Table of contents for Issue 613 in Grazia

For years we’ve been told about the ‘lipstick index’ – where, in times of recession, sales of lipstick or high heels surge. (Although I’ve always found the term a bit patronising – you too?) Now, let us introduce you to the joy index (page 40). Post Trump, post Brexit, post so many idols passing away last year, we’ve become a nation of thrill seekers – and this time, experience counts. We’re trading misery for happiness – and we’re doing it in droves. Real-life night at the museum, anyone? Bookings at London’s Natural History Museum have soared since Brexit, apparently. And Kuoni has seen a 40% rise in long-haul holiday bookings. See ya! Fashion is also in on the act – and as President Trump last week signed order after order…

The so-called Barracks of Belgrade are fast becoming the new Calais ‘Jungle’ – a makeshift home to thousands of freezing refugees. Lena Corner reports… ‘IF I’D KNOWN it was going to be this bad, even though I am running for my life, I don’t think I would have come,’ says 17-year-old Hamza, rubbing his filthy, freezing hands together. He left his home in Afghanistan after the Taliban threatened to kill him. But now he finds himself in Serbia’s notorious Barracks of Belgrade – a series of abandoned warehouses – living among piles of stinking rubbish and human excrement along with 2,000 others. The Barracks is Europe’s latest refugee dumping ground. It has been dubbed the new Jungle, only even more desperate and chaotic. Here there is no running water, no…

JUST 24 HOURS after Donald J Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America, the scene outside his new Washington DC home was a sea of witty placards and pink pussy hats, as more than a million people gathered there to protest his inauguration (with not one single arrest). The Women’s March was the largest ever day of protests in US history – with up to three million taking to their feet across America. Around the world, in almost 200 sister protests from India to Iceland, an estimated 1.9 million more came out in solidarity. The marches were, incredibly, pulled together in just eight weeks by an alliance of activists – such as Linda Sarsour, the Islamaphobia-fighting director of the Arab American Association of…

Photos: Shutterstock, Stocksy, Rex Features I am delighted to report that hygge – the Scandinavian trend for swaddling yourself in smug, lighting some scented cashmere and never leaving the house – is over, according to various sources (none of which credited me as being instrumental in its downfall, though you may remember I penned a stout repudiation of hygge at the end of last year, based on it being the Enemy of Glamour, also: farty). ANYWAY. Hygge’s been replaced by ‘lagom’, which is Swedish for ‘just the right amount’ or ‘life, moderately lived’, a notion that’ll start annoying me as much as hygge, which is why I’m counterattacking by launching my own semi-spiritual Scandinavian lifestyle-in-a-word. Allow me to introduce you to ‘blopp’, a gentle revolution in a single word, one…

Hair and make-up: Neusa Neves LET’S FACE IT, if you watch movies, there are really only two depictions of love. On one end of the spectrum there are the first throes. It’s romantic, they’re excited to be together, they have great sex. Then you get doomed love: whether it be Jack drifting into the chilly depths in Titanic or, more tragically, love that has died of its own accord. That version is often characterised by either bad sex or literally none. Totting it up using my rudimentary Hollywood maths, the amount of bonking you do is directly proportional to the intensity of your love. Now, in real life, I’m not sure this is true. Or rather, I really hope it isn’t. See, I’ve been with my wife for nine years…

Photos: Jason Lloyd-Evans, Marco Vittur. Beauty Pie: beautypie.com. Giorgio Armani: selfridges.com. Guerlain: escentual.com. Sigma Beauty: sigmabeauty.com. Sisley: sisley-paris.co.uk Where we spotted it Backstage at Chloé, where models channelled ‘the morning after’ look, courtesy of make-up artist Aaron de Mey. Why we love it We love a twist on a classic. In this case, the glamorous smoky eye made modern by smudging out the lower lash line alone. Ways to work it Described by Aaron as ‘tough without being extreme’, the key is to blend and blend some more. Swipe black pencil along the lower lash line, adding kohl to the waterline to intensify.…

Photos: Marco Vittur 1. NAIL THE BASICS First came colour-correcting for our faces, now nails follow suit with Essie’s Treat Love & Color Strengthener in Laven-dearly, £8.99. A sheer lilac shade that neutralises uneven nail tones and is pretty enough to wear even when nails don’t need TLC. boots.com 2. FLORAL FETISH Just the thing to brighten up our murky mornings, L’Artisan Parfumeur La Chasse aux Papillons Body Lotion, £30, is heady with white flowers and makes us think of lazy summer days. Well, we can dream, can’t we? selfridges.com 3. THE DIRT DISSOLVER Serious skincare that’s fun to use is a rarity, but Oilixia’s Gummy Facial Cleanser, £24, is exactly that. Its unique tacky texture literally sucks out make-up, dirt and grime, leaving skin noticeably softer and brighter. Thank…

