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American YouTuber Ms Rachel has been honoured as one of Glamour’s Women of the Year awards and in her speech shared some poignant words and shared the true meaning behind her dress

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Ms Rachel, an American educator and YouTuber known for her children’s music series on language development for infants and toddlers, was honoured at this year’s Glamour Women of the Year Awards.

She was named Woman of the Year for her prominent advocacy for Palestine. Other winners included actress Demi Moore and singer Tyla.

At the show on Tuesday November 4, Rachel displayed a powerful fashion statement, wearing a long, off the shoulder, black and white dress with pictures embroidered onto it.

Sharing the special meaning behind the red carpet look, Rachel revealed that she had asked kids from Gaza to create artwork for her, which highlighted their experiences. She then had the pictures embroidered onto her upcycled dress.

She told Glamour: “I’m carrying their stories in my heart. They all know about the dress, and they’re so excited.”

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In her acceptance speech, she told the crowd: “Tonight I am wearing this beautiful dress that has art from kids in Gaza, and these kids are just amazing. They’re so thoughtful and so brilliant.”

“No matter how hard some people try to convince us that empathy is wrong, it’s right,” she added. “No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness, it’s a strength. No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited, it’s limitless.”

Rachel ended her speech by giving a special mention to a little girl called Rama who lost both of her sisters. “I want to end with her words because they’re more important than mine. Rama wanted to say: ‘I want to tell the world that my sisters are not numbers. They are moons. They are like the stars – they shine and sparkle.'” Rachel then left the stage receiving a standing ovation.

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The YouTuber previously shared how she is continuing to advocate for children all over the world, specifically in Gaza and Sudan.

“My love and care for children doesn’t stop at my own children. It doesn’t stop at the children in our country. It embraces every child of the world.”

Rachel shared how she thinks having a platform is a positive thing, as using it can “highlight issues and get a message to a bigger audience.” She believes how that is a powerful role that should be used to the greatest extent.

Ms Rachel has been one of the loudest voices advocating for Palestine and has consistently used her social media platform to speak out for Palestinian children. She has refused to work with anyone who has not spoken out against the Israeli treatment on Gazans.

Back in September, Ms Rachel became a Global Ambassador for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and continues to support fundraising efforts for children in Palestine.

Charlotte Tilbury’s mystery beauty hauls are back and for Black Friday, they’ve got 50% off

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Beauty fans are in for a treat this month as Black Friday discounts are dropping early, with some already live – and now Charlotte Tilbury has joined in the mix. And the deals on offer help shoppers save up to 50% on some of its best-selling products.

Having launched this week, fans of the cult-favourite beauty brand will be pleased to hear its viral mystery boxes are back in shades Pretty Pink and Cheeky Peach for the shopping event, both of which are now half-price. As they sold out rapidly last year, we can’t see these bundles sticking around for long. Featuring four beauty buys, the Charlotte’s Beauty Treats Mystery Box costs £51 instead of its usual £103 and contains a selection of makeup and skincare icons.

While its contents tucked inside the crimson boxes are not known, from the brand’s subtle teaser images – which offer a sneak peak – it looks like the bundle includes a moisturiser, lipstick, mascara and palette. And while we know the two boxes will have shoppers donning either a pink look or more of a peachy vibe, the exact shades and styles are a secret until they are opened, even to us.

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But that’s not all as Charlotte Tilbury has introduced a brand new mystery haul in its Black Friday offers that saves shoppers £100 on six mystery products. The Charlotte’s Mystery Beauty Icons L.O.V.E. Bag, now £100, contains six products, one of which is the award-winning Magic Cream – which costs £54 alone. Alongside the five other mystery items, shoppers will also get a heart-shaped L.O.V.E bag (worth £55) as an extra treat.

Looking on the website, it appears the new Mystery Bag will also likely contain a compact, lipstick, mascara and more, all of which can fit inside the free bag (bar the 30ml Magic Cream).

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A favourite among skincare fans and celebrity MUAs alike, the cream has an impressive 4.6 star-rating on Charlotte Tilbury, with beauty buffs raving about its quick absorbancy, lightweight texture and ‘gorgeous’ scent. One person shared their experience and said: “This is the best face cream I’ve found. Makes my face feel fresh and helps with my aging. Highly recommend.”

Another added: “I am a 53 year old female and have been using magic cream for almost 2 years and i will never go back to my previous product. It glides on the skin and gives me an instant radianc and my skin feels firmer. I feel like the aging process has been halted since using this product.”

Although not everyone was quite as impressed, as one person remarked: “Product is average, doesn’t do much magic as I expected. No major hydration seen or gloss seen.”

Detailing the new Black Friday bargain, the brand explains: “Filled with 6 globally-loved makeup + skincare icons for the party look of your dreams, you get the limited-edition heart-shaped bag for FREE – it includes a detachable handbag chain so you can dazzle at the disco this party season!”

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For those wanting to bag both a Mystery Box and a L.O.V.E Bag, the brand is also featuring a limited-time offer that sees fans of the brand snagging both for £151 instead of £302.

