Bel, after spending the past 18 years as a homemaker, steps in to save the family business in a failing family run beauty salon in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Family feuds and bitter rivalries, professional and personal, escalate in the salon amongst the Botox, fillers and facelifts.

A look at society's response to ageing, particularly with regard to older women.

A critical examination of the positive and negative aspects of old age in a society where there is a premium on images as young, attractive and sexually available for men.

Reflections on growing older. Gay men of different ages ponder what it means to get older in a culture that youth obsessed.