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Using Coca-Cola to enhance your tan is a dangerous, damaging trend

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As the sun comes out, loads of us feel a desperate need to get a tan.

Using Coca-Cola to enhance your tan is a dangerous, damaging trend

We’ll do whatever it takes. Sit in a sunbed (please don’t sit in a sunbed, it’s terrible for your skin). Smother ourselves in the fake stuff. Use those sickly lotions that promise to develop into a gradual tan.

And apparently, a lot of people have been swayed into using Coca-Cola as self-tanner – using it to enhance their tan, speed up the tanning process, and top up their brownness.

People using the trick rub… Read the full story


Single this summer? This app will guarantee you a holiday romance…

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Romance, this way. (Pic: Getty)

Wouldn’t it be great if instead of planning ahead or leaving the prospect of a holiday romance to the last minute, you could set the ball rolling before you touched down in the Mediterranean?

Well, thank the good people of Badoo – they’ve made that possible.

They’re aware that there are few things as glorious as a holiday fling.

You head abroad for a break; a vacation in an exotic land just to unwind, but end up falling head over heels… well, for a week, at least!

For months afterwards the story of you and Alejandro rolling around Mallorca is your go-to anecdote.

Yoga Girl wants you stop calling her ‘brave’ for showing off her post-partum body

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Body positivity has been an undeniable source for good.

It’s helped a lot of women accept their bodies by celebrating what ‘normal’ actually looks like.

Using Coca-Cola to enhance your tan is a dangerous, damaging trend

But there is a tendency to go overboard – and one Instagrammer wants us to stop being so OTT in the way we commend new mums for doing every day things.

Yoga Girl – AKA Rachel Brathen – says since giving birth to her daughter 13 weeks ago, she’s become sick of reading comments from well-wishers calling her ‘brave’ for showing off her post-partum body.

‘If I have… Read the full story

Guy creates the tiniest origami cranes we’ve ever seen

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A man who has mastered the art of origami over a period of three years, after learning while visiting a friend in South Korea, is now making some of the tiniest origami cranes we’ve ever seen.

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David Kawai was inspired to start making only the tiniest of cranes after deciding he wanted to see whether there was a limit to how small they could go.

‘I was inspired to fold the smallest one I could because I enjoy challenging myself in general,’ David tells Metro.co.uk.

While the only piece of origami David… Read the full story

Guy heads into work in a dress after being sent home for wearing shorts

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The past few days have been sweltering – so much so that even ice creams in shop freezers are melting, and supermarkets all over are down to their last few fans. 

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Most of us have worn shorts and dresses in this heat – both wanting to cool off and also catch a tan (of course). But one guy was seriously unlucky, as he was told by his employers that he wasn’t allowed to wear shorts to work.

20-year-old Joey Barge, from Buckinghamshire, works in a call centre.

On the hottest day of… Read the full story

22 reasons why Worcester is the absolute best place to live in the UK

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Beautiful Worcester (Picture: Chris Mellor/Getty)

There’s no place like home – but there is definitely no place like Worcester.

The Faithful City may have been recently referred to as average but anyone who is lucky enough to live here knows it is anything but.

We may not be as big as other cities such as Manchester, Birmingham or Liverpool and we may not be considered as vibrant as Bristol, London or Glasgow but Worcester has plenty to offer.

People may move away but their heart will always belong to the Woo, here’s why.

1. The Cathedral

20 British ice creams and ice lollies ranked from worst to best

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The weather is getting hotter and hotter, which means it’s the perfect excuse to fill your freezer with all of your favourite ice creams and ice lollies. 

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But with so many to choose from, you don’t want to end up making the wrong choice.

To help you make the most crucial decision of the summer, we’ve ranked 20 ice creams and ice lollies from worst to best – to give you some idea as to what’s freezer-worthy, and what definitely belongs in the bin.

20.… Read the full story

McDonald’s is finally available for home delivery in the UK via UberEats

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God only knows why this has only just happened but McDonald’s is finally available to order for home delivery – thanks to Uber.

‘McDelivery’ is on UberEats in 22 locations in London, and 10 others in Nottingham and Leeds and is available from 7am to 2am.

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So that means you’ll be able to get your Egg McMuffin without having to change out of your jimjams.

Deliveries can be made to any address within 1.5 miles of a restaurant.

It’s going to be introduced as a trial initially and then if it proves successful… Read the full story


I tried astral sex so that you don’t need to

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‘We need to have astral sex tonight’ I told my fiance.

‘It’s for work.’

Now usually when I announce we’ll be trying something weird and sexual, my other half goes with the flow. It’s one the qualities which makes our relationship work.

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‘But,’ he reminded me, ‘we’re not having sex until the wedding.’

We have agreed on two weeks of abstinence in the run up to the wedding, to make things extra exciting when we’re finally married. Which has basically meant… Read the full story

Man left confused after Starbucks barista writes ‘Penis’ on his cup

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We’ve all gone into Starbucks and given our names to the barista loud and clear, only to see they’ve written something totally different on the cup.

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But while most of us are used to the harmless slip-up, aka writing ‘Jan’ instead of ‘Jen’, what one guy saw on his cup was totally out of the ordinary – and made very little sense.

Danny Matthews had popped into his local Starbucks in Wimbledon on Monday afternoon, to get an iced drink to cool himself down in the heat.

