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What song best
CLAIRE HODGSON describes your life
right now?
Editor-in-Chief
Executive Editor (Print) AMY GRIER Executive Editor (Digital) JESS EDWARDS
Creative Director STUART SELNER

ENTERT AINMENT
Entertainment & Special Projects Director LOTTIE LUMSDEN
Perfect Gentleman Entertainment Editor ZOE SHENTON Senior Entertainment & Lifestyle Writer DUSTY BAXTER-WRIGHT
by the one and FEA TURES
only Wyclef Jean. Features Director CATRIONA INNES Senior Editor CYAN TURAN
Because that’s Sex & Relationships Editor PAISLEY GILMOUR A Change Is Gonna
what I’m looking Features Editor CATRIONA HARVEY-JENNER Features Writer JENNIFER SAVIN Come by Sam
for (not because Editorial Assistant & Junior Writer DANIELLA SCOTT Features Intern EMILY GULLA Cooke. Basically me
I’m a stripper). DESIGN hoping I win the
Art Editor JESSICA LOCKETT Senior Designer (Digital/Motion) ALICE COWLING lottery. Every. Day.
Designer KATIE WILDE

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Picture Director CAT COSTELLOE Picture Editor JODIE MCEWAN
PRODUCTION
Chief Sub-Editor HANNAH JONES Deputy Chief Sub-Editor STEPH JACKSON
BEA UTY Good As Hell by
Beauty Director VICTORIA JOWETT Lizzo – “If he don’t
Don’t Stand So
Close To Me by The Beauty Editor CASSIE POWNEY Deputy Beauty Editor LAURA CAPON love you any more,
Beauty Writer KATE PASOLA
Police describes me just walk your fine
now, and always. F ASHION ass out the door.”
Fashion Director AMY BANNERMAN Fashion Editor NATASHA HARDING Those lyrics are
Bookings Editor SOPHIE LEEN Senior Fashion Assistant MADDY ALFORD filling me with sass
Fashion Intern NATHALIE OWEN right now!
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Video Lead ALEX HERING Social Media Manager SOPHIE BOYDEN
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editor 86 on love?

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world’s coolest clubs
w orking in media can be trusting others and dealing with the 120 The Glossier effect
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Sex dreams decoded
competitive nature of celebrity.
intense. Look to your left
Secondly, introversion is a strength. It can
and you’ll see a peer with
an Instagram following four times the size mean you’re more sensitive to the feelings 126 Holiday like an A-lister
of yours, and to the right, one who commits of others, more thoughtful, and more
to every extracurricular opportunity going, strategic as a result. Now, things I once P P 45
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juggling five freelance projects and saw as major weaknesses have become P57
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When I started in this industry, I found for our introvert’s guide to thriving at work.
the confidence and ambition of others Whether it’s your mum (p104), friends
incredibly intimidating. While they seemed or significant other, surround yourself with
to find joy in attending every event and the people who know you best. Because
maximising every social-media moment, introvert or extrovert, it’s
I couldn’t think of anything worse. I who you really are
Keep in
panicked that by wanting to literally and that’ll set you apart. touch by following
metaphorically switch off when I left work, me on Twitter INS
I was damaging my chances of success. @Claire_Hodge
That was until, one day, I built up the and Instagram
@Claire_Hodge 9 PLAY
courage to confide in a friend that I was CLAIRE HODGSON
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worried I was falling behind. Could I ever Editor-in-Chief 19 GLOW
get ahead as an introvert in a world filled
with extroverts? Thankfully, she reassured 31 MOVE P20
me that the best thing I could do was
work hard and be myself. So, I did. 43 STYLE
Since then, I have realised two 61 EARN
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Stars in her eyes
Beauty writer Kate got
the scent of the hype-
beasts story (page 98)
while visiting a Huda
Beauty pop-up shop
in London. Here she is
playing it ice-cool (as
ever) with the beauty Ladies in red
mogul herself. Team Cosmo are so in
sync that moments like this
are becoming a regular
occurrence. Time to stop
spending so much time
with each other? Maybe?






















WORDS AMY GRIER. BOUNCERS PHOTOGRAPH GENE GLOVER
Ready to bounce
What these three don’t
Paris fashion week know about getting into
What’s that? People in the coolest parties isn’t
magazines spend all their worth knowing. On page
time parading around in 86 we catch up with the
designer garms actually female guardians of Duel aspect
intended for cover shoots Berlin’s hottest clubs. Features director Catriona became an
with A-listers like Paris Cross them at your peril! elite matchmaker for a month (page 80)
Hilton? We (and art editor and tried to find executive editor Amy a
Jessica in particular) husband. And obviously, for that reason,
resent that implication. they had to BATTLE TO THE DEATH.


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Styles and substance



After a very long two years (seriously, what did we do with ourselves?), Harry Styles finally
returned to music last year with his second solo album, Fine Line. If listening to it 5,000
times on loop wasn’t enough (genuinely, check our Spotify), this is the month to hit repeat
on his back catalogue once again. Why? Well, as if we need a reason, April sees Hazza
hit arenas up and down the UK with his Love On Tour circuit. It’s all based on his motto
“Treat People With Kindness”, so prepare to part with your negativity – and your cash.






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avoid small talk be a celebrity shedding a single
at all cost s. for a day, who salty tear. A shouty monologue
would it be? that makes Gordon
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dream What colour You have
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BI T T ER END TO P S INNING S FIRS T T O G O
You’re ’ard a s nails, Silence is no biggie to You’ll get through the Hey, the important thing WORDS DANIELLA SCOTT. A QUIET PLACE II IS IN CINEMAS FROM 20TH MARCH
us you’re
and quieter, plu you; you’ve got a better early years, but putting is you tried. But, let’s be
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Iain Stirling on Love Island

secrets, girlfriend Laura Whitmore

– and house-cleaning in the buff





The first thing you
do every morning?
I feel terrible saying
it, but I check my
phone. Insta Stories:
40 minutes of my life
I’ll never get back. How romantic mopping up after a few “be honest”. If you do
What makes you are you? tequilas and beers with something wrong, admit
The
happiest? picture in I’m getting my headphones in, just to it immediately. If you
Putting something in question better. I like cleaning up. I had a try to cover it up and
my body, like food or the idea of pinny on and nothing lie about it, it will only
drink. I don’t mean being romantic because else... (I may have made become worse and the
another body part. a red circle around [my I think the older you that last bit up.) I was trust will be broken.
Consumption-based, bulge]. I felt violated! get, things like giving absolutely off my face Are you and Laura
WORDS NICOLA FAHEY. PHOTOGRAPHS GETTY IMAGES, INSTAGRAM @IAINDOESJOKES
not sex-based. I don’t have a nickname presents and being but I still managed it. the next Marvin
Have you had any for mine – that’s the sort romantic feels nice. The biggest love and Rochelle?
Love Island-style of thing that will get As you begin to get lesson Love Island’s Thanks for saying
pampering – fake you arrested. older you start to taught you? Marvin and Rochelle –
tan, teeth-whitening? What’s been your appreciate making Genuinely, and I don’t I spoke to someone
No. I am from Scotland worst on-stage other people feel good. follow this enough recently and they said
and have all my own experience? What’s the most myself, it’s Richard and Judy. We
teeth, which makes me I was recording a show romantic thing might become the next
some sort of, like, royal. for CBBC. I was talking you’ve done for power couple, but the
You’ve said that to an eight-year-old boy Laura (right)? problem is Laura’s
you’re happy your and told him he had a Last night was pretty very good – a very
bulge has finally “f*cking great name” sexy. I got in after a few accomplished presenter
been getting the – [it was] something like drinks and drunkenly – and I’m an idiot. I feel
attention it deserves Farquar, something tidied the house. I’ve I’d be holding her back.
– has it developed really middle class, and never had my partner
an ego? I swore. At one point look at me with such Iain’s new stand-up tour,
The Daily Mail put a a six-year-old girl cried, desire in my entire life. Failing Upwards, is on
picture up and [added] “Mummy, can we go?” It was when I was 6th March to 31st May


