Table of contents for May 17, 2023 in Stylist

stylist advertorial Make a commitment to your gut and overall wellbeing this summer with small but powerful changes to your daily routine As far as wellness conversations go, the discussion surrounding gut health and how to keep our microbiota happy isn’t necessarily a new one. Even here at Team Stylist, we’ve long been part of the gut health conversation, championing the idea that your gut health is core to your overall wellbeing. Being mindful of your microbiota can have many benefits and sometimes it’s the small, simple things that keep your gut happy. However, when it comes to the body’s ‘second brain’, there is always more to learn, especially if you’re trying to formulate a gut health routine that works for you and your lifestyle. And with summer just around…

A ONE-DAY DIARY FROM FLAT WHITE TO LIGHTS OUT Annabel, 32, is an NHS sexual and reproductive health doctor and author. She lives in Leicester with her partner and dog, Quill My day starts at 6.30am. I walk Quill, my cockapoo, first thing. I got him in the hope that he would be my writing buddy, but he’s far too crazy for that. When I’m back home, I’ll make a coffee, eat toast with peanut butter and get ready. I’m obsessed with purple, so I put on purple scrubs and purple Nike Jordans, then head to my clinic in the centre of Leicester. If I hadn’t had major surgery at the age of 14, I don’t think I’d be a doctor now. As a teenager, I had scoliosis and had…

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beauty Pigmented, comfortable and available in every formula imaginable, today’s lip colours offer something for everyone words: Hanna IbraheemPhotography: Dennis Pedersen the liquid The exact formula (and shade) Rihanna relied on for that Super Bowl performance, this non-budge lippy delivers intense colour pay-off in one swipe.Fenty Beauty Icon Velvet Liquid Lipstick in The MVP (£24, boots.com) the balm Apply straight from the bullet for sheer colour or, if you’d like more definition, adopt Hailey Bieber’s go-to make-up trick and pair your balm with a lip pencil.Ilia Balmy Tint in Lullaby (£28, naturisimo.com) THE CRÈME Despite a thicker texture and seriously opaque finish, Glossier uses shea butter and rose wax silica to stop these lip crèmes feeling heavy or flaking off post-paloma.Glossier G-Suit in Pilot (£18, uk.glossier.com) THE LIPSTICK Created with a…

lily allen New career, new home, new outlook: Lily Allen tells Stylist’s Helen Bownass how she’s flourishing in every way Photography: Tom van Schelvenfashion: lucy reberinteriors: Rebecca de Boehmler The last time I interviewed Lily Allen was four years and four days ago. She was guest editing an issue of Stylist, and I don’t think I’m speaking out of turn to say she wasn’t in her happiest place. It was just a few months after the release of her memoir, My Thoughts Exactly, which details, with extreme candour, her life growing up in the glare of the tabloids, her struggles with drink and drug addiction, her mental health battles and the breakdown of her first marriage. It felt like she was trying to rebuild herself and work out what should…

high-stakes dating From premier dating apps like Raya and The League to matchmaking agencies charging thousands of pounds, Stylist investigates whether money, status or an expensive education can really buy you love words: Amy Beecham You are number 52,669 of 52,705 waiting in London,” flashes the message on my phone screen. I’m not in a virtual queue for Beyoncé tickets or the latest trainer drop, I’m nervously waiting to see if I’ve been drafted into The League, a highly selective dating app that describes itself as “for the overly ambitious”. It’s perhaps fitting, then, that the process feels more like applying for a high-level job than trying to find a date. I input the required details: the school I went to (a bog-standard comprehensive) and my modest career history –…

stylist advertorial If you’re keen to book in an outdoor adventure with friends and family this summer, then there’s still time to join us on a Strong Women Trek. While you may have missed our first Trek in Surrey Hills (20 May), round two in Epping Forest (10 June) promises to be just as fun. Explore the scenic countryside on a 22km hike, while enjoying treats and a well-earned goody bag along the way. Dogs are welcome too! Epping Forest: 1O June£36 entry (includes 10% donation to care international) Book now at stylist.co.uk/trek…

Artificial intelligence has been the topic of almost every work conversation I’ve had recently. Ever since ChatGPT burst onto the scene last November, so many of my friends, plus Team Stylist, have been squirming in their seats wondering if AI might be coming for their hard-won jobs, something we’ve explored in this issue. Keen to see if I should be worried, I tasked the chatbot with writing my editor’s letter this month. Here’s what AI Lisa had to say… Dear readers, as we enter the digital age, the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) taking over our jobs becomes increasingly relevant. In this issue, we explore the role of AI in the job market and what it means for us as individuals and as a society. AI is already transforming the…

skin freedom Our relationship with our skin may feel inconsequential, but as Stylist’s digital content director Felicity Thistlethwaite shares, in a world in which flawless skin is celebrated, skin that doesn’t fit that narrow ideal can impact every part of us. Something that Stylist’s Skin Freedom campaign wants to change… words: felicity thistlEthwaite Skin is the body’s largest organ and is totally unique to the person who wears it, reflecting everything from our heritage and our health to how we crease our eyes when we laugh. And yet if you looked at the majority of the media and social media we consume today, you’d think it was one skin fits all. That filtered, contoured, blemish-free skin doesn’t look like the skin we see in the mirror, in the shower or…

ticket for one Women are driving a boom in solo travel, shrugging off company and compromise to take transformative trips alone. Have you booked your ticket for one yet? compiled by: meena alexander Answers on a postcard: what does your dream holiday look like? Do you picture yourself lolling on a white sand beach, a suncream-smudged Zadie Smith in hand and the surf tickling your toes? Maybe you’re more of an adventurer, hiking up hills and diving into crystalline waterfalls. Perhaps filling your days with art galleries and affogato in cobbled piazzas is all you really want. Daydreaming about our next getaway never gets old, but one major thing has disappeared from our travel fantasies over the last three years: other people. Where once we might have felt uneasy about…

