A corner of the internet thinks Carl Jung’s shadow work could help me reckon with feeling ugly – so I tried it out
Dec 02, 2025
After a year of stepping back from beauty rituals, Halima Jibril explores what it means to reject looks-based expectations – and why opting out can be uncomfortable, but necessary
Nov 24, 2025
The subtle evolution of the BBL – the defining procedure of the Kardashian-maximalist beauty era – suggests we are truly in a new period of body ideals
Nov 18, 2025
In their debut book, the former beauty editor tells stories about the horror and harm of beauty, while celebrating its boundless capacity for artistry, self-expression and community
Oct 24, 2025
While the buzz around ‘lowering your cortisol’ is fairly new, the idea that girls shouldn’t be engaging in high-intensity exercise isn’t – so, why are we still so afraid of becoming swole, puffy, muscly women?
Oct 20, 2025
Pregnancy is beautiful, but we should be wary of the conditions under which it’s idolised
Sep 15, 2025
Inside beauty’s new repair economy where filler dissolves, Botox blow-back and “Ozempic hair” turned aftercare into the main event
Aug 28, 2025
Singers and actors have undergone the knife to aid their careers for decades, but now the practice is trickling down to people who don’t work in the spotlight
Aug 26, 2025
No make-up dating is a trend going viral on social media. We speak to the people who are doing it (with varying degrees of success)
Aug 19, 2025
From post-mortem facelifts to cadaver cartilage nose jobs, post-death altruistic donations are the raw material for 2025’s most coveted tweakments
Jul 24, 2025
Opening today at Somerset House, Virtual Beauty invites audiences to reflect on identity, empowerment and the shifting boundaries of beauty in the digital world
Jul 23, 2025
Framed as care, encouragement or tradition, some parents push their children toward cosmetic surgery, leaving behind lasting emotional scars
Jul 14, 2025
This beauty ‘vibe shift’ is characterised by the resurgence of ultra-thin ideals, conservative aesthetics and regressive socio-political attitudes – and it isn’t just shaping our bodies
Jun 09, 2025
In the midst of greater plastic surgery transparency and access, the line between having the right to adhere to conventional beauty and being forced into a ‘dictatorship of beauty’ is blurry
Jun 06, 2025
As the beauty industry morphs to meet shifting gender dynamics, rising conservatism, and constant surveillance, why do our self-care treatments look more like self-harm?
May 29, 2025