I've said it before here, but there *was* something good about her old Guardian columns - we all started reading and became hooked for a reason. She really did seem to be honest, before the weird inconsistencies (squalene, eye cream, etc) started creeping in more and more along with the obvious promotions of big brands. I think put simply she's been a victim of her own success - brands started wanting to 'work with' her because of her big reach, she followed the ££ and compromised her integrity, and got away with it for a while because of the trust she'd built up over years and years of being that 'big sister'. But I had a read of a couple of her old columns recently when I was searching for things, and they're just so different to the dross she tosses out now - the recommendations feel really genuine, I honestly don't believe New Look, NYX or any of those perfume brands would have been paying her, which is not something you can say for most of her columns now.
Sali Hughes: 'I honestly think perfume is the best present there is'
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'I understand women's reluctance to forgo sheen entirely,' Sali Hughes says. 'But if you want bold, take-no-prisoners colour, you need to at least veer in the direction of matte'
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(also, lol @ her wearing one scent "almost every day for a decade")