Two months ago, my boyfriend and I moved into a flat you could generously call “characterful”, “a fixer-upper” and more accurately, “the only thing we could afford”. “So nice to put your own stamp on a place!” friends have said, because that’s pretty much all they can say when I […]
Becca Cosmetics — the brand that brought many of us our first big-girl highlighters in college and one of the first that really taught us how to glow — announced that it will be closing down later this year. In a statement posted to Instagram and on Becca’s website this morning, the […]
I started dealing with acne in middle school, and by the time 8th grade rolled around, I made it my mission to see a dermatologist and enter high school zit-free. In reality, my breakouts didn’t subside until my second year, and I’ve maintained clearer skin since then with prescriptions and […]
Being newly in love is like being in a dream: You walk around (and stay up too late) in a semi-haze, preoccupied by giddy thoughts about the object of your affections. All that to say: Romantic Venus finds a very happy home in the dreamy sign of Pisces. The two […]
Welcome to Money Diaries, where we’re tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We’re asking a cross-section of women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period – and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m a cisgender bisexual woman, living alone in […]
On this day one year ago, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was killed by two white men while out for a jog in his neighbourhood in Georgia. For a while, the case evaded national attention due to COVID-19’s domination of the news cycle around the world and specifically in […]
Black folk have really gone through it this past year. Not only have we witnessed people who look like us being gunned down in their sleep, on the street or on their daily jog, but we’re also disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, the deadly virus that has swept the globe. Being […]
Few words have been tossed around the skincare aisle like “clean” has. You’ll find it everywhere, and used to describe every type of product, from cleanser and toner to serum and moisturiser. You’ve probably even purchased a handful of items that tout the label in the interest of being more […]
In the midst of a few big Kardashian headlines landing this week — Kourtney confirming her relationship with Travis Barker and Kim officially filing for divorce — Kris Jenner is quietly stirring up her own drama, dropping hints that she might be getting into the celebrity beauty biz. According to […]
Because of a congenital heart defect, I have an annual checkup with a cardiologist. This yearly visit to the hospital — involving numerous tests, conversations about future surgeries, and a waiting room filled with babies who have only just embarked on the same lifelong journey of doctors’ appointments and arrhythmias […]
