Why Elton John Is This Season's Unlikely Style Icon
As party season kicks off, we can always expect a little extra sparkle in the lead-up to the end of year festivities, but over the past few months you may have noticed that glitter and glamour have...
View ArticleA Christmas Gift Guide For The Beauty-Obsessed In Your Life
Christmas is coming up fast, which tends to put people into one of two camps. The first are the conscientious shoppers who meticulously plan their loved ones' gifts way before Saint Nick climbs down...
View ArticleWatch Alexa Chung Eat Spicy Wings & Spill The Beans On Her Fashion Adventures
It was an honour to appear on Hot Ones! Scope my spicy mouth prison experience by clicking the link in my bio. Apologies for swearing like a sailor, talking with my mouth full and being overly...
View ArticleThe 'Armpit Vagina' Is The Latest Thing Making The A-List Feel Insecure
Numerous body-part fads and "challenges" have come and gone in recent years: the ubiquitous thigh gap, the bikini bridge ("the new thigh gap"), thighbrows, ab cracks, the "belly button challenge", the...
View ArticleA Politician Quoted Dumbledore & The Internet Can't Handle It
He's known for sage advice, so it's perhaps not surprising that Albus Dumbledore found his wise words quoted on BBC Question Time last night – by a member of the government, no less.Tory MP Sam Gyimah,...
View ArticleYour December Horoscope, Revealed
Countdown to 2018! After a year of major upheaval and worldwide insanity, we won't be heartbroken to see 2017 in our rearview mirrors. Although astrologers and mystics never know exactly how events...
View ArticleR29 Writers' Entertainment & Culture Picks For December
If you think the Refinery29 UK culture and entertainment picks for December are heavy on film, that's simply because it's Oscar season, when all the film companies finally release their best work,...
View Article31 Perfect Looks To Copy This December
It's December, and we've got a lot on the brain. Gift-giving. Party dressing. Holiday hosting. And, of course, building out our winter wardrobe. There's the essentials that consistently get you through...
View ArticleNike Has Finally Released Its Performance Hijabs For Muslim Athletes
Update (1st December 2017): Today, Nike has made its long-awaited Hijab Pro collection available for Muslim women worldwide. The brand has been developing it with help from top athletes for over a year...
View ArticleRetailer Forced To Pull This Irresponsible Top Promoting Eating Disorders
Considering the sheer number of retailers that have faced public opprobrium for selling offensive, irresponsible and just downright misguided items, it's a wonder that companies are still selling such...
View ArticleToo Faced Opens A Flagship Store In London
Brace yourself for a pre-Christmas treat: makeup brand Too Faced is opening its first bricks and mortar store in London's Carnaby Street today. From Glossier shipping to the UK and the launch of Fenty,...
View ArticleA Man Was Just Convicted For "Online Rape"— Here's What That Is
On Thursday, a 41-year-old man in Sweden was convicted of rape, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Associated Press reports that while he never met any of the people he assaulted in person, he...
View ArticleGrammy Nominated Songs You Haven't Heard But Will Love
The 60th annual Grammy Awards nominations came out earlier this week, and while you were discussing how Childish Gambino got so many awards or why Ed Sheeran got snubbed, the various categories that...
View ArticleWhy I Stopped Shaving When I Realised I Was Gay
As a hairy, chubby, 15-year-old girl, there was one thing I knew about desire: that what distinguishes teenage girls from teenage boys is hair, and that that distinction (one with, one without), was...
View Article17 Stocking Gifts Your S.O. Will Love
Whether it's the office secret Santa or presents for the family, it's easy for Christmas gifting to spiral out of control. The stumpy tree poking out from a mound of patterned paper; unwrapping...
View ArticleThe Weirdest Places We've Removed Hair From (NSFW)
Hair covers almost all of the human body, except for palms of hands, soles of feet, lips, backs of ears, that sort of thing. In that sense, none of these ‘weird’ places we’ve removed hair from is weird...
View ArticleHere's Everything Refinery29 Staff Are Buying This Winter
It's party season! We've got our eyes on sparkling statement earrings, best-foot-forward satin mules and sumptuous jacquard jumpsuits to see us through every festive 'do, from the office Christmas...
View ArticleHere's How To Make No-Cook, Cold-Weather Meals That Are Still Comforting
Cooking always feels like more of a hassle on dark, winter weeknights. Before we even have a chance to leave the damn office, bam, it's bleak out there. At the end of these long, cold days, the last...
View ArticleThis Household Item May Be The Cure To Psoriasis Flare-Ups
By definition, psoriasis is a skin disease that causes skin cells to hyper-produce, building red and dry patches on the surface. The cause is thought to be a combination of genetic variants in the body...
View ArticleWhy This Woman Turned Her Endometriosis Scars Into Art
Endometriosis is a chronic condition which affects an estimated 1 in 10 women during their reproductive years. The symptoms vary in severity from woman to woman, but those affected can experience...
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