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Metro
8 hours ago
- Health
- Metro
Gloriah's Pulse Point Oils are a viral sensation and now have 20% off
Metro journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission – learn more We have tried and tested a whole host of vitamins and supplements in a bid to help us get a full undisturbed sleep, boost our energy levels, and regulate our hormones. But there is a new supplement that has been going viral you need to have on your radar too. Gloriah is a female founded brand that has created products to suit a host of female health concerns after the duo – one of whom is an NHS nurse, the other battles with PCOS – struggled to find solutions to their own needs. The products span across sleep support, hormone balance, and energy levels,all of which are 100% natural, hormone-free, vegan friendly and made in the UK. But it's the Energise & Unwind Duo that has garnered a lot of attention – not least because it is on offer. This duo contains two pulse oils, including Hey, Sunshine and Slow Jam, which are to be applied on the pulse points morning and night, respectively. Hey, Sunshine boasts citrus notes that work to energise the mind and body, reduce that sluggish feeling and promote focus in the Jam is to be used in the evening to de-stress, reduce anxiety and promote sleep. The products are made in the UK, contain no hormones, are non-invasive and 100% natural. BUY NOW FOR £25 Whether you are dealing with the effects of PMDD, perimenopause, PCOS or postpartum recovery, mood swings and disrupted sleep are some of the most stubborn and overlooked symptoms of hormonal imbalance, which is exactly what the Energise & Unwind Duo aim to combat. The bundle includes Hey, Sunshine pulse oil, which is to be used in the morning to energise the mind and body, combat the morning sluggishness and brain fog, as well as enhance mental clarity. The set also features Slow Jam, which is an anxiety-reducing pulse oil that promotes sleep and relaxation in the evening. Unsurprisingly Hey Sunshine is an energising scent as it boasts notes of citrus fruits, while Slow Jam boasts notes of myrrh and tonka. Both scents have been patented and clinically tested. Gloriah founders believe hormones do not just impact your monthly cycle but your brain chemistry, which is why they developed effective pulse oils that tune into your sense of smell. Why is this helpful? The scent activates the areas of your brain responsible for emotional regulation, concentration and relaxation. Putting it simply, Gloriah's products are 'scent science', coined the brand, and they are not just another perfume. The pulse oils offer a holistic and non-invasive remedy that supports your nervous system, and it doesn't rely on you consuming supplements to work. They are science-backed, mess-free and have been clinically shown to support the nervous system when things feel a little out of whack. Hey Sunshine and Slow Jam claims to sync with your hormonal rhythm and help regulate your body from morning to night. All you have to do is swipe the rollerball along the wrists and neck, then let the fragrance compounds work their magic. Gloriah reported this cult duo sold out within one week, and while the set is back in stock we predict it won't be for long, especially with Metro's exclusive discount codes. From now until 30 June, shoppers can get 15% off the Energise & Unwind Duo using the promotional code 'METRO15', or 20% off when you buy three or more products and add the code 'METRO20' at the checkout. More Trending This bundle has garnered glowing reviews from shoppers. Delilah's review read: 'I didn't think scent could change how I feel but these genuinely do. no fuss, just works', while Quinn added: 'I noticed I feel more grounded using these, like I'm not rushing as much. Nice to feel that shift.' A separate shopper, named Zara, shared: 'I didn't know scent could do this much. I love how these feel on the skin too, not sticky or heavy.' Sold. Follow Metro across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Share your views in the comments below MORE: From Space NK to Mango – here's 23 items our shopping expert is buying this weekend MORE: Molly-Mae Hague shares her new holiday beauty routine including full make-up breakdown MORE: Get over £150 of beauty products for just £45 with this LOOKFANTASTIC summer edit
Scotsman
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
'I saw Pulp on their tour's opening night and I didn't want it to end'
