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Best delivers a varied and lively mix of ideas and inspiration to inform and entertain real women and help them get more out of every aspect of their busy lives. Best is topical, practical, offering more variety than any other weekly by embracing traditional topics in a modern way.

INSIDE THE SOAPS!

START YOUR WEEK with a smile • best GOES TO THE InsideSoap Awards

‘Inconsolable’ Cindy • Supermodel Cindy Crawford’s only son has died…

The Traitors uncloaked • The cloaks are back, the castle doors are open - and a fresh batch of famous faces are about to discover who they can really trust...

Kate & Wills • With everything that's happened with the Royals in the last few weeks, the Walesees are putting on brave faces

Married to the mob! • As MobLand returns, Dame Helen Mirren talks playing a ruthless crime boss and why she’s determined to keep mixing things up

I’m the Gnome Doctor! • Love or loathe them, Caroline Smale’s unlikely passion has rubbed off on her whole village...

We're all talking about

Let’s all go to Benidorm! • THE WAY I SEE IT... Wise words from our feisty, fearless and funny columnist

‘I got my mother-in-law in the divorce!’ • Monster-in-law? Not for Claire Tindal, who’s stayed best friends with Anne Brown more than 20 years after divorcing her son…

Super skin REFRESH!

Better skin in the shower! • We spend a small fortune on beauty products and an awful lot of them end up in the shower. Which got me thinking. If we're going to stand there every morning surrounded by bottles, surely they should be doing more than making us smell nice. Your shower is actually one of the easiest places to start tackling some of those annoying skin niggles we can suffer from. You're in there anyway, so you might as well come out looking better.

Elsa McAlonan BEST BEAUTY BARGAINS UNDER £10 • Welcome to the Cosy Season! When the temperature dips, there's nothing nicer than getting all wrapped up in snuggly layers. When we talk about layering make-up, it means building up colours and textures to get the most natural results. When applying blusher, smooth on just a little and increase the coverage for a pretty flush of colour. Or try painting different shades of nail polish together to get a hue that's unique. With concealer, less is more and will be more effective if you layer it up to hide imperfections and the same goes for well-groomed brows - shaping and pencilling in gaps works best if you take your time. These were made for layering and are all under £10.

THE ONE POT PLAN! • Lose 5lbs on our comfort food diet

The price of flying solo • More women are happier than ever going it alone, except for when it comes to 'The Singles Tax'...

John & Lisa weekday dinners! • Whip up something delicious from their brand new book

Wine of the week! • Sharing his passion for wine for 20 years, Olly’s a regular on Saturday Kitchen, a food hero for P&O Cruises and award-winning author of nine books. His first novel, Death by Noir is out now. With his extensive knowledge of all things booze, the only thing Olly is more enthusiastic about than a glass of the good stuff, is sharing it as widely as possible. Here’s his boozy bargain find for this week...

What would Vanessa say? • Got a problem? Email your questions to AskVanessa@hearst.co.uk

The secret to a good marriage? Laughing - a lot! • Real Housewives of London’s Juliet Mayhew opens up on love, loyalty and why dating apps would terrify her

Saturday Afternoon Fever! • Love the buzz of a great night out but want to have a good eight hours' sleep too? These readers have a solution...

Bond, Babs and the best of times • Bond lyricist Don Black, 88, on writing for the biggest stars and his 60-year...