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Self-massage: a few simple steps

Easy self massage The soaring popularity of massage is no surprise given the many benefits it has for body and mind, from relaxation and pain relief to stimulation.Massage doesn't...

Alcohol depression: How to get over the post boozing blues

Getting over alcohol depression Get over the booze blues In addition to the physical headache of a hangover, it's not unusual to depressed, have a growing sense of anxiety, and...

Diabulimia Is The 'World's Most Dangerous Eating Disorder' You Probably Don't Know About

Most people are familiar with the most common types of eating disorders - anorexia nervosa and bulimia - but there's a new breed threatening the lives of up to 40% of women aged...

Bad News Gym Bunnies, Working Out Is Giving You Wrinkles

Guys, brace yourselves for some news that will make you hate the gym even more (sorry): it could be causing irreversible damage to your face. Yep, while a workout is amazing for...

Unbelievably, Half Of Men Don't Know Where The Vagina Is

In today's men-are-the-worst news, a new study has found that 50% of biological males can't locate the main female sex organ on a human body which is all sorts of worrying. The...

This Morning Viewers Moved To Tears By Show's Former Producer Left Paralysed By Severe Nut Allergy

This Morning viewers and presenters alike were left moved by Monday morning's episode which featured an emotional reunion with the show's former producer Amy Shead who's been...

Meet The Woman Born Without A Vagina

Kaylee Moats was born with a condition that effects only 1 in 5,000 newborn girls - she is without genitals which means she's yet to have a period or sex, at the age of 22. Now...

Positive Quotes To Get You Through Your Day

We all have those days that are a struggle from start to finish - those mornings when you wake up and you already want to it to be the evening, snuggled up in bed with Netflix...

Unicorn Menstrual Cups Could Convince You To Never Buy Another Tampon Again

It's popular opinion that making menstruating women pay tax on sanitary products is a great injustice. Most recently, Tesco announced plans to cough up this tax on behalf of the...

A Bad Night's Sleep Could Be The Reason You're Gaining Weight

There's nothing worse than counting down the hours until you're safely tucked up in your bed only for you to be tossing and turning, unable to drift off, when you finally get there...

A Teenager Sh*t Herself In Public After White Stuff Store Refused Access To Their Toilet

When you need to go, you need to go. We've all experienced the desperation of busting for a wee - just look at the girls' toilet queue in any nightclub on a Saturday night - but...

34 Yoga Quotes To Inspire That Downward Dog

If life (work, social plans, texting everyone back) is leaving you feeling *frazzled*, yoga could be just the calm you're searching for. But if you've ever been hesitant to start...

Woman Posts Inspiring Before & After Pictures Of Her Heroin Addiction To Help Others

Everyone who has ever suffered with addiction knows that bad habits are hard to kick. And those close to someone who has suffered with addiction know this just as well. Melissa...

This Woman's Side-By-Side Photos Show Endometriosis Is 'No Joke'

Endometriosis isn't the enigma it once was thanks to the likes of Lena Dunham, Halsey and Julianne Hough, but it's still a condition that many of us don't understand. But Thessy...

There's An App That Texts You To Stop Drinking Like A Moaning Parent

A new Australian app promises to help you curb your hangovers by sending you regular text messages on your night out that replicate the naggy texts your mum sends when she expects...

Doctors Remove 27 Contact Lenses From Pensioner's Eye

Most contact lens-wearers are all too familiar with the painful consequences of forgetting to remove them pre-disco nap or post night-out. But spare a thought for this 67-year-old...

Study Shows That Being Hangry Is Actually A Real Thing

It's a study that should have been at the forefront of scientific research if you ask us, but maybe that's just because we haven't had our afternoon snack yet. Research has uncovered...

This Woman Got Real About Her Two Stone Weight Gain & It's Inspiring AF

Considering the gazillion transformation photos flooding our Instagram feeds each day, we have to admit it's rare that they ever actually inspire us to put down that slice of...

Scotland Is Giving Women On The Poverty Line Free Tampons

In a world where we women are required to pay tax on vital hygiene products, it's refreshing to hear news of an initiative that's attempting to make the time of the month more...

Unprotected Oral Sex Is Leading To A Rise In Untreatable STDs

It's easy to forget that using protection when it comes to sex isn't just to prevent you getting pregnant, but also to stop you getting an STI. Which means that your protection...

17 Celebs Who Have Spoken Out About Their Mental Health

Mental health has often been described as a "growing epidemic", with men and women being affected equally.  But the thing is, mental illness does not discriminate. It can affect...

