
Life


Could you find your next job on TikTok?
Viral dances, cooking tips, makeup hacks and... your next job interview? The social media giant is reportedly rolling out a new tool for brands to recruit employees.
The unspoken mental health burden of being mixed-race
In a country where inequality is commonplace, mixed-race people are afraid to speak out about their identity. But what long-lasting impact does suppression have on our self-esteem?
Life as a 28-year-old magazine editor with severe anxiety and an eating disorder
Mental Health Diaries: Tori West, the founding editor of BRICKS Magazine, walks us through a day of coping with severe anxiety and an eating disorder.

What’s the true environmental impact of cryptocurrency?
In short, it’s pretty bad. So bad, in fact, that Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin, despite having invested over $1.5 billion in it. Thankfully, there are other digital currencies that put being green front and centre.

Sex and SSRIs: why your libido is lower, and how to fix it
Over the last year, prescriptions to antidepressants in the UK have soared. One of their most exasperating side effects? A decreased sex drive and inability to reach orgasm.

How nature helped Chris Packham understand his mental health
There’s no one better placed to explain how nature can impact your well-being this Mental Health Awareness Week than the Springwatch presenter.

The cryptocurrencies to watch
From Ether to Monero, and Basic Attention to Cardano, these are the coins to keep an eye on. Invest wisely!

Life as a 40-year-old journalist with OCD
Mental Health Diaries: Journalist and founder of The OCD Chronicles podcast James McMahon takes us through a day of living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

How to spot shitcoins, according to Reddit
They’re flooding the cryptocurrency market and there’s serious money to be made – if you invest right, that is.

Need to reconnect with nature?
Charles Jeffrey, Lava La Rue and more share their most-loved outdoor locations that help clear the mind.

Elon Musk to launch crypto-currency-funded moon mission
The SpaceX entrepreneur has helped skyrocket dogecoin’s market value to around $92bil in the past few months.

Life as a 25-year-old writer and content creator with ADHD
Mental Health Diaries: For Mental Health Awareness Week, Chanté Joseph shows us how she stays productive while living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

ESEA Sisters: the community banding together against Asian hate
Growing from 60 to 600 members in a matter of weeks, this WhatsApp group turned activism platform is providing a safe space in the wake of increased anti-Asian racism.

How now bleached brow?
Everyone’s bleaching their brows and we’re into it. Here’s the why and the how.

The legend of Troy Deeney
In the last year, the Watford FC striker has secured the BLM logo on Premier League kits, written a memoir and created a podcast series with guests Ian Wright and Elton John. Anything else? “Big mouth got relegated. Now I have a point to prove.”

Ashnikko’s daily beauty rituals: “Picking my face, popping blackheads like it’s my job”
The skittle-blue haired, genre-bending singer and rapper gives us the rundown on her skincare routine, top-rated supplements and bad beauty habits from noon to night.

PS5’s Returnal is a beautiful engine of suffering
Sony’s latest PS5 exclusive offers pulse-jumping arcade combat and a shapeshifting extra-terrestrial tragedy.

Is the wellness industry taking the sex out of sex toys?
Sex toys are cleaning up their act and repositioning themselves within the beauty and health sphere. But is it coming at the cost of those in the sex industry?

Can you really manifest beauty?
A traditional, self-enforced “glow up” typically involves gym memberships, eight-step skincare regimes and fillers. But according to a growing number of TikTok and YouTube users, these days, all you need to do is simply will hotness into existence.

Minari’s Yeri Han on cultivating the Michael Jordan of plants
Five things: The star of the enchanting, Oscar-nominated film Minari shares her most treasured items that will never end up in a charity shop.

Kathleen’s insider guide to Los Angeles
The subversive one-stop-shop for the best art, gear and trinkets is intrinsic to the city’s creative scene. Its founder, Erin Fremder, gives us a proper local’s (virtual) tour.

Harvey Peters: from Norwich City to Watford FC, via Ray Winstone
One per cent: that’s how many teenage footballers signed to club youth squads make it. What happens to the other 99 per cent? Harvey, 16, knows how hard the journey can be.

Road testing Profhilo’s injectable moisturiser
Moisturising just got sci-fi and THE FACE’s Beauty Editor-at-Large, Nellie Eden, is sold.