Month: October 2022

The Real Reason Your Stretch Marks Are So Damn Itchy

The Real Reason Your Stretch Marks Are So Damn Itchy

Like lighting strikes and fingerprints, no two stretch marks are exactly alike. They can appear on your butt or hips or back or breasts or stomach or really anywhere your skin might stretch. The marks, which are technically scars, can reach up vertically or branch out like a tree or […]

Why Getting Comfortable In A Relationship Isn’t The Red Flag You Think It Is

Head to TikTok and you’ll find plenty of excellent relationship advice, but spend too much time in the hashtags #relationshipadvice and #relationshipgoals, you’ll discover a plethora of questionable stuff, too. The quick-fire nature of the social media platform doesn’t exactly allow for nuance, and one recent video that threw me […]

I Got A ‘Glass’ Manicure — The Next Wave Of Chrome

I Got A ‘Glass’ Manicure — The Next Wave Of Chrome

When I saw an email subject line that read, ‘glass nails are trending‘, I was a little confused. I’ve heard of seaglass nail art: when you use a greenish-turquoise polish, thin it out, and add a matte top coat, making the nails look like pieces of seaglass washed up on […]

Topshop Is Re-Strategising But Will It Ever Be The Same?

Topshop Is Re-Strategising But Will It Ever Be The Same?

These days it’s hard not to follow any mention of Topshop with a tongue-in-cheek: “RIP.” I’m the first to feel a painful pang when I pass Big Topshop on Oxford Street and spy the old signage juxtaposed with Ikea branding (the Swedish chain bought the space last autumn, less than […]