“It was utterly exhausting,” recalls Steph* of the run-up to her wedding to her partner of four years back in 2013. But it wasn’t securing a venue, pinning down the perfect caterer or nabbing the dress of her dreams that distressed the 36-year-old. Rather, it was the prospect of her […]
As anyone who lives in a crowded city will know, pollution on our streets is at critical level. But have you ever stopped to consider what the pollution levels might be like inside your house? Indoor pollution is something that we’ve become increasingly worried about over the past few years […]
According to a study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, film criticism is a field overwhelmingly dominated by (surprise, surprise) white men. Not anymore. In Refinery29’s series, Writing Critics’ Wrongs, our woman movie critic will give fresh consideration to the movies we love, hate, or love to hate. It’s time […]
Between not forgetting our masks, sanitising everything after every outing, protesting for social justice, practicing self-care wellness, and just existing, the last thing anyone wants to do every morning is execute a multi-step makeup routine — especially when, on some days, the only people who see our faces are doing […]
THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (L to R) AMELIE BEA SMITH as FLORA , BENJAMIN EVAN AINSWORTH as MILES, and T’NIA MILLER as HANNAH in episode, 205 of THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR. Cr. EIKE SCHROTER/NETFLIX © 2020 The Haunting of Hill House is back — well, kind of. The […]
In the early hours of Monday morning, police deployed tear gas in Wisconsin in the north of the United States in order to dispel a group of protesters. But the protestors persisted, chanting the name “Jacob Blake” in response to graphic footage of local police shooting Blake, a back man, […]
From midlights and shadow tones to pintura – the bespoke new highlighting technique for textured hair – we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to innovative hair colour trends, and there’s one technique in particular that just keeps on evolving: balayage. The traditional, salon-approved method consists of painting or sweeping […]
Beauty buzzwords are thrown around all the time; it can be hard to keep up and to know what’s worth exploring further. We’re here to break down the industry’s latest obsession by tackling the science, talking to skincare and makeup pros, and getting real about what works and what doesn’t. […]
The Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 were not the first time British people have taken to the streets to protest for their civil rights. If you don’t know this, it’s because Black British history is not properly taught in our schools. The British Black Panther movement was founded in […]
It’s no secret that we love sweaters — chunky knits, turtlenecks, striped jumpers, you name it. And can you blame us? There’s nothing better than slipping one on when it’s finally weather-appropriate. But if we have one tiny little complaint about the state of knitwear for fall, it’s this: Every […]