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The true story of














The infamous 1970 Miss World competition gets the big-screen treatment
this month in Misbehaviour. No idea what happened? Let us fill you in





Starring Keira Knightley and 1
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, the film
tells two stories: that of feminist HUMBLE
activist Sally Alexander, who BEGINNINGS
Created in 1951 by
protested against the 1970 Miss British entrepreneur
World competition, and of and TV host Eric
Morley (Rhys Ifans),
Jennifer Hosten, the first-ever
the Miss World beauty VIEWING PLEASURE
black woman to win the crown. pageant started life 2 The BBC first broadcast Miss World
Here’s how all the events really as Miss World Festival in 1959. The show secured funding
played out… Bikini Girl at the from big businesses and became an annual
viewing event throughout the ’60s, reaching
Festival Of Britain
peak of 24 million viewers in 1970
summer fair. a peak of 24 million viewers in 1970.






5 FLOUR 4 PLANS FOR PROTEST 3 FEMINIST
FURY
POWER
Feminist activists the Women’s
Protestors, Liberation Movement decided to As contestants
including Sally Alexander protest at 1970’s Miss World at London’s w were judged on their
(Keira Knightley) and Royal Albert Hall, using the slogan “We’re a appearance while
Jo Robinson (Jessie not beautiful, we’re not ugly – we’re angry”. w wearing gowns and
Buckley), pelted swimwear, the pageant
Miss World host a attracted a lot of
Bob Hope (Greg c controversy, and was
Kinnear) with flour, p publicly opposed
smoke and stink b by feminists for
bombs and rotting d demeaning
fruit, calling the pageant w women.
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Mbatha-Raaw) became the Eric Morley died BRAINS
first black woman to be in 2000, & BEAUTY
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Hosten (right) later (Keeley Hawes), pageant still
said that the contest took over as exists (Priyanka
offered hher more CEO. Julia Chopra, right,
opportuunities to (right) added a won in 2000), but
travel, sstudy and charity e ent, contestants are
work thhan she may Beauty W th now judged on their
otherwwise have A Purpos e, to charitable work too,
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Adaptations of some of our favourite

reads are hitting screens this year.
Get ahead now…
NOUGHTS & CROSSES NINE PERFECT
STRANGERS
by Malorie Blackman
What? Set in a reimagined present- by Liane Moriarty
day Britain, it follows Sephy, who is a What? She’s the author behind Big
MO ST “cross”, a member of the black ruling Little Lies, the HBO smash starring
EX C I T E D class, and Callum, a “nought”, from Reese Witherspoon and Nicole
AB O U T … the white underclass. They fall in love, Kidman. Now, the latter is starring in
and their relationship splinters society. this adaptation of Moriarty’s 2018
Who’s in it? Masali Baduza as Sephy book, about nine city dwellers who
and longtime Blackman fan Stormzy. meet at a wellness retreat.
What you’ll say: “Why has it taken so Who’s in it? Nicole, plus Melissa
long for these childhood-defining McCarthy as one of the strangers.
books to reach the screen?” What you’ll say: “It’s a cynical take
What not to say: “I’m only tuning on our quest for self-improvement.”
in for Stormzy.” What not to say: “Where’s Reese?”
On BBC One this spring On Sky Atlantic this autumn





















NORMAL PEOPLE

by Sally Rooney
What? It’s no surprise that Rooney’s Booker- THE LUMINARIES REBECCA
prize-nominated second novel – about the by Eleanor Catton by Daphne du Maurier
relationship between school friends Marianne What? This 2013 epic tells the story of What? You know the one – the gothic
1938 classic is about a woman who
and Connell – is coming to a screen near you Anna Wetherell, who travels to the west first wife, who died in a sailing incident.
becomes obsessed with her husband’s
coast of New Zealand’s South Island
WORDS CYAN TURAN. PHOTOGRAPHS GETTY IMAGES what a generation of disenfranchised, broke also written the six-part TV adaptation. Adonis Armie Hammer, plus Lily James
soon. Copies were virtually glued to hipsters’
during the 1860s gold rush and meets
hands when it was published in 2018.
The last big-screen adaptation was in
the radiant Emery Staines. Catton’s
Who’s in it? Daisy Edgar-Jones plays
1940, so it’s ripe for a remake.
Marianne, while Paul Mescal is Connell.
Who’s in it? Call Me By Your Name
Who’s in it? Himesh Patel (of
Yesterday fame) and Eve Hewson.
What you’ll say: “She puts down on paper
What you’ll say: “You know she
and Keeley Hawes.
What you’ll say: “Two women pitted
was the youngest ever Booker
young women are thinking and feeling.”
Prize winner.”
against each other while a man stands
What not to say: “Erm, why doesn’t she use
by: a tale as old as time.”
What not to say: “Oh, I loved Patel
speech marks?”
in EastEnders.”
What not to say: “Rebecca who?”
On BBC Three from late spring
On BBC Two this spring
On Netflix this year
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The Nickelodeon





HALL OF FAME









It’s 24 years since Kenan & Kel first aired on Nickelodeon. But while Kenan returns

in Trolls World Tour this month, what’s happened to your other teen idols?


Still a comedy
legend














COMEDY KINGS FROM SABRINA TO SITCOM TWINCEPTION

Orange soda, anyone? Kenan (above, Melissa Joan Hart shot to fame playing Starring as twins with very different lives in
right) and Kel were the inseparable BFFs the title character in Clarissa Explains It Sister, Sister (1994-1999), real-life twins
we all loved. After wrapping the fourth All, tackling coming-of-age-issues with Tia and Tamera Mowry continued as a
season in 2000, Kenan continued in sass and sarcasm, but it was her role as work duo, writing book series Twintuition
comedy, joining Saturday Night Live in Sabrina The Teenage Witch (1996-2003) and landing their own reality-TV show, Tia
2003 before appearing in Snakes On A that turned her into a household name. & Tamera, which ended in 2013. They’ve
Plane and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Since then, she’s starred in sitcom Melissa since gone their separate ways: Tamera
Meanwhile, Kel tried his hand at Dancing & Joey, a host of Christmas movies and, (right) co-hosts US talk show The Real and
With The Stars last year, before revealing most recently, the Netflix comedy series No Tia presents a cooking show, Tia Mowry At
on Instagram that he’s become a youth Good Nick. Netflix launched The Chilling Home. While rumours of a Sister, Sister
pastor in an unlikely career move. Talk Adventures Of Sabrina in 2018, but sadly reboot have fizzled, Tia still says “never
about a man of many talents. the OG witch (now 43) didn’t return. say never”. *Keeping everything crossed*




