What's crossed our desks and inboxes this month, from new stores to pre-Christmas goodies.

The cost of living and the cult of ‘eating well’ in Aotearoa.

Beautifying hair continues to be both a cultural and personal tool of self-expression, identity and community.

Face, nails, hair and more, recommended by our ensemble of cool and intelligent wāhine.

The Sans [ceuticals] founder, and former hairdresser, on the philosophies that drive her in both business and beauty.

From nature to chairs, the founder shares what's behind the brand.

Three creatives from Tāmaki Makaurau's ballroom scene talk face, and how they use makeup as a tool for self-realisation.

Here's where you should give solo dining a go in the windy city.

'Why I'm pro-IUD but very much pro-double-check': a personal PSA from someone who learnt the hard way.

TikTok's been warning of an anti-alternative, anti-fun city. A strange wasteland of individuality, rinse and repeat.

Losing a parent is a tragedy we are all destined to face at some point in our lives – yet grief can feel so definitively lonely.

A single spritz of Britney's iconic fragrance is all it takes to wrench Emma Gleason back to the rhythms of suburban adolescence.