North's look...

Champagne on the windowsill, a dress still tagged on the door, and a setting spray that just ran out. A Manchester story about the people behind the city's best-kept secrets,...

When a makeup artist runs out of a shade at 11pm, or a client is already in the chair, nobody browses. They call the one number they trust. In Manchester,...

Paris Fashion Week has always been the grand finale of fashion month, and this season it has more than earned the title. While New York, London and Milan came and...

There’s a version of beauty most people never see. Backstage, behind the scenes, minutes before the cameras roll, something always goes missing. The right shade runs out. A bundle of...

Spain lifted the trophy, Lamine Yamal made history at 19, and Argentina were left heartbroken. But while everyone watched the scoreline, we were watching something else entirely: the hair. Here’s...

We asked Manchester whether primer is actually necessary and the comments went to war. Half of you swear you can’t live without it. The other half think it’s the biggest...

Your customers are up at 2am adding to cart. LAEL is the retail channel that actually turns up: a curated destination, a living community, and same-day delivery across Manchester. Here’s...

It’s 11pm and you have no idea what your hair actually needs. SARAH fixes that. She’s LAEL’s AI beauty concierge: ask her anything about your skin, your hair or your...

Some rooms you don’t find, you get let in. LAEL After Hours is our private WhatsApp community where members see every drop first, talk beauty honestly, and shape what LAEL...