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Move Over, Coastal Grandma. Cool Coastal Aunt Has Arrived

Move Over, Coastal Grandma. Cool Coastal Aunt Has Arrived

Over the past few months it’s been impossible to miss the steady influx of Diane Keaton regrams, Nancy Meyers references and linen-on-linen ‘fits. The TikTok-born ‘Coastal Grandmother’ trend is currently at the forefront of the zeitgeist for fashion-savvy social media users.  Coined by creator Lex Nicoleta, the trend – which […]

No One’s Using Retinol Anymore — Because This Ingredient Is Even Better

From mandelic acid to niacinamide, it seems there’s a new glowy skin ingredient to get your head around every week. Some exfoliate and others plump up skin but nothing has conjured hype quite like retinol. Dermatologists recommend it to patients, influencers dedicate entire videos to it and TikTokers have made […]

Why Is High Fashion Still Offended By Big Boobs?

Why Is High Fashion Still Offended By Big Boobs?

Raise your hand if you felt personally victimised by Miu Miu’s micro mini skirt and barely there, matching top? The girls that can fit it, fit it, and the girls that don’t…just have to deal with societal body standards while navigating a world where it seems clothes are getting smaller […]

I Didn’t Think I Needed Self-Tanner Until I Tried This Viral Product

I Didn’t Think I Needed Self-Tanner Until I Tried This Viral Product

Haven’t you heard? The future of luxury beauty is Black. Beauty & The Bag is a guide that keeps a close eye on high-value skin, hair and makeup trends aimed at Black consumers and questions whether it’s always worth spending your hard-earned coins. With the help of experts and influencers, ‘Beauty & […]

What It’s Like To Have Ovarian Cancer In Your 20s

What It’s Like To Have Ovarian Cancer In Your 20s

Seren was about to embark on her second term at Salford University when she realised something was wrong. As a hard partying student, she put it down to the fact she’d been going out too much and was probably run down. Having always been health-conscious, Seren improved her diet and […]

In Pictures: 6 Months With Sheffield’s Sex Workers

In Pictures: 6 Months With Sheffield’s Sex Workers

Twenty-two-year-old Barnsley-born photographer Lily Miles became interested in the subject of sex work after watching a documentary on Channel 4 called A Very British Brothel. Taking viewers inside City Sauna in Sheffield, close to where Miles grew up, the documentary was raucous, all about hamming up the ‘sexual antics’ that […]

Gross Girl TikTok Is A Safe Space For All Of Us

Gross Girl TikTok Is A Safe Space For All Of Us

‘Gross’ is an insult flung around schoolyards. Getting called gross means that you’re unclean and unkempt. But on TikTok, being a gross girl is something that you can take a bit of pride in.  There’s a community of ‘gross girlies’ congregating online who are trying to dispel the shame that […]

These Are Europe’s Most LGBTQ+-Friendly Countries

These Are Europe’s Most LGBTQ+-Friendly Countries

For the seventh year in a row, Malta has been named the most LGBTQ+-friendly country in Europe. Malta finishes top of the annual Rainbow Map and Index by the ILGA, which ranks 49 European countries on their “respective legal and policy practices for LGBTQ+ people”. The ILGA – International Lesbian, Gay, […]