We all remember our first traumatising horror movie experience. Take for example seeing I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), where your siblings decide that it would be a great idea to let an eight-year-old watch a bloody slasher fronted by a hook-wielding killer. Cue the recurring nightmares for […]
I didn’t know it at the time, but when I met hairstylist and trichologist Helen Reavey recently, I desperately needed her help. I’d arrived at a London hotel to check out her haircare brand, Act + Acre, but when Reavey unveiled her high-tech microscope, things got serious for me and […]
Think about comfy clothes and jeans don’t immediately spring to mind. When looking to lounge on the sofa (snacks in one hand, TV remote in the other), does anyone pull on their favourite pair of blue denim? We doubt it. Given their restrictive reputation, we rarely reach for jeans for […]
This Halloween brings lots of ghastly fun our way. The lunar eclipse in Taurus wraps up on October 28, so the energy around Hallow’s Eve should illuminate matters in our lives, as well as shaking up our personal circumstances and relationships. With Venus in Virgo and Uranus retrograde in Taurus […]
Shopping for jeans never seems to be easy. From choosing between a whole host of cuts, colours, waist heights and washes to working out what styles make you feel the most comfortable, there’s a lot that goes into finding the perfect everyday wardrobe essential. But, if you measure in at […]
If you want to incite some drama at a dinner party, ask people how often they wash their hair. Okay, maybe don’t do that if it feels intrusive. But among the people I know I can tell you, everyone does it differently and there is no universal right or wrong […]
I’ll never forget our meet-cute. She was wearing suspenders. I was rocking a bob weave like “Umbrella”-era Rihanna. I was two-weeks into my gig as a production assistant at a national music station, and I was escorting a VJ hopeful to the biggest audition of her life. We were both […]
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m an ops manager in the East Midlands living with my two daughters. I have […]
The first time I had Botox, I swore I’d never look back. I was approaching 30 and my skin was gradually changing in ways I’d never seen before. It started with a smattering of faint forehead creases, which deepened over time and were only ever accentuated by my makeup. You […]
At the end of 2021, I paid £380 for the privilege of a psychiatrist telling me I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This was a huge relief, particularly as the same compulsive, overthinking tendencies that led to the diagnosis had also convinced me that I was making it up. The psychiatrist […]
