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Things Worth Clicking...

The links I’ve genuinely sent my mates - curated so you’re not at the mercy of the algorithm.

Oct 17 • 

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Is fitness culture the last acceptable form of moral superiority?

The Victorian belief that a “good body” equals a good soul never really went away...

Oct 10 • 

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Can a perfume get you laid?

Science says smell is our most primal turn-on. I sprayed, dated and sniffed my way through the evidence...

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

Where is beauty industry when racism is raging?

Turns out, no lessons were actually learned in 2020....

Sep 19 • 

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Read this before you decide your face looks “too old.”

This pro-ageing beauty buffer might just shift how you feel about yourself...

Sep 12 • 

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"Beauty standards change...but perfume resists that policing because it isn’t visual."

I ask author Francesca Serritella how fragrance can become a tool for empowerment...

Sep 5 • 

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August 2025

I tried over 200 red lipsticks these are best for EVERY skin tone...

I'm a beauty journalist: testing trends so you don't waste time or money...

Aug 29 • 

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Gasp, Screenshot, Repeat...

Is rage-bait beauty's new marketing strategy?

Aug 22 • 

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Read this before you look in the mirror!

This self worth buffer might just make all the difference...

Aug 15 • 

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Is she pretty, or is she just white?

Pretty is still a white woman’s game when the rest of us have to be extraordinary just to make the cut...

Aug 8 • 

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July 2025

The 7 game-changing tools that transformed my makeup routine...

It's not about the products, it's honestly how you apply them...

Jul 25 • 

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"None of us are born with a voice in our head that tells us how awful we look..."

I sat down with Sophie Gilbert, Atlantic writer and author of new book Girl on Girl, to talk about how pop culture quietly turned women against…

Jul 18 • 

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