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I don’t know about you, but my experience of being educated on my monthly cycle at school consisted of my PE teacher telling us that when we started our periods it wasn’t an excuse to get out of doing cross country running. I remember being excited and nervous about when my first bleed would be,

TikTok has become quite the source of education – if it’s not offering viral beauty hacks we’d actually never heard of before (like covering our entire faces with lipstick to create a dewy glow), it’s suddenly having us raiding the fridge and kitchen cupboards to whip up baked oats or multicoloured rainbow pancakes. And guess

It seems we’ve never been quite so spoilt when it comes to TV shows. Whether it’s Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC or Apple TV, there have been plenty of brilliant, binge-worthy dramas to tune into when we’ve needed it most, particularly as we’ve all been lying fairly low over the past year thanks to the pandemic.

This morning it fell to the high street to provide fashion fans all over the world with the kind of shopping thrill that’s been unsurprisingly lacking during lockdown. Partly due to the pandemic-induced closure of stores but also a result of the total absence of events, there’s been little call for a mega new dress,

Just like many millions of people around the world, I tuned in to watch the Meghan and Harry interview unfold on Monday evening – my eyes wide and, for much of it, my mouth hanging open in disbelief. I wasn’t surprised by the claims being made, but by the fact that they were courageous enough

Sarah Everard, 33, was last seen a week ago in Clapham. Now, a serving Met police officer in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The man is an officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command. Sarah’s case has shaken women everywhere. It’s left us afraid, bereft and overwhelmed. Why? Because it

The Bafta Film Awards have released a diverse nominations list for 2021. Four women are up for best director, and 16 out of 24 acting nominees are from ethnic minority groups. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this year’s nominations are “the most diverse nominations list ever seen in the British Academy’s history.” It comes after

What’s your ideal bath set-up? Is it a scented candle or two, a glass of wine and a book before bed? Or maybe an invigorating body scrub, a hot cup of tea and a podcast on a weekend morning? What about an at-home spa session bath, which involves full body exfoliation, a hair mask and

Meghan Markle’s revelations in her interview with Oprah made it clear the former Duchess of Sussex had been through more than she could bear in her years associated with the Royal family. Through what is supposed to the be the happiest moments of a person’s life, getting married and having a baby, Meghan suffered her

Fighting for equal rights and counteracting sexism, be it in the workplace, in relationships, or individually battling our own sense of personal worth, has been a decades long and ongoing fight for women the world over. And it was a sense of frustration and desire to advance women’s equality that motivated Ilona Specht, a 23-year-old,

Contrary to popular belief, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s son, Archie, isn’t actually a Prince – and the reason behind it is a lot more complex than we realised. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry opened up about their son in the tell-all interview with Oprah and explained that the palace decided Archie would go without

While we admittedly find ourselves being pleasantly surprised by the looks coming out of the current ‘virtual’ awards season – I’m sure we weren’t the only ones who expected celebs to throw on a nice jumper, at best, to make their acceptance speeches from their living rooms – we can’t help but look back at

We’ve all heard the word ‘intuition’ used to refer to some intangible feeling that tells us right from wrong, or helps us understand something without logic or reasoning. But have we ever stopped to think about what this very personal gut feeling actually means, and the implications it can have on our mental wellbeing? Here,

Inspirational and aspirational beauty is all well and good, but after a year in which we’ve had to develop more autonomy over our beauty routines – and forgo our favourite clinic treatments – we’re looking for skincare innovations that deliver cold-hard results. For hardcore skintellectuals with their finger on the pulse, LED masks and skin-tightening

From subtle balayage, to dreamy pastels and peakaboo shades, we all love to switch up our hair. But the reality is that dyeing our hair can put some serious strain on its overall health – especially if you have curly hair. In fact, curls are notoriously fragile and prone to breakage, especially compared to straight

If you are makeup obsessed like most of us here at GLAMOUR HQ, you will be very familiar with Benefit Cosmetics. The San Francisco-born brand that made a name for itself in the brow game, and also through that world-renowned Hoola Matte Bronzer and the uber popular Benetints and who can forget their mascara. From

Of all of the things about personal finance that can feel a bit abstract and out of reach, pensions are the easiest to forget about, or put off thinking about. In our twenties and thirties, retirement still feels a long way off, and we feel that we have other priorities, from big financial goals like

Alongside from her groundbreaking roles in Crazy Rich Asians and Disney’s Raya And The Last Dragon, Golden Globe-winner Awkwafina is fast becoming one of our most exciting creators with her show Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. As she wins our GLAMOUR Women of the Year Gamechanging Creator Award, she opens up to Josh Smith about

When the first season of Big Little Lies initially graced our screens in 2017, it was originally intended to be a standalone series (it even won the coveted Outstanding Limited Series Emmy that year, whoops). Yet, we were overjoyed when a second season appeared on our screens in 2019, bringing the ‘Monterey Five’ – Madeline

Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, presented the 2021 Budget to parliament on 3rd March – revealing the £407bn cost of Coronavirus to the economy. Although Sunak forecasted a rapid return to economic growth, he acknowledged that the pandemic will continue to do damage for years to come. Here are some of the key