Tag: beauty

Our Fashion Editor Makes A Case For Chocolate Brown, This Season’s It Colour

Our Fashion Editor Makes A Case For Chocolate Brown, This Season’s It Colour

Lately I’ve found myself wearing a lot of brown and feeling extra boujee because of it. I’m not talking about just any brown. From my cognac faux leather coat from Aritzia to my dark croc Topshop boots, I’m talking about the frothy, chocolatey, mocha brown that only the best baristas […]

Money Diary: A 28-Year-Old Brand Manager On Maternity Leave

Money Diary: A 28-Year-Old Brand Manager On Maternity Leave

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’m a 28-year-old brand manager living near Manchester […]

6 Recipes That All Make Use Of One Speciality Ingredient

6 Recipes That All Make Use Of One Speciality Ingredient

Trying new recipes and exploring unfamiliar cuisines can be intimidating, exciting, rewarding and – at first glance – expensive. If an Ottolenghi recipe has an ingredient list that extends to a whole A4 page and you’ve never tried making Israeli food before, the number of speciality ingredients feels overwhelming. But […]

How You Can Help The People Of Ukraine

How You Can Help The People Of Ukraine

HALLANDALE, FLORIDA – MARCH 03: Anna Gavrlim stands with others to show support for Ukraine during the war against Russia on March 03, 2022 in Hallandale, Florida. Organizers held the rally to condemn the actions of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The […]

Is ‘Chameleoning’ Subconsciously Impacting Your Social Life?

A few years ago, I read something that stuck with me. It talked about what true internal alignment looked like, which was when the gap decreased between the person you are when you’re with friends, family, colleagues, strangers, lovers, or yourself. Essentially, it suggested that if you can be your […]

How Long Covid Is Shaping Up To Be A Feminist Fight

In January 2020, Tara became one of the first people in Australia to contract the coronavirus, after bumping into neighbours who had just returned from Wuhan. There was no information about the virus being in the country and no option to get tested. When she recovered, she decided to put […]

How I Finally Saw Myself In Turning Red, Pixar’s First Asian-Led Film

How I Finally Saw Myself In Turning Red, Pixar’s First Asian-Led Film

Growing up, I got used to not seeing myself. In films, TV shows and music videos, the heroine – the girl all the guys wanted – always pivoted around the cookie-cutter standard of Hilary Duff, Britney, Christina or Sabrina The Teenage Witch‘s Melissa Joan Hart. Their blonde, blue-eyed appearance didn’t […]

Surviving A Toxic Boss At Work

After being yelled at loudly in front of everyone in the office, denied training and passed over for a bonus and promotion despite meeting all of her targets, Anita*, a regulatory reporting analyst at a large financial institution, cracked. She’d had enough of the workplace abuse she experienced at the […]

Easy escapes: The Harper, Norfolk

Easy escapes: The Harper, Norfolk

Stripped back luxury on the Norfolk Coast… The Harper A mile from Norfolk’s coastal spots of Morston and Blakeney you stumble upon the small but perfectly formed village of Langham, home to the stone and flint built former glassblowing warehouse that is now The Harper. A year into its infancy, […]