Photos: Rex Features, AllStar US realtors have provided surprisingly fertile soil for growing screen legends. To a list that includes Modern Family’s perfect embarrassing dad Phil Dunphy and Annette Bening’s crazed wife in American Beauty, we must add wipe-clean suburban couple Joel and Sheila Hammond in Santa Clarita Diet. He’s got a secret pot habit and every shade of chino. She’s got slick hair and a flesh-eating habit. Because Sheila is played with feelgood merriment by the inestimably lovable Drew Barrymore and because zombies are always the new aliens, Santa Clarita Diet clearly has an eye on doing a Winona/Stranger Things for another Hollywood-grande-dame-inwaiting. It’s slapstick, absurdist and has a keen eye for gross-out comedy. In all other regards, the show SCD (Strictly alert: unfortunate Google search acronym) most brings…

WHO LIVES HERE? Benedikte Ugland, interior decorator and photographer, and her two daughters, Emilie, four, and teenager Elina. WHERE IS IT? A three-bedroom apartment just outside Stockholm. Benedikte has gone for pale walls but minimalism this isn’t: ‘I would rather take things that are usually put away in drawers and hang them on the walls.’ 1. PICTURE PERFECT The large black and white print by fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh (try artnet.com), combined with black floorboards, give drama to the elegant living-room area. Black floorboards work here because of the light that floods in through the windows. A rug helps define the space (check out rockettstgeorge.co.uk) and transparent tables stop the room from feeling overcrowded. 2. OFF THE WALL Benedikte has created a funky corner by decorating a wall with an…

1 CHECK MATE Coat, £175, Topshop (topshop.com). Girly gingham + masculine tailoring = high street buy of dreams. 2 GET WAISTED T-shirt, £15.99, Bershka (bershka.com). Not since Lil’ Kim’s star turn in Lady Marmalade has the corset been such big news. Thankfully, Bershka has made tackling this trend a whole lot easier with a waist-cinching T-shirt hybrid. Photos: Pixelate. Sometimes things sell out faster than you can say, ‘Get them before they go!' If you're having problems, please contact the brand directly, or let us know at feedback@graziamagazine.co.uk and we'll try to help 3 SIGNATURE STYLE Bag, £790, CH Carolina Herrera (carolinaherrera.com). Seen adorning the arm of many a street-style star, the Editor’s tote from CH Carolina Herrera comes in 10 colourways and can be personalised front and back with…

THE NEW SEASON’S IT BUYS might be hitting the shelves, but we’re between a rock and a (really cold) hard place. Should we buy them now, when it’s too chilly to wear them, or buy a puffer jacket and risk S/S ’17’s statement stuff selling out? Neither. You can have your cake and eat it too, thanks to LSD – erm, that’s short for Long-Sleeved Dresses, obviously. In bright patchworks, animal print and punchy florals, these are the only frocks to be seen in this summer – and the best bit is, you can wear them right now. All you need is a roll neck (if you don’t already have one, where have you been hiding?) to layer underneath, plus a pair of knee-high boots, and Bob’s your super-stylish, cosy-but-chic…

BAD KITTY HEELS Black suede, red patent and backless, the new kitten heels reveal the full ankle. Wear with black skinnies or cut-offs to flash this erogenous zone to full effect… RUDE BITS Small, but perfectly formed. Go abstract or anatomically correct. Photos: Wire Image, Xposurephotos.com , Instagram.com/@lornaluxe VISIBLE BRA LAYERING Ranging from accidental to obviously intentional – but stick to black bras only, please! IT STARTED WITH A SHOE. Not just any shoe, of course – this was a Chanel kitten heel. A sexy little mule-kitten hybrid, with none of the prim’n’proper naffness of kitten heels of yore – which explains how it had found its way on to the feet of Emmanuelle Alt (left), editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris. There’s something rather racy about the bared-heel-and-pointed-toe combo – which…

