Fashion

Why keeping up with Kendall and Kylie requires patience

Jenna Clarke 6:35 PM   Days after legitimate royalty departed, Kendall and Kylie Jenner – the heiresses to the Kardashian throne – have arrived to pick up where Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall left off.

The evolution of our animated heroines

Jenna Clarke   How time, technology and trends have impacted and influenced our favourite animated icons.

Bloomingdale's apologises over Christmas ad which 'promotes date rape'

US retail giant Bloomingdale's has been forced to apologise after an advert in its Christmas catalogue sparked outrage that it encouraged date rape.

Beauty

Christie Brinkley uses Botox in neck and hair extensions to look young

Amy Croffey 11:31 AM   The 61-year-old model admits being au natural is not how she maintains her Uptown Girl look.

Essena O'Neill deletes Instagram account after hitting out at friends who say her viral post is a hoax

Essena O'Neill has hit back at accusations that her viral post about quitting social media is a hoax and publicity stunt.

Sephora angers Australian shoppers by blocking its US website

Esther Han   Angry Sephora customers are labelling the cosmetics giant as a "bully" and a "big brother" over its latest online move.

Wellbeing

Is plant protein the new meat?

Paula Goodyer                       

Spare tyre worse than being fat all over

A spare tyre round the middle of an otherwise average-sized body is more dangerous than being fat all over, research has shown.

Former anorexic's joyful photos go viral

Megan Jayne, 22, wants women to see skinny is not always an ideal.

Home & Style

Blake Lively shutting down her 'ridiculous' website Preserve

Barely a year after it began, Blake Lively is closing down her website, admitting "it's not making a difference in people's lives".

The unglamourous reality behind perfect Instagram photos

There's a running joke on Instagram that the selfie and the tagged picture tend to be chalk and cheese

The most common furniture stains will make you want to spew

You might want to get up from the couch. Those mysterious stains on the sofa have just been named.

Life

Millions of men have 'no close friends'

Sarah Berry 12:08 PM   Stoicism and isolation make lonely mates of too many men.

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Need a mum? Now you can hire one

Josephine Tovey   A New York woman is hiring herself out to young people who want a friendly ear and the lessons her life has taught her.

Justin Hemmes names daughter... after his multi-million dollar empire

Amy Croffey   Alexa Merivale Hemmes is named after her father's multi-million dollar empire and his milliner mother, Merivale.