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Are You Pretending To Love Yourself?

On a good day, you can be found snapping your spa sessions and solo dates, but when things aren’t going very well, chances are you’re blaming yourself for everything that’s going wrong. Does this mean you love yourself any less? It’s a tough question, but with a little nurturing and digging deep within, you can begin the process of true self-love. Sumaiya Shuaibdeen shows you how to love yourself unapologetically.

How To: Perfect Your Liner

Only second to lipstick, this is probably one of the most commonly followed steps in everyone’s make-up routine. I still remember the Nina Ricci pencil I got when I was 13-years-old and over the years I’ve only fallen more in love with how much this seemingly random line across your lids can do for your face!

The Benefits Of Sleeping Alone

You might think sleeping in seperate beds is the beginning of the end for a couple... Not so, says millennial Sophie Haslett.

Is Your Phone Ruining Your Skin?

That ever-present mobile device effs with your attractiveness. Behold, easy fixes that don't involve a digital diet.

The Cosmo Guy

THE CHARISMATIC DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF LUXURY AYURVEDA BRAND SPA CEYLON IS ALL SET TO EMBARK ON WORLD DOMINATION. READ ALL ABOUT HIS EVOLUTION OF THE WELL-LOVED BRAND, HIS GO-TO OUTFITS AND HIS TIPS ON HOW TO HAVE THE BEST RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARTNER. TALK ABOUT STAR POWER!

Achieve Your Biggest #Goals With These Key Steps

Achieving your biggest goals can be unbelievably inspiring, but also downright terrifying. There’s a fear of the unknown, the danger of failure and potentially terrible decisions lurking around every corner. So, where does one even begin?

How to Have Your Most Productive Day Ever!

It’s happened before, and it’ll happen again: everyone is guilty of repeatedly putting things off. You tell yourself, “I’ll do it later” or “I have time…I’ll do it over the weekend.” You can hear your mom’s voice in your head sternly quoting the age-old saying, “never put off for tomorrow what you can do today,” but no matter how well-meaning you are, procrastination always seems to win.

How To Brand Yourself?

Want Zoella’s salary and Alexa’s street cred? Make yourself a brand with a little help from the people behind the world’s biggest names.

Beauty's Billion-Dollar Boss

Last year, one woman out-earned Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian. Her name: Huda Kattan, a make-up artist from Tennessee, who, quite simply, has single-handedly changed the way women look…

The Greying Anatomy

Gone are the days when grey hairs were only to be seen on your 80-year-old grandparents. In this day and age even peeps still in high school have started experiencing premature greying. Fellow canities victim, Lakshika Pinto looks for the answers.

How To Deal When An Interviewer Goes Awol

How to deal when an interviewer goes awol.

Get Ready For Wedding Season

Getting ready for a wedding can be nerve-wracking even when you're just a guest! Being Sri Lankan, you know when it's nakath season you've got a wedding almost every other week!

6 Tips To Marry Your Professional Goals With Your Love Life

Calling all ambitious millennial women! Have you ever felt that you can’t have it all — a career you’re passionate about and the man of your dreams?If you were to find love, would you have to give up on the hustle and vice versa? Shihaam Hassanali explores…

Love Is In The Hair!

February brings with it the most pressurizing date night of all-time: Valentine’s Day! As you panic over what shoes to pair with which outfit, leave your hair woes to Lakshika Pinto…

Hey, How Do I Wear… All Beige?

Without looking boring!

Your Academic Major Doesn't Define Your Career

You would’ve heard the phrase, “quit your job and follow your true passion”, but it’s not like you can just do it (Sorry, Nike!). Imagine this: You spend 4 years on a chemical engineering degree before you land your first decent job. And, you realize that this isn’t what you want to do for the rest of your life! But, you don’t have to continue with the job you dislike despite investing time, energy and a lot of money into it. Having said that, trying to pursue your true passion might seem impossible, but with the right push and a little help, better times will be around the corner!

6 Travel Tips For The Broken Hearted

It really sucks to be the one trying to get over an ex during the month of love, right? Right. Well, they say embarking on an adventure will heal a broken heart. While these aren’t foolproof, these tips, that I’ve spent years curating, should help you decide how you can spend this Valentine's. I highly recommend that you take to the road!

Bounce Off Those Inches!

When I first heard about this new, fun workout sensation in C-town called Playmore Life, I was dying to find out more. These group sessions are not your ordinary workouts, instead, you’ll be bouncing up and down on a trampoline! Over the span of one month, the team and I tried out this new form of exercise and with the help of founders Gayathri Gopal and Shamitha Hettige, rediscovered a new love for fitness. What with Christmas and New Year around the corner, getting into shape to slip into that cute bodycon is literally #goals!

How Do You Manage Regrets In The Workplace?

We’ve all made choices in our professional lives that may leave us shaking our heads wondering. ‘what was I even thinking?’ but, the question is if you could, would you want to go back and do it differently? If your career choices are keeping you up at night, stave off the misgivings with these tips.

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.

Effed Up At A Colleague's Party?

You can still save the day!

How To Make A Long-distance Relationship Work!

Relationships are hard, but long-distance ones are the worst because they often don’t work out. Sure, they can be loving, intense and even passionate,but when the going gets tough, the relationship can’t be properly tested because you’re not physically together. Developing a romantic connection,especially if you’re in it for the long haul, requires plenty of commitment and, above all, action—two foundations that are hard to implement in an LDR. But while being apart is challenging, there are some LDRs that grow and thrive.

The Ultimate Cycle Workout To Shed Those Pesky Kilos

Squeeze in a workout,skip traffic and soak up some scenery. When you put it that way, biking sounds pretty awesome.Turn the page to get started.

How To Deal With Detoxification!

It’s become the new buzzword among influencers and health addicts, but very few of us understand its core.

Learn To Love What You Do

Your Nine-To-Five Doesn't Have to Suck You Dry.

Is He Your Soulmate? Find Out Now

He is cute and funny, and shares your obsession with True-Crime Shows - How could you two not be meant to be? Here's how: The factors that make couples really click aren't the one's you'd expect. Allow us to explain.

Are Young Women Totally Over The Pill?

Lately, I’ve felt like I’m the last millennial still on the Pill.

Why Do We Love Being Submissive In The Bedroom?

During Office Hours, We're All 'power to the Woman!' So Why Are So Many Feminists Happy to Hand Over the Reins Behind Closed Doors?

Would You Give Up Sex For Love?

Would You Give Up Sex For Love?

Why Are Female Friendships So Complicated?

Gossiping, backstabbing, side-taking, alienating — ever launched or been hit by these weapons of friendship destruction? Find out what brings them out, and what you can do to keep them away.