Asking an audience of 14,000 people to imagine they are sitting in a living room listening to their favourite band 'jamming on the settee' opposite them is quite a stretch - especially when you're playing Scotland's largest arena. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... And yet there's something about the way Jarvis Cocker spoke to his fans while he meandered around on stage throwing chocolates to those in the front row as he kicked off Pulp's tour at Glasgow's OVO Hydro that made it feel like an intimate exchange between friends - even when he was sunbathing in a spotlight, reclining in a leather armchair under a chandelier and sharing the stage with flailing air dancers. Despite the frontman's easy-osey approach to performing - admitting he can no longer hit a high note and chatting candidly about how he used to be unable to talk about love - the show has been planned meticulously in order to make it less of a gritty gig and more of a theatrical experience. The show was played in two parts, with the band appearing from behind a grand red curtain alongside a string ensemble and backing singers. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Opening the show with three back-to-back tracks from the band's new album More, which was released just a day before, was a ballsy move but Spike Island, Grown Ups and Slow Jam set the tone for the night with the crowd hanging on every word and every note - a testament to how true-to-the-band the new record is. Pulp in Glasgow | Calum Buchan Old favourites came thick and fast after that, with everyone getting to their feet for Disco 2000, which was sandwiched between Sorted for E's & Wizz and F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. The remainder of the first act saw a peppering of new tracks Tina and Farmers Market, played between the likes of Help the Aged - the first time the band has played it live in more than a decade - This is Hardcore and Sunrise. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad An unorthodox 15 minute intermission came next and it's hard not to imagine that Cocker requested the interval purely to let him have a sit down and enjoy a cup of green tea and some grapes but, regardless of the reason, it worked well. Far from dampening the mood, the audience were buzzing when, as fans returned from the bar, they were given the chance to cheer for their song of choice - with underrated hit Seconds beating Dishes to the win. Pulp in Glasgow | Calum Buchan The band came out in front of the red curtain for an unplugged rendition of Something Changed before treating the audience to lesser-heard-live 90s tracks including The Fear, O.U. (Gone Gone) and Acrylic Afternoons. There wasn't much danger of people leaving on anything but a high, but to make absolutely sure that was the case, Cocker saved some of the band's best known tracks until last. Do You Remember the First Time? got everyone up on their feet, where they stayed for the remainder of the show as Cocker belted out some of the band's most iconic tunes, including Mis-Shapes, Babies and, of course, Common People. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad I will say that I left the concert wishing they'd also played the likes of Pink Glove, Underwear or Like a Friend. But, far from that being a comment on what I'd have changed about the night or the setlist, it's merely a wish that the night could have lasted even longer.
Scottish Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Pulp open first major tour in 20 years in Glasgow with a blistering set of lust and longing
Pulp's opening night at the Hydro in Glasgow was packed DIFFERENT CLASS Pulp open first major tour in 20 years in Glasgow with a blistering set of lust and longing Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Minutes, hours, days. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 4 Jarvis Cocker 'shouting and pointing' James Edmond/Shutterstock 4 Pulp opened their first major tour since 2003 at Glasgow's Hydro Credit: Redferns And if the queues outside the Hydro in Glasgow are anything to go by there is more than a little fondness for Jarvis Cocker and Pulp. Almost 25 years on from their last record - they're back and boy, have we missed them. A velvet curtain slowly reveals Jarvis' spindly silhouette as comeback single, Spike Island, opens proceedings. The first song of the first night back at it - and it's the band's very essence distilled into four-and-a-half minutes. 4 Pulp have returned with their first new record in 24 years James Edmond/Shutterstock As he intones 'I was born to perform/it's a calling' while sashaying across the stage, all theatrical hands and pensive delivery - it's hard to disagree. What follows is a volley of new material, Grown Ups and Slow Jam are filled with Cocker's wit before the first dose of nostalgia with Sorted for Es and Wizz. For a bunch of misfits Pulp look and sound full of the confidence one can only gain by having nothing to lose. Disco 2000 a tale of lust, longing and lost potential is nonchalantly tossed out five songs in complete with confetti cannons and suddenly 14,000 people are on their feet. You see, Pulp are the great British band of the 90s. 