You Can Now Buy The Morning After Pill Off The Shelf At Superdrug And It's Half Price

Sheepishly dragging yourself (and your one night stand, depending on how much of a gentleman he is) to the pharmacy the morning after the night before is a rite of passage for women...

This Mum Was Left Paralysed After An Orgasm Led To A Brain Haemorrhage

There are plenty of things that you just don't want to happen when you're getting fresh: losing 'momentum', accidentally spotting yourself in the mirror at an unflattering angle...

People Are Getting Massaged With Knives As A Stress Reliever

The latest massage craze is here and it's not for the faint-hearted: in Taipei, Taiwan, customers are visiting masseuse Hsiao Mei Fang to get one of her famed knife massages. Yep...

This Drug-Free Miracle Gel Could Be The Answer To All Your IBS Struggles

If you're an IBS sufferer, you'll know the anxiety of being 10 yards away from a toilet all too well. You can't even mention bread or cheese without breaking into the panic sweats...

Bottoms Up! Gin Could Be The New Miracle Cure For Hay Fever

We love us some summer, but the excuse to eat as much ice cream as we want whenever we want comes at a hefty price for a large majority of the population, who are unfortunate...

Women Are Piping Ozone Gas Into Their Vaginas And It Could Kill You

While it's positive progress that women are being increasingly encouraged to take care of their vaginal well being, we can't help but think some people are taking advantage of...

Apparently There Are Only 5 Types Of Vagina - Which One Do You Have?

The rise of beautifying our lady gardens beyond regular trims has reached its peak with more women than ever being encouraged to treat their vaginas with the same amount of tender...

The Rash From This Woman's Bra Turned Out To Be Stage 4 Breast Cancer

When Jennifer Cordts first noticed a red sunburn-like rash on her breast in 2015, she thought it would be best to get a mammogram to double check. Her test came back normal but...

People Are Putting Wasp Nests Up Their Vaginas 'To Improve Their Sex Lives'

We're almost halfway through the year and just when you were thinking we'd reached peak 2017 when vegan bloggers started advising (and encouraging) women to stop their periods...

How I Turned My Spa-phobic Boyfriend Into A Massage Fanatic

Going to a spa retreat is one of those things you always want to do as a couple but what if your boyfriend is seriously freaked out by being touched by a stranger. There's nothing...

Do Tequila Plants Really Hold The Key To Strong Bones?

That Sunday-morning regret of having downed too many tequila slammers the night before is an all-too familiar feeling for some of us. But what if we told you that while the Mexican...

A Gym Has Started Napping Classes To Save Tired Parents

Have you ever looked at a class at the gym and thought, "No matter who else is in that class, I would be the best." No, neither have we - UNTIL NOW. One gym - also known as our...

This Woman Was Blinded By Her Contact Lenses

For plenty of people, contact lenses are a necessary part of life. They are notoriously fiddly, not to mention hard to get used to. And bloody hell, don't ever leave them in over...

Diet Coke Might Have Zero Calories But It's Making You Mad, Apparently

Diet Coke is considered a life saver to myself and - I predict - much of the employed population. The can't-quite-describe-it-tasting dark stuff fills the void made by the absence...

There's A Real-life Wine Therapy Spa And We've Already Packed Our Bags

When you ask a woman what is most precious to her in the world, she will answer with two things: wine first, and spa days second. We can't help it, they are what we love and cherish...

The Japanese Adult Wrapping Trend Is As Terrifying As It Sounds

*Warning* those suffering with claustrophobia should proceed with caution, because this is the stuff of nightmares. We get it, the Japanese like to get innovative with their products...

A Feminine Hygiene Brand Is Donating 200,000 Sanitary Products To Help Combat Period Poverty

Teenage girls are fashioning tampons out of socks and tissues because they can't afford proper sanitary products, it was found last week. In light of the so-called 'period poverty'...

Teenage Girls Are Making Make-shift Tampons Out Of Socks Because They Can't Afford To Buy Them

A shocking new discovery has revealed young girls are skipping school during their periods because they can't afford to buy sanitary products, forcing them to fashion make-shift...

This Woman's Smart Phone Burned Her Boob And It Should Be A Lesson To Us All

A mother-of-one is warning women everywhere to not keep their phones in their bras after her Samsung Galaxy S7 handset scarred her boob with a nasty-looking 'hot and seeping wound'...

