Month: August 2025
Your Horoscope This Week: August 31 To September 6
Cosmic beings, eclipse season is at it again. The month of August ends with a bang. The First Quarter Moon in Sagittarius on August 31st acts like our first cosmic speed bump after the Virgo New Moon on the 23rd. If you set intentions last week but played it safe or small, this lunar checkpoint…
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Returning To Tobago Taught Me How To Travel Alone Without Feeling Lost
“Tobagonians are resilient people,” Marsha Patrick, our friendly yet firm host, repeatedly tells us on our journey around the island. The 7.5-mile-wide, untouched land changed hands 33 times during colonialism, ping-ponging between the French, Dutch, Spanish, British, and even the Courlanders (modern-day Latvia). Despite a legacy rife with colonial conflict, slavery, and bloody uprisings, there…
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Your September Horoscope Is Here — It’s Time For You To Heal
Cosmic beings, eclipse season is upon us, and September starts off with flashes of intuitive insight. We open the month with Saturn retrograde shifting back into Pisces on September 1st at 4:06 a.m. EST. Saturn, the Planet of Responsibility, has already been retrograde these past few weeks, but re-entering Pisces means we’re returning to a…
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A Week In Dallas On A $290,000 Joint Income
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar.Today: a part-time chief of staff who has a $290,000 joint income and who spends some of her money this week…
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Money Diary: A Deputy Director On £80,000
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last penny. A note to say that this will sadly be the last money diary that is published to Refinery29 UK. The company is…
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Sorry, But These 8 Body Care Products Are A Big Scam
If you have a keen interest in skincare, it makes sense that you might want to extend the same attention to the rest of your body. After all, ingredients like glycolic acid and retinol are just as effective on ingrown hairs and cracked feet as they are on clogged pores and hyperpigmentation. Body care certainly…
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The Best Labor Day Sales For Home, Fashion & Beauty Deals
Your Labor Day sale countdown is officially on. With the long weekend finally here, it’s time to stock up on, well, everything. Think: transitional-weather styles and beyond. If you’re perusing this page, we bet you feel the same — and can’t wait for yet another round of Labor Day sales. From mattress deals and clothing…
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The ‘You Look Happier’ Trend Is Giving Us Space To Be Messy
Doing the “right” thing. The wellness thing. Or even the self-betterment thing, is so impressed upon us these days, we can feel guilty when we make the “wrong” choice for our overall wellbeing. Things like: Texting an ex, getting drunk instead of sitting with tough emotions, flaking on the gym to bed rot, foregoing journaling…
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Porsha Ellis On Why Let It Break Is The Reset Women Need: “Burnout Isn’t The Goal”
As women, navigating the complexities of life can often feel like running on a hamster wheel — constantly moving, yet never quite able to pause and catch your breath. Wearing multiple hats every day can be exhausting, especially when it’s layered with the challenge of tending to personal needs, nurturing dreams, and healing old wounds.…
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“I Paid Thousands For A Dating Coach — Now I’m Engaged”: Inside The Rise Of High-Investment Dating
Back in April, entrepreneur Shirley Vernae Williams, 39, went viral on TikTok after revealing that she had spent $10,000 (approx £7,400) on a dating coach to enhance her love life. “The total amount I spent on a dating coach in the end was $12,000 (around £9000). I started with a program called ‘Get Your Guy’,…
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