Mind over Mater

These 9 Perfume Dupes Are So Good, They Could Easily Pass For The Real Thing

These 9 Perfume Dupes Are So Good, They Could Easily Pass For The Real Thing

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5 Coat & Jacket Trends You’ll Be Seeing This Autumn

5 Coat & Jacket Trends You’ll Be Seeing This Autumn

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Where Do Celebrity Beauty Brands Go To Die?

“We were Amyris’ cash cow,” Maya*, a former member of the creative production team at Rose Inc. tells me. Amyris, the incubator behind Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s cosmetic brand, Rose Inc., and Jonathan van Ness’ JVN Hair, declared bankruptcy in the US in 2023. “We were doing well. We were the only […]

Beauty Standards Make Me Ashamed Of My Features — & AI Makes It Worse

Beauty Standards Make Me Ashamed Of My Features — & AI Makes It Worse

“What in the Black Mirror am I looking at?” snorted a friend when I showed her Reem Bot for the first time. Reem is an influencer and journalist created by artificial intelligence and powered by online lifestyle magazine SheerLuxe, and she was launched to a flurry of angered reviews. I […]

Why Jordan Chiles’ Bronze Medal Controversy Is Unfair

Why Jordan Chiles’ Bronze Medal Controversy Is Unfair

The 2024 Paris Olympics are officially over. The controversy surrounding them is not. In a shocking turn of events, American gymnast and two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles has been ordered to return her bronze medal from the women’s Floor Exercise competition. On Sunday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) upheld a ruling from […]

“I Go To Festivals With My 50-Year-Old Bestie”: 5 People On Their Age-Gap Friendships

I recently went to a wedding where I hadn’t met any of the guests before so I had to make friends for the night, fast. Although there were lots of people around my age (28), the group I spent the night dancing with were approaching 50. Age really is just […]

Sha’Carri Richardson Also Wants Her Viral Olympic Moment Hung In The Louvre

Sha’Carri Richardson Also Wants Her Viral Olympic Moment Hung In The Louvre

Every four years, at every Summer Olympic Games, iconic snapshots emerge that immortalise feats of greatness that wouldn’t seem humanly possible if we weren’t glued to our screens watching them play out in real time. Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo-Jo) with her arms in the air, celebrating her world records for […]

Money Diary: A Construction Buyer On £41,000

Money Diary: A Construction Buyer On £41,000

Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m a 24-year-old construction buyer living in the northwest. I have been in this role […]

Salary Story: Training Helped Me To Really Boost My Pay

Salary Story: Training Helped Me To Really Boost My Pay

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 […]

Meet The New Hydrating Concealer Replacing Our Foundation This Summer

Meet The New Hydrating Concealer Replacing Our Foundation This Summer

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