Photos: catwalking.com WHAT FRESH fashion weirdness is this? You may well ask. Last week, at the Paris Couture, Vetements – the designer collective that has for seasons now been at the forefront of the new guard revolutionising Paris, and fashion in general, by way of hoodies, £900 jeans, puffer jackets and the like – hijacked day two of the collections with a show that was as eye-boggling as it was subversive. Their shtick? Real people. Not just beautiful people who don’t happen to have a professional modelling contract. Real people, as in a carefully chosen cross-section of society – fat, short, old, young, quirky, beautiful – modelled the clothes. It was a ramshackle cast representative of the stereotypes typical of any big city street and the kind of uniform they…

Join the campaign at facebook.com/tomandmiaslegacy/?__mref=message_bubble. Photos: Jamison Stead, Koray Erol/Caters News Mia adored travelling and beach life “I’M ANGRY AT THE WAY BACKPACKERS ARE EXPECTED TO WORK IN HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS” THERE’S A GREEN DOT THAT flashes up on Facebook messenger next to a person’s name when they come online. While Mia was travelling, that light had become my beacon of hope. When it blazed green, I was reassured of her safety, and when it turned grey for more than a few days, I’d start to panic. But she’d always pop back up, saying something like, ‘I’ve been in the desert without internet, Mum. I’ve just ridden a camel!’ So when police knocked at my door at 10pm on 23 August, 10,000 miles from where Mia was working on a farm…

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TA-RA TOUCH-UPS! Long-lasting lip colour used to be dodgy territory fraught with cakey textures and dry, uncomfortable formulas, but three new options change all that. Revlon Colorstay Overtime Lip Color, £8.99, provides glossy, hardwearing colour in a double-ended dynamo, while Bobbi Brown’s Art Stick Liquid Lip, £21.50, comes in a whopping 16 shades (available March) and imparts semi-matte, super-pigmented colour with a squeeze of the pen. Also check out L’Oréal ParisLip Paint/Matte in Apocalypse Red (left), £6.99. It combines intense colour with a chic, silky texture. IMMACULATE COLLECTION When it comes to a new make-up collection, there’s normally a few shades that get admired but not used. Not so in the case of Chanels Coco Codes collection, which features such a conglomerate of covetable products that you’ll be desperate to…

NORDIC PEAR PORRIDGE This conjures up feelings of warmth, cosiness and contentment – everything I believe a bowl of porridge should be. Serves 2 Preparation time: at least 30 mins Cooking time: 5 mins For the porridge: 100g oats, soaked in 250ml water for at least 30 mins or overnight ¼ tsp cardamom ¼ tsp ginger ¼ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp turmeric 125ml coconut milk Pinch of salt For the toppings: 2 tbsp mixed seeds 1 tbsp cacao nibs 1 pear, cored and diced 2 tbsp natural yogurt or coconut yogurt 1 tbsp maple syrup 1 Put the soaked oats, with the water that they’ve been soaked in, into a pan over a medium heat. Add all the spices, coconut milk, 125ml water and a pinch of salt. Cook for…

Photos: Capital, LMK EMILY PHILLIPS Grazia’s features director ★★★★✩ A mother wakes to find her two children missing… so far so thriller plot. But Flint’s opulently rendered vision of a mysterious crime set in the sizzling summer of 1965 in Queens, NY, is as far from mundane as you can get. Provocative mother Ruth is an enigma to the police and the young reporter covering her case, but a horrifying discovery calls it all into question. MELISSA HENRY Grazia’s editor’s PA ★★★★✩ Not your typical crime novel, Little Deaths – inspired by a real case – opens with young single mother Ruth locked up in prison. Portraying her as guilty simply because she drinks, takes care of her appearance and has lovers, the ingrained misogyny and cultural stereotypes of ’60s…

SKI SUNDAY The absence of death in a British reality show so far feels almost like an act of the gods. The closest we have yet got is The Jump, the strangely addictive and absolutely terrifying competition drama in which a strange assortment of celebrities attempt to ski jump for no reason. Ready for A&E this year: Caprice, Spencer Matthews, Robbie Fowler and – the prize draw – mod cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins. Expect massive audience. Begins Sunday, 8pm, Channel 4 POWER PLAY Like The Good Wife before it, there is something about Scandal that seems to accrue an even more arresting vintage as it ages. Now into season 6, Kerry Washington’s Olivia Pope is baddest ass of them all in a Washington political troubleshooting agency. Now, more than ever,…

