comparing lifestyle magazines

Magazine	Price and no. of pages in magazine	Sections of magazine and no. of pages per section	Sample of advertising	Typical articles (example headings etc)
HARPER’S BAZAAR	£4.70 332	12 sections. Number of pages per section average to around 25.	Mostly of expensive branded jewellery, clothes, perfumes and make-up. “JOY DIOR”-the new fragrance. “MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION” “Van Cleef & Arpels”-jewellery.	Mainly advertising. Editors letter- “KIND HEARTS & CORONETS” Juliet Nicolson- “CLOUD NINE. An Ecuadorian odyssey, from the heights of Quito in the Andes to the bird’s-eye view of the rainforests” “THE GOOD LIFE”-an article about Ralph Lauren.
COSMOPOLITAN	£2 164	10 sections. Number of pages per section average to around 10, however the “On the cover” section is particularly longer as it is the main focus of the magazine.	Beauty & fashion. “LIVE IN LEVIS” “DO YOU SPEAK BOTANICALS FRESH CARE”-Hair concoctions. “CLARINS-NEW Skin Illusion”	A lot of advertising. “HACKED OFF. Jo Taylor spent 10 years of her life wanting a nose job-and all her savings getting one. But was it worth it?” “Tess Holiday weighs 300lbs. She grew up in a trailer in Mississippi and suffered abuse her whole childhood. She cried just minutes before this picture was taken. So what’s her story?”

Magazine	Masthead	Image	Colour and fonts	Cover lines (including banners and lure)
HARPER’S BAZAAR	Harper’s BAZAAR	Cate Blanchett sitting/lying in a field of grass.	Red fonts and red dress. Dulled, green grass behind Cate.	“HER GRACE Cate Blanchett…THE WOMAN WITHIN” “THE BEAUTY 100 BEST OF THE BEST AWARDS 2018” “FASHION’S NEW FREEDOM SILVER BELLES & SCOTTISH SEAFARERS”
COSMOPOLITAN	Cosmopolitan	Plus size model Tess Holiday, in a swim suit.	Pastel colours-pink & blue. Green(swimsuit). Black, white and pink text.	“A SUPERMODEL ROARS-TESS HOLIDAY WANTS THE HATERS TO KISS HER ASS” “THE MALE MODEL &THE NERD-Life with the UK’s most eligible man”  “IS SUCCESS AN ILLNESS? The high-flyers ‘killing it’ at work”