Lia Mappoura

1 week ago | cosmopolitan.com | Lia Mappoura

The UK's number one Korean beauty retailer, PURESEOUL, has just opened up its eighth brick and mortar in Westfield Stratford, London [Thursday 10 April] – and proving that the hype is well and truly real, social media videos show that fans camped outside the store, hours before its grand opening.

1 week ago | cosmo.ph | Lia Mappoura

What's more startling than a horror movie jump scare? Not much, TBH, but one experience that does top it is the unexpected pain of a heat spike mid-manicure—a.k.a. that burning sensation you feel when curing your nails under aUV lamp (war flashbacks). Chances are, if you're reading this, you, too, have been silenced (cc. Oprah) by the pain of a gel nail heat spike and are seeking answers.

2 weeks ago | cosmopolitan.com | Lia Mappoura

What's more startling than a horror movie jump scare? Not much, TBH, but one experience that does top it is the unexpected pain of a heat spike mid manicure. Aka, that burning sensation you feel when curing your nails under a UV lamp *war flashbacks*. Chances are, if you're reading this, you, too, have been silenced (cc. Oprah) by the pain of a gel nail heat spike and are seeking answers.

2 weeks ago | cosmopolitan.com | Lia Mappoura

When 20 degrees hits the UK, we Brits start to struggle. I mean, a country without air-conditioning paired with the double digits of sweltering heat? Unbearable. And in times such as these, the last thing anyone wants is high-maintenance hair that clings to your neck or loses shape with humidity. Enter: The French bob. Chic, breezy and effortlessly cool, it's the classic short cut that has made a major comeback and for good reason; hence why we're dubbing it *the* style to get this summer.

2 weeks ago | cosmopolitan.com | Lia Mappoura

Unless you've been living on planet Mars for the past century, you would have heard of the bob haircut... Y'know, *that* chin-length 'do that Lily Collins is best known for sporting – oh, and the one that's been around since the 1900s with many an iteration. We've seen everything from the bottleneck bob to the French bob but one style that's, arguably, less intimidating than the super short cut and more wearable is the long bob (aka, lob). But what defines a long bob?