Milly Alcock’s Supergirl Is A Delightful Disaster. The Movie Doesn’t Always...
When you first meet Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl in DC’s latest blockbuster, Supergirl, she’s drunk. She’s a mess of a woman — dishevelled, dissociating from her trauma, and self-medicating with alcohol,...
View ArticleHow To Get Tickets To Olivia Rodrigo’s Music Festival, Daisy Chain Fields
Livies, this is not a drill. Olivia Rodrigo has announced the successor to Lilith Fair, which launched in 1997. In the ’90s, Sarah McLachlan created a concert tour to help champion female artists and...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About Hypochlorous Acid, A Summer Skin Hero
How annoying is it having combination skin this time of year? You might be feeling dry from the air conditioning, while the heat and sweat are also triggering breakouts. You don’t want to treat the...
View ArticleA Week In Chicago, Illinois On A $4,059 Salary
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...
View ArticleI Thought PDRN Creams Were A Scam — Until I Tried This One
Ever since PDRN entered our collective consciousness through buzzy treatments like Rejuran (the K-beauty brand that helped popularize the “salmon sperm facial”), the ingredient has swiftly made its...
View ArticleThe Best Sunscreens Of 2026, According To Our SPF-Obsessed Editors
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View ArticleFashion People Keep Carrying This Bag With Everything Right Now
I’m a firm believer that a handbag can make or break an outfit. It has the power to transform an entire look, dressing it up for a night out or keeping it effortlessly grounded. And in summer — when...
View Article12 Non-Cheesy Fourth Of July Nail Ideas You’ll Actually Want To Wear
The Fourth of July might still be a couple of weeks away, but it’s never too early to let your trusted nail tech know exactly what kind of vibe you’re going for this Independence Day, whether you’ll...
View ArticleFrom The Hunger Games & Scooby-Doo To New Music: When Does Mckenna Grace Have...
Mckenna Grace might just be the hardest-working woman in young Hollywood. She started her career at five years old and has played younger versions of Brie Larson, Margot Robbie, Kiernan Shipka, and...
View ArticleI Got The Curve Cut — & It’s The ’90s Hair Trend I Didn’t Know I Missed
There are countless things I miss about the ’90s: magazine quizzes (“Which celebrity would be your best friend?”), talking for hours on a landline phone (it just hit different), and that owning...
View ArticleThese Photos Celebrate The Joy & Intimacy Of Queer Friendship
From the community created between queer Black artists during The Harlem Renaissance in the ’20s and the life-giving friendships between lesbians and the gay men they aided by bedside during the AIDS...
View ArticleA Week In Washington, D.C. On A $116,000 Salary
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...
View ArticleThis Hotel Is A Sensory Reset Without Leaving the Mix
If you’re like us, you’ve talked yourself out of a lot of good decisions and into a few bad ones because you couldn’t tell what was actually worth it. VETTED is here to help. Whether it’s a product, a...
View ArticleHayley Kiyoko On Girls Like Girls & Making The Queer Coming-Of-Age Movie She...
We have a series at Refinery29 called “Blank Made Me Gay” where writers unpack pieces of media from their youth that led to or affirmed their sexual awakenings. For Gabriel Korn, it was the early...
View ArticleSummer’s Biggest Trend Is Also The Easiest To Wear
When the summer humidity hits full throttle, the absolute last thing anyone wants to do is spend twenty minutes staring blankly into a closet trying to construct a cohesive outfit. The sheer mental...
View ArticleA New Wave Of Lip Plumpers Is Here — But Are They Better?
I’ll never forget the first time I tried a lip plumper. I was in 8th-grade history class when one of my best friends, Claire, pulled out a cinnamon-red (and cinnamon-spiced) tube of shimmery gloss...
View Article19 Viral Finds Refinery29 Readers Can’t Stop Buying
May was undoubtedly a big shopping month thanks to all the Memorial Day sales, especially from retailers like Wayfair, Abercrombie & Fitch, Medik8, and Natrium. And let's not forget Nordstrom's...
View ArticleGLP1-s Were Life-Changing For My PMOS — Then I Wanted My Old Face Back
Take a breath and reserve your judgment — at 25, after nearly two years on a GLP-1 medication, I’ve never felt better. I was 19 when I realized I felt trapped in my own body. I’d gained 30 kilos in...
View Article14 Last-Minute Father’s Day Gifts That Won’t Disappoint
Since Father’s Day has a habit of sneaking up on us, we've become quite skilled at the whole last-minute (not to be mistaken with lazy!) gift thing. After all, the internet was built for convenience,...
View ArticleWhich Dyson Hair Tools Are Actually Worth It? An Investigation
A brief history lesson: In 2016, Dyson made the industry-upending announcement of the Supersonic hair dryer — and truthfully, the category has never been the same. Until then, Dyson was known as an...
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