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“Acting, writing, it’s all about unblocked imagination. And mum never stood in the way of mine, she encouraged it, she fed it. She didn’t want me to have the best voice, she wanted me to have my voice. So in the voice she nurtured, I want to thank the women of my life, my mum.” #AimeeLouWood was one of the 12 inspirational women honoured at Bazaar’s Women of the Year Awards last week. The Stockport-born star deservingly scooped up the accolade for Television Actress, owing — as fellow actor #NcutiGatwa expressed in his speech while presenting to her— to the “complex and deeply human” stories and characters she has portrayed in her fast-accelerating career. At the link in our bio, watch the full video.

“I’m finding my voice," says @hannahfkdodd, star of Bridgerton and Cabaret in the West End. "It’s something that doesn't necessarily come naturally to me. But if you can’t advocate for yourself, then you can’t advocate for others as well. It can feel like quite a selfish thing when you speak up for yourself sometimes, but actually, it can protect other people around you. That’s the journey that I’m on at the moment.” Watch the full interview at the link in bio.

“What has Sylvie taught me about beauty? I taught her, I’m the one who’s experimented on Sylvie,” says #PhilippineLeroyBeaulieu on her #EmilyInParis character, Sylvie Grateau. “She doesn’t exist without me.” In the latest episode of our #InsideMyBeautyBag series, the Bazaar UK cover star discusses everything from her go-to make-up look to her on-set perfume trick. Watch the full video at the link in our bio.

“Women get more beautiful as they get older, for sure,” says #KateWinslet during an episode of our ‘Life Lessons’ franchise. “Our faces become more of who we are, they sit better on our bone structure, they have more life, more history. Things I find incredibly beautiful are wrinkles around the eyes, the backs of hands.” Conversations speculating about which celebrity has had what work done are endemic on social media, with procedures like “deep plane facelift” and “upper blepharoplasty” entering common parlance. At the same time, anti-wrinkle injections like Botox have been completely normalised, with the procedure now the top non-surgical treatment in the world. As we become more and more conditioned to see a smooth visage as the norm, it is surprising, and rather wonderful, to see a growing vanguard of actresses ditching the Botox on the big screen. Read more on the refreshing return of real faces, and watch the full video, at the link in our bio.

“My signature beauty look would be natural, but when I want to do something, it’s the eyes. It’s mascara and maybe a darker line on my waterline, something that makes the eyes pop out more than the mouth,” #PhilippineLeroyBeaulieu tells us. “I’m more into having naught eyes. It’s the intensity of the look that I look for.” In the latest episode of our #InsideMyBeautyBag series, the Bazaar UK cover star discusses everything from her on-set perfume trick to the night-cream she swears by. Watch the full video at the link in our bio.

“Acting, writing, it’s all about unblocked imagination. And mum never stood in the way of mine, she encouraged it, she fed it. She didn’t want me to have the best voice, she wanted me to have my voice. So in the voice she nurtured, I want to thank the women of my life, my mum.” #AimeeLouWood was one of the 12 inspirational women honoured at Bazaar’s Women of the Year Awards last week. The Stockport-born star deservingly scooped up the accolade for Television Actress, owing — as fellow actor #NcutiGatwa expressed in his speech while presenting to her— to the “complex and deeply human” stories and characters she has portrayed in her fast-accelerating career. At the link in our bio, watch the full video.

“I’m finding my voice," says @hannahfkdodd, star of Bridgerton and Cabaret in the West End. "It’s something that doesn't necessarily come naturally to me. But if you can’t advocate for yourself, then you can’t advocate for others as well. It can feel like quite a selfish thing when you speak up for yourself sometimes, but actually, it can protect other people around you. That’s the journey that I’m on at the moment.” Watch the full interview at the link in bio.

“What has Sylvie taught me about beauty? I taught her, I’m the one who’s experimented on Sylvie,” says #PhilippineLeroyBeaulieu on her #EmilyInParis character, Sylvie Grateau. “She doesn’t exist without me.” In the latest episode of our #InsideMyBeautyBag series, the Bazaar UK cover star discusses everything from her go-to make-up look to her on-set perfume trick. Watch the full video at the link in our bio.

“Women get more beautiful as they get older, for sure,” says #KateWinslet during an episode of our ‘Life Lessons’ franchise. “Our faces become more of who we are, they sit better on our bone structure, they have more life, more history. Things I find incredibly beautiful are wrinkles around the eyes, the backs of hands.” Conversations speculating about which celebrity has had what work done are endemic on social media, with procedures like “deep plane facelift” and “upper blepharoplasty” entering common parlance. At the same time, anti-wrinkle injections like Botox have been completely normalised, with the procedure now the top non-surgical treatment in the world. As we become more and more conditioned to see a smooth visage as the norm, it is surprising, and rather wonderful, to see a growing vanguard of actresses ditching the Botox on the big screen. Read more on the refreshing return of real faces, and watch the full video, at the link in our bio.

“My signature beauty look would be natural, but when I want to do something, it’s the eyes. It’s mascara and maybe a darker line on my waterline, something that makes the eyes pop out more than the mouth,” #PhilippineLeroyBeaulieu tells us. “I’m more into having naught eyes. It’s the intensity of the look that I look for.” In the latest episode of our #InsideMyBeautyBag series, the Bazaar UK cover star discusses everything from her on-set perfume trick to the night-cream she swears by. Watch the full video at the link in our bio.