Quarantine Survival Guide

Skip navigation!

The Stay-Home Guide hero image.

The Stay-Home Guide hero image.

The Stay-Home Guide hero image.

Button: How To Help Others In The Age Of Coronavirus, In Addition To Staying Home

How To Stay Healthy & Sane

The People Who Will Feel Even More Isolated When We Leave Lockdown

Sadhbh O'Sullivan

Coronavirus Has Robbed Me Of The Ability To Plan & My Anxiety Is Suffering

The Dangerous Pressure To Have A Lockdown Glow-Up

Rosie Gizauskas

What to Watch

Talking Heads Is Your Unsettling New Lockdown Watch

The BBC Period Drama The Luminaries Will End Your TV Drought

I May Destroy You Is The New Unmissable Show About Consent & Assault

At-Home Beauty Tips

I Tried Brow Lamination At Home & The Results Surprised Me

Jenny Brownlees

The New Retinol & 6 Other Ingredients That’ll Transform Lockdown Skin

Jacqueline Kilikita

The Best Skincare Products R29 Staff Have Discovered During Lockdown

Work & Money Tips

Coronavirus Has Changed Office Life Forever — & That Might Be A Good Thing

Money Diary: An Unemployed 23-Year-Old Living In Gloucestershire

Women Around The UK Share How Their Spending Has Changed During Lockdown

Sadhbh O'Sullivan

Smart Buys

18 Black Strappy Sandals To Slide Your Feet Into This Summer

Our Favourite Pieces From The Net-A-Porter Summer Sale, From £28 & Up

All The Essentials For Your Socially Distanced Picnic In The Park

Personal Stories

Thanks To Coronavirus, I’ve Lost A Crucial Year Of Dating

Rosie Gizauskas

Lockdown Is Making Our Friendships Decay

Lessons From My Late Mother: How I Survived A Miscarriage In COVID-19

More

We Turn To Flowers In Times Of Trouble – But The Industry Has Troubles Of Its ...

Sadhbh O'Sullivan

9 London Makeup Trends You’ll Be Obsessed With Post-Lockdown

Jacqueline Kilikita

How Lockdown Forced Us To Rethink Our Relationship To Clutter

Sadhbh O'Sullivan

The Most Breathable Face Masks To Run In

Karina Hoshikawa

8 Brilliant Products Transforming My Skin In Quarantine

Jacqueline Kilikita

Why Is Reading So Hard Right Now?

Sadhbh O'Sullivan

Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals She Has “Long-Haul” COVID

In a new blog post for Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness and lifestyle brand, the actor and CEO revealed that she’s one of the many people who h

by Elizabeth Gulino

11 Soft Things To Fill Your Home With Now You Don’t Want To...

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

8 Pretty & Protective Face Masks You Can Buy Right Now

by Alicia Lansom

A Year Into COVID, Anti-Asian Racism Continues To Spread

If you’ve been anywhere on social media as of late, you’ve likely seen the outcry against anti-Asian violence. In the United States, an increase in att

by Katherine Singh

The Sexual Problem COVID Is Causing That No One Is Talking About

“Let’s put it this way, before COVID my summer holiday plans were to hike across the Brecon Beacons,” says Sasha with a little laugh. Now, th

Did The Pandemic Change Wedding Photography Forever?

When I entered my 20s and many of my friends and acquaintances began getting married, there was a noticeable shift in the types of images I regularly saw o

by Olivia Harrison

What This GP Wants Black Women To Know About The COVID Vaccine

More than 12 million people in the UK have now had at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, with a further three million projected by 15th February. It’

by Jessica Morgan

Online Shopping

R29 Staff On The Non-Luxury ‘Luxury’ Items Making Sel...

by Alicia Lansom

Why Are COVID Cases Still Rising In The World’s Most Vaccin...

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination process across the United States has been, to put it lightly, a hot mess. Since the first shot was administered on

Dedicated Feature

Your COVID-19 Vaccine Questions, Answered By Scientist, Dr Anna B...

by Sarah Graham

6 Women On What It’s Like To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine

Are COVID-19 Vaccine Cards The Latest Target For Scammers?

As of Thursday, roughly 8.4% of Americans had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine; 2.1% had received both. And the post-vaccination selfie h

When COVID Restrictions & Friendships Clash, How Are You Meant To...

“I feel quite shamed and like an outsider with them,” explains Emma*, 33, of two of her closest friends. She’s describing a seemingly innocuo

Johnson & Johnson’s Single-Shot Vaccine Could Be The Answer...

On Friday, Johnson & Johnson announced its development of a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that’s 66% effective at preventing symptomatic disease and 8

Glasses-Wearers: We Found Face Masks That Won’t Fog You Up

by Karina Hoshikawa

I Was The First Person In The US To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine

No one told Sandra Lindsay that her picture was going to wind up on the front page of the New York Times. But that’s exactly what happened on 15th Decemb

by Molly Longman

Do You Need To Wear Two Masks?

By now, I never leave the house without a face mask. I even stash extras in my car, and at home I have a wide variety of coverings in different patterns an

by Elizabeth Gulino

That Weird Feeling You Have Could Be Because You’re Numbing...

How can you comprehend the incomprehensible? I’ve spent much of this week wondering. I understand the horror of the daily death toll but I cannot feel it

by Vicky Spratt

The Complex Reasons Young Women Are Watching More Porn In Lockdown

“Octopus tentacle hentai cartoons, gang bangs, humiliations… It’s not like any sexual experience I’ve ever had and it doesn’t get me off, I?

by Sophie Wilkinson

I’ve Been Celibate For A Year Because Of Coronavirus

The last time I had sex with someone was in January 2020. Twelve months on, our lives changed entirely by coronavirus, I keep wondering whether I’d have

The Best Home Workouts For Lockdown Life & Beyond

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

How To Stop The COVID-19 “Super Strain” From Spreading

By now, you’ve probably heard about the new mutant strain of COVID-19. The variant, known as the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7, originated in the U

by Elizabeth Gulino

6 Ways To Relieve Your “Winter Pandemic Scaries”

It was roughly mid-August when it first occurred to me how much I was dreading winter in a pandemic. It was a feeling akin to the Sunday scaries. By Septem

by Molly Longman

If I Had COVID-19, Should I Still Get Vaccinated?

The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are slowly continuing to become more widely available nationwide, and it looks like the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may b

by Molly Longman

Stuck On The Same Negative Thoughts In The Pandemic? There’...

I first heard the term ‘rumination‘ in therapy in 2019. I (rightly) had a suspicion I was struggling with OCD and found myself, seemingly out o

by Sadhbh O'Sullivan

“Watching People Gasp For Breath Is F***ing Horrible”...

“I find it really hard not to burst into tears when I’m getting the bus home from a shift in the intensive care unit (ICU) and there are about 25 p

Help! I’ve Become My Flatmate’s Therapist

Sheila* and her flatmate Aaron*, both 24, shared a great relationship. They were close friends who decided to live together after they both got out of rela