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These Little Mermaid inspired glitter heels are every Disney fan’s dream

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A designer has created a pair of The Little Mermaid-inspired glitter heels that would’ve been just perfect for Ariel had they been around when she was first given human feet.

But it’s Ariel’s loss, as we’re sure today’s Disney-lovers will be absolutely crazy about them.

The stiletto heels, which are being sold on Etsy by seller Walkincreation, feature a purple glitter heel and are decorated with scenes from The Little Mermaid, including Ariel’s wedding and her searches for human products with Flounder.


27 spooky wreaths that’ll inspire you to go all out this Halloween

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If you thought wreaths were only meant to be hung on your door at Christmas, you were wrong.

Halloween wreaths are a thing, and they beat your standard holly-themed decor by a mile.

People have been taking to Instagram to show off their Halloween creations, which feature a range of spooky decorations such as miniature pumpkins, skeletons, witches hats and and ghosts.

They may not be super scary – but they’re a lovely idea and an added decor twist for any Halloween-fanatic.

And quite frankly, we think hanging a Halloween wreath to tell trick-or-treaters they can knock at your door on 31 October is a great idea. Forget lighting pumpkins.

This wreath is… Read the full story

Children who don’t like their parents drinking aren’t whiny – they’re just afraid

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It takes a lot of courage for a child to ask their parent to drink less – and we should be listening to them (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk)

Earlier this week, a report revealed that a lot of children feel upset when their parents drink.

Readers – both current and future parents – were indignant.

‘My children are the reason I drink,’ a lot of people quipped. Others said that kids who felt upset seeing their parents drinking were ‘wet’ or ‘whiny’.

Sadly, we are all too quick to dismiss what children are desperately trying to tell us all about how our drinking makes them feel.

I’m a fully-grown adult now,… Read the full story

We trained with a vegan bodybuilder to see how to make gains on a plant-based diet

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A few months ago, my esteemed colleague George and I went to have our bodies scanned.

My results came back quite good – I was between the top 5% and 10% of women for muscle mass. George, on the other hand, was in the bottom 5% of all the men who had ever had that scan, despite winning a boxing match not so long ago.

‘You have very low muscle. At 16, you’re in the bottom 5% of all the men I’ve ever seen, so my advice to you is to get to the gym, start pushing more and start eating more,’ was director Phil’s advice.

Ouch.

George also eats… Read the full story

An Italian mayor will pay you £1,800 to move to a stunning village in Puglia

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Fancy packing up, quitting your job, and moving to a peaceful village in Puglia?

Fancy getting paid to do it?

Well, we’ve got some brilliant news.

An Italian mayor is offering €2,000 (£1,801) to anyone who’d be up for living in the stunning town of Candela, Puglia.

There’s no weird trick here. Candela isn’t actually a cult or a nunnery. Instead, the offer is up because of the village’s dwindling population.

A few decades ago, Candela was known as Little Naples. It was a real hotspot, packed with 8,000 residents. Now, you’ve probably never heard of it, nothing really happens there, and the population has dropped to just 2,000.

Why board game nights are the new ‘popping to the pub’

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As the nights roll in, it can be harder to try to think of new things to do that don’t involve just sitting around and drinking.

While I love going to all the theatrical events London has to offer, I often notice my friends getting itchy feet before we even get to the interval.

17 of the best classic board games ranked

In return, I can also dig my heels in when it comes to anything physical: ‘We have to walk round the museum? Are you kidding me?”

So we often find ourselves down at the local, putting the world to rights… Read the full story

OMG, the only people KFC’s Twitter is following are five Spice Girls and six guys named Herb

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We interrupt your day of nonsense to bring you some incredibly important news.

The KFC Twitter account is hiding a secret. A truly wonderful secret.

If you look at the official KFC Twitter, you may notice that the account is following just 11 people.

There’s something very special about those 11 people.

Those 11 people are made up of the five members of the Spice Girls, and six verified men named Herb.

So, to recap, that’s Mel B, Mel C, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham, Herb Scribner, Herb J. Wesson, Jr, Herb Waters, Herb Dean, Herb Sendek, and Herb Alpert.

