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1 week ago | 
graziadaily.co.uk | Olivia McCrea-Hedley
'There aren't enough stories about women.'It may only be 7.45am in Los Angeles when we speak, but Issa Rae is full of energy. In fact, she’s been up for hours. ‘From 4am to 6-6.30am is my time. I wake up, work out, journal and then, around 7am, the work starts,’ she says. For a creative as prolific as Rae, who juggles writing, acting, producing and running multiple business, it’s the only time she can carve out those ‘precious hours’ for herself.
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2 months ago | 
cntraveller.com | Olivia McCrea-Hedley
For most people, eating a croissant is not an extraordinary experience. Unless, perhaps, you’re standing on the corner of a Parisian street, peering through the window of a boulangerie, stopped in your tracks by the piles of patisserie on the counter. And because it’s the first time you’ve salivated over anything in months.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Olivia McCrea-Hedley
Asking Eric: Friends didn’t reach out after a death in the familyDear Annie: “Unacknowledged Grief” was hurt over not receiving cards, calls, etc., following the death of a loved one. I understand this very well, …
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
glamourmagazine.co.uk | Olivia McCrea-Hedley
I’ve always wanted to be Julia Roberts. Specifically, 1997 Julia Roberts in My Best Friend’s Wedding: a blazer-wearing journalist with, notably, a mane of sensational, very natural-looking curls. As I sat and rewatched the film for the millionth time, marvelling at her hair, I clocked that mine – which is not dissimilar in texture or curl pattern – was styled poker straight. Again. In fact, it’s been like this for most of the past month or so.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
glamourmagazine.co.uk | Olivia McCrea-Hedley
“There are also huge mental health benefits: massage has been proven to lower cortisol levels (the stress hormone), alleviating anxiety and depression," she continues. "This, in turn, helps with inflamed skin, as if the body is in a high stress state, this can manifest on the skin in many ways, such as accelerated ageing, skin conditions and breakouts.”Where do you start with facial massage?
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
service95.com | Marisa Bate |Olivia McCrea-Hedley
Alamy Activism, Politics | By Ahead of the US presidential election on 5 November, the polls told us the race was tied. Yet, in a contest framed as the battle of the sexes, some pundits believed that women voters would edge Kamala Harris over the line. Why? To protect abortion rights, to elect the first woman President and stop a man accused of rape and found liable of sexual abuse from getting back in the White House. “Typical,” I texted a friend.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
service95.com | Ata-Owaji Victor |Olivia McCrea-Hedley
Death To Stock Self Service, Self | By Tears and a tub of ice cream. The mandatory big night out with friends. A wardrobe refresh. A bed ‘rot day’ after the ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ conversation. When it comes to breaking up with a romantic partner, there’s no shortage of advice for helping us heal heartache.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
service95.com | Pia Brynteson |Olivia McCrea-Hedley
Shopping, The Wish List | By It’s official: winter is coming (in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway). From cute-but-cosy layers to your new wardrobe staples, these are the pieces to carry you through the season in style 1. The Playful Socks Bring an unexpected pop of colour to any look with these light pink socks from Essential Antwerp. They’re soft, stretchy and genuinely practical – great for pairing with trainers, heels and even long boots. £30, Essential Antwerp 2.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
service95.com | Charley Ross |Olivia McCrea-Hedley
Self Service, Self, Sex & Relationships | By Pop culture tells us all kinds of things about money and our relationship with it: that ‘it makes the world go round’ and ‘it’s a rich man’s world’. But how does it impact the dynamic of our dating life, especially if our partner or love interest earns significantly more or less than we do? Welcome to the world of wage gap relationships.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
glamourmagazine.co.uk | Olivia McCrea-Hedley
I’m walking to work through central London one morning, bleary-eyed after some impromptu Tuesday night drinks and clutching a flat white like it’s my sole reason for being, when I see before me – in bold, glittering, six-foot letters – the question I keep asking myself: “WHY AM I SO SINGLE?”Having your lack-of-relationship status shoved in your face, for whatever reason, before 9am feels like an emotional assault from the universe.
