- StyleDanielle Fowler
From Tom Ford to Chanel, the beauty brands now selling make-up for men
"Guys are no longer satisfied with borrowing their girlfriend's bronzer or moisturiser and instead prefer to have products in their wash bags that are totally tailored to them"
- StyleCiara Sheppard
Head & Shoulders launches 'world's first' fully recyclable bottle made using recovered beach plastics
Now more brands need to follow suit...
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Eva Longoria mum-shamed for putting newborn son in baby chair
"Isn’t he too young to be sitting upright?”
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
The rise of the 50-plus motherhood club
The number of births to 50-plus women has quadrupled over the last two decades
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Nursery workers ask parents to dress baby in more 'girly' clothes, they respond in best way
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- StyleThe Independent
Many parents unsure what their children are eating and doing after they start secondary school, study claims
Parents begin to lose control of their children at the age of 13, a study has found. Four in 10 worry about the food and drink their child has when they are not with them, with 43 per cent often finding illicit sweet or fast food wrappers in their child’s bedroom or school bag. 39 per cent also do not always know who their child is hanging around with or the company they are keeping – which makes losing control of their diet even more likely.
- StyleCiara Sheppard
New mum's photo revealing the reality of birth and new motherhood is going viral
Autumn Benjamin shared a photo breastfeeding her newborn, wearing a large pair of hospital-administered mesh knickers, while eating a piece of steak...
- StyleThe Independent
You can’t ask me that: Do you really want to live forever?
Rudi Westendorp, professor of old-age medicine at the University of Copenhagen, recently suggested that a future 135-year-old had already been born. While in 2016, life expectancy for the average Brit was 79.5 years for men and 83.1 years for women, it was estimated that more than 20 per cent of those years would be spent in ill health. What it does take, according to a study by Harvard University, is not smoking, keeping an eye on your weight, exercising for 30 minutes each day, having no more than one glass of wine daily (hold that cab sav) and eating healthily.
- StyleDanielle Fowler
Why isn't Prince Andrew covering the cost of his daughter's entire wedding?
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's royal wedding will cost taxpayers £2 million in security fees.
- StyleDanielle Fowler
Bride caught future mother-in-law doing the unimaginable with her wedding dress
What would you do if you caught your mother-in-law trying on your wedding dress?
- StyleThe Independent
Antidepressants are risky and ineffective – so why are we prescribing them to children?
An investigative report by the BBC recently found that the number of antidepressants prescribed to children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland has risen 24 per cent over the past three years. Drugs may not be the most effective way to treat depression (more about this later), but pity the children who were treated for depression before antidepressants were invented. Last century, Sigmund Freud improved things a bit when he introduced psychoanalysis as a treatment for depression.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
A school has apologised after upsetting students and parents with a 'sexist' dress code video
The principal released a statement saying the video had 'missed the mark'.
- StyleCiara Sheppard
'Press not to blame for Princess Diana's death', says her former bodyguard
"It's in their interest to keep Diana alive and any other member of the royal family. It's their bread and butter"
- StyleThe Independent
Treating anaemia should be easy – so why is it killing women?
Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world, affecting both low and high income countries. Well known symptoms of iron deficiency include poor concentration, fatigue and mood changes. Women are more affected by iron deficiency anaemia than men because they lose iron during their periods and need more when pregnant or breastfeeding.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
The Internet is loving the story of the police officer who breastfed a malnourished baby
The baby's mother was struggling to look after him
- StyleThe Independent
What to say to someone who's had a miscarriage
Pregnancy loss can be an isolating experience for women and their families. The grief experienced may be intense, but the feelings of the bereaved may not be recognised – even by close friends and relatives – because pregnancy loss is not widely discussed. After all, pregnancy loss is a fairly common experience.
- StyleEliza Velk
Woman's eyelids glued shut after botched eyelash extensions
A woman walked away from a salon with her eyes swollen shut after a standard eyelash extension procedure went horribly wrong.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Millennial parents are picking baby monikers based on the availability of domain names
Their child having online presence is becoming increasingly important to parents
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Simone Biles scoops gymnastic win wearing teal leotard in solidarity of sexual abuse victims
The gymnast used her outfit to make a statement in support the victims of sexual abuse
- StyleMeghan DeMaria
Thomas Markle compares the royal family to Scientologists
The duchess's estranged father also complained he has no way to contact her.
- StyleThe Independent
16 nurses from same Arizona intensive care unit pregnant at same time
A group of 16 nurses working in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Banner Desert Medical Centre in Mesa, Arizona have astounded co-workers by all becoming pregnant at the same time. The nurses only discovered how many of them were simultaneously expecting children when they all happened to join a Facebook group chat for pregnant workers at the hospital.
- StyleThe Independent
Boohoo accused of ‘Photoshopping’ size 10 model to look thinner
Fashion retailer Boohoo has been accused of Photoshopping the waist of a model on its site in order to make her appear thinner. The observation was made by Ella Thorpe, a 25-year-old from Manchester, who’d been shopping online when she noticed that something was amiss when looking at pictures of a model wearing a denim skirt. Ms Thorpe realised that one of the photos had been digitally altered to make the model’s waist look slimmer when showing the size 10 option for the skirt, with the original unedited photo also displayed on the site.
- StyleCiara Sheppard
Prince Harry could have helped Thomas Markle, says Diana's former bodyguard
"Harry could have been more insistent perhaps. He's not an unintelligent guy, he's been through the mill himself".
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Serena Williams opens up about being told to stop breastfeeding by her male coach
"It’s absolutely hard to take from a guy."
- StyleThe Independent
This is how many carbs vegetarians and meat eaters should really be eating
Carbs have been on the receiving end of a lot of criticism in recent years, with many people wrongly believing that eating them is an unhealthy course of action. According to Kirsty Bamping, registered dietitian and media spokesperson for The British Dietetic Association, carbohydrates are a necessary component in all people’s diets, regardless of whether they eat meat or not. “The government’s healthy eating advice recommends that just over a third of your diet should be made up of starchy foods, such as potatoes, bread, rice and pasta, and another third should be fruit and vegetables,” Bamping tells The Independent.
