Left, left, left, right. What are any of us looking for as we swipe away? Sex? Validation? Love? All three? Jemma Forte – author of romance novel Be Careful What You Swipe For – talks us through her ideas to have a successful lifespan on the dating apps Unsplash Ah, […]
Welcome to Refinery29 Loves, our weekly bulletin where you’ll find the best things to shop and see in fashion right now. Gucci launches a platform to hold itself to account on everything from diversity to sustainability, Whistles’ summer drop has us dreaming of far-flung holidays and Kitri launches a pre-order […]
Whether you’re acne-prone, want to treat fine lines or are looking to minimise pigmentation, you’ve probably heard dermatologists and skin experts recommend one particular all-rounder ingredient: retinol. Derived from vitamin A, retinol acts in a similar way to an exfoliator, producing new skin cells to replace old ones at lightning […]
Here are two facts about American beauty guru Jaclyn Hill: when she was 21 years old, she was arrested for driving with an expired licence and taken to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office in Florida, where she was photographed and her bail was set at $250. Six years later, when she […]
The last time I went on a really long train journey (what I’d call a ‘proper train journey’) was from London to Edinburgh in 2018. I loved seeing different parts of Scotland, visiting friends in Edinburgh and Glasgow, feeling like the weather was going to knock me over every time […]
Today, Sunday 14th June, marks three years since the profoundly tragic Grenfell Tower fire which claimed the lives of 72 people. More than 70 other people were injured in the devastating incident, the UK’s worst residential fire since the Second World War, which is still being investigated by the police, […]
More than a third of British women are experiencing loneliness during lockdown, according to a new study. Some 34% of women who took part in the study said they sometimes feel lonely, while 11% said they often feel lonely. The number of men suffering from loneliness is much lower: 23% […]
It’s been almost five months since Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, tragically passed away in a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of all nine people on board. But their memory lives on through the people they left behind, including Kobe’s loving wife and mother to their […]
This year, Pride month — which marks the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, when Black LBGTQ+ activists like Stormé DeLarverie and Marsha P. Johnson led demonstrations in NYC after the police raided Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn — intersects with a moment in history when the racist treatment of Black […]
On the late afternoon of 1st June, Toni Sanders headed to Lafayette Square, near the White House, with her wife and nine-year-old stepson. For days, Sanders had been out protesting the pattern of police brutality that was killing a growing and alarming number of Black people. The 36-year-old and her […]
