Thomas Marrington - The Glass Magazine

Glass gets a Mini Smile Makeover at the Marylebone Smile Clinic

November 21, 2022

OF THE MANY beauty and grooming treatments one can do, few have more lasting impact than cosmetic dentistry. It’s something that, oddly enough, is spoken of even less than more traditionally “taboo” procedures ...

The Glass guide to day creams

Thomas Marrington

September 23, 2021

Beauty, Feature

CAN something as commonplace as a day cream turn out to be a transformative tool in your skincare arsenal? Glass investigates. Sometimes, owing to the cosmetic confusion so prevalent within the beauty world,...

Glass reviews skincare brands putting sustainability first

Thomas Marrington

February 15, 2021

Beauty, Feature, Male grooming, Skincare

ONE of the major (read: only) benefits of the past year is the renewed focus that slowing down has given us. As a world without most of its transport emissions, our planet began to visibly heal. Air pollution l...

The Glass Man self-care guide for treating yourself

Thomas Marrington

January 5, 2021

Beauty, Candles, Feature, Male grooming, Shopping Guide, Skincare

THERE'S nothing quite like giving yourself the gift of something you really want, something you may have no practical need for but just plain out-and-out desire. It’s not materialistic to surround yourselves wi...

Glass picks the best 9 Vitamin C serums available now

Thomas Marrington

December 1, 2020

Beauty, Feature, Skincare

SOME skincare ingredients are so effective that once you’ve tried them, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without them. This is how I (and many others) feel about vitamin C. This powerhouse ingredient is quickly...

Glass’ favourite night-time skincare saviours

Thomas Marrington

November 10, 2020

Beauty, Feature, Male grooming, Skincare

WHETHER you’re a skincare newbie or a grooming veteran, getting into the most basic skincare routine comes down to this – your morning products are all about protecting the skin against the da...

The Glass Guide to Vitamin C – the must-use skincare ingredient

Thomas Marrington

September 24, 2020

Beauty, Feature

AS WE approach autumn, maintain your glow with the must-use skincare everyone is talking about – vitamin C. Some skincare ingredients are so effective that once you’ve tried them, you’ll wonder how you ever ...

HEINRICH BARTH 75ml_Sunscreen High Protection_ RRP £13

This Heinrich Barth sunscreen is perfect for people who hate sunscreen

Thomas Marrington

April 22, 2020

Beauty, News, Skincare

WHEN it comes to testing sunscreens, there are certain issues which will almost inevitably arise. Chief amongst those are; how greasy is it, and also how wearable? Despite it now being a universally acknowledge...

Glass reviews L’Oréal’s US’s number-one selling serum – now in the UK

Thomas Marrington

March 30, 2020

Beauty, Feature, Skincare

IF you haven’t heard about hyaluronic acid by now, then it may be time to move out from under the rock you've no doubt been residing under. The hero skincare ingredient has well and truly taken the beauty world...

L’Oréal’s glycolic acid ampoules are like a laser reset for your skin

Thomas Marrington

March 26, 2020

Beauty, News, Skincare

AS the UK enters into lockdown, the most extreme measures ever taken during peacetime, millions of us are bracing for three weeks of staying home. For some, this is a gargantuan challenge – for others, it’s an ...

La Prairie Supreme Balm Cleanser has changed how Glass cleans our face forever

Thomas Marrington

September 5, 2019

Beauty, Feature, Skincare

OCCASIONALLY, a product will drop onto Glass’ grooming desk that seriously pique our interest, which is not an easy feat when one considers the amount of skincare we sift through on a daily basis. Certain brand...

Oribe’s Bright Blonde collection saved my brassy hair

Thomas Marrington

August 14, 2019

Beauty, Feature, Haircare

AS A longtime fanatic of all things hair and beauty, and in particular all things blonde, it recently came to my attention that my surfer-tipped highlights had taken on an edge that I had not agreed to. Some ca...

Glass finds the best carry-on approved travel grooming kits

Thomas Marrington

April 22, 2019

Beauty, Feature, Haircare, Male grooming

THE ability to travel is one of life’s greatest luxuries, but it can also be anxiety-inducing. A 2012 study of tourism stress conducted in the US not only found that the planning period was the most stressful p...

Glass interviews actor Ross Butler

Thomas Marrington

January 11, 2019

Culture, Feature

WHEN murmuring began that a television show to be produced by Selena Gomez was in the works, the wheels of the internet’s rumour mill starting to turn a little faster. Upon the announcement that the show in que...

The Glass guide to keeping brassy brunette hair at bay

Thomas Marrington

October 15, 2018

Beauty, Feature, Haircare, Shopping Guide

AS WE venture valiantly into autumn, many of us are left frustrated by our summer ravaged strands. That luxurious holiday spent frolicking in the sea and basking in the sun may have been essential for rechargin...

Glass experiences the revolutionary Strawberry Laser Lift treatment

Thomas Marrington

September 27, 2018

Beauty, Feature

I CAN pinpoint exactly the moment that I became aware that genetics alone were not to blame for my soft and fleshy face as I had always assumed. Age 14, sat in my orthodontist’s office, he rather bluntly pointe...

Glass meets Lene Stiil, co-founder and CEO of AllergyCertified

Thomas Marrington

July 31, 2018

Beauty, Feature, Skincare

WHEN I connect with Lene Stiil over Skype in March, we’re both rather busy, albeit in our respective corners of the world. Stiil, co-founder and CEO of AllergyCertified, would have a lot of excuses up her sleev...

Chanel Beauty launches Les Eaux De Chanel ungendered fragrance collection

Thomas Marrington

July 9, 2018

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

GENDER neutral might just have been the buzzword (or term) of 2017. A movement focused on breaking down societal norms saw runways, high streets and beauty campaigns alike flooded with gender-breaking imagery. ...

Jamie Campbell Bower stars in Fendi’s SS18 men’s eyewear collection, Discovering Me

Thomas Marrington

June 12, 2018

Glass TV, News

AFTER previously teasing the full-length fashion film, Fendi has unveiled their SS18 men’s eyewear collection video, Discovering Me, in glorious full length. The fashion film stars the musician, actor and model...

Fendi teases Discovering Me, the SS18 men’s eyewear campaign starring Jamie Campbell Bower

Thomas Marrington

June 8, 2018

Feature, Glass TV

THE ABSURDLY talented multi-hyphenate, Jamie Campbell Bower, stars in Fendi's SS18 Men's eyewear campaign, Discovering Me. Pictured here in a teaser for the short film, which drops in-full on June 12th, Bower r...

Glass In Motion: Tom Andrew presents Daniel Avery’s Glass

Thomas Marrington

May 22, 2018

Feature, Glass TV

FILMED at a recent gig by Daniel Avery at Bethnal Green’s historic York Hall, director Tom Andrew presents a striking and monochromatic video for the aptly named song Glass, which appears on British “indie-tech...

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