Meet the 13-year-old Russian ballerina who crowdfunded her way to success

April 18, 2018, 3:56 am

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At 13, most ballet students are busy working on their grades or character dancing exams.

Yana Cherepanova, however, is well on her way to ballet stardom – both on and offline.

The Russian teen has been sharing videos of her incredible dancing on Instagram (where she has over 67,000 fans), having crowdfunded her fees at the famous Vaganova Ballet Academy.

Yana’s mum, Olga, says her success is down to a strict regime and a touch approach to failure.

‘I am a demanding mother when it comes to ballet,’ she says.

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Meghan Markle wears an Altuzarra striped dress to begin work with the Commonwealth Youth Forum

April 18, 2018, 4:08 am

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry appeared at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, today, to begin their work with the Commonwealth Youth Forum together.

Which is lovely, of course. But we all know why you’re here: To find out what Meghan wore for the occasion.

We don’t blame you – Meghan Markle’s outfits are always on point. Here’s what she wore this time around.

Meghan turned up the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre wearing a vertical striped, button-covered sundress (perfect for the current semi-heatwave we’re having)… Read the full story

Good Sex Bad Sex podcast: How women can achieve orgasm with Renee Denyer

April 18, 2018, 4:12 am

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Renee Denyer is the manager of the award-winning ‘Shh Women’s Erotic Emporium’ in London.

Having visited there ourselves many, many, many times, we wanted to have a chat with her about how and why ‘Shh’ came into being, and what the future holds.

Right now, they offer women (and men) orgasm classes, and if there’s anything we’ve always want to know, it’s how to have a better orgasm.

Miranda: So what are the workshops?

Bibi: The one we’re talking about is orgasm classes.

Renee: This is it, I teach women how to have orgasms. How to have longer ones and stronger ones and better ones and wetter ones. Or just A Orgasm if you’ve never had one.

Miranda: Brilliant.

Renee: Yeah, it’s a good part of my job.

Miranda: Do you have any top tips you can give us?

Renee: Oh yes, I can talk about this forever.

So first of all, we meet a lot of women who have never had an orgasm… Read the full story

Why I’m baring my self-harm scars this summer

April 18, 2018, 4:56 am

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Every year, when the sun finally starts to shine and the temperature begins to creep up, I’m faced with a dilemma.

Am I going to spend the summer months sweltering in long-sleeved tops?

Or am I going to grit my teeth and bare my self-harm scars?

Why self-harm isn’t ‘something just teenagers do’

It’s a tricky decision.

These are not the faint silvery traces left behind after self-harming as a teenager. At 39, I continue to struggle with the urge to injure myself, and the many recent scars that streak across… Read the full story

Is hard water ruining your hair? Here’s how to fix it

April 18, 2018, 5:00 am

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We’ve probably all heard of hard water and soft water, but did you know that hard water can damage your skin and hair?

Here’s what happened when I ditched the shampoo and cleansed my hair with clay instead

Neither did I until my excessively dry skin finally led me to Google.

Body butter wasn’t touching it and even shea butter couldn’t shift it. My skin was a permanent shade of ashy grey and it drove me nuts.

I quickly discovered the culprit – hard water.

Hard water is water that has a high… Read the full story

People are tweeting the one thing not to say to people with mental illness

April 18, 2018, 5:01 am

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Mental illness can be a difficult conversation.

Especially if you’ve never experienced it yourself. It can be hard to know what to say, or how to help.

But usually, the most helpful questions and answers are also the most simple ones, such as: ‘How are you?’ and ‘Do you want to talk?’

Sometimes, all a person suffering with bad mental health wants to do is talk. To have someone there to listen to them, so that they can get all of the bad things going on in their head out in the open.

But this can be a scary thing for someone to do – because there are some people out… Read the full story

24 spring nail designs for anyone needing some inspiration

April 18, 2018, 5:50 am

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Spring is here and the weather is already getting warmer, which means we’re stocking up on floral patterns and sandals.

And if you’d like to complete a full spring look, you might want to think about some new nail designs.

