TikTok’s beauty trends are often a bit left-of-field, but one that’s really making headlines for its weirdness at the moment is the ‘crying makeup’ trend. Scan through the app and you’ll come across people adding subtle glitter under their eyes and red pigment to their eyelids and cheeks to give […]
Thanks for reading Can We Talk?, a sex and relationships column that aims to tackle the burning questions about sex, dating, relationships, and breakups that you’re too afraid to ask your partner — or maybe even your besties. Last time, we heard from readers dealing with chronic pain in relationships. […]
Many of us use our bedroom for a lot more than sleeping in. If you’re renting in a house share, it can become your living room, your TV room, your workspace, your entertaining room – even your dining room. On top of all that, your bedroom can be a haven: […]
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 grew up on the edge of Surrey […]
GLENDALE, AZ – MAY 08: Taylor Swift performs onstage during opening night of her 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour at University of Phoenix Stadium on May 8, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TAS) Taylor Swift isn’t just dominating the airwaves with her new album Midnights right […]
The year is 2009. Hannah Montana The Movie, 17 Again and Princess Protection Program are out on the big screen. What do our beloved Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato have in common in the late 2000s? A trendy side fringe across their money-making foreheads. Naturally, every […]
The year is 2004. It’s my 13th birthday and I’ve spent the day shopping at Camden Market in London with my friends. I’ve bought a leather wrist cuff from one of the stalls to alternate with my Atticus sweatband. I’m wearing my favourite outfit: a T-shirt from Famous Stars and […]
Welcome to Beauty In A Tik, where each week we put TikTok’s viral beauty hacks and innovative trends to the test. When I first got TikTok I realised that I’d been doing beauty all wrong. Sure, the app’s influencers and makeup artists serve up some questionable hacks, like using lube […]
Sometimes the chronic pain that Precious Gaza experiences is so severe that she has to be hospitalised. While she cries in agony and screams in pain, nurses tending to her sometimes question the severity of her sickle cell anaemia symptoms. “It’s hard to get people to understand the pain sufferers […]
The release of Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ album sparked a few different nail-art trends. The first and most obvious is Swift’s navy nails embellished with silver stars — a very on-the-nose interpretation of midnight. The second, though, was a little more low-key: her red half-moon manicure as seen in the ‘Bejeweled‘ […]