'Oasis or Blur?' was the question but the real answer, the only right answer, was always Pulp. The darkness, the intensity, the articulation of a thought you never knew you had. Jarvis nails it. 4 Jarvis Cocker in action at the TRNSMT show in 2023 F.E.E.L.I.N.G C.A.L.L.E.D L.O.V.E is a drug soaked anxiety dream. A pen portrait of the desolation longing can leave you wallowing in. In a set of two halves, This is Hardcore era tracks rub shoulders with the reborn material and even snippets from the unfairly maligned We Love Live. An intermission is followed by Something Changed as the band rally for a final emotional assault on a frankly adoring crowd. The cocaine flecked panic of the Fear gives way to vintage number OU before the winner of a fans vote, Seconds, in a touch showing a band who maybe love their fans as much as the fans love them. You see it's love, or lust, that drives us and few people can capture the hinterland that lingers between like Jarvis. Whether it's the highs and lows of existing or the fading fortunes, friendships and hopes of a disappearing youth. Tonight, it's all on show. The home straight is an emotional rollercoaster. Acrylic Afternoons, conjures up images of nylon sweaters and suburban claustrophobia, Do You Remember the First Time? Is a portrait of the mediocre mundanity we all thought we could avoid while Misshapes, that rallying call for the unremarkable, sets the arena alight. Got To Have Love, another fresh cut, feels like a wiser, warmer sibling of F.E.E.L.I.N.G… and hammers home Pulp's knack for combining disco and desperation. Building to the finale, a frantic, frenzied thrashing of Babies, reaches the climatic cry of a man done wrong 'we were on the bed when you came home/I heard you stop outside the door/I know you won't believe it's true/I only went with her 'cause she looks like you'. But where does a band go from there? Enter Common People. A hymn to the desperation of the working man. Fags, pool, supermarkets. Of the hope among the chip papers. Of looking after your own. And living. In spite of it all. And that's that. A Sunset, a gentle glow that closes the latest record, is a swift half at the bar. One more for the road from one of Britain's most important bands. So then, Oasis or Blur? I joke. The answer, as always, is Pulp. Different Class.
Daily Mirror
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
I tested Kylie Jenner's new Hybrid Blush and one is perfect for all skin tones
Kylie Jenner launched the brand new Kylie Cosmetics Hybrid Blush recently, and I've put every single shade to the test to see which ones are worth investing in – and one came out on top If there's one thing our summer makeup routines could never be without, it's blusher. In the warmer months more than any other season, we're all about adding a rosy flush to our cheeks that makes us look like we've spent all day outdoors enjoying the sunshine (even when we've been at our desks all day). To coincide with the official start of summer, Kylie Jenner has launched a brand new blusher as part of her Kylie Cosmetics line, with the Hybrid Blush finally landing on May 30. It melts into your skin like a cream but has a powder formula that has a soft focus smoothing effect, and comes in eight shades to work with all skin tones– so I decided to put them all to the test to see which ones were worth buying. The Hybrid Blush is available for £21 at Selfridges, with Kylie saying: 'I am so excited to launch our Hybrid Blush – this new formula is so different from anything we've ever created. I love how it melts into my skin seamlessly, feels lightweight and comfortable, and gives a gorgeous pop of colour that doesn't get cakey or patchy.' I tested everything from formula and pigment to staying power and how well they blended, and tested each shade to see which is the most flattering and which would work on all skin tones. The formula As the product listing promised, the Hybrid Blush does have a super soft suede-like texture, which is definitely a powder but does have hints of a cream to it. It's easy to pick up on both your brush and finger, and the formula does have a lightweight feel to it. The underlying cream feel helps with blending, as it settles lightly onto your skin and is easy to sweep around and diffuse. The main powder formula however makes it much easier to build than a typical cream blusher, as it doesn't move around the existing product underneath and lets you add as little or as much as you'd like. It does also have a subtle blurring effect, although it was nothing too dramatic and you could still see my skin's texture underneath. The effect was, however, smoothing and felt lightweight on my skin, settling into my skin and didn't feel powdery or chalky. The shades The eight shades in the Hybrid Blush line are: Slow Jam Cheeky Mood Sienna Winter Kissed 2.0 Pink Please Petal Summer Sorbet Ladybug