We’re only one month into 2022 but it’s been killer for Instagram-worthy hair trends. Thanks to Pinterest, we’ve seen the octopus haircut (the multiple, wispy layers resemble tentacles), bottleneck bangs (a more effortless version of the curtain fringe) and instinctive cutting (a freehand method that top London stylists are using […]
Welcome to Refinery29’s So, How Is It Really? where we take a look at all of the topics that have the internet talking. In studying them up close, we answer the question of what it’s really like to try out a trend, a viral product, or an unexpected TikTok hack. […]
Gynecologists may know us on a deeply (read: uncomfortably) intimate level, but the one topic that seems to be off the table? Fertility and family planning. “They check us for STDs and other complications, but they don’t talk to us about our fertility,” says nutritionist and health coach Gessie Thompson […]
News of a UK four-day work week trial has buzzed through workplaces with understandable excitement this January. The pilot scheme – run by the 4 Day Week campaign, think tank Autonomy and researchers at Cambridge, Oxford and Boston universities – has been taken up by over 30 UK companies, which will be […]
In our series Salary Stories, women with long-term career experience open up about the most intimate details of their jobs: compensation. It’s an honest look at how real people navigate the complicated world of negotiating, raises, promotions and job loss, with the hope it will give young women more insight into […]
Read about eating more protein but not sure how to do it sans meat? Let our guide help. If you’ve read our guide to protein powders for women, you’ll know that protein is a pretty important macronutrient when it comes to eating a healthy, balanced diet. Rather than Google what […]
Getty Images Prince Andrew has been surrounded by controversy this past few years due to his connection with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Epstein died in an apparent suicide in 2019 while being held without bail on charges of sex trafficking girls. And British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has since been […]
Learn whether the much-lauded macronutrient deserves all the hype. You must have been living under a rock if you’ve missed the rising interest in high-protein foods over the past few years. Search around the macronutrient is up as much as 5000% on Google, and protein-rich meals form a key way […]
If you’re aiming to travel more in 2022 – maybe by taking more solo trips – Tripadvisor’s list of the top trending destinations is packed with inspo. These aren’t necessarily the site’s most popular destinations, but rather the ones that have seen the greatest growth in search traffic year-on-year. So, […]
The last days of January are not without their impact, marked by a tense square between the Sun in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus. There’s something particularly willful about this aspect, especially since the Sun will be applying a conjunction to Saturn that gets stronger by the day, bolstered by […]
