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Money Diary: A Travel Operations Executive On 23k

Money Diary: A Travel Operations Executive On 23k

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 grew up on the edge of Surrey […]

The ‘Mastermind’ TikTok Trend Is Cute — Until It Isn’t

The ‘Mastermind’ TikTok Trend Is Cute — Until It Isn’t

GLENDALE, AZ – MAY 08: Taylor Swift performs onstage during opening night of her 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour at University of Phoenix Stadium on May 8, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TAS) Taylor Swift isn’t just dominating the airwaves with her new album Midnights right […]

The Side Fringe Is Back — But With A Twist

The Side Fringe Is Back — But With A Twist

The year is 2009. Hannah Montana The Movie, 17 Again and Princess Protection Program are out on the big screen. What do our beloved Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato have in common in the late 2000s? A trendy side fringe across their money-making foreheads.  Naturally, every […]

How To Dress Emo (By An Elder Who’s Worn It All)

The year is 2004. It’s my 13th birthday and I’ve spent the day shopping at Camden Market in London with my friends. I’ve bought a leather wrist cuff from one of the stalls to alternate with my Atticus sweatband. I’m wearing my favourite outfit: a T-shirt from Famous Stars and […]

‘Underpainting’ Gave Me The Natural Makeup Of My Dreams

‘Underpainting’ Gave Me The Natural Makeup Of My Dreams

Welcome to Beauty In A Tik, where each week we put TikTok’s viral beauty hacks and innovative trends to the test. When I first got TikTok I realised that I’d been doing beauty all wrong. Sure, the app’s influencers and makeup artists serve up some questionable hacks, like using lube […]

Black Women Share The Unseen Suffering Of Sickle Cell Disease

Black Women Share The Unseen Suffering Of Sickle Cell Disease

Sometimes the chronic pain that Precious Gaza experiences is so severe that she has to be hospitalised. While she cries in agony and screams in pain, nurses tending to her sometimes question the severity of her sickle cell anaemia symptoms.   “It’s hard to get people to understand the pain sufferers […]

I Tried The Vintage ‘Half Moon’ Manicure & It’s So Chic

I Tried The Vintage ‘Half Moon’ Manicure & It’s So Chic

The release of Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ album sparked a few different nail-art trends. The first and most obvious is Swift’s navy nails embellished with silver stars — a very on-the-nose interpretation of midnight. The second, though, was a little more low-key: her red half-moon manicure as seen in the ‘Bejeweled‘ […]

5 Stylist-Approved Ways To Wear Denim This Season

5 Stylist-Approved Ways To Wear Denim This Season

Newsflash: gone are the days when low-key denim dressing was confined to jackets and jeans. From jorts and jean waistcoats to denim bags and legwarmers (they’re all over TikTok), casual classic cuts have been elevated to such heights that anything and everything is being pleated, woven and stitched from the […]

This Is What Makes A Good Motorcycle Jacket, According To A Real Biker

This Is What Makes A Good Motorcycle Jacket, According To A Real Biker

LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 06: Kylie Jenner is seen on a night out at The Twenty Two in Mayfair on August 06, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Ricky Vigil M/GC Images) If you have a sudden urge to join a motorcycle club right now, it’s not a coincidence. From […]