Now, for the beauty fans who’d rather know what they’re getting inside a beauty box, the Glossybox x Iconic London Limited Edition has just launched and costing £45 contains six Iconic London makeup goodies, all full-size, worth over £124. For an array of brands its Glossybox Christmas Limited Edition, worth over £186) is £40 and contains goodies from Gatineau, e.l.f. Molton Brown, Beauty Works and more.

Shoppers who love No7 can also take advantage of the Boots Star Gifts, in which the No7 Pro Artist Ultimate Glamour Beauty Vault is down to £44.50 from £90. The offer can be found online.

While the Charlotte Tilbury Mystery hauls haven’t received any comments just yet – having just launched – shoppers from previous years have praised the quality and delight of the items, with one person on TrustPilot revealing: “The mystery box was a smash! Loved it and the palette.” Although they did note: “The only negative I could possibly have is the packages seems very drugstore, not at all what I expected I’m sorry to say.”

Popstar Charli XCX was worried her label were going to drop her because of her BRAT album that became her most successful yet – and hinted at a potential release of new music soon

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Global popstar Charli XCX has admitted she thought she was going to be dropped by her label after her BRAT album as she feared it was ‘so out there’.

The singer topped the charts with her album BRAT, which also saw her win five Brit Awards, but in a chat with Gwyneth Paltrow on her GOOP podcast, Charli said she wasn’t thinking about the response to her album while she was making it.

The Party 4 U singer said: “I think when I was making it, I wasn’t thinking about the response at all. I actually made this record being like, ‘OK, I’m just going to do this one for me and maybe I’m going to get dropped by my label and that’s fine’. That was kind of the headspace that I was in.”

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She also said there is a “lot of luck with timing” and the way that culture is moving, and added: “I think when I released this record, it’s like people were wanting something that felt very real and messy. And I think that’s just the way that culture was swinging.”

The album became the start of a cultural movement known as Brat Summer, a phenomenon that took over pop culture with its flurry of radioactive-green text memes and endless references to the album and themes of party girls of many genders, late nights, late mornings, and drugs.

After her success of BRAT, Charli, who recently married boyfriend and The 1975 drummer George Daniel, had hinted she was going to take a break from making music, however she has now teased there could be more in the pipelines, and completely different to what she’s previously released. “I’m really interested to see what comes next in pop culture, especially in the music space, what people are ­craving.

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“I really like to work in contrast. I think whatever I do next will just inherently be different to Brat because that’s what feels natural. I’m exploring a lot of stuff with strings at the moment, which I’m really enjoying and I haven’t really worked in that space before.”

The star has also revealed she’s heading for the big screen too, with a number of movies on the way including Faces Of Death and I Want Your Sex.

Now branching into acting, she said: “And don’t get me wrong, I love making music, but I think there was just a point where I was kind of like, OK, I really need to exercise my creativity in a different way. I don’t actually really listen to that much music ever. I never really have. But what I am doing is I’m always watching films.”

Loose Women panellist Denise Welch opened up about adjusting to a health condition she hadn’t realised she had, following many years of struggling with depression

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Loose Women’s Denise Welch has admitted she “completely underestimated” a condition she was diagnosed with in recent years. The actress has been candid about her struggle with depression over the years, but in 2022 she discovered she also has ADHD.

According to the NHS, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is a condition that affects how the brain functions. Symptoms can include difficulty paying attention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness.

Denise found out she had ADHD after being offered an assessment through Loose Women, following her co-star Nadia Sawalha’s own diagnosis and suspicions.

Discussing the discovery, the 67-year-old said: “To me, depression had always been my illness. I’d never considered that anything else was there.

“And I thought, well if it’s just that I interrupt a lot, sometimes girls that’s because you’re boring me, you know, I’m not going to take tablets because I interrupt a lot, or maybe I sort of go off on a tangent, thinking that’s maybe what it was, so I did the whole thing [assessment].

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“And needless to say, I was diagnosed ADHD. And it’s only now on my second attempt at medication, which came after a breakdown last year, [my] first in five years, that I’ve realised how I had completely underestimated the impact of ADHD on me running parallel with my depression.”

Discussing how earlier awareness may have helped her understand her diagnosis, Denise added: “And if I had shown signs before I had Matthew, if maybe there was more money spent on women’s health, they would find a huge link between ADHD and postnatal depression, severe postnatal depression.”

The Loose Women star battled with depression after the birth of her first child, The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.

She refers to this illness as “the unwelcome visitor”, which led her to resort to alcohol and drugs in an attempt to escape it.

“My cocaine dependency didn’t start until my late thirties,” she revealed to Elizabeth Day on her How To Fail podcast.

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She further explained that she was initially “vehemently against” drugs in her twenties and “had no desire to have anything more than a drink on a Friday [or] Saturday night with my friends”.

“That was me, but my desperation to lift this immovable depression led me to what will do it? That will,” Denise added.

The actress, who has been clean for over a decade now, continued: “When I’ve been depressed subsequently in the last four years and I have taken my ADHD tablet, it has the same effect, but not the I’m going to drink and smoke effect.”

If you suspect you may be dealing with depression or ADHD, it’s important to consult your GP for guidance and support. Help and advice can also be found on the NHS website.