Last week, in the after hours of Paris’ Pigalle neighbourhood, I was sitting at a bar with my close friend. Deep in a drunken conversation about one of my recent romantic failures, she posed an honest question: “You have a lot of love to give so why can’t you find […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 27: In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Beyoncé performs during the ABC telecast of the 94th Oscars® on Sunday, March 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mason Poole/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images) If you thought your Thursday morning was off to a productive […]
Warning: This article is filled to the brim with spoilers from Volume 1. of Stranger Things, Season 4. Proceed with caution. To say Season 4 of Stranger Things was a ride would be a wild understatement. We saw the reality of El losing her powers, Will grappling with his sexuality, […]
Thanks in part to TikTok’s normalisation of the subject, we no longer wallow in our stomach problems in secret. We are now proud IBS girlies and we talk freely about having trapped gas. These conversations align with the wellness industry’s current fixation on gut health. “People are recognising the way […]
For a long time I tried to put a brave face on the abuse I get online. I felt it would be best if I just tell people that it doesn’t get to me, to not appear weak. I wanted to come across as a ‘strong woman’ in interviews but, […]
There’s a general consensus across the beauty world of late: Black women in the UK have mastered the “perfect beat” — a specific brand of polished, aspirational makeup that now feels distinctly British — or, as one person enthusiastically described on Twitter, “The UK Black girls have the best makeup […]
Welcome to Refinery29’s So, How Is It Really? where we take a look at all of the topics that have the internet talking. In studying them up close, we answer the question of what it’s really like to try out a trend like a butterfly top, a viral product, or an […]
Nothing causes a stir in the world of beauty like a trend that involves our brows. Arguably the feature we’ve been most invested in over the last few years, we’re certainly not ready to lose our precious arches anytime soon. But while many of us passed on the brief return to […]
Spoilers Ahead. In the second episode of Disney+’s Ms. Marvel — an already groundbreaking series for its depiction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Muslim superhero — comes a pretty revelatory moment in the most unlikely of places: a high school bathroom. After a mishap where she nearly reveals that […]
When Kim Kardashian walked up the Metropolitan Museum’s stairs at this year’s Met Gala wearing Marilyn Monroe’s famed Jean Louis dress from 1962, it sparked its share of controversy. Not only was the dress, which she’d borrowed from Ripley’s Believe Or Not!, not in line with the gala’s theme of […]
