“One sniff of Calvin Klein Eternity could kill me.”
I remember it like it was yesterday; I hugged my dad and then the unimaginable happened – I went into anaphylactic shock. It was so bad I ended up in…
“Being Black and joyful is an extreme sport.”
Being joyful whilst Black is….precarious. More so than for any other racial group (argue with me, I dare you). It’s just no matter how big a safety wall of joy…
Your New Year’s resolutions…
Oh wait, you thought I wanted to know what your New Year’s resolutions were? No. I don’t care. The problem is that too many people make them and don’t stick…
A guide to wine for your Brexit leaving drinks…
Bad news: Oddbins has gone into administration…oh, Brexit! Good news: Wine is getting cheaper The world seems to be going bonkers and the only way I can deal with it…
The lingerie industry is leading the way in bopo…
Bopo. You know….Bopo? Yes you do. It’s the shorthand way of saying body positivism which unless you have been living under a rock you will have heard mentioned by one…
The celery juice debate…
To juice or not to juice (celery)? It’s a question that has been popping up across almost every media feed for the last week or so. To be clear, I…
Why it’s ok to have no friends…
It happens. You have been friends for years but you have changed and so have they. You chat on the phone, but only rarely and when you do it’s just…
A quick guide to package holidays…
Now that you have gorged yourself on turkey and digested all of that Christmas cake, have you started to think about 2019? I’m sorry to break you out of your…
Behind the Scenes: Content for new mummys…
Coming up: Brand new content for new mums! Motherhood has been the most rewarding job of my life. It can also get tough sometimes (right now my daughter is crying…
What to wear after 40… (whatever the f*@!k you want!)
Remember when you were turning 20 and 30 sounded old? Then you hit 30 and 40 felt like an age away, then…well, you know the rest. By Kiesha Meikle My…
To baldly go: Why some black women shave their heads..
The relationship between women…hold on, scratch that. The relationship between black women and their hair is ‘REAL’. Not least because we have created an art form out of expressing ourselves…