Category: Feeling good
Win a box of scrummy chocolates for Easter with Givvit and ShinyShiny
As we approach the long-awaited Weekend of Chocolate, we've teamed up with social treating app Givvit to give 10 lucky ShinyShiny readers an insanely yummy chocolate selection box worth £6. Nom If you'd like a free box of chocs, all you have to do is follow us and retweet this tweet on Twitter.…
Cards Against Humanity’s new science pack will fund a scholarship for women in STEM
It might be ‘a party game for horrible people’, but the team behind Cards Against Humanity is actually pretty nice. They’ve just released a new science-themed expansion pack, and the profits will go to the Science Ambassador Scholarship, a new initiative to encourage more women into STEM careers. Women who are picked will get full…
Cinderella’s Richard Madden perfectly sums up what to look for in a partner
Main image: Disney's Cinderella There's been a whole lot of flap recently about whether the new Cinderella film is outdated, showing a heroine with an allegedly CGI waistline being 'rescued' by a royal. In response, Game of Thrones star (and haver of ridiculously blue eyes) Richard Madden gave the BBC the perfect answer: "My job…
Review: Amazon Prime’s Outlander is epic but amazingly unrealistic
Amazon Prime Instant Video will be releasing the first eight episodes of its brand new series Outlander this Thursday, and, last night, we got a sneak preview of the first episode, complete with whisky cocktails, haggis and men in kilts. Not a bad Monday night out! Admittedly, I’d never heard of Outlander, and wasn’t aware…
12 TV shows to watch on Netflix UK that aren’t Breaking Bad
[nextpage title="Next"] We found you the best films to watch on Netflix UK last week, but now we're giving you the best of what the streaming website is really good for - TV shows. While, obviously, Netflix is best known for the amazing series that was Breaking Bad, these are the others that get lost…
Now Kylie and Kendall Jenner are making an app of their own
Kim Kardashian’s younger (half-) sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner have announced that they’re working on an app of their own. Yesterday afternoon, Kylie tweeted: ‘Kendall and I are excited to announce that we are working on our own mobile game! #KendallKylieGame #staytuned’ She attached a cartoon image herself and her sister that looks like it's…
You can pre-order the Microsoft Band fitness tracker now
After being available in the US for a while, the Microsoft Band is now about to hit the UK. It’s a fitness wearable that can measure your heart rate, sleep quality, number of steps taken, and calories burned. Connecting it to the accompanying app lets you see all this health info in detail. You can…
Emvio is a new smart watch to reduce stress
There's a new smart watch in town that if all goes well, will be available soon. Nope, this isn't another post about the Apple Watch: you won’t be texting or drawing pictures on the Emvio. Instead, it’s focused on stress prevention, and the company behind it is looking for a little help to bring it…
12 films to watch on Amazon Prime right now
[nextpage title="Next"] For £79 for the year, Amazon Prime Instant Video has so many films and TV shows on offer, with a much wider range of newer movies than Netflix, as well as exclusive to Amazon TV shows, like Transparent and Vikings. Yes, it's annoying to have to pay the £79 upfront, rather than paying monthly,…
Rize is a new app to help you track your mental health
Mental health app Rize has just been re-released with a new, updated version that’s now available for Android as well as iOS. Founder and CEO John Harper started work on the app a few years ago after recovering from depression. Talking to fellow sufferers, he realised that a lot of people find self-help techniques overwhelming,…
