Less than one third of padel players are women, and it’s no surprise when we have to play with a racket made for a man. That was until this female-founded brand finally came to the rescue with cute af designs like this. (Pounce Paddle). 

Dyson just solved our summer packing dilemmas with their carry-on friendly supersonic travel hairdryer that can actually be used abroad. At last. (Boots)

BeautyPie is launching their first concession in Liberty next month and members get to shop at member-pricing in store. (Instagram)

This is basically free contraception. (TikTok)

What a popular female biohacker eats every day for health, longevity and hormone balance. Spoiler: it’s surprisingly simple. (Instagram).

Girlies in the retreat business, this is your mini-MBA in how to market the feeling of it before it exists. (Instagram)

How a 33 year old founder sold a supplement business for $1bil in just 3 years. (Apple Podcasts / Spotify). 

How to bootstrap like Bala. (Substack).

💨 And breathe: We've had supplements in just about every form by now - gummies, shots, drinks, strips, jellies. But one area that hasn't seen much love? Our breath. We take over 20,000 breaths a day, and yet unless you're asthmatic, we don't really think twice about improving it. New brand Climatic thinks that needs to change with the launch of L Max, the world's first breathable lung product (yes, something you inhale). 98% of trial users reported easier breathing during workouts and higher HRV within just two weeks, so is lung health the next big wellness category? We’re not convinced. Not because it’s not a good idea, but because it currently looks like a gigantic vape. Someone really should have called up the Daily Rituals girlies during R&D.. 

🧪 Class is in session: There's so much we don't get taught at school - finances, how to assemble Ikea furniture, how to start a business, we could go on. But the class that might have saved us the most money? Decoding a beauty product’s ingredient list. Thankfully, cosmetic chemist Dr. Michelle Wong has taken to YouTube to do the lord's work, and we’ve got notes. First up, ingredients are listed highest to lowest concentration - but anything under 1% can be listed in any order (make it make sense). More importantly: if the ingredient you're buying the product for shows up after what she calls the 1% line - where things like fragrance and citric acid live - it might be worth thinking twice. Some actives like retinol work well under 1%, but glycolic acid, salicylic acid, vitamin C? They typically need to be above it, especially if that’s the hero ingredient you’ve been marketed on. Class dismissed. 

👀 You, me, forever? Harvard Professor Dr. David Sinclair has dedicated his entire career to studying ageing - specifically, the reversal of it. And now, his gene therapy startup Life Biosciences just got the green light for the first human clinical trials, raising $80m to fund it. Their lead therapy, ER-100, doesn't alter your DNA - instead it changes how it's expressed, telling your cells to return to their original factory settings. The trials are focused on two incurable eye conditions that cause blindness in older adults, where they’ll aim to restore sight. Crazy. And if it works? The theory goes that if you can reset the cells in the eye, why not the brain, the heart, every other organ that ages with you? Ageing would then become a condition to treat. Whilst it doesn't mean we'll live forever (though 120+ could be possible), it could ensure those final decades will be lived well. What a time to be alive. 

💍 Ear Candy: There's a tracker for almost every inch of our body these days (exhibit A) - but smart earrings might just be the most interesting development yet. Turns out the ear is actually a more accurate sensing location than the wrist or finger, and given most of us are already wearing them, it's the easiest add to our health stack too. It also unlocks new tracking capabilities, like cerebral blood flow (the amount of blood delivered to your brain) which will give real-time insights into your focus and energy. Ears are also the most accurate for temperature readings, thanks to being bone and muscle-free - meaning more accurate cycle an ovulation insights. So is it over for Oura and WHOOP? Not quite. We're hooked on their apps, and they’ll likely still win for steps, sleep movement and blood oxygen. So it’s more likely we’ll add to our stack, rather than replace it. The front runners? Incora, focused on cycle insights with their rounded gold stud, and Lumina, who've cleverly created a universal earring back that clips onto most studs you already own, as well as their own designs. Let’s pray the tech lives up to its promises - if it does, this is big.