I understand Mariella’s argument regarding the double standards of older women vs older men having a baby, but I disagree that it’s a good thing that science is able to extend fertility for either gender. The fact is, regardless of how ‘fit and well’ Dame Julia is now, when her child is just 16 she will be 80. That is old. My mum was older (38 when she had me), extremely fit and healthy. Then at 60 she had a stroke, which transpired to be the start of vascular dementia. I was 22 and completely unprepared to deal with such a grown-up thing. What happened to her came decades too soon, but the point remains that she was older, so when things got tough because of age-related illness, I was…

Scarlett Johansson and her French husband Romain Dauriac have split after two years of marriage, according to reports. The actor and journalist remain business partners – they co-own popcorn brand Yummy Pop – and were pictured putting on a united front as they attended an art exhibition last week. MODEL CHRISSY TEIGEN continues to rival Cher as queen of Twitter. During a spat with ‘alt-right’ activist Richard Spence last week, she executed the ultimate mic drop when she tweeted, ‘You are literally a Nazi. I don’t even need to come up with a comeback. Really takes the pressure off. Thanks, Nazi!’ GROWN WEARY OF your winter wardrobe? It’s time for a spring update, courtesy of high street go-to French Connection. Its new collection boasts deconstructed shirting, bright red colour-blocking, and…

Photo: Fred Meylani/Mondadori Photo AQUARIUS 21 Jan – 19 Feb People you see on an everyday basis might wonder why you’ve been keeping yourself to yourself with regard to one particular topic. Don’t underestimate the impact of Mercury at right angles to your ruler, Uranus. It’s making you unsure of the best way in which to handle this situation, which seems to have come at you out of the blue. However, there’s one person close by whose advice will prove invaluable. It’s time to trust. PISCES 20 Feb – 20 Mar Having tried to ignore the extra spending or increased bills of the past few weeks you should now see whether it’s possible to balance the books. Don’t panic if there’s more of a deficit than you expected. If you…

1. UP DEV PATEL Nommed (awards speak: ‘nominated for an Oscar’), and nommed hard for his role in L ion. We remember him from Sk ins ! They grow up so fast. 2. NON-MOVER TOM HANKS Not nommed (see left) despite him being a fine actor and, by all accounts, adorbs. We proffer lust, by way of consolation. 3. NEW IN KODO NISHIMURA Buddhist monk by day, celebrity make-up artist/ Instagram sensation by… well, not night, but when he’s got some free time. Excellent combo. 4. NEW IN NINA AGDAL Leonardo Di Cap’s latest, hanging out by a pool. Say what you like about Leo: he’s consistent where the ladies are concerned. 5. UP SELINA MEYER FROM VEEP Top of our list of fictional politicians we’d take as real President…

Photos: Splash, Getty, Fame Flynet  MICHAEL JACKSON’S 18-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, PARIS, last week became the latest A-list progeny to carve out a career in fashion. Amid reports that she was to become the face of Chanel, she was pictured with Carine Roitfeld at the Givenchy show in Paris, and seen front row at Dior alongside Boy George and the rapper A$AP Rocky. “Concern is GROWING for the model – people are worried that she is going down a SELF-DESTRUCTIVE path” But it was in stark contrast to what came next. In a candid interview with Rolling Stone released last Tuesday, Paris claimed that her father’s death in 2009 had been murder, that she had been sexually assaulted at 14 by a stranger and that she had tried to kill herself on…

PARKS & REC DEFIES TRUMP’S CENSORSHIP Badlands National Park, South Dakota, lived up to its name when it tweeted about climate change despite President Trump’s order for a media blackout. In its wake, unofficial @AltUSNatParkService popped up to challenge global warming-denier Trump, saying, ‘You can take our official Twitter, but you’ll never take our free time!’ RYAN GOSLING WAX( WON’T) WORK Let’s face it, we all danced out of La La Land with the insatiable desire to gaze into Ryan Gosling’s eyes. But if your only option is to stare longingly at his waxwork in Madame Tussauds in Berlin, don’t bother. It went viral for its pointy moustache, shiny forearms and eyes that are too close together for lustful stares. HE’S A STAMPMAN, WAITING IN THE POST Royal Mail’s new…

OUR PANEL HOLLY SCOTT LIDGETT Grazia’s casting and bookings editor knows a good face when she sees one and is a firm believer in a good shoe being the key to success! @hollyscottlidgett HANNAH FLINT Will.i.am once nicknamed junior news and entertainment editor Hannah ‘Lil cheeks’ on account of her phenomenal facial elasticity. Likes blue jeans. @hannahflint_ VICTORIA BECKHAM HOLLY SAYS: Smashing it on every level. B for Beckham, B for Blue, B for Burgundy, and a bit of orange thrown in for good measure. Yay. Yay. Yay. ★★★★✩ HANNAH SAYS: Shouldn’t work, it does, love the orange, etc, etc. But I hope one day VB will combine a wide-leg trou with shoes. Or at least feet. Deeply unsettling. ★★★★✩ YOU SAY : Bit bored of the shirt tucked…

