Ready or not, summer is here — the rise in temperature, excessive sweating, and dreaded chafing have all started. As your resident plus-size girlie with thighs that most definitely touch, I know the struggles of unwanted friction down under quite intimately and the need for powerful chafing remedies. Last year, […]
May was Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Awareness month but this year it has been marred with negative press. It has been used in the libel case against Johnny Depp to make Amber Heard’s testimony seem less credible, in part suggesting that having BPD is proof of unreliable character. And thanks […]
Flashback to school and first getting our periods. How many of us found it hard to participate in PE when we were menstruating, either due to painful cramps or sheer horror at the thought of visible pads or leaking through our kit? Equally hard was telling anyone why we felt […]
The last hairdresser I spoke to left me with a very conflicting message: “It’s time you care much less about your hair,” she said. To clarify, Brixton hairstylist Andrée Marie wasn’t instructing me to scale back my haircare routine but instead scale back the high expectations I give to my […]
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For those new to The Sex Lives of College Girls, now streaming on ITV Hub, its appeal might be self-explanatory: a sex-positive, female-led show about the realities of sex and relationships at college. But the show truly excels in its nuanced subjects, like the difficulties facing working class students, which […]
What do you reckon? By now you’ll have heard that this year’s sponsor for Love Island is eBay UK, making them the first ever pre-loved fashion brand to partner with the hit reality show. This morning, Marie Claire UK Sustainability Editor Ally Head got an exclusive sneak peek first look […]
Here’s why. If you’ve been following the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, you’ll know that it’s been quite the high-profile case. The pair are now waiting on the jury’s verdict for the defamation case, which saw Heard diagnosed with a personality disorder and Depp refuse to look at his […]
No one will upstage Her Majesty… The week of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend is finally here. A time to celebrate 70 years of Her Majesty’s reign, excitement for the weekend has been steadily building for months. Harry and Meghan are set to fly to the UK for the occasion, […]
Love it or hate it, Love Island will be returning to our screens in a matter of days. The ITV dating show which follows a bunch of young, sculpted contestants on a quest to find love, build relationships and get a good tan – all in a picturesque villa setting […]
