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Beauty, fragrance and the culture of care. The people behind skincare and perfumery, considered spa spaces and wellbeing practices, reported with attention to ingredients, methods and evidence.
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In Geneva, Erkin Bek's ALL HERE pairs guided practice with immersive headsets and live brainwave readings, a meditation centre that treats technology as a door rather than a distraction.
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Japan has some of the longest lives on earth, and no single food explains them. From natto to wakame, eight staples of the Japanese table and the habit of stopping before you are full show how a diet built on fermentation, soy, sea vegetables and moderation fits a wider pattern of health.
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From a floating ring of saunas in Swedish Lapland to a cedar cabin on a British Columbia bay, eleven hotels where heat, cold water and quiet have become the reason to travel.
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Travelling for an aesthetic procedure used to be a question of price. Today the decision turns on credentials, safety protocols and time to recover, and the trip increasingly folds into a wider programme of wellbeing.
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Injectable peptides have travelled from bodybuilding forums to longevity clinics and the feeds of teenage boys. None of the popular ones is an approved medicine, and the questions that matter are about source, supervision and evidence.
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Wellness once sold calm in the present tense. Longevity sells a healthier future self, and with wearables, diagnostics, artificial intelligence and venture capital behind it, the promise is reshaping a market worth some USD 6.8 trillion.
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From a contemporary hermitage in Umbria to medically supervised fasting on Lake Constance and a silent week above Lake Orta, thirteen addresses where travelling alone becomes a method rather than a circumstance.
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Guests on GLP-1 medication eat less and ask more of the spa. Hotels and restaurants are answering with smaller plates, protein-led menus and programmes built around recovery rather than indulgence.
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In Stockholm, the fitness race that gives ageing amateurs a scoreboard staged its world final. The story of the weekend belonged less to the professionals than to men like Augie Lengling, 41, chasing last year's version of themselves.
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Light at the corners, shadow that recedes, lashes lifted from the root and brows that point outwards: the quiet geometry behind the wide, rested gaze of the red carpet.
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Honest loads, measured progress, enough protein and protected sleep. A sports physiologist and two coaches explain why the fastest way to build muscle is also the oldest.
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Softly framed eyes, skin that looks like skin and a sixties revival handled with a light touch: at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, make-up moved away from transformation and towards precision.