In a Sweet
new series










WORDS EMILY GULLA, EVE CROSBIE. PHOTOGRAPHS GETTY IMAGES
SHE’S THE (A)MAN(DA) BESTIES TO NEMESES? ZOEY 2020


Catapulted into the spotlight aged 13, Classmates-turned-stepbrothers Drake Britney’s little sister Jamie Lynn Spears
as the host of comedy sketch series and Josh, one a guitar-playing ladies’ stole our hearts as the titular California
The Amanda Show, Amanda Bynes went man and the other an Oprah-loving boarding-school student in Zoey 101,
on to have success on the big screen in straight-A student, graced our screens which ran for four seasons until 2008.
She’s The Man, Hairspray and Easy A. from 2004 to 2007. Riding the Drake Jamie then turned her hand to country
Bynes then took an indefinite hiatus from and Josh wave into the 2020s, both are music – releasing one solitary EP,
acting in 2010 (and hasn’t appeared in now 33 years old and Josh Peck (above, The Journey. Switching back to acting,
anything since), and endured a public left) is a YouTuber and podcaster, while Jamie is set to appear in Netflix’s
battle with addiction and depression. The Drake Bell is pursuing his music career. upcoming romance drama series
33-year-old dramatically returned in After a brief rift in 2017 when Drake Sweet Magnolias in possibly the most
2018 with a Paper magazine cover where wasn’t invited to Josh’s wedding, the anticipated resurrection since Jesus
she spoke candidly about her breakdown. two later made up at that year’s VMAs. Christ himself. Maybe…




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Beauty director

Victoria Jowett USING U P

on this month’s CHARLOTTE TILBURY

empties INSTANT EYE PALETTE
IN PILLOW TALK, £60
This palette’s the only thing that
has got me through a dreary
start to the year. With 12 shades
in a mix of stunning rosy neutrals,
it’s been wearable enough to
use almost every day (and night)
– despite the fact that up until
now, my only evening plans
have revolved around staying
in and watching old episodes of
The OC. At least Summer would
be proud of my pink glossy eyes.



































USING N E X T

NARS AFTERGLOW
EYESHADOW PALETTE,
£56 This Nars palette
immediately turned my head
– I mean, just look at it. The
PEDERSEN shadows are intense (both in
colour and pigment pay-off),
plus with a mix of matte, satin,
DENNIS shimmer and bold metallic
formulas, it’s finally worth
PHOTOGRAPH making plans to go out-out,
just so you can show them off.






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Beauty lab











Victoria Jowett
Spring
BEAUTY DIRECTOR





perfumes








Each month, our beauty team tests the newest products

to see what reigns supreme. Here, Laura Capon

Cassie Powney sniffs out this season’s freshest scents
BEAUTY EDITOR



Britney Spears Glitter
Fantasy EDT, £21.50 (30ml)
*Jonathan Van Ness voice*
Can you believe it’s 15 years
since Britney first released
Fantasy? Bear with the 18th
version because, like Britney,
it’s a complicated soul. At first
it’s pure sugary fruit, but as
it dries down, the “alluring
musks” come out, and with
them an urgent desire to dance
Laura Capon
DEPUTY BEAUTY EDITOR provocatively with an albino
python. Someone get MTV
on the phone immediately.












Escentric Molecules Molecule
05 EDT, £79 (100ml)* The
brand that brought skin scents
to the masses has ventured into
summer fragrances, using just
Keeks Reid one note to encapsulate sunshine.
CONTRIBUTING BEAUTY WRITER It melted into my wrist leaving
behind the warmth, subtlety
and freshness of an August Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh Daze
Mediterranean breeze. Impressive EDT, £75 (75ml) There are two types of
considering I’m writing this in an people: those who go wild for peach scents
office in the and those who think Too Faced should go
middle of to prison for scenting an entire make-up
February.
line with a stone fruit. If you fall into the
For the former camp, the copious peach notes
team’s favourite packed into this fragrance will fill you with
fragrances, go to deep joy. If you fall into the latter, well…
Cosmopolitan.com/
uk/perfume

Kate Pasola
BEAUTY WRITER

glow







The scent

ED IT OR ’ S PIC K

Coach Dreams EDP, surgery
£69 (90ml) Inspired by
a sunny Californian road
trip, Dreams starts off
fruitily with juicy pear Fragrance expert Thomas
and bitter orange, but Dunckley gives us an
transforms into a floral
bouquet bursting with olfactory masterclass
gardenia and cactus
flower. Far sweeter than my
own memory of driving in 1
America – white knuckles,
sweaty palms and several
near-death experiences. MAKE IT LAST
If your perfume’s disappeared by noon,
it might be down to the ingredients.
“Some notes take longer to evaporate
from the skin, but citrus materials
are more volatile and tend to vanish
quicker,” explains Dunckley. Fan of
fresh, summer scents? Layer them with
matching body lotions to eke them out.
2



STORE IT RIGHT
Stored correctly, your perfumes
should last longer than most of
your romantic relationships (no
LO V E S
shade intended). “Keep fragrances
2020
somewhere dry, cool and away
from sunlight,” advises Dunckley.

3



SHOP LIKE A PRO
“It’s a total misconception that cheap
perfumes are bad,” says Dunckley. If
you’re on a budget, he recommends
Maison Margiela Zara Emotions By The Body Shop for high-quality, MAIN PHOTOGRAPH AGATA PEC. STILL LIFES LUCKY IF SHARP. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHS SARAH BRICK. HAIR AND MAKE-UP JOLANDA COETZER, USING URBAN DECAY, ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS AND SACHAJUAN, AND JENNI DAVIS, USING MAC AND KENRA, BOTH AT LHA REPRESENTS. *EXCLUSIVE TO
Replica Springtime In A Jo Loves Amalfi beautiful scents. However, if you’re
Park EDT, £96 (100ml) Sunray EDT, £15.99 feeling boujee, he reckons you can’t
When I picture my local (40ml) Jo Malone, beat Chanel or Frédéric Malle.
park, I think of strewn yes, THE Jo Malone,
black plastic bags, has launched a 4
empty vodka bottles and collection with Zara.
intimidating 14-year-olds. My favourite, Amalfi HARVEY NICHOLS, LAUNCHING 17TH MARCH. † PERFUMESOCIETY.ORG/FIND-A-FRAGRANCE
However, when I smell this, Sunray, is more of a FIND YOUR SIGNATURE
I’m transported to a green summer scent, but my Stuck in a perfume rut? Dunckley’s
space straight out of Mary page, my rules. It’s got the answer. The Perfume Society
Poppins – spectacularly meant to evoke the website has a “Find A Fragrance”
clean, blooming with Italian Riviera and service where you type in a scent
†
flowers and full of happy, nothing (apart from
fictitious children who The Lizzie McGuire you love and it recommends a host
spontaneously burst into Movie) has made of new finds for you to try.
song. Should come with me want to book a
a picnic hamper. plane ticket more.


