The leaves are starting to turn and jumpers are coming out of storage. However you feel about autumn, it’s time to dig into some of the season’s top trends, which this year range from silver metallics and white skirts to ballet flats and top-handle bags. While this season’s fashion is […]
I’m hunched over the sink, scrubbing the blood from my period undies. As I scrub, I consider all the women I know. Most of them are like me; trying their hardest to make good consumer choices, however small, in the urgent fight against climate change. For me, making the swap […]
My keen vigilance against smelling like body odour follows me around like a cartoon fart cloud. I am assured by people around me that the smell is all in my head. There’s a part of me that figures it’s an anxiety similar to being scared everyone is staring when you […]
From niacinamide to azelaic acid, there are countless buzzy skincare ingredients that have burst onto the beauty scene in the past few years. Right now, it seems everyone is talking about tranexamic acid. Touted by dermatologists, facialists and brand founders as one to watch, tranexamic acid’s ability to fade dark […]
Rounding out a busy month of street style inspiration and surprisingly wearable runway trends, Paris Fashion Week — the city that concludes Fashion Month — served us some of the season’s biggest shows yet. As A-list celebrities, models, and fashion editors filled Parisian streets for the likes of Saint Laurent, […]
We’ve all experienced the conundrum of staring into a wardrobe full of clothes and yet somehow, inexplicably, feeling like we have *nothing to wear*. It happens to the best of us (yes, even those of us who dole out fashion advice for a living) and is an undeniably universal experience. […]
For most people, the countdown to Christmas starts on 1st December. But for beauty enthusiasts everywhere, the festive season begins when the earliest beauty advent calendar hits the shelves. That’ll be now, then. It may only be September but if we’ve learned anything from previous years, it’s that beauty advent […]
Are you in your “Eat Pray Love era”? As I enter what sociologists rather meanly call “early mid-life” at the age of 35, I am firmly in mine. Like Elizabeth Gilbert who wrote her autobiographical book in 2006 about the story of her divorce at the age of 34, I […]
“This is the first makeup lesson I’ve given anyone on a video call,” Bobbi Brown told me as she appeared on my laptop screen. This surprised me considering that the legendary makeup artist has two world-renowned beauty brands under her belt: Her namesake Bobbi Brown, which she sold to Estée […]
Have you noticed more piercings recently? Like a dainty silver septum ring on your pilates instructor or someone you follow on TikTok? You’re not imagining things. Amy Robinson, president of Banter from Piercing Pagoda, has seen a shift in the piercing space over the past few years. “Post Covid, piercings […]
