This Friday’s full moon is no ordinary full moon. Traditionally coinciding with wild strawberry season, June’s is known as a full strawberry moon, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. But astrologically, there’s nothing cute or whimsical about this lunar event. It opposes the Sun in Gemini and forms a lunar […]
Russian photographer Varya Kozhevnikova gave birth to her daughter Lera when she was 17 years old. “When I was 16, I met a guy and I fell madly in love,” she remembers. “The feeling was mutual and from the first day we met, we were inseparable. Of course we both […]
Come with me on a private tour of the intimate details of my recent journey into skin hunger. It’s a slow, painful uphill cycle in which we’ll spend weeks going along the long, cold, concrete corridors of not having been touched for months. We’ll discuss how a global pandemic forced […]
The rules around lockdown in the UK may be (slowly) changing after nearly three months of social distancing and self-isolation but it doesn’t mean back to normal by a long shot. While socially distant barbecues are technically permitted, there are many of us (this writer included) who just don’t have […]
How often can you dye your hair without damaging it? It’s a challenge to find the balance between healthy hair and celebrity colored hair. It’s due time for your summer glow up, but you’re not sure if your hair is as ready as you are. You found the perfect look for […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 17: People run in Hunter’s Point South Park during the coronavirus pandemic on May 17, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 316,000 lives with over 4.8 million infections reported. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) […]
From lash tints to Russian extensions, lash care is one of the most popular beauty treatments at salons in the UK, but the lash perm or lash lift scoops the top spot. On Google Trends, search for the treatment has increased by an enormous 200% in the last 12 months. […]
The public health crisis caused by coronavirus has had far-reaching implications for other “non-essential” health services, including delays and outright cancellations. This is of course understandable, given the stress placed on Britain’s National Health Service by a global pandemic on a scale not seen in recent history. One service which […]
Trigger warning: This article includes themes of suicide, self-harm and depressive thoughts. Meet Karen: She’s a manic depressive. Getting out of bed most days is a chore, at weekends I sit at home staring at the wall for hours at a time, sometimes she even forget to eat. And every […]
Ideally, home should feel warm. But for the 10 million people who experience domestic violence every year, home can be a scary and unsafe place. On average, nearly 20 people in the US are physically abused by an intimate partner every minute. As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country, forcing […]