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g low


2

3













1
4










Don’t mind us,

just showering 5

you with April’s

greatest beauty

launches 6









7




1 Dior Capture 6 Redken
Totale C.E.L.L. Color Extend
Energy Super Potent Brownlights
Serum, £149 Contains Shampoo, £18.95
8 a next-gen hyaluronic Because why should
acid for uber-hydration.
blondes get all the
SCIENTIFICALLY Scrub, £34* Huda’s toning shampoos?
Wishful Yo
2
Givenchy Teint
Glow Enzyme
7
Couture City
‡ NOT skincare line is here Balm, £43 Leaves skin
oh-so flawless while
and this enzyme scrub
MARCH. APRIL is top of our list. feeling lighter than
a silk slip dress.
Gucci Beauty
31ST FROM 3 Rouge À 8 Sunday Riley
Ice Ceramide
FROM SUPERDRUG Lèvres Gothique in Moisturizing Cream,
Victoriana Blue, £38
† AVAILABLE WORDS LAURA CAPON, KATE PASOLA. PHOTOGRAPH AGATA PEC. *FOR 100ML; £18 FOR 40ML, AVAILABLE AND NOW 9 Gucci reinvents metallic £60 Dry, irritated,
sensitive… can this
lips from the graves of
save my personality
Sabrina The Teenage
CULTBEAUTY.COM. ELFCOSMETICS.CO.UK Witch’s aunties. as well as my skin?
Paula’s Choice
Maybelline
4
9
Cheek Heat in
0.3% Retinol
Nude Burn, £8.99
+ 2% Bakuchiol
†
AND AT 10 Treatment, £53 Fine Dull winter skin?
Resurrect it with this
lines be gone, thanks
gel-cream blush.
to this wonder product.
SHOPHUDABEAUTY.COM **AVAILABLE LO V E S in Affection, £34.50 Eyeshadow in Ocean
E.L.F. Liquid
Laura Mercier
10
5
Glitter
Face Illuminator
2020
Eyes, £5** The doe-
Wondering if you need
Fact: the glow saves
artfully sparkled lids
AT VERIFIED. another highlighter? footed applicator gives
on your electricity bill. ‡ with zero effort.
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Your

360 º getting rid of











facial hair
de t
g o
ui

g l ow





Let’s be clear: there is nothing

wrong with facial hair, we all have
facial hair it. But if you’re a little paranoid
(by someone
who’s tried it all)

about the “peach fuzz”, there are

a lot of options out there – and I

should know. As a beauty director

with a stubbornly hairy face (and


W ords VICT ORIA JO WETT no, I’m not embarrassed to admit

it), I’ve learned a few things over

my years of tweezing, waxing and,

yes, lasering, which I’m going to


pass on to you right now…







WHAT CAUSES IT?
First things first, facial hair comes in all shapes, sizes, colours
and densities. From the super-fine fuzz on your cheeks to the
darker fluff that forms along your hairline and sideburns. Not
forgetting the thicker, coarser, prickly hairs that can crop up
around your chin and neck causing mass panic when faced
with a hotel magnifying mirror. Before you start de-furring, it’s
important to consider what’s causing it, so I quizzed a leading
expert, Dr Stefanie Williams – a dermatologist and medical
director at specialist skin clinic Eudelo – to find out what the
most common causes of excess facial hair are. Listen up.












Ethnicity & Cushing’s Hormonal
genetics disease imbalance
“Sometimes, it simply “Although very “Both men and
runs in families or uncommon, another women have male
certain ethnicities,” reason for excess hormones. However,
explains Dr Williams. facial hair may be in women, if the
“Women of Cushing’s disease balance between
Mediterranean, South (this is where the [male and female]
Asian and Middle body over-produces hormones becomes
Eastern heritage, for the hormone cortisol) disturbed, the
example, may be or other adrenal consequence can
more likely to have gland disorders.” be an increase in
an excess of facial If you’re concerned, facial hair,” says Dr
hair.” That being book an appointment Williams. Which is
said, it’s still worth with your GP who why women who
seeing your GP in can give you a blood suffer with polycystic
case there are other test and diagnose ovary syndrome are
underlying causes. any symptoms. more prone to it. ›


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How to deal with it








W H AT T HE V ER D I C T W OR K S F OR A V O ID IF



HAIR I’ve been removing my upper lip hair since I was 14 years old, You have
REMOVAL after raiding my mum’s beauty cupboard and finding her Veet. any active
The pros of removal cream are that it’s quick, painless and gets
breakouts,
CREAM rid of every last hair. The cons? It breaks down hair using alkaline Most effective or your skin
chemicals, which, despite being skin-safe, can cause irritation, on smaller is prone to
depending on how sensitive your skin is. So without wanting to areas of redness and
sound like your mum, please, please do a patch test first. fine hair. sensitivity.





Waxing’s best done by a professional, as salons can select the
WAXING gentlest formulas for the face, but it’s efficient – one tug of the strip You have
sensitive,
and you can kiss goodbye to those Elvis-style sideburns for up
to three weeks. But, as the wax has direct contact with the skin, it Hairs longer acne-prone
can lead to irritation if you’re sensitive. And some hairs just don’t than 3mm, skin or
seem to want to come out, so instead of being pulled clean from brows, upper lip, suffer from
the follicle, they snap, which can lead to ingrowers. Ouch. sideburns. rosacea.





THREADING Threading and tweezing are actually quite similar when it comes You’re looking
& TWEEZING to the mechanics of hair removal – both grab onto hairs and pull to remove a
them out from the follicle in one swift motion. While we’ve all
heard the myth “if you pluck one hair, 10 will grow back in its Peach fuzz, larger patch of
place”, that’s just not true. What is true is that, like waxing, brows, upper hair, or if the
threading and tweezing can sometimes lead to broken hairs but, lip, chin hair. hairs are shorter JOLANDA COETZER
as there’s minimal skin contact, they’re less likely to irritate. than 2mm.

MAKE-UP


Whether it’s a single-blade facial razor, a battery-operated shaver AND
SHAVING or a professional dermaplaning treatment, I’m a fan of shaving You have
sensitive,
– it’s probably the easiest, most pain-free option of all. But it’s HAIR
not without its issues. Regrowth happens quickly, and because hair Any hair type acne-prone MODEL.
is cut off at the surface, it regrows blunt, not tapered, so it can at all – thick skin or
appear thicker. You’ve also got to be super-careful to avoid those or fine. suffer from IMM
annoying cuts, and keep blades clean to avoid follicle infections. rosacea. AT
G
ABBIE

LASER Laser hair removal is the only treatment I’ve found for minimised Certain types MODEL
of laser hair
HAIR growth that lasts. It takes four to six sessions to see a significant removal are
difference, but it doesn’t work for every skin tone or hair colour.
REMOVAL “[It targets] the dark pigments in the hair, so the better the contrast Dark hairs, unsuitable for HITANDRUNMEDIA.COM.
between the hair and the skin (eg dark hair on fair skin), the better particularly those deeper skin AT LHA REPRESENTS, USING TATA HARPER AND GLOSSIER. PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT MICHELLE MORGAN. JEWELLERY, MODEL’S OWN
the outcome,” explains Dr Williams. Oh, and it’s not permanent: that are thick tones, so book a
“Maintenance sessions are expected,” Dr Williams adds. and coarse. consultation first.
ILLUSTRATIONS



