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 […]
Blame our collective quarantine style fatigue or the fact that so much of our face-to-face interaction is happening over a Zoom screen, but hairstyle trends are looking different this autumn. More than the major comeback of headbands and claw clips, creative braiding is everywhere — with low-maintenance “accent braids” leading […]
Paris Hilton has spoken candidly about the “terrifying” physical and mental abuse she endured as a teenager. In a revealing new interview with The Sunday Times, the businesswoman and star of The Simple Life said the abuse happened when she was sent to Provo Canyon School in Utah as a […]
