Category: Health
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Innerskin opens its first UK clinic in Notting Hill with a London-exclusive Skinfusion facial
Westbourne Grove has no shortage of good-looking shopfronts, and number 300 has just joined them: blue tiles at street level, a white upper storey with arched windows, and inside, picture-perfect cream interiors flooded with daylight. Its new tenant is Innerskin, the Paris-born skincare brand founded in 2022 by engineer and entrepreneur Chrystelle Eid, who now…
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Menopause-certified beauty: Here are 9 brands worth knowing about
With around 400,000 women in the UK entering menopause each year, the beauty industry is waking up to a life stage that has long been underserved. But what does it mean when a shampoo, moisturiser or deodorant is menopause-certified? Hot flushes are the symptom most people associate with menopause. Dry, itchy skin, thinning hair, changes…
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This Finnish skincare brand is bringing Nordic rituals to London, with an exclusive discount in saunas
Finland has about 3.3 million saunas for 5.5 million people, which makes a hot room and a cold dip as ordinary there as a kettle in a British kitchen. How’s that for a fun fact of the week? It’s more than a national pastime – UNESCO added the country’s sauna culture to its list of…
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World Heart Day: 8 things you probably didn’t know about your heart + how to keep it healthy
Your heart is doing quite a lot for you, considering you probably don’t think about it that often. It beats roughly 100,000 times a day, pumping blood around your body while you get on with work, workouts, dinners, drinks and everything in between. And while heart health can sound like something to worry about once…
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The best functional drinks to try – and why they’re top of our shopping list
Who knew all you needed to stay functional was a drink? If you’re new to functional drinks, they’re usually canned (often sparkling) drinks infused with ingredients like electrolytes, magnesium, vitamin C or adaptogens. They’re designed to give you more energy, help you calm down, or even support your gut health – depending on the brand.…
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LERÉI is the new £1,000-a-month women-only wellness club opening in Knightsbridge
London is getting another luxury wellness destination, but LERÉI is taking the private-club approach. The new women-only wellness residence in Knightsbridge is bringing fitness, recovery, beauty and longevity services together under one roof, with membership starting from £1,000 a month. Limited to just 150 women, LERÉI is designed to feel more like a private residence…
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Creatine is the UK’s most-searched supplement – a nutritionist explains why
Creatine went mainstream in 1992, when British Olympic gold medallists Linford Christie and Sally Gunnell were revealed to have used it ahead of their wins in Barcelona. More than three decades later, it’s still one of the most recognisable supplements around – and it’s now taken gold on the UK supplements podium. Creatine has overtaken…
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Meet the women who want you to poo better (and talk about it more)
Holly and Joely didn’t set out to build a brand around bowel movements. But after nearly two decades of Holly’s own unexplained symptoms – and a beauty industry career spent making uncomfortable subjects feel normal – that’s exactly what they did. WE ARE. REGULAR. is the result: a gut-health brand that talks about poo loudly,…
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The naked truth about dry brushing: is it really worth it, and how can you do it properly?
Scroll through TikTok or Instagram (or just ask a friend) and you’ll quickly find dry brushing being credited with everything from “detoxing” the body and boosting lymphatic drainage to reducing cellulite and transforming the appearance of your skin. The ritual itself looks simple: take a firm-bristled brush, sweep it across dry skin before showering, and…
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Weight a minute: Are you doing strength training right?
We’ve all collectively largerly moved past the “summer body” scramble – and thank goodness for that. Following a recent survey, fitness professionals found that clients are no longer driven primarily by how they look, but by how they live, with longevity and healthy aging now outpacing traditional physique goals as the fastest-growing client priority. Cardio…
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