"Anything in the name of beauty," I vowed when starting out as a beauty journalist. "I will do anything (except shave my head) in the name of beauty." This came in a bid for that teacher's pet status ...

For most of us, pores have been the bane of our existence since we first looked in the mirror and saw them (and the requisite blackheads) staring back at us. But unlike cringeworthy class pictures and ...