Your Horoscope This Week: May 4 To 10
Cosmic beings, the week kicks off with a cosmic double feature, and we’ll definitely feel the shift. On May 4th at 9:51 a.m. EST, we’re blessed with the first quarter moon in Leo, stirring up our inner...
View ArticleA Week In Cleveland, Ohio On A $257,500 Household 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...
View ArticleHow A 26-Year-Old Creative Uses Code At Her Cool-Girl Art Studio
Welcome to Refinery29’s Why I Code, a Changing Face series where we ask inspirational, tech-disrupting trailblazers in computer science 29 questions about what fuels them on and off the clock. New...
View ArticleMaybelline Is Making History With Its All-Asian Beauty Campaign
I remember the first time I went shopping for concealer at the drugstore. I was probably 14, and was so excited to start trying makeup looks inspired by my favorite YouTube beauty gurus. I’m...
View ArticleNostalgic Plushie Bag Charms & Labubus Are Trending — Fans Explain Why
“Ugly-cute.” “A sense of nostalgia.” “A gremlin on LSD.” “Either you get it or you don’t.” There’s no denying the global cult following that plushie bag charms, and the TikTok-viral Labubu, have...
View Article36 Mother’s Day Gifts Your Hard-To-Shop-For Mom Will Love
Every year, we run through a frustratingly familiar line of questioning with our moms and mother figures: “What do you want for [insert holiday/birthday/gift-giving occasion] this year?” And, every...
View ArticleThe 2025 Met Gala Is Here: The Best Looks Of The Night
The first Monday in May is the date fashion lovers have permanently marked on their calendars and ensconced in their minds. Today, it’s here, and, as is to be expected, all eyes are on the 2025 Met...
View ArticleAll The Lifestyle & Wellbeing Picks R29 Loved In April
At least once a week — let’s face it, at least once every day — the writers and editors across Refinery29 discuss the latest and greatest products in our lives, from some cool new water bottle that’s...
View ArticleSkinnyTok Isn’t A Trend — It’s The Latest Iteration of Diet Culture & Fatphobia
Trigger warning: This article discusses disordered eating in a way that some readers may find distressing. At 30, I’d hoped diet culture and fatphobia were relics of the past. I grew up in the thick...
View ArticleThese Latina Retreats Offer Rest, Joy & Community Without Guilt
In a world where Latinas are increasingly seeking spaces of healing, joy, and cultural reconnection, a new kind of self-care is taking root. From the highlands of Guatemala to the sacred valleys of...
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