Think florals, pastels, greens and blues, and anything perfect for a bright Instagram post.

We’ve been searching Instagram for some of our favourite styles, to give inspiration to anyone struggling on a nail design this April.

Sunflower nails are absolutely stunning

 

We’re in love with these

 

These floral nails are gorgeous

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You can now munch on bloody tampon macarons

April 18, 2018, 6:43 am

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We’re a very period positive bunch.

Chat about your flow. Carry your tampon to the bathroom proudly. Recommend a cup for your deskmate. It’s all fine.

So naturally we’re enthusiastic about the launch of macarons designed to look like tampons.

It’s not that this is a thing we’ve always wanted (we never considered tampon macarons before, honestly), but if delicious treats are a way to get rid of shame and awkwardness around periods, we’re all for them.

The tampon macarons are the creation of OhLaLa, who partnered with charity Bloody Good Period to bring them to life.

£10 of each box of tampon macarons sold will go directly to… Read the full story

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Here’s how going self-employed helped me manage my irritable bowel syndrome

April 18, 2018, 7:00 am

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I would wake up in the morning absolutely certain that the Immaculate Conception had occurred overnight, leaving me four months pregnant.

How IBS affects my mental health every day of my life

But no – it was the constant recurring bloating that comes with having irritable bowel syndrome.

If it was a particularly bad day (and there were plenty), I would dodge eating altogether until I was home from work again.

I would do anything to avoid the embarrassment of multiple toilet trips while at work.

Frequently, I would… Read the full story

Plane seats that are so upright you’re practically standing might help airlines wedge more people on flights

April 18, 2018, 7:28 am

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Flying is already a comfy, plush experience, right?

Definitely not a crowded, clustured, noisy section of hell. Nope.

So naturally we rejoice at the design of these new plane seats, which reduce your leg room so much you’re practically standing, or doing a light lean. Just what you want on a flight.

The upright style of seating, called the Skyrider 2.0, is the creation of manufacturer Aviointeriors, who presented their seats at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg.

They reckon that the Skyrider 2.0 could help to pack in even more… Read the full story

Iceland is now selling mini Vienna ice creams

April 18, 2018, 7:33 am

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Hold off on the summer diet, because Mini Vienna Ice Creams have just made a return to Iceland.

If you love Viennetta, but an entire block of ice cream is a bit too much for you (or, you just don’t have the willpower to restrain from eating the entire thing), these ice cream lollies are perfect for you.

The Vienna ice creams are basically Vienetta, but they’re much smaller and come on sticks – meaning they’re much easier to enjoy as a snack, and don’t require any bowls, so you don’t have to worry about washing up after.

 

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All the free food and booze on offer after the race at the London Marathon

April 18, 2018, 7:34 am

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If you’re running the marathon on Sunday, make sure you’re not planning to leave the city immediately after.

Because businesses all around London are offering free food, protein shakes and booze to heroic runners as a reward for all their hard work.

And if that doesn’t get you over the finish line in record time, nothing will.

From Battersea to Shoreditch, all you’ve got to do is brandish your medal at various eateries in exchange for some free grub.

Even if you don’t fancy smashing a massive roast dinner after slogging those 26.2 miles (it can take a little time for your stomach to settle), you can bet… Read the full story

Mad at someone? Let them eat this chocolate penis to let them know

April 18, 2018, 7:39 am

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If you’ve recently gone through a bad breakup, or you have an ex-friend who’s been pretty sly, you can now tell them to eat a dick.

Well, to be precise, you don’t actually have to tell them. You can send them a penis in chocolate form, and we’re pretty sure they’ll get the message.

Thanks to Firebox, chocolate dicks are a thing, and they’re heavily detailed.

They’re made with rich chocolate, are ‘shaped like a big knob’, and include a very veiny shaft and balls. Each one is completely solid chocolate.

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Woman has an incurable disorder which means she is always hungry

April 18, 2018, 7:47 am

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25-year-old Alex Brown lives with a rare condition that causes constant hunger. Her parents used to lock the fridge just so that she couldn’t steal food.

