Mum-of-two Sarah Willman has been addicted to tanning since she was 14 and cannot stop because she loves 'the Barbie look'. Sarah was nicknamed 'Ma...

When HuffPost US Women asked women to send pictures of themselves in bikinis to remind us what a real beach body looks like (see Amber, above), they g...

Thousands of women are entering a competition to find the UK's next plus-size models, showing that big(ger) is indeed beautiful. Almost 3,000 women...

Stereotype is a funny thing, not least of all when it comes to spas, but it is also something that has the capacity to be extremely dangerous. While the vast majority of people associate spas with time out and something enjoyable, the range of details of what one might do on a day or break seems to remain remarkably narrow. The association between spa and relaxation is engrained, but often the details remain elusive.

Department store Debenhams has broken the fashion mould by casting a diverse range of models for its summer 2013 campaign. The High Summer Look Boo...

Lack of libido in women, especially mums, is common. Many of us come to accept that the occasions on which we "feel horny" are fewer and further between as we get older. Our sex drive gets put back firmly in its box by tiredness, body hang-ups or the comfy familiarity of our relationships.

As an image consultant, I work with people every day who have garments and accessories which they feel give them super-heroic powers - or some variation thereof. Welcome to the transformative power of clothes.

We need to open the debate up further and to talk more openly. We already understand how low body confidence can affect 15 year old girls. But what happens when those 15 year old girls reach 25, 35, and 45? How does their low body confidence translate into social confidence? How does it affect their performance in the workplace? How does it affect their families? The government is already doing a lot to support women, but we also need to ensure that we can nurture and support the aspirations of women and girls.

If so many people genuinely feel worried about the hairless state of affairs we've found ourselves in, why not do something about it? Imagine the time and money you could save, imagine the other things you could do instead of heading to the salon, and imagine how much better you might end up feeling about yourself.

Digital fakery. Airbrushing. Perfect models with perfect make up, their perfect figures clad in perfect clothes. This imagery is everywhere and it's having a damaging effect on women and girls, who simply can't attain the unrealisable ideal.

Dance has proven to be a fantastic engagement tool for girls and young women who often begin a life-long pursuit which brings them both fitness and pleasure.

With this pressure to look like celebrities, why should girls look for role models who are famed for intelligence over their fantastic figure and always perfect dress and make-up? At one of my recent Guide meetings we asked girls to come dressed as a female role model with some surprising results.

Switch on your television, flick through a magazine or browse the internet and you'll be assaulted by headlines tempting you to behold the spectacle of "the 63 stone man!", the "anorexic who weighs the same as your average five year old!", or "the model whose desperate bid for success ended in botched cosmetic surgery!".

I am still conquering my lack of self esteem, goodness only knows how girls of today will turn out. We owe it to them to reverse the trend - let's start the inner beauty revolution.

On 26 May 1992, in the King's Fund Centre in Camden Town, a tiny kernel of an idea was planted. 20 years later, Lynne Featherstone, Minister for Equalities, gave her strong vote to what we think is now a fine-looking sapling that is Changing Faces today.

The advertising industry is highly aware of its responsibilities. Pretty as a Picture was commissioned to help advertisers understand what young women think about images in advertising, and it's good to hear policymakers recognising the industry's positive response.

Imogen Thomas has announced that she despises her body in a Huffington Post blog, saying she's always battled with her body image. Her story is one th...