Tag: lifestyle

These Are The Airbnbs Brits Really Want To Stay In

These Are The Airbnbs Brits Really Want To Stay In

The folks at Airbnb has revealed their 21 most wishlisted properties of 2021, and every single one is in the UK. Confirming the growing population of staycations, the properties range from an undercover woodland treehouse in West Sussex to a luxury glamping pod in southwest Wales. Many of the in-demand […]

The Butterfly Effect: Blumarine Owes Its Fashion Comeback To TikTok

The Butterfly Effect: Blumarine Owes Its Fashion Comeback To TikTok

Let’s face it: It’s been a while — for some, maybe never — since you’ve thought about Blumarine. The Italian fashion brand was a part of Milan Fashion Week, yes, but its ultra-feminine, earnestly kitschy collections were rarely reviewed or made trend roundups. It seemed like the label — which […]

Could We Get A Britney Spears-Oprah Winfrey Tell-All Interview Soon?

Could We Get A Britney Spears-Oprah Winfrey Tell-All Interview Soon?

In the weeks following Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, fans have been clamouring for a sit-down with a another celebrity whose inner life has long been shrouded in secrecy: Britney Spears. The New York Times-produced unauthorised documentary Framing Britney Spears, which explores Britney Spears’ career and conservatorship, […]

Dyeing My Hair Cinnamon Gold Made Me Feel Like A New Person

Dyeing My Hair Cinnamon Gold Made Me Feel Like A New Person

Regina Harris, the star of this week’s episode of Hair Me Out, has been on a lifelong journey with her natural hair. Growing up, she would get routine perms or relaxing treatments; in the summer, her mom would give her braids as a protective style. Now, coming into her own […]

I Was 3,000 Miles Away From My Family For Nowruz, So I Created My Own Traditions

My earliest memory of Nowruz was decorating eggs with my family at our dining room table. I was six years old, and we used a cheap egg-dyeing kit — the kind you find at drugstores, with concentrated watercolour tablets and wire dippers that bend under the weight of the eggs. […]

Black Women’s Mental Health Is Often Invalidated — & That Problem Starts At Home

Black Women’s Mental Health Is Often Invalidated — & That Problem Starts At Home

In high school, Nia Wromas became depressed because of an emotionally abusive relationship. She tried to open up to her parents, but they couldn’t seem to hear her. They’d dismissively say she was just “sad,” and blame it on other factors, even going as far as to say, “You wouldn’t […]

These Are The Best Standing Desks To Get In 2021

These Are The Best Standing Desks To Get In 2021

If you haven’t already heard: Sitting is pretty terrible for you. According to research, sitting for more than eight hours a day without physical activity is harmful for your body and studies have compared extended sitting to smoking. And yet, for most of us working in corporate Britain, our lives […]

Here Are Direct Actions You Can Take To Help Support Asian Americans Right Now

Here Are Direct Actions You Can Take To Help Support Asian Americans Right Now

LOWELL – MARCH 17: Children carry “stop the hate” and “Asian lives matter” as they walk around Clemente Park in Lowell, Mass. during a vigil held for the victims of the shooting spree in Atlanta at Clemente Park Lowell, MA on March 17, 2021. Eight people including six Asian women […]

UGG x Molly Goddard Collaboration Is Here

UGG x Molly Goddard Collaboration Is Here

If you’re the type of lockdown dresser who’s embraced inside shoes and outdoor house slippers, UGG’s just-released collaboration with London-based designer Molly Goddard is for you.  The three-style collection, which first debuted at the designer’s London Fashion Week presentation in September, includes platform clogs — which come in red, green, […]

There’s No Silver Lining To COVID, But There Is The Potential For Post-Traumatic Growth

Looking for the “bright side” of a pandemic that has killed more than half a million Americans and 2.6 million people worldwide can feel… Pollyanna-ish, to say the least. Still, as we pass the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic and the vaccine rollout continues […]