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14 Common Cooking Terms You're Probably Using Wrong
Cooking is stressful enough as it is. We hate when we get halfway through a recipe and realise we have no bloody clue what it actually means to sauté onions, blanch veggies, or bring something to a...
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New York's Most Stylish Power Couples
Photo: James Devaney/Getty Images.Celebrity couples might just be the most talked-about topic in the entertainment sphere. Who's shacking up with who? Who's getting hitched? Who just got engaged...the...
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The Only Thing That Helps Me Sleep Is Listening To Russian Women Whisper
Approximately one in three people in the UK experiences insomnia. Mine is due to a generalised anxiety disorder – something that affects a further one in 25 people. That’s a lot of tired, anxious...
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Living Between London & Liverpool For Love
Stepping off your train at Liverpool Lime Street feels strangely familiar to a Londoner at first. The impressive neoclassical columns of St George’s Hall wouldn’t look out of place in Trafalgar Square....
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10 Of The Hottest Nail Artists To Name Drop
Before 2008 we can only imagine we were all walking around with sorry excuses for nails. Why? Because Sharmadean Reid was yet to have filed the way for the biggest beauty trend of the last decade - the...
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France Passes Law Banning 'Excessively Thin' Models
Photographed by Fernanda SilvaIn the year when a number of models have been bravely outspoken about the grave pressures they're under to maintain their weight to unrealistic standards, the French...
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Inside The Calais 'Jungle' Camp – What Refugee Women Take With Them
In a bleak corner of the northern French coast, over 6,000 people are camped out in the sand dunes between a motorway and a chemical factory. None of them want to be there. They are all migrants and...
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These Girls Were Raped And Beaten By ISIS — And They Escaped
Photo: Courtesy of Ali Arkady/VII Mentor Program. This story was originally published on October 15, 2015 at 2:45 p.m.As fighters from the Islamic State group swept through northern Iraq in August...
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Why Do Men Have Nipples?
Male nipples have always been a source of cultural fascination (case in point: that unforgettable scene from Meet The Parents). But do they serve a physiological purpose? And if they don't, why are...
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The Model Of The Year Isn't Who You'd Expect It To Be
Photo: MCV Photo.Models.com released its annual Model of the Year Awards, in which over 250 industry insiders (like Katie Grand, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, and Bethann Hardison) and MDC readers cast...
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Mindful Beauty: The Healthier & More Holistic Approach To Makeup
Gone are the days when plonking a scented candle by your bath and glugging on a glass of pinot noir was enough to counteract daily stress. Health is the new wealth and its currency comes in the form of...
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The Fashion Predictions We’re Betting On For 2016
Some of the most satisfying moments in life are when something you’ve predicted — against a crowd of non-believers — actually happens. It’s when a certain sneaker style turns from lame to cool over the...
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14 Moments From 2015 We'd Like To Forget About
We're nearly two decades into the 21st century. It's been 95 years since women won the right to vote, and millennials are not the first generation of females to have full-time jobs outside the home....
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This Woman Turned Her Star Wars Fandom Into A Booming Business
Ashley Eckstein and I are meeting for breakfast at Le Pain Quotidien in New York City, and the place is packed. As I look for her, I notice she's texted me to say she’s already gotten us a table....
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The 26 Apps R29ers Can't Live Without
Photo: Courtesy Wunderlist.At Refinery29, we have our hands on the pulse of all sorts of different trends. Since our phones are a huge part of our daily lives, mobile apps are no exception. In 2015, we...
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Why The Christmas Full Moon Is Even More Important Than You Thought
Photo: Courtesy of NASA.For anyone under 40, this Christmas's full moon is already pretty exciting (this will be the first time we've had one since 1977), but its greater importance goes far beyond how...
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A 10-Minute Yoga Sequence To Make Your Holidays A Little More Zen
Photographed by Ben Ritter.You might spend autumn looking forward to the holidays, but once they actually arrive, it's another story. You find yourself cramming five sweaters and 10 presents into a...
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I Found Out My Boyfriend Was Cheating On Instagram
It’s the most used social media platform for people under the age of 30 and has 400 million active users per month. Almost as soon as it launched in 2010, it’s primary function as a photo-sharing app...
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This 30-Day Push-Up Challenge Will Transform Your Body
Photographed by Danny Kim.Reality check: It’s time to stop thinking of push-ups as a punishment of the drop-and-give-me-20 variety. The truth is, they’re a fantastic strength-building exercise — not...
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The Women Who Shook Up British Politics in 2015
2015 – well, it seemed like a pretty dire year for women in British politics. Although David Cameron appointed a record number of women to office, 191 out of 650 is still not great, and just because...
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