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Grunge goth beauty was never supposed to be about the money, so what's with this season's Glam Goth makeup looks (not to mention clothes, thanks Luella) costing so much? I'm not one for scrimping and saving on makeup, but as we are sliding into a recession it makes sense to worry our pretty little heads about prices, every now and then.

Cue my credit crunch-friendly pick of the best products to get autumn/winter's soft goth look, on the cheap. At my sister, the Blonde's, punk party last weekend, I tested the high street's selection of gothic offerings, putting them through their paces with a night that included not only jumping on the sofa to the Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated, but also making, consuming and then cleaning up after numerous vodka jellies. Yes, my nail polish was chipped, but that black eyeshadow didn't budge.

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I would never dare to suggest that we only make ourselves look beautiful to attract the attention of men, but let's face it, it's always nice to be noticed for the right reasons. While red lips and long blonde hair are often easily dismissed as male-magnet cliches; in terms of evolution we are genetically programmed to find certain traits attractive. A symmetrical face, for example, is well known to signal healthiness while a recent survey showed that men find women with 'typically feminine' faces more attractive.

While I'm a great believer in celebrating your own individual beauty and also experimenting with different looks for fun, not to hook a man, it's intriguing to know which beauty tools you can use in your armour to be utterly irresistable to the opposite sex. Just read more