Category: Theme weeks
NoScrunchie helps you find brilliant Afro-Caribbean salons
When we met NoScrunchie at Tech City IWD (where we also found the fantastic Tara Binns and Birdsong), we fell in love with the name, then the idea behind this much-needed site. Essentially, if you have Afro-Caribbean hair, it's a right faff to find a salon that's good at making it look its beautiful best…
Pixie Clips: the new Nespresso coffee machine has its own wardrobe
Nespresso's Pixie Clips is essentially the Barbie doll of Nespresso machines: you can dress it up any way you want. The slick-looking capsule coffee machine is designed to be customised using easy clip-on, clip-off decorative panels to match your kitchen, your decor or your mood. We're all for products you can make your own, so…
We love: Birdsong, the ‘no sweatshops, no photoshop’ female-forward fashion company
We were really excited to meet Birdsong at Tech City's recent showcase of women-led businesses – they're a breath of fresh air in the style world. Why? Because all their clothes are made by women's groups, and 70-90% of the purchase price goes straight to those organisations, helping them flourish. Products include: Jewellery handmade by women recovering…
It’s Style Week on ShinyShiny
We've never found London Fashion Week and the like to be much use to us, since we're relatively normal human beings who don't have much occasion to wear globe dresses. So this week, we're giving you a more down-to-earth view of style, encompassing everything from stylish women you can actually relate to to gorgeous gadgets…
7 books for book lovers for Valentine’s Day #LoveWeek
If you love someone who loves books, first of all, you’re making excellent choices. Second of all, the ideal way to show them how much they mean to you is to buy them a(nother) book. And not just any book. Here, we’ve selected seven of our favourite books about books for the ultimate book lover’s…
6 great smoky eye tutorials for Valentine’s Day #LoveWeek
[nextpage title="Next"] Although the joy of makeup is that it can transform even the most mundane of Tuesdays into a special occasion, there are some calendar events that just cry out for a a special lick of paint. And where Valentine's Day makeup is concerned, you can't get sultrier, sexier or more darned romantic than…
Five great reasons to change the way you date #LoveWeek
If you're looking for love, but it keeps evading you, you might be doing it wrong. That's not me telling you that: it's science. A host of studies have shown that the typical ways we try to date and mate don't always have the results we want. That's probably because our expectations about everything from…
11 ACTUALLY romantic moments from TV and film #LoveWeek
Forget everything you've been told about on-screen romance – here are the lesser-remembered moments from TV and film that will make your heart sing. (Nobody puts Baby in this list.) Say it with flours – Stranger Than Fiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74S5aT3_AfM He's an awkward, lonely tax inspector, she's an anarchic tattooed baker... (very) unlikely romance blossoms among…
6 gifts for the person who can’t stand Valentine’s Day #LoveWeek
So it's Valentine's Day, and you've found yourself involved with someone who has an immense dislike for the holiday. Maybe they believe it's a sham designed to sell cards and overpriced set menus in restaurants, or maybe they dislike the societal expectation that a big romantic gesture has to happen. It is kind of expected…
Flirting styles vary hugely, study shows #LoveWeek
Someone might be flirting with you RIGHT NOW without you even realising. We’ve all heard that nonverbal communication is one way to tell if someone’s attracted to you. But we’re usually informed that everyone expresses this attraction in the same way: leaning forward, touching your arm, mirroring your actions… You know, the classics. But a…
