Lou Teasdale. You may know her already as creative hairstylist, makeup expert, author and *whispers* the woman behind every hair cut that helped make One Direction famous. But we know her as fearless Beauty Extremist. No tattoo removal, cosmetic procedure, crazed hair or make up trend is too insurmountable a subject for her to tackle. So who better to reinstate our much loved contraversial column?

We're delighted to welcome Lou to the ELLE beauty fold and can't wait to share her brazen experiemtents and adventures in hair, skincare and makeup with you here, starting later this week. 

In the meantime, here are some essential credentials: 'Dino-braids'? Why the hell not?

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Pout? The bigger, and (more permanently so) the better

The outrageously colourful? Every damn day. Lou '#BeautyExtremist' Teasdale, we salute you. Now get writing...