You Can Now Clone Your Own Vagina Because It's 2017 And This Is The Kinda Body Confidence We Live For

You may consider yourself a body-confident, sassy, babin' empowered female but erm, have you even cloned your lady garden though? Yep, setting your vagina in silicone and framing...

Can You Really Learn How To Be Happy? Apparently, You Can!

For some of us, happiness is found in the simplest of life’s pleasures: like watching Trolls for the 15th time, or eating a Creme egg without interruptions. But for others, ‘turn...

Can A Massage Help With Trauma? We Tried To Find Out

We all enjoy a good massage. It's relaxing and quite possibly the best way to spend your day off. But beyond its relaxation effects, can a massage help your mental wellbeing?...

8 Ways To Avoid Party Burnout So You Can Slay Your Social Calendar

We've all been there: it's party season and you've got 101 social engagements that you can't squirm your way out. The family want to see you as do your girl gangs when all you...

'Last Images' Lets People Share Last Photos Of Loved Ones And It's Heartbreaking

A Reddit thread has emerged which allows users to post the last photo of their loved ones before they passed away. And whilst could be seen as an exercise in self-torture, what...

We Tried Casper's New Mattress To See If It Could Transform Our Night's Sleep

A good night’s sleep is underrated. Think how good you feel waking up after a top night’s kip: the air seems fresher; the walk to work easier. Imagine skipping and dancing into...

A Marriage Made In Heaven! This Canary Islands Wedding Is The Dream

Fayna and Anton’s dream was to get married by the sea. They were looking for a place with gorgeous cliff views, palm trees and good weather on a dream island. I mean, we can all...

Review: We Visited The Belsfield Laura Ashley Hotel And Felt Incredibly Fancy

The UK is tense. And if the UK is tense, then London is the knot in its back. So there really is no better time to escape from the big bad city - 278 miles away to be exact, to...

Mayor of London Bans Body-Shaming Advertising And It's A Mini Victory For Us All

No one wants to see impossibly sculpted bodies staring back at us, making us feel bad about forever making excuses to skip the gym, let alone on the morning commute, so we're...

I Trialled The Latest Detox Treatment And It Made Me Feel Zen AF

Not a week goes by without some sort of beauty/health/fitness/all of the above trend doing the rounds on social media and the latest offering is a treatment named the Iyashi Dome...

People Are Getting Seriously Burned By Their Margaritas And It Should Be A Warning To Us All This Summer

There ain't nothing better than an ice-cold cocktail on a hot summer's day, but put down that margarita for a second and read this, 'cos you could be putting yourself at risk...

17 Things That Are All Too Real For Girls With Chronic Period Pain

Periods, they ain't nice for anyone. But when the worst time of the month is made all the more horrific by cramps so bad they feel like you're being violently kicked in the lower body...

Motivational Before & After Weight Loss Pictures

The fat rolls are finally gone! The best motivation in the fight against major pounds are good role models. After all, we all can do it! We only need the necessary bite and enough...

We Got Ourselves A Stand Up Desk, Here's Why You Should Too

Like fashion, office fads come and go. The 5:2 diet, the use of the word 'synergy' and weekly 'team-building' days. The stand-up desk may seem like another one of these fads,...

10 Things All Coeliac Sufferers Know To Be True

A gluten-free diet is no easy feat but if it stops you eating all the complimentary breadsticks and nearly pooping yourself mid-meal, it can be classed as a successful one. Coeliac...

This Amazing New Bra Could Help Us Detect Early Signs Of Breast Cancer

A frightening 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, so checking those baps regularly for any sign of change should be *top* of your to-do list. But thanks...

23 Stages Every Girl Goes Through When Having A Bath

If you need an excuse to cancel all plans to be social, we feel you. After all, you deserve it! So put your feet up, well, snake 'em around the taps and enjoy a soak with soapy...

22 Things Everyone Who Lives To Sleep Will Understand

Let's hear it for the constantly sleepy people of the world -'cos feeling like you're about to fall asleep at any minute, all day every day... is tiring work! #amiright?! Whether...

This Gym Is Using A Billboard Campaign To Fat-Shame People Into Joining

Gym Fit4Less in Derbyshire are causing a stir with their new advertisement - and not in a good way. After receiving complaints for the fat-shaming billboard, the gym have confirmed...

Everything You Need To Know About Endometriosis

Girls creator and queen of our hearts Lena Dunham underwent emergency surgery for a ruptured ovarian cyst recently. It turns out she'd been suffering from a severe case of endomet...