Health

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, […]

Check This Subreddit Thread Before Buying Makeup Online

Check This Subreddit Thread Before Buying Makeup Online

PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 05: A Fashion Week Guest is seen outside Elie Saab during Paris Fashion Week – Womenswear F/W 2022-2023 on March 05, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images) One of the obvious downsides to buying makeup online is that you have to do some […]

In Conversations With Friends, Everyone’s Insufferable

In Conversations With Friends, Everyone’s Insufferable

Conversations with Friends — “Episode 6” – Episode 106 — Back in Ireland, tensions remain unresolved with Bobbi. Frances visits her mother but ends up in hospital when she has an attack of severe abdominal pain. Before returning to Dublin, she visits her father and is confronted by his growing […]