Skin

This £9.99 Moisturiser Transformed My Skin (& Other Editors Are Sold, Too)

This £9.99 Moisturiser Transformed My Skin (& Other Editors Are Sold, Too)

If you were to take a look inside my bathroom cabinet, you’d find tens of half-used beauty products that are nice enough but not so impressive that I feel compelled to use them to the last drop. One of the most common beauty buys occupying lots of space and not […]

I’ve Given Up To-Do Lists For 2022 (& You Should Too)

I’ve Given Up To-Do Lists For 2022 (& You Should Too)

“Create to-do list.” Tick! My life is pinched and sliced into series of lists, printed neatly in Muji notebooks with pretty pens and good intentions or punched unsleepingly into iPhone notes at 3am. I have been known to create a Google Sheet to-do list and conditionally format it to make […]

Government Confirms UK Healthcare Is Sexist. Here Are The Key Findings

These days, it’s hard to keep up with the news. It feels like there hasn’t been a ‘quiet’ week since around 2015, before the EU referendum, Brexit, the pandemic and everything else that’s happened in between. So you’d be forgiven for not noticing a news story about the healthcare inequality […]

With Olga Dies Dreaming, Xochitl Gonzalez Celebrates The Resilient Human Spirit

With Olga Dies Dreaming, Xochitl Gonzalez Celebrates The Resilient Human Spirit

“The telltale sign that you are at the wedding of a rich person is the napkins,” protagonist Olga Acevedo proclaims in the opening line of Olga Dies Dreaming, the debut novel by Xochitl Gonzalez, out this week. As a seasoned wedding planner, Olga would definitely know this detail. Of course, […]

Balenciaga Is Coming To Gap, Thanks To Yeezy

Balenciaga Is Coming To Gap, Thanks To Yeezy

Balenciaga is coming to a Gap near you. At least, that’s the memo from Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Demna (Gvasalia). The two designers are partnering for an upcoming collaboration for Yeezy Gap, titled “Yeezy Gap Engineered By Balenciaga.” Set to launch in June 2022, the collection is part of Ye’s […]

Indie Sleaze, Tumblr Girl & Twee: The Resurrection Of 2014 Internet Aesthetics Is Here

The moody days of early 2010s Tumblr reblogging are immortalised by memories of Arctic Monkeys’ album covers, scrappy handwritten poems, American Apparel tennis skirts, and the more-than-occasional soft porn gif. For many Gen Z and Millennial teens and young adults, Tumblr served as an online diary, escape, and scrapbook. The […]

Euphoria Is Back & It’s Still Peak Gen Z Yassification

Euphoria Is Back & It’s Still Peak Gen Z Yassification

Just what is it about wearing BDSM harnesses to biology lessons, rhinestone eyebrows in gym class and attending high production house parties in locations which, frankly, look like they belong in Drake’s property portfolio that evokes such strong memories of our school years? If you’re drawing a blank – if […]