Testing skincare products is an occupational hazard. In the past, I’ve been lucky. I’m relatively non-reactive (I used to claim). But last month, boy, was I humbled. I had polished off the last of my morning serum, the Major Fade Hyper Serum by #PillowtalkDerm, which I highly recommend [but unfortunately isn’t available […]
At least seven in 10 women around the world say that they have low libido. That’s the vast majority of us having a low sex drive at some point, but the language that surrounds this fact paints it as taboo. We know it, but we keep it to ourselves, furiously […]
Mild spoilers ahead. How Black Panther: Wakanda Forever would approach the absence of the king and powerful warrior T’Challa was always in question following the death of the actor who portrayed him, Chadwick Boseman. But the Marvel sequel unapologetically — and seamlessly — leans into the grief of losing a […]
On Friday, November 4, Drake threw the timeline into a tizzy with the release of Her Loss, a 16-song joint project with friend and fellow rapper 21 Savage. What could have been a conversation about Drake’s lyricism and chemistry with almost everyone in the rap game (the guy knows how […]
In 2014, Vogue declared in an article that “the big booty has officially become ubiquitous“. With that, the cultural behemoth ushered in what they termed “the Era of the Big Booty”. (Unsurprisingly, the controversial story no longer exists on their website.) Fast-forward eight years and various publications are forecasting the […]
Welcome to Money Diaries, where we’re tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We’re asking a cross-section of women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period – and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m a 30-year-old portfolio manager living in London. […]
Unpredictable, exciting, and intense, lunar eclipses are the fateful culmination of a cycle in which the moon passes into the earth’s cycle and the sun’s light creates a reddish tinge as it melts into the shadow. In astrology, lunar eclipses mark the dramatic ending or release. The Nodes of Destiny […]
I’ve never considered myself a lash extensions person. The first issue is that they can’t get wet for at least 24 — sometimes 48 — hours post-application and unless I start wearing goggles in the shower, that’s nigh on impossible for me. In my previous experience, they’ve also felt heavy […]
I have a lot of déjà vu at the moment. This creeping feeling that I’ve had a conversation before. That I’m saying something I’ve already said. I wonder if I’ve finally cracked and then, I realise, it is because I am quite literally repeating myself. I am writing the same […]
Whether it’s the little hearts woven into your childhood vests or the chevron patterns on your eternally stylish grandma’s cardigans, a pointelle knit has the power to make a stream of nostalgic memories come rushing back. Pointelle knits have been on the scene for decades, with the term ‘pointelle’ popping […]
