Borax, also known as sodium borate, is a salt of white crystals that acts as a detergent and bleach. It can slow the growth ...

This is the year you finally find a liquid lipstick that lasts, stop letting dishes pile up in the sink, and upgrade your WFH ...

From sweets to skincare, these 41 Lunar New Year gifts will help inspire growth and transformation in 2025, the Year of the ...

Katy is an avid beauty buff with extensive personal experience serving as an eager tester of brands large and small, drugstore and luxury, on behalf of family and friends alike. She's a Columbia ...

SEATTLE — If you’re having difficulty finding a shrub that will survive in dry shade, especially underneath giant evergreens that suck up every inch of available moisture, give Aucuba japonica ...

The quickest method, she says, is simply hanging your washed laundry outside to dry, even if it sounds unconventional. She acknowledges that this might not be feasible on some days, but emphasises ...

Cold, snowy and rainy winter days are bad enough when you don’t have to do the laundry. But when you’ve got a full load of clean but wet washing to dry, the dull and damp British winter weather can ...

In almost a decade as a beauty writer, I’ve spent a not-insignificant amount of time testing lotions on my uncomfortably dry skin. I’ve sourced recommendations from dermatologists, shower ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

My colleague Debora Robertson swears by it as the best way of drying bras and Sally Hughes of laundry experts Kair recommends it to make delicates last longer. I found the Dry:Soon took around ...