Subscription boxes reign supreme as the ultimate gift that keeps on giving – whether that’s for yourself (guilty) or a loved one. Although we’ve already revealed the best beauty subscription boxes and coffee subscription services, we thought it high time we revealed the best subscription boxes with UK delivery, whatever you want to find inside.
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If you haven’t heard of Bling Empire by now, it’s the latest reality TV series to drop on Netflix that has got everyone talking. It follows a group of Asian and Asian-American friends who live in LA, are impossibly rich and basically go around LA doing the things that impossibly rich people do. Yes, it’s
For many years, the cosmetics industry as a whole has been primarily targeted towards white people, with treatments marketed as addressing predominantly Caucasian skin concerns. By doing so, there was an underlying assumption that Black people don’t want or need injectable treatments like dermal fillers and Botox and as a result, they were largely left
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life… and organic apple essence just doesn’t quite make the cut anymore. Since hand-sanitiser became the headlining product of 2020, anti-bac and bleach has become an integral part of our lives. Out of necessity, we’ve had to readjust our focus – and our beauty
As we find ourselves in yet another lockdown, many of us are looking for ways to cope with the myriad mental health implications – loneliness, health anxiety, financial insecurity. It’s no wonder then that many of us turn to drinking. In fact, a recent study from Drinkaware found that 26% of us drank more alcohol during
If there’s one thing we can thank Coronavirus for, it’s that we’ve all started to really appreciate the people in our lives – and is there anyone more deserving of our appreciation than our mums? Whether the past (and current) lockdowns have kept you apart or meant you’ve spent more time together than ever before,
Nobody enjoys having a conversation about STDs. We find it embarrassing, there’s so much stigma around them, so we are often nervous about being checked out. However, understanding the link between an STD and the impact they can have on your future fertility could be all the motivation you need. All too often we only
After years dealing with microaggressions working in corporate spaces as a content writer, Escher Walcott took the plunge in 2017 into a freelance career, free from discriminatory judgement in the office that left here feeling anxious and insecure. ‘Your hair looks like pubes’: The microaggressions that have shaped my life as a black woman “You
On a Friday afternoon in the middle of January – when we should all be squirreling away for the end of the working week – there are roughly 580 tweets an hour about Bridgerton. After all, there is so much to say. From the costumes and the characters to the Duke with his… spoon… the
It’s the true-crime BBC drama that’s taken over our screens this new year, one that’s actually based on the events of a murderer who targeted backpackers throughout Asia in the 1970s, along what was called the ‘hippie trail’. While The Serpent might be giving us a dose of lockdown entertainment (of the intense kind, you
It’s exactly one month until February 14 and if you’re feeling a bit glum about the whole thing (cabin fever, lockdown 3.0, yawn, yawn, yawn) Savage X Fenty‘s new Valentine’s Day collection might just perk you RIGHT up. In order to see this embed, you must give consent to Social Media cookies. Open my cookie
If there’s anything that’s going to get us through lockdown – or any future periods of self-isolation – it’s Netflix. The streaming giant kept us well and truly entertained through the last two national lockdowns and now, it’s announced its full movie slate of original films for 2021 as well as the fact it’ll be dropping
Is your mascara Leaping Bunny approved? Does your cleanser have the Soil Association stamp of approval? What about the Fairtrade International’s (FLO) trademark? When it comes to our beauty products, there are a few dependable signs that demonstrate the brand values from whether or not they test on animals to whether they use organic ingredients,
Welcome to Money Matters: GLAMOUR’s weekly dive into the world of finance – your finance. These uncertain times have reminded us just how much understanding our money matters and yet… how little we talk about it and how much it’s shrouded in secrecy.This stops now. Keen to break that money taboo, we’re chatting all things
Period dramas are having a real moment right now. Perhaps it all started with the epic success of Gentleman Jack last year; perhaps it was ever-growing popularity of The Crown. Or maybe our obsession with costume dramas started taking off way back with Poldark. The best period dramas on Netflix that are perfect for a
We all know the miraculous hydrating abilities of hyaluronic acid, the pore-purging and oil-regulating powers of salicylic acid and the wondrous anti-ageing benefits of retinol. In fact, we’ve never been so clued up with skincare ingredients, including when to use them and in which concentrations for optimal results. A few years ago, we even saw
Spoiler alert: contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy season 2. Since the finale of The Umbrella Academy season 2, there has been a question on everyone’s minds: who are the Sparrow Academy, and who will Netflix cast to play these newcomers? In the final moments of the last series, fans saw that the adopted siblings
Well, here we are again. As we find ourselves in yet another lockdown, you don’t need us to tell you that life can feel a bit overwhelming and anxiety-inducing right now. You’re not alone, we feel you. What we’ve learnt from previous isolation periods is that the entertainment we surround ourselves with – books, film
Identifying what sort of skin we have should be fairly easy, shouldn’t it? Oily, dry or a combination of the two. But where does dehydrated skin fit into things? And isn’t it the same as dry skin? Ask dermatologists and it’s a firm no from them. Whilst there’s a lot of cross over between the
This weekend, it was revealed that 18-to-34-year-old women were the most likely group to refuse the Covid-19 vaccine in the UK. The reason? The perceived risks for fertility and pregnancy: whether they were currently expecting, trying to conceive, or just planning to have children in the future. The YouGov poll showed that a quarter of