Remember when everyone became obsessed with double cleansing? No hardworking skincare routine would be seen dead without the two-step cleansing practice. Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm is arguably one of the best cleansing balms on the planet and is so often recommended as the first step in a double cleanse. But […]
“The Duchess had no idea she was chatting to the son of a journalist so I take this to reflect her character and sense of duty. The monarchy is in consummate hands.” Getty Images Kate Middleton is one of the most talked-about women in the world, with her fashion influence […]
Have you ever stepped into a store with a bountiful amount of clothes? Glorious right? Then you visit the next day, and suddenly all the breezy summer attire has transitioned into cosy autumn apparel. Wait, but what about all the pieces from before? Where did they go? While some are sold at a […]
The word “perm” really seems to rattle some people. For some, it can be a throwback to a time of sizzling your hair to a crisp until it was big and burnt. It evokes images of mullets, Sarah Jessica Parker in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Meg Ryan in her […]
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 27-year-old commissioning and contract manager working […]
“The thing about grief,” Ella Risbridger explains, “is that once you’re grieving something or someone, you can’t really get rid of it.” As the author of Midnight Chicken (2019) and The Year Of Miracles (2022), she is trying to get at the heart of her experience of writing after a […]
Anxiety is generally understood as a natural human response to feeling threatened. For some, the experience of this mental health condition can be fleeting; for others, it can be so profoundly distressing that the body might veer into dysfunction. On the whole, Western treatments for anxiety tend to focus on […]
Allow us to introduce you to the Ayurvedic beauty trailblazers who are pioneering ancient Indian approaches to wellbeing and beauty rituals The ancient science of Ayurveda is one of the world’s oldest whole-body healing systems, developed more than 3,000 years ago in India. It is based on the belief that […]
Marie Claire columnist, Poorna Bell, explores the changing (and necessary) South Asian representation on screen When the well-worn phrase “if you see it, you can be it” is uttered at women’s empowerment events, it is usually followed by thunderous applause. A clap for better representation on boards, another for closing […]
Just how mad are the men in Lagos? It’s a question Nigerian author and actor Damilare Kuku explores in 12 short stories in her first novel, Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad. With relationship themes spanning infidelities, sexting and ‘situationships’ sons and mothers, serial bachelors (and married and […]
