Beauty Papers Magazine

Biannual publication Beauty Papers Magazine is one of the most striking around. It's often way ahead of the curve in spying innovation in the present as well as intelligently mining the past to uncover overlooked or unknown genius in the field.

Founded by beauty editor and make-up artist Maxine Leonard and creative director Valerie Wickes, Beauty Papers packs some breathtaking photography into an exploration of the aesthetic and cultural conceptions around beauty and the beauty industry.

The separate covers created for each issue are well worth a look too, if you can catch them before they leave the shelves.

About the 10th Anniversary Issue from the publisher:

A silver gilt edged volume celebrating Beauty Papers ‘Hollywood' and a decade in print.

Long live beauty art culture...

The new issue is a gloriously irreverent yet affectionate journey into Hollywood. The myths, the legends, the names and the unknowns are observed, undone and reimagined. Without Hollywood and the silver screen the idea of modern superstardom, ‘fame’ and celebrity, would not exist as it does today — an all pervading presence in everyday life. This issue explores celebrity through the artists themselves as much as the Hollywood legends it references or features. Quietly drawing parallels and exposing poignancies, this issue is for all its fearlessness a romantic adventure honouring the lives of the good and the greats of the silver screen.