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26 Aug

The latest way to biohack your body? Microchips in

The latest way to biohack your body? Microchips in
Microchip nailsGallery / 7 images Chipped nails have always been a nuisance – until now. Manicurists and marketers are transforming the everyday manicure into something more futuristic, with wearable-tech enthusiasts and beauty fans embedding NFC chips into nail art to share business details, social profiles or just about anything with a link, all with the tap of a finger. While it may feel like magic, the technology is not entirely new. Viral Oyster card nails made waves around a decade ago, while artist Arvida Bystrom used similar chips beneath her skin for a project soon afterwards. Short for “near-field communication”, NFC is the same technology used when scanning a biometric passport at the airport. According to Google Trends, searches for “NFC chip”...
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17 Aug

This film gives looksmaxxing men the body horror treatment

This film gives looksmaxxing men the body horror treatment
Looksmaxxing (2026)Gallery / 9 images It’s tempting to frame Looksmaxxing (2026) as the male answer to 2024’s feminist body horror The Substance. Following a “dopamine-depleted young man” named Niles, played by actor and skateboarder Sunny Suljic, the short film follows his spiralling obsession with hyper-masculine beauty standards, via toxic influencers, a DIY drug protocol sourced from the shady fringes of the web, a talking tumour, and bone smashing. By now, US-based writer and director Elan Alexander is used to the comparison. But, as he points out, the script predated Coralie Fargeat’s hit film by some time. In fact, Looksmaxxing emerged out of his obsession with looksmaxxing forums way back in 2022. Maybe both filmmakers were just responding to something unavoidable in...
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17 Aug

Photographer Landyn Pan’s joyful work celebrates freedom of identity

Photographer Landyn Pan’s joyful work celebrates freedom of identity
From digital artists to photographers, body sculptors and hair stylists to make-up and nail artists, in our Spotlight series, we profile the creatives tearing up the rulebook in their respective industries. The first time photographer and artist Landyn Pan fully understood the importance of their Naked Paint Party shoots was when a trans teen messaged them to say how affirming and refreshing it was to see so many non-binary stories being told. An intimate, joyful series, the naked paint parties document celebratory gatherings where trans and gender nonconforming people get naked and paint each other. It’s a process that sees the attendees open up emotionally, as well as physically, sharing vulnerable conversations with each other around identity and their relationships to their bodies. Trans...
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14 Aug

Beauty forecast 2024: Girlhood-core evolves into New Romantics 2.0

Beauty forecast 2024: Girlhood-core evolves into New Romantics 2.0
New Romantics in the 1980sGallery / 16 images 2023 was officially the ‘year of the girl’ with the blockbuster success of the Barbie movie and endless calls to ‘girlcore’ via girl math, girl dinner and girly-girl aesthetics. In make-up and beauty, this meant pops of pink blush, up-dos adorned with ribbons and bows, strawberry girl aesthetics and a determination to look as doll-like as possible as we glazed ourselves like coquette cinnamon sugar cookies. But these days, the trend cycle is ever-evolving and the glow of girlcore is already starting to lose its lustre. So, where do we go from here? What does the post-girlhood aesthetics look like and what beauty trends are in store for 2024? One thing’s for certain –...
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