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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.

It’s Cosmo’s birthday! Hip hip hooray

From the editors • To celebrate our 50th anniversary issue, I invited the magazine’s former editors back to share this page and celebrate with me. Enjoy!

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J Lo gets hitched • TV, MOVIES, MUSIC ODCASTS, CELEBS

Cosmopolitan in pop culture: a timeline • Okay, we’ll admit it: we are a pretty big deal. Here’s a run-down of our favourite cultural name-drops from the world of movies and TV

If Skins was set today • It’s been 15 years since our favourite teen drama, Skins, got everyone wearing fluorescent tights and dancing to The Gossip. But what if it had all been set in 2022?

Expectation vs reality: is it really like that? • From the glamorous to the grim, how accurate are the portrayals of magazine life you see on the big (and small) screen?

The Inventing Anna characters in real life • The crimes of New York con woman Anna Sorokin dominated the news, and now her story has been made into the Netflix drama Inventing Anna. The actual events are astonishing, so here’s a run-through of the people who watched them unfold…

5 OF THE BEST NEW period drama page-turners • Love diving into stories set in the past? You’re in luck. Kicking off the year, there’s a host of new escapist historical fiction that will immerse you in a bygone era

BS-FREE BEAUTY THAT WORKS FOR YOU • Beauty director Victoria Jowett on this month’s #empties

FRAGRANCE ICONS • From Chanel No.5 to Le Labo Santal 33, the fragrance world is awash with cult favourites. But what’s next? We take a whiff of the up-and-coming scents that’ll soon be everywhere

Wait… is caffeine the secret to really good hair? • Only if you like it long and shiny

This is your skin on ACID • Navigating the good, the bad and the confusing

Beauty lab Cake-free concealers • Want a concealer that covers while still looking natural? Us too. Beauty director Victoria Jowett puts the latest formulas to the test

Perfect YOUR BASE • Bobbi Brown senior pro artist Warren Dowdall knows a thing or two about applying concealer…

THE BEST BEAUTY ADVICE WE'VE EVER COME ACROSS • From our favourite insider experts to the Cosmopolitan beauty team - past and present

Say goodbye to gymtimidation • STRETCH YOUR BODY AND YOUR MIND

THE FUTURE OF CONTRA CEPTION • THE ARRIVAL OF THE PILL IN 1961 LED TO A REVOLUTION IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN. BUT HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT IT NOW AND WHAT DOES ITS FUTURE HOLD?

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CONTRACEPTION…

‘MY NAME IS Grace Victory. I AM AN AUTHOR, CONTENT CREATOR, MOTHER AND SURVIVOR. This is my story.’ • At seven months pregnant, on Christmas Eve 2020, Grace Victory was diagnosed with a severe case of Covid. Having her baby boy early was his only chance of survival. And, shortly after the birth, being put into an induced coma was Grace’s only chance of survival. This is what it’s like to die and live to tell the tale.

Life in my body… with stage three breast cancer • Nisha Singh, 32, had a double mastectomy as part of her treatment

Try before you train… fleeces • Whether you’re after practical hiking gear or a normcore style staple, Team Cosmo have got you covered (and cosy)

Meet the new 24/7 PJs • FASHION THAT MAKES YOU FEEL AS GREAT AS YOU LOOK

Sexy cutouts are here to save your V-Day • Time for your clavicles to shine

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