This Suitcase Will Charge Your Phone (& Now You Can Personalize It)
Illustration by Jen Mussari.Photo: Nate Poekert.If there were such thing as an "It" suitcase, the Away carry-on would be just that. The bag boasts an unbreakable (yet super lightweight) shell and a...
View ArticleHow To Deal With A Dead Loved One's Belongings
Illustrated by Mallory Heyer.As a professional organizer in New York City, a big part of my job is helping clients declutter and hone in on which items are necessary and positive additions to their...
View ArticleHow To Keep In Touch With Former Coworkers Without Being Annoying
Photographed by Eva K. Selvi.Office life is full of rituals: the act of secretly passing around a birthday card, the overnight bags littering the office on a Friday before a long weekend, the airing of...
View ArticleThis Teen Show Just Tackled TV's Last Dating Taboo
Photo: Courtesy of ABC.Last night, a huge secret was revealed on The Fosters, the Freeform teen show about a blended family. After hiding it for months, Callie (Maia Mitchell), the Fosters' recently...
View ArticleThe Fashion Bloggers Re-Branding Kosovo
Leaning against the doorway of a Kosovo cafe, I am waiting for somebody named Rita. I don’t know much about her: I do know she’s young, in her 20s, and that she’s one of the first fashion bloggers to...
View ArticleA Week In Boston On A $14,000 Salary
Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We asked a millennial woman how she spends her hard-earned money during a seven-day...
View Article11 Photos Of A Woman Who Escaped Slavery In The U.S. That Will Break Your Heart
When we think of human trafficking, more often than not we think of people who have been bought, sold, and forced to perform sexual acts. But while sexual slavery is a horrifying form of exploitation...
View ArticleMAC's Latest Collaboration Is Kind Of Random, But We're Down
Photo: Courtesy of MAC. Beauty lovers and science-fiction nerds stans, rejoice: Your favorite makeup brand and sci-fi franchise are collaborating for the collection of a lifetime. This September, MAC...
View ArticleWe Can Totally Identify With Ashton Kutcher's Uber Problem
Photo: Jim Smeal/BEI/BEI/Shutterstock. Keeping our Uber rating pristine is high on our list of priorities. Apparently the same goes for celebrities; they've got to worry about their scores just like...
View ArticleYou Need To See How Much Brows Have Changed Over The Years
If you saw a photo of a woman with stick-straight hair and a middle part, or another with fluffy hair and permed bangs, you would immediately recognize the decade (hello disco '70s and not so tasteful...
View ArticleWe Had No Idea You Could Do THIS With Cauliflower
Once the vegetable our moms would have to beg us to try ("just a bite!"), today, we can't get enough of cauliflower. It practically defines the word versatile: it's a great stand-in to help make...
View ArticleThis Contouring Hack Will Save You So Much Money
As the unofficial contouring guru here at Refinery29, I've tried just about every type of face-sculpting product out there, from basic powders to long-lasting tantouring. But despite all the different...
View ArticleSorry, Younger, But Your Big Finale Kiss Was Wrong On So Many Levels
Sutton Foster and Richard MasurPhoto: Courtesy of TV Land.I love a big kiss, especially when it’s the culmination of months of buildup, romantic moments, and will-they-or-won’t-they tension. For two...
View ArticleIs Khloé Kardashian Feeling “Helpless” About Lamar Odom?
Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.After a pretty epic Easter celebration with the family — including ex-husband Lamar Odom — Khloé Kardashian posted a few disheartening tweets. It is unclear what the...
View ArticleRowan Blanchard's Catcalling Experience Brought Her To Feminism
Photo: Katie Jones/WWD/REX/Shutterstock. A form of harassment, that unfortunately, all too many women face, led 14-year-old Rowan Blanchard to start speaking up about feminism. While talking with...
View Article5 Salons That Are Bringing Back Nail Art
Nail art may be cool again, but there was a time not so long ago when its popularity was on the brink of extinction. You can chalk its endangered status up to design fatigue, or just an over-saturation...
View ArticleThe Winter Skin Problem No One Talks About (& How To Fix It)
You don’t need Al Roker, a weather app, or an Instagram feed full of pictures of your friends’ dashboard thermometers to tell you it’s cold. Most of us can tell by how our skin looks. When the polar...
View Article10 Decluttering Hacks Every Millennial Needs To Know
Have you been staring at the same pile of stuff in the corner of your apartment for weeks upon weeks? We’re right there with you. While we wish we could just close our eyes and our clutter would...
View ArticleHelpful Hacks Every Cat-Owner Should Know
Life is hard, but these hacks can help make your day a little bit easier.Having a pet can be expensive, but cleaning up after your feline friend doesn't have to clean out your wallet, too. You already...
View ArticleThe Diagnosis I Never Expected Was Revealed To Me On TV
Photographed by Eva K. Salvi Last year, my wife and I were on a reality show, and while some situations were planned or manipulated, what viewers saw of our relationship was real. And like real life,...
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