Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
How to minimise large pores according to experts – including £10 smoothing skin base
ok.co.ukFor such a minuscule part of our bodies, pores are clearly a real nuisance for many. Google is flooded with questions asking how they can be minimised, closed and even got rid of, meanwhile cosmetics brand Benefit found that visible pores are the number one skin concern amongst young people (no doubt a result of the abundance of flawlessly filtered skin seen on social media).
And it’s not just an issue for young, oily, blemish-prone complexions; enlarged pores can also be a symptom of skin ageing. While it’s a notoriously tricky skin concern to tackle, there are some expert tips and tricks that can help to perfect pesky pores.
So what actually are pores? “Pores are small openings in the skin, attached to hair follicles, through which oil and sweat are released,” explains aesthetic doctor – and winner of the Aesthetics Awards' Medical Practitioner of the Year – Sophie Shotter. “They are crucial for helping skin to stay cool, hydrated and healthy.” Can they open and close?
In a word, no. Pores don’t work like doors, and don’t have muscles that contract and dilate.Their openings can, however, be stretched and, to some degree, shrunk.
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