Young brunette woman lying asleep under a duvet in her bed at home in the early morning I don’t remember where, but I once heard something that’s stuck with me ever since — one day we’ll look at poor sleep hygiene with the same concern that we do around smoking […]
The summer of 2022 brings a rare connection between rebel planet Uranus and the North Node of Destiny on July 31. Although this is the time they exactly unite, the effects have been underway since January and will be felt for years to come. Uranus and the North Node link […]
There’s an episode in season 4 of Gossip Girl, in which the show’s resident “evil dictator of taste,” Blair Waldorf, is unraveling as she tries to balance a full-time job at W Magazine and a hefty course load at Columbia University. So much so that she shows up at a […]
As a single woman living in a city, let me tell you: Dating is like wandering into a cesspool of molten garbage. And the Rat Kings in this city right now… I’m doing pretty much anything and everything to find love — spells, jewellery, crystals — anything but actually going […]
It’s 23 degrees celsius on a late Saturday afternoon in Peckham, south-east London, and I’m squeezing my way through a dense crowd of people on Rye Lane. As I lope across the concrete pavements dotted with chewing gum, I pass shopfronts selling fresh fruit, vegetables, raw meat, fish, phone accessories, […]
If there’s one book that encapsulates the millennial experience, it might be Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love. Or, at least, the experience of white millennial women living in London – the ones who are largely associated with avocado on toast. With the release of the BBC adaptation of […]
When Monica Nguyen was a child, her GP diagnosed her with a cough. But it wasn’t a cough — since she was seven, she’d been living with Tourettes Syndrome. Her diagnosis was in fact a misdiagnosis, something that’s common in her community. Even medical professionals can fall into believing the […]
What does the word ‘clean‘ mean to you? Perhaps, post-pandemic, it’s an extra squeeze of hand sanitiser on the train. Maybe you use it to describe making healthier diet choices. But when it comes to beauty, the term has become a serious buzzword of late. ‘Clean’ is a word used […]
Summer’s here, and for some women who struggle to manage their excessive sweating it can bring a sense of dread. It’s estimated that 30% of people experience the excessive sweating condition known as hyperhidrosis but it’s often considered embarrassing to talk about. Many women say that it seriously impacts their […]
Chances are your skincare routine needs to adjust to the extreme heat and sun exposure during peak summertime. For me, it means swapping out heavy creams for more lightweight formulas or opting for products with skin-cooling ingredients — and I just so happened to find the holy grail of hydrating […]
