The nail salon is usually my happy place, but this time, something is seriously wrong. As the purple glow of the UV nail lamp washes over my freshly-lacquered nails, an intense burning sensation spreads insidiously across each nail bed. I tell myself it’ll pass, but it’s like flames are engulfing […]
It’s Halloween time, and if you’re anything like us, you wait all year for this sh*t — the pumpkins, the movies, all’at. And the only thing that could make spooky season better is seeing more Black representation in the horror genre. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Lovecraft Country […]
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 am a 29-year-old senior account manager living in London. I moved here from Germany […]
We all remember our first traumatising horror movie experience. Take for example seeing I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), where your siblings decide that it would be a great idea to let an eight-year-old watch a bloody slasher fronted by a hook-wielding killer. Cue the recurring nightmares for […]
I didn’t know it at the time, but when I met hairstylist and trichologist Helen Reavey recently, I desperately needed her help. I’d arrived at a London hotel to check out her haircare brand, Act + Acre, but when Reavey unveiled her high-tech microscope, things got serious for me and […]
Think about comfy clothes and jeans don’t immediately spring to mind. When looking to lounge on the sofa (snacks in one hand, TV remote in the other), does anyone pull on their favourite pair of blue denim? We doubt it. Given their restrictive reputation, we rarely reach for jeans for […]
This Halloween brings lots of ghastly fun our way. The lunar eclipse in Taurus wraps up on October 28, so the energy around Hallow’s Eve should illuminate matters in our lives, as well as shaking up our personal circumstances and relationships. With Venus in Virgo and Uranus retrograde in Taurus […]
Shopping for jeans never seems to be easy. From choosing between a whole host of cuts, colours, waist heights and washes to working out what styles make you feel the most comfortable, there’s a lot that goes into finding the perfect everyday wardrobe essential. But, if you measure in at […]
If you want to incite some drama at a dinner party, ask people how often they wash their hair. Okay, maybe don’t do that if it feels intrusive. But among the people I know I can tell you, everyone does it differently and there is no universal right or wrong […]
I’ll never forget our meet-cute. She was wearing suspenders. I was rocking a bob weave like “Umbrella”-era Rihanna. I was two-weeks into my gig as a production assistant at a national music station, and I was escorting a VJ hopeful to the biggest audition of her life. We were both […]