Alex has a condition similar to Prader-Willi syndrome, an incurable genetic disorder which causes overeating and often leads to morbid obesity.

Alex, who has an associate’s degree in social and behaviour science and is studying towards one in early childhood education, was diagnosed with Prader-Willi aged three.

It is caused by a defect in a paternal gene in chromosome 15 which disrupts the function of the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that controls the release of hormones.

The condition, which affects one in 15,000 babies… Read the full story

Newt the baby wallaby gets nursed back to health in a makeshift rucksack pouch

April 18, 2018, 8:02 am

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Newt the baby wallaby has bounced back to health after being rescued by zookeepers who turned a rucksack into a makeshift pouch.

Newt weighed just 20 grams when he was born – and was just a little bit larger than a baked bean.

The red-necked wallaby would have had to crawl through his mother’s fur from the birth canal into the pouch where he began to suckle – but was abandoned.

Originally from Tasmania and Eastern Australia, the red necked wallaby is a hardy species and very capable of surviving in the harsh British weather conditions.

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This is why you need to transform your garden before summer

April 18, 2018, 8:22 am

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Ahhhh, summer. A time of garden parties, boisterous barbecues and sun-soaked lazy afternoons on the lawn.

Which is exactly why it’s time to pull up your gardening gloves and crack on with creating an outside haven now, instead of waiting for those hot days when you want to have a cold beer in your hand rather than a hedge trimmer.

As we know, we can’t always rely on the sun, but we can trust in outdoor experts B&Q to make it easy to show our gardens some summer loving.

Here’s why now is the best time to transform your garden before summer:

1) It might do your mood some good 

Did you know that 86 per cent of us feel an immediate positive mood boost after doing an outdoor project*?

So as well as being a decent workout, getting stuck into transforming your garden can actually make you happier.

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Why is a 99 ice cream cone called a 99?

April 18, 2018, 8:36 am

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The humble 99 cone is a summer staple here in the UK.

Forget your fancy prosecco ice lollies or granitas, get a cheap cone and some soft-serve ice-cream and stick a flake in it for maximum effect.

For some reason, we all just know to ask the ice cream man for a 99, but where does this name actually come from?

Woman with severe psoriasis takes natural photo to channel body positivity

April 18, 2018, 9:16 am

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A woman who has severe psoriasis has started taking bare-faced selfies to Instagram, in a bid to embrace her body.

22-year-old Poppy Challinor has had psoriasis, which developed all over her face and body, since she was 13.

When Poppy first noticed flakes of skin on her scalp, aged 13, she thought it was just dandruff.

But when anti-dandruff products recommended by a pharmacist had no effect, she saw her GP for advice.

Told she had psoriasis, which causes sore, dry patches of itchy skin, she was referred to a dermatologist.

‘Psoriasis runs in my family, so I was sort of expecting that to be the outcome,’ said Poppy. ‘One… Read the full story

Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that even he couldn’t eat it?

April 18, 2018, 9:17 am

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(Picture: Giphy)A burrito is something to behold.

A perfect mixture of rice, beans, meat (or veg) in a tortilla.

There’s one unanswered question about them, though, and it isn’t ‘why is guacamole extra at Chipotle?’

It’s ‘could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that even he could eat it?’ and it comes from this scene in The Simpsons.

Despite the fact it’s simply one of the many ramblings of Homer, it’s got people puzzled – mainly because it forms part of a question on quiz game Google Feud.

Flanders is right, it is a real honeydoodle of a melon-scratcher.

The answer all depends on whether you believe in Jesus (or at least how you believe in him).

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You don’t have to shout about not being racist

April 18, 2018, 9:31 am

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Starbucks is closing thousands of stores for racial bias training.

The move, which is going to cost the chain $12 million (£8.5m), comes after two black men were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks store after asking to use the loo without making a purchase.

Naturally, such an outlandish overreaction was met with outrage.

After all…who hasn’t needed a pee when they’re out and about? At the very most you expect to be shamed by till staff – not actually be handcuffed and led away by the boys in blue.

But you know, this is America and these kinds of gross displays of racial angst… Read the full story