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6 Natural Deodorants That Actually Work

If you've become increasingly aware of potentially harmful ingredients in your beauty regime (perhaps you've made the move to non-toxic nail varnish or vegan lipsticks) as summer approaches, now's the...

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The Letdown Is The Most Realistic Depiction Of Motherhood On TV

Motherhood for the urban middle classes is so homogenised that an Australian show written and filmed 9,000 miles from London has nailed my life. The Letdown, Netflix’s comedy about a group of new mums...

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I Went To A Touch Therapist To Get Rebalanced & It Freaked Me Out

Avni Trivedi is explaining her methods – a combination of 'touch therapy', osteopathy and zero balancing – to me, but I'm a little distracted. The room in her Mayfair treatment centre is dimly lit and...

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Why I Believe Fashion's Newfound Inclusivity Is Only Skin Deep

There is a mixed-race model in almost every hip ad campaign these days. Usually minimally made up and effortlessly cool, she has an Afro and a splash of freckles; or maybe she’s dark-skinned and...

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I'm A Young Single Mum & I Want You To Know I'm Doing The Best I Can

I grew up in a single parent household for most of my life.My parents married soon after I was born but, for a number of reasons, things didn't work out and they separated, eventually getting divorced....

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Florence Welch Joins The Fight Against Gender Inequality

Musician Florence Welch (of Florence + the Machine) is doing her part to help even up the gender wage gap. She spoke up and demanded co-production credits for her work on her latest album, High as...

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Would You Recognise The Signs Of Ovarian Cancer?

For many young women (myself included), female-specific cancers seem like an older person's game – something we'll worry about when the menopause comes, or even later, when we're sitting in an old...

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Wet Wipes Are Being Banned, So Here Are Some Eco-Friendly Alternatives

They may be devilishly convenient, but our mass use of wet wipes is causing big problems for the environment. They make up an eye-watering 93% of the material in the fatbergs clogging up our sewers,...

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Childish Gambino's "This Is America" Video Is Full Of Harsh Truths

Last weekend, Donald Glover performed his new single “This Is America” midway through a successful appearance on Saturday Night Live (where, graduating from fledgling to fully-formed polymath, he did...

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Instagram Is Becoming A One-Stop Shop For Everything

Shopfronts on Instagram have become an increasingly large, rapidly-growing portion of the app.This is evident from the in-app ads for companies you've likely never heard of or seen IRL, and backed up...

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The #BackToWork Tweets That Are Too Close To The Bone

Sun worshippers couldn't have asked for better bank holiday weather conditions. The temperature reached as high as 28.7C in west London, making it the hottest May bank holiday ever recorded and even...

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Facebook Is Banning Adverts In Ireland Before The Abortion Referendum

Facebook's reputation among forward-thinking users has been suffering of late, what with many of them finally deciding to #DeleteFacebook following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and ongoing criticism...

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Yes, Even Young People Can Get Arthritis — Here’s What You Should Know

I can still hear bones cracking and tendons snapping as if my knee injury occurred mere seconds ago. I can still feel the heat, pain, and adrenaline course through my body as I lay in anguish on the...

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We Have A Few Questions About Melania Trump's "Be Best"

The White House just wanted a nice photo op in the Rose Garden when it trotted out Melania Trump to announce her new Be Best programme on Monday afternoon. But then, pesky journalists decided to ruin...

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What Does It Mean To Be Heteroflexible?

We use a lot of different words to describe people in the LGBTQ+ community. So many, in fact, that the whole acronym (LGBTQQIP2SAA...) has been nicknamed "alphabet soup." But not every sexual...

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This Will Make You View The Cannes Film Festival Differently

As part of Cannes Film Festival’s new Cannes Classic category, a documentary about cinema’s first-ever woman director is premiering later this week. For many in the audience, Be Natural: The Untold...

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When My Dad Became My Stylist, We Found A New Way To Love One Another

I was not born with the shopping gene. My heart is not set aflutter by the spectacle of newly pressed clothes on neatly lined racks. I have never enjoyed the full-length mirrors in changing rooms, the...

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Money Diary: A 23-Year-Old Working In The Music Industry On 9k

Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking a cross-section of women how they spend their hard-earned money during a...

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It's Lit! Fashion Director Bay Garnett Shares Her Reading List

Welcome to It's Lit – a series of discussions about books. Join us every month to find out who's reading what.British stylist Bay Garnett was one of the first fashion editors to pair elusive couture...

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"You're So Educated, Why Are You Working Here?" The Stripper Dismantling Sex...

Stacey Clare started stripping in 2006. She was a student at the Glasgow School of Art, and needed some extra cash on her year out. By day, she’d work in a café; by night, she’d go to the club – which...

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