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Cosmopolitan Magazine celebrates fun, glamour and a passion for life. Inspiring young women to be the best they can be with everything from high street fashion must-haves and stunning make-up tips, career news, sex and relationship advice, as well as intimate interviews with your favourite celebs! It's gutsy, intimate and most importantly honest about issues affecting women.

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Hello, summer of live music • Going to a gig never looked (or sounded) so good

A fetch oral history of the original Mean Girls • For its 20th anniversary, the cast and crew come together to unpack one of the most iconic films of our time

Which Taylor Swift era are you in? • Swifties, it’s time… The Eras Tour is *finally* coming to the UK. To mark the moment, take our quiz to find out which era matches your current mood

PSA: your favourite author is back • New novels from our go-to writers are now hitting the shelves. But how do their second, fifth or 36th book (we’re looking at you Harlan Coben) compare to the classics? Team Cosmo finds out

Hands up if you’ve been forgetting to apply SPF to these areas • *Raises hand* and instantly reaches for sun protection

What’s in the [h]air for summer? • New season = new hair trends and we have the intel on the styles that are about to dominate your feeds. Are you taking notes?

What the AC-tual F is air-con doing to our skin and hair? • Cooling systems could be behind some of your biggest beauty woes

Liquid blush • Get a royal flush with these silky, foolproof formulas

Warmer days ahead • The sun is *finally* setting at a respectable hour, we’ve busted out the fake tan and the puffer has been put away for another year. Summer is here, so’s your new wardrobe…

Easy-does-it dresses • Picnic in the park? Big night out? Office day? There’s an all-in-one outfit solution for every date in the diary

Sunday stroll • Where there’s a dress for every occasion, there’s a sandal for it, too; from smart leather picks to sporty outdoor kicks

Finishing touches • Sometimes the most exciting summer purchase is the final puzzle piece to your ’fit: the perfect beach tote, those sunnies that never leave your head, or that cute new necklace

The swimwear brands you need to know for a stylish summer • From teeny ‘kinis and size-inclusive swimsuits to lingerie-inspired designs, these brands are about to up your beach game

Meet our new Contributing Curve Editor

‘I haven’t worn a dress since I finished high school’ • G Flip, the Australian non-binary musician and spouse to Selling Sunset’s Chrishell Stause, is touring the world with their DRUMMER album. Between sound checks, they riffed with Cosmo on all things androgynous style, from their wedding-day suit to gender-bending Halloween costumes

Gut instinct: how we all went microbiome mad • Anyone for a big dose of colonising bacteria? Just us?

Is festival season wrecking your body? • How to survive several days of sesh (mostly) unscathed

Your best workout ever? These tests claim to have the secret • From DNA-informed fitness to blood-type diets, staying healthy just got a whole lot more personal…

Honeymoons are back, but they’re actually megamoons this time • Big-budget weddings were so pre-pandemic. In this economy, we’re more intentional about cash, and that means spending that 140-person-buffet money on an all-in, weeks-long holiday with your lawfully wedded lover instead. Hot-air balloon rides not optional

Your summer horoscope

Hi. We party without hangovers now • Because £20 cocktails + next-day group chat anxiety = so last year…

Your massive crush on Sabrina Carpenter is justified...