I swatched each shade, and the first thing I noticed is that the bolder, darker colours definitely have more pigmentation than the lighter ones. The shades Slow Jam, Lady Bug, Sienna and Petal all gave a much deeper instant colour pay off, whilst the lighter, brighter ones like Cheeky Mood and Winter Kissed 2.0 required a little more building to get a strong colour. Slow Jam and Ladybug in particular would be dreamy on darker skin tones, but were a little bright on someone with a paler complexion like me. On the flip side, Cheeky Mood and Summer Sorbet would take more colour building to be noticeable on deeper complexions, but were a great pick for my fair skin. There was one shade, however, that would be universally flattering on all skin tones, and was the stand out shade of the lot for me. The Hybrid Blush Winter Kissed 2.0 is a bright pink with cool undertones, and whilst it gave my lighter skin a bright pop of colour, it would suit deeper skin tones too. Although this has less pigment payoff than some of the other shades, this actually works in its favour as it allowed me to build up to an intensity I was happy with, rather than trying to apply a tiny amount and blend out until my arms fell off. Petal was another top pick of mine thanks to its more warm-toned peachy pink shade which makes it wearable for daytime and evening. For some extra deeper toned options, Rare Beauty's Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush is £26 and has seven shades which all lean more dark toned. REFY's Cream Blush, however, leans more bright and bold with a cream texture that's lightweight and easy to blend. The results The final effect was very impressive. The colours were noticeable without being too dramatic, and I loved how easy the shades were to build or even mix together with no patchiness or separating. It's super easy to blend, and it really is longwearing – it even lasted through a 45 minute gym class without budging. Whilst there's a little bit of a blurring effect I wouldn't say it's a hugely noticeable bonus of the formula, however I did like that it left my skin still looking natural rather than mask-like or chalky. A little really does go a long way with the Hybrid Blush. A couple of taps of my brush in the pan was enough to do both cheeks (and still need a little toning down) for a more subtle effect. All in all, these have been a very welcome addition to my makeup routine, and I'll be experimenting with all of them for the foreseeable future.
Daily Mirror
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Shoppers rave over 'sunshine in a bottle' perfume that gives them a mood boost
Gloriah's Energise and Unwind Duo contains two 10ml roll on fragrances that are designed with specific times of day in mind Shoppers can't get enough of a perfume pair that they swear boosts their spirits in the morning and chills them out at night. Gloriah's Energise and Unwind Duo comes with two 10ml roll-on scents for different times of day, all wrapped up in a neat £25 set – that's only £12.50 each. Hey, Sunshine is an invigorating mix of salt, wood and sage to kickstart your day, with some saying it even has a hint of citrus. One thrilled customer exclaimed: "Love this scent, it's like sunshine in a bottle. Gives me an instant lift in the morning." Another fan said: "I apply this as soon as I wake up, and it instantly lifts my mood. A must-have for slow mornings." And a third added: "Not overpowering at all, just a beautiful, light scent that wakes me up in the best way." But when evening rolls around, Slow Jam turns down the tempo with its serene combo of myrrh and tonka. Fans describe it as 'like sleep in a bottle,' reports the Manchester Evening News. One shared: "I keep this on my nightstand and use it as part of my wind-down routine. Love it." Together, the scents have been hailed for boosting confidence, with one user claiming: "I can't explain it properly but using these makes me feel like I've got my sh*t together, like I'm looking after myself more." However, not everyone was completely sold, with a less ecstatic three-star review saying: "I just wanted to try something new and now I'm addicted. it's like my body knows when it's time to wake up or wind down. These are my comfort items now. I keep them on my bedside table and always roll on in the morning." However, it's worth noting that the website doesn't disclose the full fragrance notes, making it difficult to know what to expect. Gloriah isn't the only brand designing scents with specific emotions in mind. Charlotte Tilbury has a collection of six perfumes, each aiming to evoke a specific feeling. Charlotte's Collection of Emotions starts at £20 per bottle, although a full-sized bottle costs over £100. For those interested in unique perfumes, Amorecco's Late Night Gelato (£58 for 50ml) features a sweet scent designed to be savoured.
