The one piece of advice I remember my mother giving me was about money. Specifically, to make sure I had my own and to never rely on a man for it. Ever. As a Black woman, with no parental safety net and a slew of systemic roadblocks, my mum gave […]
SHADOW AND BONE (L to R) AMITA SUMAN as INEJ GHAFA of SHADOW AND BONE Cr. DAVID APPLEBY/NETFLIX © 2021 Critics and fans of Netflix’s Shadow & Bone have praised the show’s diverse cast, something author Leigh Bardugo made a point to prioritise when her book series was adapted into […]
L-r, Marcus (Noah Jupe), Regan (Millicent Simmonds), and Evelyn (Emily Blunt) brave the unknown in “A Quiet Place Part II.” In 2018, A Quiet Place introduced audiences to a frightening post-apocalyptic world in which silence was humanity’s only saviour. Almost three years (and several delays) later, we’re finally going to find […]
Caitlyn Jenner has had a busy couple of weeks. On April 23, Jenner announced she’s running for governor of California, hoping to unseat current Gov. Gavin Newsom. Last Saturday, she said to TMZ that she believes trans girls shouldn’t be allowed to participate in girls’ sports. And just last night, […]
When my grandfather passed away in 2009, I posted a status on MySpace that read, “rip grandfather <3”. Looking back, it seems cringey and performative — it’s not like he could see my status, and I wasn’t friends with anyone in my family on the platform (as a 13-year-old, I […]
Two years ago, I got married and took my husband’s last name, adopting my original surname as my middle name and dropping my birth-given middle name altogether. My husband seemed mostly apathetic about me doing this. He was flattered that I wanted to take his surname, but wouldn’t have been […]
Welcome to Beauty In A Tik, where each week we put TikTok’s viral beauty hacks and innovative trends to the test. By now you know that TikTok’s beauty hacks are game-changing. There’s the viral five-minute face lifting trick (which takes slack skin and makes it supple), heatless hairstyling (using socks […]
Trinny Woodall is a household name. You most probably know the television presenter and host as one half of What Not To Wear‘s Trinny and Susannah, where it’s fair to say that fashion was her main forte. More recently, Trinny has branched out into beauty with her namesake makeup brand, […]
Emma Jane Unsworth is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter whose novel Animals is now a major motion picture. In her first nonfiction work, After The Storm, Emma takes a humour-filled but unflinching look at how the birth of her first child in late 2016 led to her developing postnatal depression, […]
Calling all beauty obsessives: L’Oréal Paris and Elie Saab have joined forces on a seriously dreamy makeup collection. Consider this a gentle nudge to clear some space in your beauty stash ASAP, because you’re going to want everything. Over the past few months, the cosmetics giant and world-famous fashion brand […]
