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Banana is making a very convincing case for itself as summer’s next It scent, which is not a sentence we expected to write, but here we are. Forget the fluorescent banana candy smell of childhood lip gloss. The new banana is creamier, sunnier, and considerably more chic. It smells like banana milk, coconut cream, warm…

Some links in this story may earn us a commission, always at no extra cost to you. We only ever recommend what we genuinely love. For decades, shampoo has been marketed around shinier hair, bigger volume, and fewer bad hair days. Rarely has the conversation focused on the scalp itself or the ingredients behind those…

On a hot day, you may feel different, uneasy, or a bit “off” in ways that are easy to dismiss but difficult to ignore. Your hands and feet might swell up, you may get headaches more readily, and your energy may seem to drain much faster than usual. For people who live with chronic pain,…

Have joint pain or muscle pain? So do nearly 90 percent of Canadians. During the summer heat, those with pain and mobility concerns often experience even more swelling and discomfort. That may make you want to ease off on your workout routine. In fact, smart exercise helps combat pain, improve function, and keep your body…

We’ve all felt it: the stress that lingers long after the moment has passed. A tension headache that won’t quit, a lower back that flares when life feels like too much, an exhaustion that no amount of sleep seems to touch. The idea behind somatic healing is that this isn’t random, it’s the body holding…

We spend a lot of time thinking about the food we eat, the skincare we use, and the supplements we take. But the one thing we consume more than almost anything else is often the one thing we question the least: water. For Clara Sieg, Co Founder and CEO of Loonen, that question became deeply…

Some links in this story may earn us a commission, always at no extra cost to you. We only ever recommend what we genuinely love. Not every summer fragrance needs to smell like sunscreen, citrus, or a very expensive hotel lobby. Sometimes the best ones are softer than that. A little warmer. A little stranger.…

If you have spent any time scrolling lately, you have probably seen it: someone reclined in a salon chair, eyes closed, while warm water cascades over their hair like the world’s chicest shampoo commercial. That, friends, is a head spa. And in much of the world, it is not a trend at all. It is…

This piece comes to us from Lola Mark, a freelance writer specializing in women’s health and wellness You’ve got the silk pillowcase, the blackout curtains and maybe even a magnesium routine. But if you’re still waking up foggy or lying awake longer than feels reasonable, the problem might not be obvious. Some of the most…

For more than two decades, Moa Gürbüzer worked as a family therapist and social worker in Sweden, closely witnessing the ways alcohol quietly shapes families, relationships, and everyday life. Over time, she began to see the issue not just as individual, but something much larger, rooted in culture itself. That perspective eventually led her to…