When Sadie Sink pops up on my Zoom screen, she looks so different. It’s her hair, which, up to this point, has always been three things: long, red, and wavy. It’s been cemented in my brain since I watched Sink’s performance in the short film that accompanied Taylor Swift’s song […]
The countless dangers of both indoor and outdoor tanning can’t be ignored. The Skin Cancer Foundation reports that just one indoor tanning session before age 35 increases the risk of developing life-threatening melanoma (a type of skin cancer which can spread to other areas of the body) by 75%. Sunbathing […]
Welcome to Beauty In A Tik, where each week we put TikTok’s viral beauty hacks and innovative trends to the test. There are plenty of retro trends I’ve welcomed back with open arms: I’ve got my eye on a gold drinks trolley to jazz up my rather plain apartment and […]
Hair and makeup artist Ivana Primorac had no idea what to expect when she accepted a job on the hotly anticipated Barbie movie. “I didn’t know what it was,” she told R29, “nor could I draw on any previous experience in my career.” Ivana designed the makeup for Netflix series […]
It’s hard to escape the hype surrounding the upcoming Barbie movie, which lands in cinemas on 21st July. So many brands are proving that life in plastic is indeed fantastic, with pink popping up everywhere from Zara to Superga, that it’s threatening to make a serious dent in our bank […]
Welcome to Sun Blocked, Refinery29’s global call to action to wake up to the serious dangers of tanning. No lectures or shaming, we promise. Instead, our goal is to arm you with the facts you need to protect your skin to the best of your ability, because there’s no such […]
As the temperature rises, many of us start wishing that our love lives would heat up, too. Enter: the summer fling. They’re not limited to movies such as Grease and the Notebook or our romantic fantasies — they happen in real life, too. Summer flings can be fun, they can […]
Before Fenty, Rare Beauty and Glossier burst onto the scene, MAC was the makeup brand that had many of us hook, line and sinker. I remember my first MAC purchase vividly: I painstakingly shade-matched the Studio Fix Fluid SPF15 Foundation only to drop it in the bathroom sink when I […]
Have your tickets to see Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie this weekend but don’t have your outfit planned? Problem solved thanks to the just-released Zara x Barbie collection. Available to shop now, the capsule line includes pieces and full looks directly inspired by the movie — think: the pink gingham dress […]
“Our first date was seven hours,” 37-year-old Haifa tells me. “It was a beautiful spring day and we walked along the river, stopping at a pub for a drink in the sun and then on to a restaurant for pasta. We talked about dreams, dating and our shared love of […]
