Lifestyle

The gloomiest day of the year is here. January 19th marks Blue Monday on the calender, the day when Christmas and New Year seem like distant memories and summer fun seems like a far away dream. But it doesn't all have to be doom and gloom, and if the public get behind a new viral campaign things could be altogether more cheery. Using hashtag #smileforjanuary One Poll CEO John Sewell is encouraging the nation to share their favourite jokes to brighten up the...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_lifestyle Today, Monday 19th January, is the most depressing day of the year. It’s official. I didn’t get a seat on the tube this morning until 9 stops in, which is unheard of, so I can definitely feel the first wave of ‘it’s going to be a bad day’ permeating my brain. It’s also really bloody cold. This theory goes back to 2005 when a UK based psychologist, Cliff Arnall, calculated that a combination of...

With January well and truly under way and New Year's resolutions already starting to crumble, now is the time we really struggle to keep our diets up. New research has revealed boredom, expense and will power are among the top reasons for giving up a diet, with chocolate, alcohol and fizzy drinks the hardest treats for women to give up or cut back on when watching their weight. The study, commissioned by SodaStream, found a whopping 83 per cent only last an...

New research has revealed that nearly three-quarters of men have no idea the lengths their wife or girlfriend goes to look her best. The study found most men are completely oblivious to the extensive beauty routine their other half goes through on a daily basis, with waxing or bleaching of moustaches among the pampering habits which escape men as well as extensive plucking of eyebrows, nose hair and chin whiskers. Wearing push-up bras, false eyelashes and control pants were also tricks ladies...

By Georgette Culley What happened when our  feature writer  went to celebrity hairstylist in Knightsbridge salon? Ever since I can remember I’ve been dying my hair. First, I went bleach blonde, then I went Ginger (yes I actually asked to be ginger), then I went brunette, pink and every colour in between. Needless to say, my hair isn’t in the best condition and is dryer than the Gobi desert. No matter what expensive products I put on it, it still looks shit...

Things used to be different back in the day. House prices were affordable, you could get a pint for less than £3 and university courses didn't require tens of thousands of pounds in funding. But how cheap were things really? Well, Provident is challenging the nation to try and remember prices of the past! This includes the price of petrol in 2003, the cost of a London bus ticket, holidays, houses, food and drink, weddings, razors and all kinds of other things....

After Neknominate took the nation by storm and the ice bucket challenge replicated its success and then some, a new viral campaign has emerged on Facebook in the shape of our first profile pictures. On  February 4 Facebook will turn 11 years-old, which means that we have been socially active on the network for just long enough to tap the vast resource that is nostalgia. TimeHop has already reaped the rewards from digging up old photos and posts in a sort of digital...

By Kuae Mattox A new survey has revealed Americans are taking a new approach to New Year's resolutions and focusing on 'inner health' instead. Resolutions about diet and losing weight are still in good shape in the US, but this year almost half of people in the US said  the older they become the less they are concerned they are with how they look. Rather, they have become more focussed with their strength inside. More than 60 per cent want to be...

By Kuae Mattox Millions of American men have become fashion victims at the hands of their style-conscious wives or girlfriends, according to a new survey. Two-thirds of US women say their partners' choice of clothing "just isn't right" - and nearly half secretly purge their wardrobes of some of the grosser garb. A survey of 1,000 Americans across the country by Bombfell, the men’s online personal styling service, revealed that a staggering 98 per cent of women felt it was OK to...