WHY GOING TO A YOGA CLASS IS BETTER THAN PRACTISING AT HOME
Stretching into the downward dog and completing a vinyasa with your favourite teacher in the comfort of your own home? Yes please! With the recent increase of vloggers and yoga apps, you can do just that.
THE VEGAN CRAZE:
IS IT JUST A PHASE?
The latest craze was ‘Veganuary’, adopting a vegan diet by cutting out meat, fish and dairy. With the likes of Beyoncé and Brad Pitt praising the diet, its popularity has peaked and the official Veganuary survey concluded that 12,800 people officially signed up for the month, with the UK having the second highest amount of participants.
TOO MUCH EXERCISE IS NOT ENOUGH
A new study suggests spending hours at the gym in a bid to burn fat is a waste of time.
TO DETOX, OR NOT TO DETOX
The phenomenon of ‘detoxing’ is perfect for us, as all we need to do is drink tea and the weight will miraculously disappear. At least, this is what the banners and leaflets say. For a couple of years, detoxes have been heavily promoted by marketing companies that promise you will lose weight quickly and efficiently. But is it really the case?
WHY SOCIAL MEDIA OVERUSE IS A TICKING RELATIONSHIP TIME(LINE)-BOMB
We’ve all been there; casually procrastinating from our workloads and scrolling through our social media timelines at our desks, desperately seeking to escape the mundane surroundings of our daily routines. The stories we tend to find are typically similar: the ‘controversial’ friend updating their followers on their (keyboard-warrior-provoking) slant on today’s news stories, the secondary school acquaintance whose just had a baby and feels the need to commentate its second-by-second progress to the entire world, and finally the work colleague who cannot stop gushing about their newfound ‘soulmate’ (who they’ve known for two weeks).
TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION vs MINDFULNESS: WHICH IS BETTER?
Do you use Twitter? Are you always scrolling through your Instagram feed? Do you find that your mind is full of countless different thoughts and you can’t slow them down? The answer is probably yes. We’re surrounded by apps and faced with a constant stream of news. Basically, we don’t know how to switch off. With high profile celebrities, like Zayn Malik and Oprah vouching for Transcendental Meditation, and Emma Watson and Gwyneth Paltrow insisting that mindfulness has changed their lives, these two forms of stress relief have helped bring meditation to the forefront of our lives.
CHOCOLATE IS THE ANSWER, WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
LIVING WITH DEPRESSION
I’m sitting in my room, mascara streaming down my face from the tears and I can’t remember the last time I ever felt happy.
That’s not because I wasn’t happy last month when I was on holiday, or last week when I had lunch with my mum or yesterday when I had a catch up with friends. It’s because whatever has set me off feeling so terrible again today means I cannot focus on anything else but negativity.
IS HARMING ANIMALS REALLY JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF BEAUTY?
You can get away with murder, all in the name of animal testing. Poisoning, shocking, burning and killing animals, are all in a day’s work for vivisectionists around the world. If these acts were committed outside the walls of a laboratory, you would be facing a lengthy jail sentence. But that new foundation of yours makes harming innocent animals worth it, right?
H&M BEAUTY GETS AN ORGANIC MAKEOVER
H&M is taking bold strides in the beauty industry with its latest makeup offering.
Taking inspiration from their sustainable clothing line ‘Conscious Collection’, the high street retailer has turned its hand to cosmetics with the launch of an organic makeup range, H&M Conscious.
Smashing avocado, spiralising courgette, cold pressing kale – these are just some of the lengths we will go to ensure our bodies get the right nutrients. What if the thing we try to avoid, our old friend (and foe) the humble bar of chocolate is the answer?