Electrolysis is currently the only method that permanently gets rid You have a
ELECTROLYSIS of hair, but it’s not a walk in the park. “A fine needle is inserted larger area of DIGITAL
into each hair follicle. It then emits an electric current to damage hair to remove
the follicle,” explains Dr Williams. You’ll need two to three – this is only RAE-LEE.
treatments to stop growth, and it can be painful (you’re having a All skin tones suitable for
needle repeatedly inserted into your face, after all). Only book in and hair small clusters TARYN
with an experienced therapist who has great recommendations. colours. of hairs. ◆
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My life in glow








beauty















From mascara to faux freckles… Maya Jama

on the beauty essentials she’d never be without





Freck
Faux Freckle
Cosmetics, £17*
Maybelline “If I’m wearing a lot of
Lash Sensational make-up I add fake freckles
Mascara, £8.99 to give the illusion of bare
“One of the cheapest skin. I’ve got about three
products in my make-up naturally but make out
bag, and one of the best. it’s over 20.”
It will always be my
favourite mascara.”
St
Ives Fresh Skin
Apricot Scrub, £4.19
AS TOLD TO GABRIELLE DYER. STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHS LUCKY IF SHARP. MAYA JAMA IS AN AUSSIE AMBASSADOR. *AVAILABLE AT BEAUTYBAY.COM
“As a teen I was obsessed
with this scrub – I mean,
who wasn’t? Looking
back though, I definitely Nair
went way too hard Nourish
with it.” Upper Lip Kit, £2.77
“I used to be like ‘Who
uses hair-removal cream!?’
But now I always do on
my upper lip, as waxing
makes me red
and sore.”



Victoria’s Aussie
Secret Temptation Shine On Hair
Body Mist, £15 Serum, £4.99
“I wore this throughout “If I’m leaving my hair to
school (and, yes, college). dry naturally, I run a little oil
I’d spray it everywhere, through the mid-lengths and
all my clothes would ends. It helps take away
be doused in it.” the fluff and gives
great shine.”




MAC Barry
Studio Fix M On Point
Concealer, £17.50 Waterproof Precision
“Concealer is my saviour, Eyeliner, £4.59
it’s my go-to for no-make-up “Liquid liner was a big thing
make-up as I don’t wear in my school, but I had to
foundation, so I always spend hours trying to get
apply this to cover up it right. I still use the
tired eyes.” same one.”




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STRET CH Y OUR BOD Y AND Y OUR MIND











































































WORDS JENNIFER SAVIN. PHOTOGRAPH COREY MAYWALT


Can you really target


period pain?



Ever paced around Boots in a panic because the period-targetting pain relief is
out of stock? If yes, we have welcome news: those pink boxes are little more than
marketing. “The drugs are usually the same – the original brand is equally good for
period pain,” says Jamie Urquhart, superintendent pharmacist at Now Patient. He
suggests ibuprofen or aspirin (over paracetamol), or Feminax Ultra if your cramps
are really bad as it contains naproxen, which is anti-inflammatory. Sweet relief.




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Do you really













supplement

















More of us are buying and popping supplements in the UK than ever
More of us are buying and popping supplements in the UK than ever, but are they doing, but are they doing more harm than good?

m ove h e al t h





F ruity gums that make



your hair shine, fizzy
Psst…
Don’t forget to tablets that stop a
cold in its tracks and
consider consulting
a doctor or moreish syrups to
pharmacist before boost energy when you’re burnt
you start taking out… these days, supermarket
a supplement. supplement aisles look more
like wellness sweet shops.
It’s a market that’s booming.
According to research,* 59%
of Brits took vitamins, minerals
and supplements in 2018,
with 38% of women likely to
pop a pill every day.
But do we really need them?
Or are we pouring our money
into something that, at best,
is simply a placebo and, at
worst, is actually harming us?
Most experts agree that if you
already have enough of a
nutrient in your body, taking
extra via supplements cannot
add any health benefits. And
a US study estimated that
†
23,000 patients a year
attended accident and
emergency departments after
suffering adverse events related
to dietary supplements between
2004 and 2013 – with one in
four being young adults aged
20 to 34. Plus, supplements
need a medicines, meaning “a product
aren’t as strictly regulated as


only has to contain a tiny
amount of a certain ingredient
to make a health claim about
it,” explains Simon White,
chief nutritional scientist at
supplement brand Lyma. “The
for that? cheap, and contain harmful
rest of the ingredients can be


fillers to bulk out the product.”
More worryingly, they can also
clash with prescribed medicines.
But surely a £442 million UK
market isn’t built on nothing?
Are there times when you
should pop a pill? We spoke to
the experts to get the lowdown
More of us are buying and popping supplements in the UK than ever, but are they doing more harm than good? Amelia Jean Jones investigates on the most common ailments,

supplements, and more. ›





COSMOPOLITAN · 33

For... vegans





The supplement:

VITAMIN B12
“Needed for nerve-tissue health,
brain function and the production
of red blood cells, vitamin B12 is
one of the only supplements that
is essential for vegans as it’s only
available from animal products,”
explains Dr Emma Derbyshire, a
registered public health nutritionist.


Need-to-know:
“If you’ve been prescribed acid-
reflux medication, like lansoprazole,
be wary,” says Dr Derbyshire. “It can
block the absorption of vitamins like
B12 by reducing the amount of acid
that is needed to absorb them.” Taking
medicines like these has been linked to a
65% increased chance of B12 deficiency. ‡

Stock up:

If you need to take B12 and antacids,
take a liquid B12 supplement that is
absorbed rather than digested in the
stomach. Try Solgar Liquid B12
2000µg With B-Complex (£14.49, Probably
Solgar.co.uk). excessive








with your usual menstrual cycle and organs and may increase the risk
those with a heavy flow might need of diabetes, heart attack and cancer.
a monthly boost to keep themselves Stick to the dose recommended by
topped up,” says Simon White.  your GP or pharmacist and you’re
For... the Need-to-know: unlikely to overload. What’s more,
when iron is combined with some

always tired If you have a nutritionally balanced antibiotics or types of malaria medication,
the amount of both that can be absorbed
diet, full of iron-rich leafy greens and
red meat, it’s unlikely you’ll need a into the body is reduced.
The supplement: supp. Women need 14.8mg of iron
IRON a day – but if you have heavy periods, Stock up:
It’s what made Popeye so strong, and you may need more. BetterYou Iron Oral Spray (£9.95,
is essential for blood production. A “Iron is a fat-soluble mineral, meaning Lloydspharmacy.com) is a novel form
deficiency can lead to health problems, that if you take too much it can build up of iron that boosts absorption while
including anaemia and fatigue. “While in your system and cause constipation, side-stepping the tummy ache some iron
female athletes and pregnant women are vomiting and stomach pain,” White supplements can cause, but don’t take
particularly at risk, iron levels fluctuate explains. In extreme cases, it can damage it unless your doctor recommends it.

m ove health














For... gym For... the For... when


bunnies forever sick you’re down



The supplement: The supplement: The supplement:
POTASSIUM VITAMIN C ST JOHN’S WORT
Yep, the one in bananas. You should The body can’t produce vitamin C, so we SJW is a low-level, natural alternative
already get enough in your diet to support need to get it from our diet. It’s touted as to standard antidepressants. Research
your blood pressure, bone and muscle a cold cure, but the expert verdict is mixed. suggests it can increase the activity of
strength and heart health, and regulate There’s little evidence to say it can prevent feel-good brain chemicals like serotonin.
your fluid balance. You might need more if a cold, but it may help shorten the duration.