Notice it yet?

Victoria’s Secret model Sara Sampaio says Lui magazine aggressively pressured her to pose nude

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Let this be the year we topple industries mounted on sexism, abuses of power, and sexual assault.

As the Harvey Weinstein accusations continue to roll in, and men in journalism are being called out and fired on Twitter, it’s time to note the rampant abuses of power in the world of fashion.

Model Sara Sampaio, best known as a Victoria’s Secret angel, has come out to share her story of harassment, alleging that French magazine Lui aggressively pressured her to pose nude, then published subsequent images without her consent.

‘Today, I feel compelled to share a recent experience I had with the French men’s magazine, Lui,’ wrote Sara on Instagram.

‘I want… Read the full story


What I’ve learned about caring for a blind dog

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Meet Stevie (Picture: Jenna Farmer)

A few years ago, I found myself in an impossible situation.

I was an excitable expat living in China; teaching English – like every other expat in the country – and spending my weekends exploring.

My dog died today – did I love him enough? And who will take care of us now?

I’d already acquired Bella, a toy poodle who quickly became the best antidote ever to homesickness, when, on a routine visit to the vet, another dog was thrust into my arms.

From what I could gather from Google Translate, the dog in question – later named Stevie – had been… Read the full story

The next hot health trend may be breast milk for grownups

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Would you be down to drink a pint of breast milk every morning?

What if it were sold as a must-drink health food akin to kombucha or coconut water?

A Silicon Valley biotech company is trying to make breast milk the next hot health trend.

Sugarlogix, based in Berkeley, California, has plans to isolate the sugars in breast milk that make it so beneficial, and turn it into a product for kids and adults.

So no, they’re not asking you to suckle on your mum into your forties, but will instead be creating some kind of supplement or beverage that delivers all the health benefits of breast milk. Interesting.

Alongside acting as a trendy option for the… Read the full story

Someone on Mumsnet suggests that saying you hate children is the same as being racist

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Mumsnet is gloriously loopy, which is why even those of us who don’t have children sometimes find ourselves dragged in to their debates. 

This week’s hot topic: Is saying that you hate children the equivalent of being racist?

Yes, that’s really something that someone said.

The thread started normally enough, with a parent posting a thread titled ‘AIBU [am I being unreasonable?] to ask why it’s acceptable to say that you hate kids?’

‘Prompted by a certain female comedien [sic] saying this (whom I love btw!)’ she writes, ‘it seems that it is the last taboo.

‘By all means say you are not a child-person, you don’t want kids etc but HATE… Read the full story

How to look after your mental health once the thrill of Freshers’ week wears off

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The first few weeks of University are terrifying, until they aren’t.

Mostly you’re too drunk to feel anything except anticipation, joy and last night’s cheesy chip wrap making a second appearance.

Once the terror of the first few days wear off, you’re flying. Life is good. You’re free. Everyone is your soulmate! Nothing matters! But then you come back to Earth.

You realise that this is your life for the next three years. Your mental health wavers. Something requires your focus, you realise you’re meant to be juggling all of this new stuff while also writing essays. This is when the trouble starts.

For something that’s sold as a non-stop party fun-zone, university can actually be a huge bag of balls, and having a mental illness while you try to successfully complete your higher education and also make friends and also find yourself on a spiritual level and also have good sexual experiences? Forget about it.

Here are a few ways to take care of… Read the full story

Turns out dogs knowingly pull ‘puppy dog eyes’ to get attention from humans

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We all know dogs are god’s gift to humanity.

Their little faces are far too pure for this world. We should cherish and honour them at every opportunity.

But… wait. Hang on just a second. It turns out they may be up to something here. Sneaky sods.

Researchers have discovered that those OH-SO-ADORABLE pupper facial expressions might not be all that natural after all. In fact, they only do it around humans. Because they know exactly what they’re doing.

Scientists at the University’s Dog Cognition Centre at Portsmouth University have discovered that dogs only wheel out the facial expressions as a direct response to human interaction and affection.