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for more recipes head to stylist.co.uk/food-drink Summer get-togethers call for suitably summery desserts, so if you’ve been tasked with making something sweet to bring to the next barbecue or al fresco dinner, this luxurious cheesecake from the brilliant Andi Oliver will be your hero. Bringing a crunchy biscuit base together with the Caribbean flavours of toasted coconut, juicy mango and zingy lime – plus white chocolate to give it a little extra richness that complements the fruit – it’s packed with flavour but not overly sweet. Sunshine on a plate, in case the real thing fails to show up. preparation time 30 minutes, plus setting time ingredients (serves 12) For the base:100g gingernut biscuits (ginger snaps)100g oat biscuits, such as Hobnobs50g desiccated coconut, toasted120g melted unsalted butterPinch of salt For…

fashion ...on denim. From bucket hats to boots, head to toe is the way to wear the timeless fabric this spring FASHION: Lucy ReberPHOTOGRAPHy: Rachell Smith Jacket, £110, Seventy + Mochi (seventymochi.com); jumpsuit, £48, John Lewis Anyday (johnlewis.com); hat, £15, Marks & Spencer (marksandspencer.com); socks, £4, Calzedonia (calzedonia.com); shoes, £75, Adidas (adidas.co.uk) Jacket, £95, Guess (guess.eu); shirt, £55, White Stuff (whitestuff.com); jeans, £43, and shoes, £29, River Island (riverisland.com); earrings, £89, and ring, £279, Thomas Sabo (thomassabo.com) Overshirt, £324, Camilla And Marc (uk.camillaandmarc.com); jacket, £1,130, Marina Rinaldi (gb.marinarinaldi.com); vest, £14, Next (next.co.uk); culottes, £95, Jigsaw (jigsaw-online.com); earrings, £89, Thomas Sabo (thomassabo.com); socks, £4, Calzedonia (calzedonia.com); shoes, £317, Diemme (diemme.com) Dress, £50, Topshop (asos.com); earrings, £315, Completed Works (completedworks.com) Jacket, £100, Levi’s (levi.com); shirt, £260, Citizens Of Humanity (citizensofhumanity.com); skirt, £49.99,…

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stylist advertorial Ready to raise your beauty game? Get set for summer with our Latest In Beauty collab, featuring all our favourite premium and effective brands… When it comes to beauty box collabs, we here at Stylist have got pretty solid form. And our newest team-up with the beauty box experts at Latest In Beauty will set you up for summer in our usual beauty game-raising style. Featuring 16 award-winning products from the likes of Bleach London, Elemis, Bobbi Brown, Elizabeth Arden, Shiseido, Dear Dahlia, EviDenS De Beauté, Dr. Paw Paw, bareMinerals, Aveeno, e.l.f, WelleCo and WetBrush, there’s no better way to get your favourite beauty products in one stylish package – all delivered straight to your door. You don’t have to break the bank to get your hands on…

stylist network Have you asked ChatGPT to help you write an awkward email yet? Or used an app to generate your LinkedIn headshot? After decades of speculation, artificial intelligence has crash-landed into our lives – but what will it mean for our careers? Words: Ruchira Sharma AI is indisputably 2023’s main character. From the first-ever AI Fashion Week held in London last month and a viral (but fake) picture of the pope in a Balenciaga-inspired puffer to ChatGPT-generated Drake songs that sound scarily real, the last few months have felt like a race towards an unsettling tech future thanks to breakthroughs in machine learning. What’s more, the industry is ballooning. Bloomberg reports the AI global market is set to grow nearly 40% a year over the next few years and…

The titles worthy of a place on your bedside table Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang If you’ve ever felt jealousy invade a friendship, then this book will strike a chord with you. Writers June and Athena are friends but also rivals; Athena has a sparkling literary career – think glamorous New Yorker profiles and massive sales, while June’s books have mostly gone unnoticed. Athena is the toast of the town; untouchable. Until one evening, the pair are having drinks at Athena’s apartment when she chokes on an olive and dies suddenly. In a haze of shock, June pockets the manuscript to Athena’s new book, one she’s shared with nobody, and shops it to publishers. Feeling the glow of enthusiasm that had always surrounded Athena’s work, June is finally going to…

The meaning of life in 23 probing questions What will the star of Queen Charlotte make of our existential questions? Being an adult is… Challenging. What are you worried about currently? If I’m ever going to work again! I think that’s probably one that actors suffer with the most. If someone could reveal your future, would you want to know what would happen to you? No, I think a lot of anxiety happens when you try to think too far ahead. I’m better just being in the present. When do you feel most alive? When I’m acting or dancing – they’re the only things that give me pure ecstasy. How do you sleep? Very well. I have to get eight to nine hours a night. And I have a strict…

stylist advertorial When it comes to keeping the gut happy, it’s the small things that make a big difference OK, so you’ve switched up your wardrobe, purchased a new SPF and booked in a holiday/day festival/barbecue with friends (or all of the above). But, while summer brings plenty of joyous reasons to cut loose, it can also play havoc with our overall wellness – and, more specifically, our gut health. Changes in climate, diet, even the longer sunny evenings all have the potential to knock our tummy’s delicate microbiota out of whack. But looking after your gut doesn’t have to mean a complete overhaul of your routine. In fact, it’s best to start small. We spoke to Dr Emily Prpa, nutritionist and science manager at Yakult, about how a few…