However, he was a… Read the full story

5 things you’ll understand if you’ve ever been camping with small children

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They seem happy now. It might not last (Picture: Getty)

We all want to give our children that wholesome, outdoorsy existence that we read about in books when we were young ourselves. Many of us live in cities and rush out at weekends to take part in organised rock pooling activities in the hope of creating memories that will last.

Camping is one such investment and it’s something a lot of us have fond memories of if we spent time under canvas as a child.

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The flip side though is that doing this with… Read the full story

Vancouver might be about to ban the sale of cats and dogs in pet shops

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We’ve all gone to a pet shop to buy a hamster…only for them to die two weeks later at home.

How many of us have had rabbits and guinea pigs who were either years older than advertised or sick?

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Pet shops have a bad track record when it comes to transparency.

But prospective pet owners in Vancouver may soon find themselves unable to buy animals from a store because the city is looking into a possible ban on the sale of pets.

‘People have started telling us that there has… Read the full story

How long does sunburn take to heal and how to get rid of it?

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It can only take one bad burn to cause serious longterm damage your skin (Picture: Getty)

Yes, it’s all well that we had some of the hottest weather on record this week, but did you know that it only takes one bad sunburn to cause serious long-term damages to your skin.

Sunburn is skin damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun.

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The symptoms of sunburn will appear within a couple of hours of sun exposure, however the full effects may take 24 hours to appear.

Long-term damage can take years to appear and… Read the full story

20 things you only know if you have PTSD

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Those who are presented with the term post-traumatic stress disorder – or PTSD – will often think of shellshocked soldiers, traumatised by events they went through on the battlefield.

This is certainly a common cause of the condition and one that’s currently being acted out in Australian soap Home And Away.

However, it’s not just people who have been at war who suffer the condition.

Those who have been sexually abused, gone through domestic violence, experienced neglect as a child, had a near-death situation or just seen something they found terrifying can begin experiencing elements of PTSD.

Common symptoms include:

  • Involuntary and vivid recurring memories of the event which result in fresh distress
  • Flashbacks, where a person will be sent back to the scene of trauma and forced to relive the event
  • Persistent fear, horror, anger, guilt or shame
  • Reckless or self-destructive behaviour to block out the pain
  • Emotional numbing – shutting off the ability to feel

Here are 20 things you only know if you have PTSD…

1. Sometimes you… Read the full story

8 people explain why they’ll never regret their tattoos – and why they’re sick of being told they will

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It’s 2017, and tattoos are becoming more and more of the norm. 

Whether it’s a small, intricate design or a full sleeve, you can no longer walk through the street without seeing at least one person rocking a bit of ink.

I’m covered in tattoos – my legs, arms, back and stomach are all home to designs.

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This often means that when I have them on show, I receive disapproving looks, which usually come from the older generation.

While the looks don’t bother me, the words ‘You’ll regret them when you’re older’, do.

Because these mainly… Read the full story


Topshop is selling leather friendship jackets for only the closest of BFFs

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We’re saying a long-overdue goodbye to friendship bracelets, because friendship jackets are hitting the market now, courtesy of Topshop.

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Topshop unveiled two new leather jackets on Instagram yesterday, with both jackets featuring half of a broken heart.

Each heart features joining words. The first jacket reads ‘soul’, while the other says ‘sisters’.

The sleeves of the black jackets are emblazoned with with white stars for extra snazziness.

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The photo of the soul faux leather biker jackets received more than 36,000 likes… Read the full story

What is a humanist wedding?

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A humanist wedding is a non-religious wedding ceremoy that gives you the opportunity to marry where you want, when you want and how you want.

The true intimacy of a wedding shines through with a humanist ceremony, as there is no set script and it is up to the couple to decide what form their nuptials take.

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You do not have to be a humanist to have a humanist ceremony, a humanist ceremony is focused on the couple and and their relationship and what they value.

Humanists view long-term partnerships as strongest when… Read the full story

Mum steals the show at daughter’s orientation by posing with hot footballers

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When Avery Leilani took her mum along for the parent part of her college orientation, it wasn’t the college that all of the other parents were looking at – it was Avery’s mum.

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As part of the orientation, the parents were allowed onto the college football field, where the football players happened to be practicing.

They were told that whichever parents took the silliest selfie and posted it to the school’s organisation would win a $500 scholarship prize for their child.

Avery told Metro.co.uk that while a lot of the parents were… Read the full story

All the pre-bridal beauty treatments that you need in your life

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Obviously this is not what I will look like. (Picture: Getty)

You’re expected to look good on your wedding day. 

Actually, you’re expected to look the most beautiful that you’ve ever looked in your life.

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Now, whether or not you think that’s ridiculous and sexist or not, the pressure is pretty real. And aside from looking good for other people, I wanted to look good for myself. After all, I’m going to be looking at these photos for a long, long time.

So, in the last months before my wedding I embarked on a mission to… Read the full story

Ice cream tacos now exist and we need them in our lives

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An ice cream shop called Sweet Cup, in California, has created a sweet take on a much-loved savoury food with their new taco ice cream.

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Now, before you get a little grossed out, the ice cream doesn’t taste like tacos – so there’s no need to worry about hints of minced beef in your creamy dessert.

No, the tacos actually just feature regular ice cream sandwiched tucked inside a rounded waffle cone shell.

But there is something different about the ice cream Sweet Cup serves –  it’s rolled, not scooped, into the waffle… Read the full story

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