So basically, they’re angling for… Read the full story

Empowering songs to make you feel less sh*t after a breakup

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There are a couple of reasons you’ve landed upon this article.

Either you’re my mum and I’ve sent it to you so I can get instant validation (shout out to Ann).

Or, you’re going through a horrific breakup and have Googled something along the lines of ‘WHAT THE HELL WILL MAKE THINGS BETTER?’

That exact kind of manic Googling powered by heartbreak is what inspired me to write this series.

I realised that a lot of the advice online is outdated or cliched at best, ie. ‘Buy yourself some ice cream and ring a girlfriend!!!’

*Rolls eyes*.

What I discovered was that few things will… Read the full story

It’s time to get festive: Someone’s leaked the design of this year’s Starbucks festive cups

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With Halloween fast approaching, it’s almost time to say goodbye to your Pumpkin Spiced Latte.

We know. It’s tough.

What it’s really like behind the doors of a psychiatric hospital

However, if there’s one thing that eases the anguish of losing the PSL for another long year, it’s surely the introduction of the Starbucks red cup.

Sad though it may be, that iconic red and green caffeine vessel has become an integral part of many peoples’ Christmas warm-up, mine included – cradling a Gingerbread Latte whilst hurriedly battling my way through hordes of high street zombies is the only way I can feel… Read the full story


Grandma Julie has spent thousands on saving wombats

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Of all the weird and wonderful critters in the the world, wombats are surely near the top of the list.

The great big lumps of fluff are the closest thing we’ve got to wild teddy bears.

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God bless people like Julie and Neville then, two Aussie grandparents who’ve spent over $12,000 on raising and protecting a bunch of adorable wombats.

They insist that running the Bellaboo Wildlife Shelter is no different to raising baby humans – they feed their wombat ‘children’ milk, bathe them, and ten-month-old Rosie the wombat… Read the full story

Turns out getting drunk can help you learn languages

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Forget what you thought you know about booze making you dumber.

Yeah, alright – there’s a lot of health issues that come with too much tipple. But one new study has found something good about alcohol. At last!

It turns out a few beers might make you better at foreign languages. Une bière, indeed.

Researchers from the University of Liverpool, Maastricht University and King’s College London have found that ‘slightly intoxicated’ people had better pronunciation of foreign languages than their sober peers.

There’s more, too – other boffins at University of California, San Diego discovered that alcohol can help over-65s lead a healthier and happier later life, and lower their risk of dementia.

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What it’s really like behind the doors of a psychiatric hospital

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‘Every half an hour, a nurse or healthcare assistant would open my door to check I was safe’ (Picture: Liberty Antonia Sadler for Metro.co.uk)

I’ve never been as scared as I was on the evening I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

My mental image of what to expect was based mainly on films like One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and Girl, Interrupted; surely I wasn’t mad enough for that world of locked doors, maniacal nurses brandishing syringes and empty-eyed patients shuffling along the corridors in slippers?

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What I found was both… Read the full story

An official and unquestionable guide to the best couple’s Halloween costumes

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If you’re looking for a couple’s Halloween costume, you’re in the right place.

We’ve got some very 2017 suggestions. Couple costumes aren’t just for romantic partners, either. Oh no no.  You can pull off any of these combos with a friend, same-sex partner or just someone you paid to do a couple costume with you because you thought it would make you look popular. It’s up to you.

They’re all truly scary in their own ways.

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Mum shares genius trick for removing a splinter

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Anyone who’s had their bum attacked with tweezers after shuffling along a bench will know that splinters are no joke.

They’re painful, embarrassing (if they’re on your bum, anyway), and can be a nightmare to remove without causing further bother.

Which is likely why so many people are extremely excited to discover a handy little trick to removing the buggers with minimal faff.

Send thanks to Claire Bullen-Jones, who shared an easy hack for removing splinters.

All you have to do is get the little syringe from a box of Calpol or Ibuprofen, clean it off, then place the small hole at the bottom of the syringe over the splinter.

You quickly pull up… Read the full story

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