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Friendship isn’t always convenient. If you’ve been friends with someone for long enough, you know this. Chances are you’ve seen each other through breakups , bad decisions, career crises, and phases you’d both rather forget. You’ve also probably had to help them move, babysat their kids, pick them up from the airport or deal with the highs and lows of adulting. In an era of hyper individualism ,…
As professional online shoppers, Refinery29 Most Wanted writers have a spidey sense for the best virtual sales and limited-time offers. Whether it's a rare Sephora sale or Nordstrom Rack's constant stream of deals, where there's a clearance rack, there's an R29 shopping editor ready to size up its price-slashed goods. Today, we bring you the best sales across fashion, beauty, wellness, and home…
If there's one thing we've learned from Refinery29 readers' shopping habits, it's that you love a good brand collaboration (just like us). But among a sea of new partnerships, it can be hard to fish out the best of the best collabs. That's why we're stepping in, sharing the best beauty and fashion partnerships worth carting up. This week, there are several exciting launches from reader-favorite…
The French girl aesthetic will simply never go out of style, from pairing a bold red lip with classic Chanel ballet flats to perching at a café while sipping Maison Perrier sparkling water. And though Paige DeSorbo isn’t Parisian, she says: “I feel French,” listing her love for capris, croissants, and French kisses. The French kiss in question, though, is with Maison Perrier’s new line of…
Josh Hutcherson has been a constant in our millennial lives . From tearing our hearts out in Bridge to Terabithia (still reeling from that movie), to making us fall in love with him in The Hunger Games , and becoming a comedy star in I Love LA , is there anything he can’t do? And now, he’s putting his name behind an initiative to save and rescue abandoned animals . We’re swooning. The star is a…
It’s Virgo season! From August 22nd to September 22nd , the sun will be in the empathetic, wise, patient, and nurturing sign of Virgo. This period of the year always makes us nostalgic for the shavings of No. 2 pencils from elementary school perfuming the air (since class is in session), the turning of the leaves as summer ends and fall begins, and the juncture to start rewatching Gilmore Girls…
Warning: This article discusses grief, illness and death. How many times have you looked at your friend’s number on your phone, your thumb hovering over the dial button...then felt you couldn’t disturb them and locked the screen? Years ago, when my mom had to spend a couple of weeks in the hospital, I found myself doing just that. I’ve done it more times than I can remember. It’s easy to feel like…
I’ll never forget the first time I bought makeup at Sephora. It was a few weeks before my 21st birthday, and one of my best friends came along to help me shop for my first-ever full glam (before then, lip gloss was about as far as I’d ventured). I knew immediately that I wanted to use Fenty Beauty, and my makeup-obsessed bestie happily helped me find my perfect match in the brand’s matte…
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. This week: A teller working in banking who makes $22.06 an hour and spends some of it on a custom poem. If you’d like to submit your own Money Diary, you can do so via our online form .…
There’s something so undeniably cool about a comfortable outfit that manages to look incredibly chic at the same time. Right now, fashion lovers are anchoring those not-trying-too-hard looks with—the reason why we’re here—drawstring pants. Yes, easy-to-pull-and-go, adjustable trousers are having quite the moment. In addition to spotting several ladies wearing them during Copenhagen Fashion Week ,…
When Selena Gomez released her inaugural fragrance for Rare Beauty , it quickly became one of my breakout favorite scents of 2025. Truthfully, I didn’t think she could outdo herself less than a year after such a successful first foray into the perfume world, but then she did just that earlier this month. Her sophomore scent, Rare Beginnings (which arguably makes a better name for a debut, but…
On August 7, I turned 34. Birthdays have always made me reflective. During my new season, I take some time to think about where I am, where I thought I would be, what I’ve accomplished, what I still want, and how much of my childhood continues to influence the woman I’ve become. This year, though, turning 34 felt different . For the first time, I found myself really sitting with the fact that I am…
Before Sephora tweens were even born, Drunk Elephant had already made a name for itself with buzzy skincare formulas that inspire fervent fanbases. And after more than a decade (and one $845 million acquisition deal later), the brand is finally giving its community a bucket-list product: foundation . (Sort of — more on that later.) Drunk Elephant isn’t exactly a stranger to the makeup-skincare…
Kevin “KevOnStage” and Melissa Fredericks are the hardest-working couple in independent media. The pair has turned their natural humor and 20+ years of partnership and parenting into a creative empire. Military brats who spent their childhoods traveling the globe, the pair met in high school and quickly became friends. Both athletic and churchy, with a special love for FUBU, Kev and Melissa began…
JoJo remembers her rise to fame with remarkable clarity — particularly the ferry ride into New Jersey to record her self-titled debut album, JoJo — because of how it smelled. A brand-new CD case. The papery scent of album liner notes. The warm, aromatic pull of the sandwich shop across the street from the studio. Those memories are embedded in her, as permanent as a signature scent. “I was bullied…