you’ve had sickness, tummy troubles, or if Need-to-know:
you’re sweating it out regularly in the gym. Need-to-know: This plant-based remedy can play havoc
Adults aged 19 to 64 need 40mg of with prescribed medications, including
Need-to-know: vitamin C a day so a single serving of the contraceptive pill, sleeping pills and,

“If you’re a regular user of ibuprofen or orange juice or broccoli is enough to hit ironically, anti-depressants. Steer clear until
anxiety-controlling beta-blockers, be careful your RDA. “Supplementing more than that you’ve spoken to a doctor or pharmacist.
taking potassium,” says Alistair Murray, lead through the winter can be pro-inflammatory,
pharmacist at Echo. These drugs cause the potentially causing diarrhoea and making Stock up:
body to retain potassium, meaning levels you feel worse,” explains Professor Greg On vitamin D. Studies have shown links
can rise too steeply. Too much potassium Whyte, director at London’s Centre For between low levels of the sunshine vitamin
can cause your heart to beat irregularly. Health & Human Performance. Fizzy vitamin and depression. And a spokesperson from
C tablets can contain up to 1⁄6 of your Public Health England has advised that UK
Stock up: RDA of salt, while some contain caffeine. residents may not get enough vitamin D
Got the OK from your GP? MyVitamins from sunlight (and diet) in winter, so should
Electrolyte Plus (£9.99, Myvitamins. Stock up: consider a supplement. Vitamin D comes
com) has potassium, chloride, magnesium, Try Fast-C With Bio-Quercetin without the drawbacks of SJW, but the NHS
calcium and sodium to keep you hydrated. Phytosome (£25, Victoriahealth.com). advises taking no more than 1,000mg daily
This formula is alkalising, so it’s gentler – and be particularly cautious if you’re
on your stomach. pregnant, breastfeeding or under 18.















1 2 3 4
When visiting your Should your levels of You get what you Try to take any
BY GP or pharmacist the vitamins you’re pay for. Cheap medication at least
STUDY
NUTRITION- NEW THE IN ‡ IN Vitamin and medications you supplementing return supplements might two hours before or
bring a list of all the
to normal, review
contain small
after supplements
dietary supplements
2013
to avoid negative
them with your
amounts or low-
A
PHOTOGRAPHS LEO ACKER. LYMA.LIFE; ROCKS.CO.UK. *MINTEL. † PUBLISHED MEDICINE. OF JOURNAL ENGLAND PERMANENTE tips their supplements and illness, pregnancy or – or both. A cheaper herbal supplements
take, including the
doctor or pharmacist
interactions. Take
quality ingredients
N
dosages and how
and, if advised, stop
your vitamins and
100mg vitamin C
often you take them.
taking them. Always
minerals with
food, but take
tablet may have
Some people find it
tell them if your
lower-quality vitamin
health status has
easier to bring all
changed through
C in than a more
away from food
medications along in
for optimal
expensive one of
a sandwich bag.
breastfeeding.
the same weight.
absorption. ◆
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COSMOPOLITAN · 35

m ove health



Life in would work, and it gave

me an increased risk
my appointments were
of skin cancer. The


quite disruptive too –
twice a week for a year
– but I wanted to try
it. Three months in, I
body... began to get my natural

skin colour back, and
after a year, I finished
the treatment. I still had
vitiligo, but I was now
30% affected, rather
than 75%.
That was seven years
ago, and although the
with vitiligo patches are starting to

return I won’t go back
to treatment. A few
years ago I was invited
Natalie Ambersley, 37, an executive on a TV show to talk

assistant from London, talks about living about my condition. At
with the skin-pigmentation condition first I was adamant that
I couldn’t do it, but
eventually I came round
to the idea and that was
hen going on, but my only person in a turning point. After
I was parents were worried the world with the programme aired,

w three, I and tried to find this condition. people started to send
developed a small white treatment for me. I was When we had me supportive messages
patch on the back of in and out of hospital swimming and I had the realisation
my hand. Back then, a lot – it became like lessons at that it was OK.
vitiligo (a condition a second home. By the school, I’d Appearing Now, I feel liberated.
where pigment is lost time I was 12, I’d been forge letters on Victoria I look down at my
from the skin) wasn’t through so many rounds from my mum Derbyshire’s legs and think I’d be
TV Show
well known, so when my of tablets, creams and so I didn’t have horrified if I woke up
parents took me to the homeopathy that I felt to go. On and my vitiligo wasn’t
doctor, they were just like a guinea pig. I told holiday with friends in again. I’d heard of there; it would be like
told to keep an eye my parents I wanted Spain, I’d be boiling in something called UVB I had erased something
on it. By the time I was to stop, and they were thick tights and a blazer. narrowband therapy, that made me who I am. @BEING_JUST_US
five, and had my vitiligo so supportive. If someone stared at where you stand in a I’m proud to have a skin
diagnosed, 75% of my In my teenage years, me, I’d immediately booth emitting UVB light condition I now love. INSTAGRAM
body was covered in though, I grew more cover up more. to try to help your skin For support, contact
white patches. I was too uncomfortable. It When I turned 30 I repigment. There was The Vitiligo Society;
young to know what was seemed like I was the decided to try treatment only a 50-50 chance it Vitiligosociety.org PHOTOGRAPHS



1 Put yourself first 2 Use social media 3 Talk to others
WHAT I was so busy worrying about Seeing yourself represented There were times when I had
HELPS what people thought that I missed helps to remind you you’re not alone, questions and I would DM people on AS TOLD TO DANIELLA SCOTT.
out on a lot. But I was the only one
and that you’re part of something
NATALIE suffering, and once I realised that, positive. I like @livingdappled and Instagram for guidance. Connecting
with others who understood how
I started living my life. @vitiligo_and_me on Instagram. I felt made such a huge difference.



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Say bye to burnt toast and dry breakfast bars with thes
easy recipes by Annie Morris from cereal company Spo on





















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VEGGIE SUMMER BEETROOT
FRITTATA BERRY MUESLI FETAA MUFFINS

Serves Cals Sat fat Sugar Serves Cals Sat fat Sugar Makes Cals Sat fat Sugar
2 202 2g 7g 1 507 3.5g 26g 12 177 2.3g 1.9g

