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The Best Autumn-Scented Candles To Add To Your Collection

The Best Autumn-Scented Candles To Add To Your Collection

Dim the lights, turn off your phone, pour a glass of something warming and swaddle yourself in your fluffiest throw blanket. Autumn is here in all her rain-soaked, hibernation-inducing glory — and what better way to celebrate than with a selection of autumn-scented candles? After all, this season is all […]

Venus In Libra Is The Best Time For Love — What Does It Mean For You?

Venus In Libra Is The Best Time For Love — What Does It Mean For You?

Summer is around the corner, and the heat is on — in our love lives, that is. Venus, the Planet of Love, is heading into its favourite sign, Libra, on September 29 and will stay there until October 23. For the next few weeks, our romantic pursuits will flourish, our […]

“I’ve Started Shoplifting More Because Of The Cost Of Living”

Shoplifting has always been divisive. It prompts moral judgement and outrage from some, and defence from others, who might point out that – for many people – shoplifting is a necessity, a means to survive. Of course, the “debate” is context-driven: whether someone is stealing from a corporation or an independent retailer […]

Harper On BBC’s Industry Is The Black Anti-Heroine We’ve Been Waiting For

Harper On BBC’s Industry Is The Black Anti-Heroine We’ve Been Waiting For

This story contains minor spoilers for Industry Season 1 & 2. “Anyone extremely dislike Harper?” Someone posted to a thread on Reddit recently about the HBO & BBC series Industry and its main character, Harper Stern (Myha’la Herrold). I really wanted to believe that this opinion was held by this commenter alone, but […]

Why We Need To Rethink Our Obsession With Logomania

Why We Need To Rethink Our Obsession With Logomania

Alyssa Hardy is a freelance writer for InStyle, Fashionista, Glossy and more. She has previously worked as a fashion editor at Teen Vogue. She is also the author of Worn Out: How Our Clothes Cover Up Fashion’s Sins, which covers the labor rights movement in the fashion industry. You can […]

The Problem With How We’re Talking About The Nia Long & Ime Udoka Cheating Scandal

The Problem With How We’re Talking About The Nia Long & Ime Udoka Cheating Scandal

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – FEBRUARY 17: Actor Nia Long (L) and Ime Udoka attend BET Presents the American Black Film Festival Honors on February 17, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images ) For as long as I can remember, Nia Long has been the woman of […]

Are You Ready To Manifest? The New Moon In Libra Is Here

Are You Ready To Manifest? The New Moon In Libra Is Here

At night, shoot the new moon in the countryside Love is in the air — and so is the new moon in Libra. On September 25, the first lunation of autumn will bestow its gifts upon us, bringing in a major amount of romantic, transformative, and fortune-filled energy. This particular […]

I Got TikTok’s Viral ‘Midi Flick’ Haircut & Here’s How It Looks IRL

I Got TikTok’s Viral ‘Midi Flick’ Haircut & Here’s How It Looks IRL

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MATILDA DJERF (@matildadjerf) Getting long hair cut is always a little nerve-wracking, especially when it’s taken some sweet time to grow. But there’s also nothing quite like skipping out of a salon feeling fresher, lighter and with a breeze tickling your […]

Sanaa Lathan Is A Director Now & On The Come Up Is Her Triumphant Debut

Sanaa Lathan Is A Director Now & On The Come Up Is Her Triumphant Debut

Welcome to “What’s Good,” a column where we break down what’s soothing, distracting, or just plain good in the streaming world with a “rooting for everybody Black” energy. What’s Good? Sanaa Lathan’s directorial debut On The Come Up premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this month. It’s streaming on […]

The 3 Style Rules Iris Apfel Still Follows After 101 Years

Iris Apfel is an absolute force. At 101 years old, the fashion mogul is busy. She’s busy pulling together fabulous looks, launching a clothing collab, a glasses collab and now, a makeup collab. You know what she says — more is more and less is a bore. The “geriatric starlet” […]