“Bright, but lacks concentration and doesn’t apply herself....”
My much asked for ADHD diagnosis journey - strap in.
The Powder Room
Mirror-moment confessions shared with strangers who feel like soulmates - reflections on beauty culture, identity and more with award-winning beauty journalist Anita Bhagwandas.
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How does wearing make up really make you feel?
A guide to reclaiming make-up as the joyful and rebellious tool it once was...
Meet “Pilates Girl” - the manosphere’s favourite beauty standard...
How did a workout devised by a WWI prisoner become code for right wing femininity?
I’ve been to over 200 festivals - and this is the beauty kit that you actually need...
What's actually worth packing for a festival ,and everything learned the hard way...
Somebody left deodorant on my desk and it’s haunted me since…
Some workplace memories fade. Others quietly shape how you move through the world for the rest of your life…
"Lipstick can still feel a risk for women who are already hypersexualized in culture"
Author and cultural critic Eileen G'Sell unpacks lipstick's fascinating history, and how it went from moral panic to everyday ritual...
Bored of your makeup bag? Here’s the fix...
The low-effort, no-BS products I reach for when I want to look good, fast.
We’re Allowed to Call Women Ugly Again
What happens when judging women’s bodies stops being controversial - and starts being entertainment again?
Grief doesn’t truly leave us, even if the tattoos fade...
Some thoughts on smell, grief and tattoos all rolled into one....
I visited a "longevity village" - and it made me question everything I thought about ageing
Ogimi blew my mind in so many unexpected ways...
These Japanese beauty buys have TOTALLY changed my beauty routine...
No exaggeration.
Are Dirty Girls The New Clean Girls - Part Two...
Click here to read the first instalment of my essay on dirt!
Are dirty girls are the new clean girls?
The slobby revolution is here; but not everyone get's to look like they haven't washed for a week...
New year, new vibes...
A little update on life and what's to come for The Powder Room in 2026...
This Quiet Beauty Habit Changes Everything
How I’m Reclaiming Beauty (and My Headspace) in 2026...
My Hope for 2026? The Word “Aesthetic” Dies for Good...
"Aesthetic Culture" is harming us way more than we realise...
Why Egg Freezing Feels Like Failing and Winning at the Same Time
The messy truth about fertility, self-worth and the versions of ourselves we left behind.
A Gift Guide for People Who Hate Gift Guides
Here's my antidote to the generic gift guides you’ve already scrolled past 47 times today...
The Pain Olympics of Pretty: Does Being Hot Hurt as Much as Being Ignored?
The beauty hierarchy hurts everyone, differently...
Read this before you believe 40 is old…
I thought 40 meant fading and fighting to be seen, turns out it's a major levelling up....