Ingredients: 1 leek, Ingredients: 50g Ingreedients: ½ red cinnamon, vanilla bean
300g tomatoes, 150g oats, 100ml coconut onion (chopped), 80ml powder, baking powder
l
220
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mushrooms, 1 fresh red yoghurt, 100ml water, olive oil, 220g spelt and bicarbonate of soda.
chilli, 4 eggs, handful generous squeeze flour, 2 tsp cumin seeds, BANANA AND In another bowl, dissolve
of basil leaves. of lime juice, ¼ tsp 1 tsp baking powder, the coffee in 1 tsp of boiling
Method: Preheat the vanilla extract. 1 tsp bicarbonate of COFFEE LOAF water, then whisk in the
oven to 200°C and chop Toppings: Blueberries, soda, 150ml milk, 200g eggs, syrup and oil. Pour
the leek, tomatoes, freeze-dried berries, beetroot (peeled and Serves Cals Sat fat Sugar this into the dry mixture
215
12
12g
3g
mushrooms and chilli as toasted flaked almonds, roughly grated), 50g and gently mix. Add in
desired and set aside. maple syrup to taste. cooked chickpeas, handful Ingredients: the banana. If the batter is
WORDS DANIELLA SCOTT. RECIPES BY ANNIE MORRIS. PHOTOGRAPHS MICHAEL HART
Add 1 tbsp of oil to a Method: Mix all the of watercress (chopped), 2 bananas, 100g coconut too wet, add a little flour; if
large ovenproof pan at ingredients together 100g feta cheese. or buckwheat flour, 100g it’s too dry, drizzle in some
a medium to high heat. (aside from the toppings) Method: Preheat the ground almonds, 20g more oil. Spoon the mixture
Whisk the eggs in a bowl and put them into oven to 200°C and sunflower seeds, 75g into your tin. Top the loaf
and season. Fry the rest an airtight container, grease a 12-hole muffin pecan nuts (roughly with the rest of the pecans
of the ingredients for 5 to then refrigerate them tin. Fry the onion in a chopped), 1½ tsp ground and bake for 20-25
10 minutes. Pour the eggs overnight – or for at splash of olive oil until cinnamon, ¼ tsp vanilla minutes, until you can
over the top of the fried least four hours. In soft. Remove from heat. bean powder (or extract), insert a knife and it comes
veggies, creating an even the morning, pop the In a large bowl, place 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp out clean. Allow to cool in
layer across the pan. mixture into a bowl and the flour, cumin, baking bicarbonate of soda, 2 tsp the tin for 10 minutes, then
Place the pan in the oven add your toppings – as powder, bicarbonate of instant coffee, 3 large move to a wire rack. Serve
and bake for 20 minutes. much as you like of each. soda and a pinch of salt eggs, 125ml pure maple with yoghurt or on its own
Take out of the oven and It’s worth investing in and mix. Add the milk, syrup, 60ml olive oil. with a cup of coffee.
leave to cool for 10-15 some (watertight) jars the remaining olive oil Method: Preheat the
minutes before removing or containers for this and beetroot and whisk oven to 180°C, and grease Want more breakfast
from the pan with a – they’ll save your to form a sticky dough. a loaf tin. Peel and mash ideas? Nutritionists
spatula. Slice into quarters breakfast from leaking Stir in the chickpeas and the bananas in a bowl. In a share what they eat at
and place into an airtight all over your bag and watercress, and spoon the separate bowl, combine the Cosmopolitan.com/uk/
container, then pop in ruining your stuff… and mixture into the muffin tin. flour, almonds, sunflower healthybreakfast
the fridge overnight. your entire day. Crumble the feta on top. seeds, 60g of pecans,


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m ove f i tness




How to nail the





perfect downward dog





It’s a yoga classic, but are you doing it right? Yeh Yoga founder Emily Harding

explains how to get down…




YOUR STARTING POSITION
Begin in a high plank, with your YOUR HIPS
hands shoulder-width and feet YOUR ARMS Lift them up and direct
hip-width apart, heels pushing back. Ensure your arms are straight, your chest towards your
From here, keep your hands and strong and in line with your ears thighs – this opens up
feet exactly where they are, and start (your ears should be between the shoulders and chest.
to lift your hips up and backwards your upper arms). Twist your Keep your pelvis neutral,
towards the sky, sending your elbows inwards towards the floor, it shouldn’t vigorously
chest towards your thighs. which rotates the shoulders out tilt one way or another.

to stretch the back. Pushing your bum up
and away from you
YOUR NECK AND GAZE slightly should keep your
Tuck your chin down towards your hips in the right position.
chest to lengthen the neck. Look
towards your belly-button or, if that’s
too intense, move your gaze down
to your knees. Draw your shoulders
away from your ears, so you’re
not scrunching up your neck. Don’t
strain your head through your arms
– this will only create tension in
the neck and shoulders.
















YOUR LEGS
The legs need to be hip-width apart, and
lengthen down in a straight line behind
you. Imagine pushing your heels towards the
floor, but don’t worry if they don’t get there.
Squeeze the front of your legs to activate your
quads and lift your kneecaps. You’re trying to
find length through the back of your knees.
If you have tight hamstrings, keep a soft bend
in the knee. This can also help straighten
your back if you find that it’s rounding. AS TOLD TO CATRIONA INNES. PHOTOGRAPH GETTY IMAGES. YEHYOGA.COM



YOUR HANDS YOUR FEET
Keep them shoulder-width apart, with the fingers spread The outer edges of your feet should
as wide you can and your middle fingers pointing FYI, run parallel, which will make you
forwards. Your wrists shouldn’t hurt; if they do, make try to prioritise very slightly pigeon-toed and help
sure your hands are facing forwards and you’re not just finding a straighter to engage the front of your legs.
driving the base of your palm into the mat. Press firmly back over Grip the ground firmly with all
down between your index finger and thumb to stop you straight legs. 10 toes; it should feel like you’re
slipping and take the weight away from your wrists. trying to pull your mat apart.



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Try before pose again?”
“ What ’s this




you train... “Er, sitting”



yoga








mats











Team Cosmo bends over backwards YOGAMATTERS

to find you the best ones





Matters Eco Everyday
YogaM Manduka Prolit te Long
oga Mat, £45
Rise Yo & Wide Yoga M
Mat, £90
It’s supe Transporting this mat around
er-light and easy to
carry tu cked under my arm is no issue due to
o it being so
(althoug lightweight, but it is bulkier than
gh it would be easier
if it had a carry strap), but that Perfect others because of f its ultra-long
came w grip length. Being 5ft 10in, this is
with drawback for me:
as it wa a feature I loved, especially
as so thin, I felt it didn’t
offer m uch cushioning, and Liforme Purple Earth Yoga M Mat, £100 during the pesky plank pose.
during some moves the floor If, like me, you love yoga but find holding It has great grip, too – there
felt too hard beneath my positions hard (hi, sweaty palms), this is the was no fidgeting around,
edly) sensitive knees.
(admitte mat for you. It feels rubbery, grips the floor desperately trying to keep my
But it g ripped well and didn’t tightly and is so well-cushioned you could sweaty hands firm
mly on the
budge t through an hour-long probably nap on it. The design helps with mat – but I would
d say it’s on
session , plus I loved the pretty, nailing alignment too, making yo ou feel 107% the thinner side a nd has the
underst ated design. more pro. It’s heavy, but worth it (for the potential for sore knees.
ona Features Director
Catrio chance of a mid-child’s-pose doze alone). Sophie Bookin gs Editor
Steph Deputy Chief Sub-Edito or

