Career Moves You Have To Make

What does it really take to get to the top of your game? We asked seven key power players... and this was their advice 

The Woman Who Helps The Mega-Rich Get Clean

Vodka disguised in a bottle of mouthwash, hard drugs stashed in the toes of £600 shoes and boutique fitness addicts killing themselves to get lean… all in a day’s work for an at-home ‘sober nurse’. Cosmopolitan steps inside her world.

The Great Career Switch

Imagine this: you’re at the top of your game – winning gold medals, bagging an MBE, one of the most successful British female athletes of all time. Then you switch careers  and start from scratch. Victoria Pendleton doesn’t have to imagine. She did just that…

Face to Face With My Rapist

She was stalked, emotionally abused and raped. Yet Emma Riggs, 32, took back control by confronting her attacker head-on.

La Do Ice Rita

TV presenter, Oscar nominee, number one artist, actress, tabloid fodder… how does Rita Ora fit it all in? 

Stop Being An Askhole!

Always asking for advice on an unhappy situation? It’s time to do something, says Jameela Jamil.

The Rise of the Mean Girl Mafia

Public shaming and social humiliation…the way some women now fight online is actually more painful than the punches thrown by men (and there’s science to prove it). Here’s how to arm yourself… 

The Health Blogger Who Duped Us All

Our social feeds are drip-fed with their images, advice and motivational mantras. But are these seemingly warm-hearted, hard-bodied wellness superstars really selling us a load of dangerous health juju in the name of cold, hard business? Cosmopolitan investigates.

How Good (Or Bad) Is Exercise For Your Skin?

For every girl extolling the skin-clearing, face-toning, stress-busting joys of a jog, there’s a cynic citing pore-clogging sweat. So how good – or bad – is exercise for your skin? We get to the (perky) bottom of the issue…

Jessica Alba Explains Exactly How She Made $1Billion

Sure, Jessica Alba could have hung out in Hollywood, made a decent living as an A-list actress and be done with it. Instead she decided to start what’s now a billion dollar retail business. But how did she do it? Good news – she told us.

Three Stylish Parisiennes Reveal Their Fashion Secrets

Want to know how to inject a little Parisian chic into your wardrobe? Cosmopolitan meets the capital's most stylish fashion bloggers.

Is Your Spray Tan More Dangerous Than Trump?

Masks, balms, colour-changing coconut water – there’s a menagerie of fakery at our fingertips, but is it really good to glow 24/7?

It's Scarlett Johansson! And Boy She's Got A Lot To Say

Scarlett Johansson is all about that low-key life with a high-key career. Here, the Captain America: Civil War star talks smear tests, being a woman in Hollywood and that feeling when you really want to text a man but really, really shouldn't.

Does She Look Like She Needs To Worry About Wrinkles?

The skincare industry insists your millennial skin is withering as we speak and you must act now. Well, should you? 

How To Fail Successfully

The bragging résumé is dead, with CEOs and founders the world over now writing “failure CVs”instead. Here three leading women divulge their least enviable moments

The Girl Who Woke Up America

Actress, activist, fashion icon and still only 19 years old. Yara Shahidi is the new voice of Gen Z – and never have we needed her more

Get A Baywatch Body

Our gift to you this summer: the swimsuit workout Hollywood stars swear by.

Good Day Guaranteed

Feel like you’re always chasing your tail? Turns out there is an optimum time for every task. Meet the clever way to clock on… 

Your Body M.O.T

Gwyneth, The Angels… pretty much every Fitstagram star going knows it’s the key to getting strong and lithe. But do you? Read on for the new secret behind the best bodies in the business

The Wild Life Of Expats

Sunshine, sex and stacks of cash… no wonder so many women are choosing to live abroad. But is it all pool parties and promiscuity? Cosmopolitan investigates

‘Is Three Relationships Too Many?'

With his girlfriend out of town, Jack’s* wife suggests he finds a third partner

Brave New Beauty

Is tech about to revolutionise your skincare regime and transport you into a whole new universe of beautification? Joanna Taylor isn’t always convinced…

How The Gig Economy Is Killing Millennials…

I put in 18-hour days. I work in the same room I sleep in. I never know when or if I’ll be paid. I go days without speaking to anyone.

Could Your #AvoOnToast Get You Headhunted?

Quite possibly. But you’ll have to catch the eye of a new breed of talent scout first. Here’s how…

The Robot Wars

For decades, mankind has feared the day technology becomes cleverer than us. Now it’s here, and we were too busy trying to sync our Sonos to notice. Welcome to The Big Techover...

Hot-Air Health Myths... Exploded

Think you’re up to date with the basic rules of staying in shape? Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you probably aren’t…

Bling Iton

A flash of sparkle and the KiraKira app go together like chips and dips

“We're Having Our Best Sex In Years… Just Not With Other People”

Polyamory was supposed to mean endless guilt-free hook-ups for Jack * and his wife of nine years.In reality?It’shadan unexpected benefit much closer to home…

My Best Sex Ever Was… With My Ex's Best Friend

Revenge really was sweet in Lou’s * case…

“Do What You Really Enjoy”

Legendary dinner-party host SUSAN MACTAVISH-BEST, 43, CEO of Living MacTavish, serves up the lessons she’s learnt so far.