Photos: courtesy of Dior THE A-LIST HAVE A BALL AT DIOR MASKED WONDERS WHAT Dior Masquerade Ball WHERE Musée Rodin, Paris WHO Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid,A$AP Rocky Kendall Jenner did nothing to quash rumours she is dating rapper A$AP Rocky as they headed to a masked ball to celebrate Christian Dior’s S/S ’17 show in Paris. Best friend Bella Hadid was also in tow, as SoKo, Eva Herzigova and NataliaVodianova celebrated Maria Grazia Chiuri’s first couture collection for the French fashion house. GRAZIA ATE Quail eggs on toast GRAZIA DRANK Ruinart champagne…

WITH JANUARY’S GREY days (and thin wallets) behind us, now’s the perfect time to pack away your bobbly knits and sort your new-season wardrobe. Head to high-street favourite Gap to upgrade your wear-forever must-haves. And with 40% off their women’s range for Grazia readers now until 6 February in-store (5 February online), plus an extra 5% off with the Gap+ app, you can bag everything you need to look polished and on point under one roof. First on our shopping list? The humble shirt is hot property for S/S ’17 – from classic white to striped blue blouses with off-kilter cuts and flared sleeves. Take your cue from the street-style set and wear this season’s polo neck tucked into our new jean go-to, the ’70s-style flare with tie belt. Throw…

HEY HONEY Antibacterial, antioxidising and anti-inflammatory, manuka honey packs a serious health punch. To get the real deal, choose MGO rated, 100% unblended, raw manuka. Our favourite is newly launched Real Health, from £23.99. It comes in four antibacterial grades and tastes delish. Apps can make fitness fun – because sometimes we all need a little push. Set health goals with Pact and earn cash when you hit them. Simples. Straight-talking A.I. personal trainer Carrot Fit will whip you into shape. A zombie in pursuit is guaranteed to up your pace – see Zombies, Run! SMOOTHIE TO GO We love a post-gym smoothie. But the faff of prepping? No thanks. Pack’d’s frozen pouches, £3.50 for two, contain the perfect blend of fruit ’n’ veg, plus a superfood booster. Choose from…

“I’M A FEMINIST, VOCAL ABOUT THE PAY GAP BUT NOT THE GENDER ORGASM GAP. IT’S MORTIFYING” I’VE DELETED ALL MY DATING APPS . I’m a dating columnist who has stopped dating, because my well of optimism – my belief in the point of it all – has run dry. I tried to count how many dates I went on throughout the whole of last year, and I couldn’t: it was that many. Do you know what I can count, though, and on one hand? The number of orgasms another human gave me. I can live without love. But. I cannot fathom a world without lust. I love sex – as, obviously, a lot of us do. Time suspends, and bodies clash, and dance, and melt into each other, all at…

DOUBLE STANDARDS? It’s nothing but a niggling feeling: will I be mistaken for the grandmother? Will I be the oldest by quite a way at the school gates? I read Mariella Frostrup’s ‘What’s wrong with a woman having a baby at 64 – if my friend Mick can do it at 73?’ (30 January) with interest. I also had my kids late in life but, like Mariella, that meant early forties, not early sixties. We all nod in acceptance when Mick or Ronnie ‘roll their stone’ late in life, but baulk at any female procreating over the age of 50. Is this because women are seen as the nurturers and in need of huge reserves of energy to be an older mum? Are we accepting of older men in a…

Photos: Xposure ‘WHAT WOULD I DELETE FROM THE INTERNET? MY RELATIONSHIP WITH ZAYN MALIK’ REBECCA FERGUSON, 30 We ask the singer-songwriter to take an exclusive selfie – and reveal all Who is your best friend? Lee [above], who works in music management. We met on a night out and then, about a year later, we realised that his nan and my nan used to be best friends. It was bizarre! What’s your biggest regret? There are so many. I lost my stepmum recently, and I spent as much time as I could with her, but I wish I’d taken a month and spent every day with her. But life doesn’t work that way. What’s your biggest extravagance? Harrods. I’m terrible – I love the make-up department. When was the last…