Likes the
Jade outdoors
e Yoga Voyager Yoga
Mat , £36.75
COMPILED BY SOPHIE LEEN. PHOTOGRAPH CECILIA CRISTOLOVEAN
I lov e doing hot yoga, but my
ds get sweatier than a pair
hand
of le ather trousers after a good
Super- nigh t out. I hate the messiness
light of ch
halk and it always means
a big
g clean-up after class,
ch tends to undo my zen.
i
Nike Training Mat 2.0, £53.95 whic Sweaty Betty Super Grip oga Mat, £65
This is the most weightless mat I’ve e ever used The Voyager stops any slipping As well as providing good grip, this mat
ut and has really improved
– and this is coming from someone e who abou felt really durable, so it would be great for
posture. It’s so grippy it’s
purchases an excessive number of th he things my p any adventurous yogis (mountaintop
and travels heavy. It’s the perfect len ngth for as if the whole mat is coated headstands, anyone?). However, this does
halk. It’s also really
any pose, and if you have trouble w with your in ch mean it’s less squashy than I’d usually like,
knees, like me, or suffer from back p problems light weight and rolls up causing my knees to give in at the first sign
then this is a foamy treat. An even s stronger sma ll, making it easy to take of a low lunge. Anything for the perfect
where and everywhere.
grip would have been the icing on the cake. anyw outdoor Insta shot, though – right?
Khadra Fashion Cupboard Inte ern Am y Fashion Director Emily Features Intern

COSMOPOLITAN · 41



Friendship


never ends



More ’90s than “The Rachel”, tiny bags and your
Leonardo DiCaprio poster, friendship bracelets
are back in a BIG way. Wear as few or as
many as you want, and if you break up
with your BFF, just pop it in the bin.
Though we really hope that doesn’t
happen because, in the words
of a very famous poet,* “A
day without a friend is like
a pot without a single
drop of honey left
inside.”

















*WINNIE THE POOH. WORDS AMY BANNERMAN. PHOTOGRAPH ABBIE RODEN. STYLING MADDY ALFORD. MODELS SONIA RUPRAH,













SOPHIE LEEN. NAILS NON-TOXIC NAIL. WITH THANKS TO STILL LONDON, STILL-LONDON.COM






























Left, top to bottom: “Mad Love”, around £34, Roxanne Assoulin. Diamante, £55, Pandora. Braided, £12, Urban Outfitters. Beaded, £35,
Anni Lu. Gold, £97, Nominations. Zigzag, £5, KnotalotUK at Etsy. Ceramic, £12, Urban Outfitters. “Love”, around £113, Roxanne Assoulin.
Right, top to bottom: “No Bad Days”, around £34, Roxanne Assoulin. Gold star, £20, Estella Bartlett. “BFF”, £7.92, OutOfOfficeDesigns at
Etsy. Daisy beaded, around £34, Roxanne Assoulin. Gold, £39, Merci Maman. Pearl rainbow, £36, Anni Lu. Zigzag, £5, KnotalotUK at Etsy



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Dress, £39; bag
(just seen), £25,
both Topshop.
Chain necklace,
£22, Accessorize.
Other necklaces
and rings, Olivia’s
own. Sandals, £70,
Vagabond







Best







DRESSED




















Unsure what constitutes guest


“smart casual”? Or

“cocktail” (aside from

accessorising with a

mojito)? Let Olivia Smith


(@asos_olive) take the

“say what?” out of

wedding-guest style



Styling MADD Y ALFORD
& OLIVIA SMITH


Photographs MICK DE LINT

the st yl e guide





The beach wedding





Think outside the kaftan box – a gingham midi dress is just

as summery. And flat sandals only please (safety first, kids)



3



2 4


1
5




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JEWELS NEON
HAIR
7
SLIDES


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8


6

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11


BREEZY
GLADIAT OR
SAND ALS MAXI
12
13 DRESSES

15















1 Dress, £139.99, H&M 2 Bag, £39.99, Mango 3 Dress, £40, V By Ver y 4 Ring, £45, Alber t Coll 5 Hair slides,
£12 for three, Accessorize 6 Dress, £45, Urban Out fit ters 7 Bag, £35, V By Ver y 8 Dress, £110, Hush 9 Sandals,
£145, Whistles 10 Dress, £95, Guess 11 Earrings, £45, Essentiel Ant werp 12 Sandals, £89, Hobbs 13 Bag, £79,
Whistles 14 Dress, £79, Warehouse 15 Ring, £63, Alber t Coll


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the st yl e guide





The black-tie wedding





One notch lower than white tie on the formal scale, you’ll still

b
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want a below-th knee dress – plus beads, pea rls or sequins
k
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2
3
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ENAMEL
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LENG TH 17

PRINTS 16




15


LA CE ‘EM
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1 Earrings, £55, Essentiel Ant werp 2 Dress, £335, Rixo 3 Clutch, £110, Hobbs 4 Sandals, £22.40, Boohoo
5 Mules, £49.99, Mango 6 Dress, £79.99, TK Max x 7 Necklace, £119, Swarovski 8 Dress, £85, ASOS Design
9 Earrings, £9, Accessorize 10 Dress, £85, Warehouse 11 Ring, £55, Pandora 12 Dress, £16, Boohoo 13 Dress, £48,
Lipsy 14 Earrings, £80, Bimba Y Lola 15 Ring, £125, Pandora 16 Sandals, £185, Reiss 17 Clutch, £60, Dune


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Dress,
£42, ASOS.
Small hoops,
£35, Scream
Pret t y. Big
hoops,
around £52,
Luv A J

Dress, £29,
Bershka. Earrings,
from top: £12,
Claire’s; £15,
Accessorize;
around £33, Luv
A J. Necklace,
around £157,
Hermina Athens.
Bag, £32,
Skinnydip. Shoes,
£120, Dune

the st yl e guide





The “cocktail” wedding





Essentially, this translates as “party”, so pick your fave LBD (or

any cute above-the-knee dress) and go wild with accessories




3
4
2





5

1 MA GPIE
JEWELS
PARTY 9
TIME
6
8






7




EDG Y
BLING
11
10






16







SPARKLY ’80S PUFF 15
KITTEN SLEEVES 17
HEELS

DISCO

12 BALL
14 DRESS


13











1 Bag, £49.99, Mango 2 Dress, £59, Miss Selfridge 3 Dress, £215, Essentiel Ant werp 4 Shoes, £160, 8 By Yoox 5 Earrings,
£68, Free People 6 Dress, £40, Nasty Gal 7 Dress, £45, Nasty Gal 8 Clutch, £29.99, Zara 9 Dress, £24, Boohoo 10 Dress,
£45, Laura Ashley at Urban Out fit ters 11 Necklace, £129, Swarovski 12 Mules, £45, River Island 13 Headband, £12, Arket
14 Earrings, £9, Accessorize 15 Dress, £69, Warehouse 16 Dress, £85, ASOS Design 17 Mules, £135, Reiss


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the st yl e guide





The smart-casual wedding





e
Relaxed tailoring and easygoing dresses are both appropriate
nd me
el accessories
an
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– just add pastel accessories an me awatt earrings
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BL LAZERS
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EXTRAS














1 Bag, £17.99, Mango 2 Trousers, £25, ASOS 3 Blazer, £20, Primark 4 Sandals, £35, Miss Selfridge 5 Headband,
£19.50, Oliver Bonas 6 Blazer, £59, Warehouse 7 Shor ts, £15, Primark 8 Blazer, £119, Guess 9 Bag, £69.99, H&M
10 Sandals, £69.99, H&M 11 Shor ts, £36, Warehouse 12 Sandals, £145, Whistles 13 Ring, £60, Pandora 14 Trousers,
£69, Guess 15 Blazer, £295, Gerard Darel 16 Blazer, £35, ASOS 17 Earrings, £6, M&Co


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