T LOunge for December 1st 2025

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And so we’re back, from outer space. We hope all of the American kittens are fat and content at the moment. Unfortunately, it’s MONDAY, which means that the holiday is over for some of us. Fortunately, we have a full day of distractions in the pipeline for you, so settle in for frivolity.

‘Home Alone’ Turns 35 – And Macaulay Culkin? The Kid Is All Right
I sat down at the London Hotel with Culkin, who is now 45, with a scruffy beard that can’t shield your desire to scream, “Kevin!” He’s got two young sons of his own, and he had just finished a press for the post-apocalyptic series Fallout. He joined in Season 2 at the suggestion of his wife, Brenda Song, because they so liked watching the show together. She was away this day, meaning Culkin would go straight to pick up his kids and be on watch duty that night. Although he was sure Brenda wouldn’t approve, for those kids – he calls them Irish twins because they’re 15 months apart with the oldest age 4 — Happy Meals would be on the menu. He was pretty sure he could avoid being ratted out to Mom by not telling them to make sure they didn’t tell her. Asking them not to tell her would guarantee it would be the first things out of their mouths when she got home. And how else could she possibly find out?

The 25 Best Movies on Netflix to Watch in December 2025
From comedy classics to recent Oscar winners, these are the titles you don’t want to miss.
It can be hard to find the best movies on Netflix. We all understand the struggle of scrolling time—hours lost to wading through all of the Netflix movie options that could instead have been spent, you know, watching something. Or maybe something has been sitting patiently on your queue, waiting for someone to give you a nudge to finally press play. So, like a beacon in the night, here’s a guide to 25 of the best films within Netflix’s huge selection—including everything from landmark films to cult classics to Netflix-original hidden gems—updated monthly as films appear on and leave the platform. Take that, decision fatigue. (And if you want a list of the best shows on Netflix, we’ve got one of those too.)

Move Over Glass Skin—Korean Beauty Is Shifting the Spotlight to High-Shine Hair
Your guide to the best K-beauty hair products
When it comes to true beauty innovation, efficacious ingredients and forward-thinking formulations, Korea is often the country blazing a trail while the rest of the world follows. From the renowned 10-step Korean skincare routine to innovative ingredients like cica or snail mucin, which were commonly used in K-beauty before Western brands caught up, there’s no denying how far ahead Korean beauty is. And while it tends to have been their skincare and make-up exports that garner most attention, K-beauty haircare is now growing in popularity.

The Real Impact on Your Skin When You Sleep in Your Makeup
Can one night really hurt?
I’ve always considered removing my make-up before bed as a non-negotiable part of my skincare routine. Whether I’m so tired that I can barely keep my eyes open or feeling under the weather, speaking to so many dermatologists and skin experts for work means that the importance of cleansing before bed has been drilled into me. However, in the interest of coming clean, when the festive season rolls around with its combination of parties, late nights and last trains home, sometimes the temptation to collapse straight into bed is simply too much to resist. And in those moments I will often find myself thinking just how bad can sleeping with make-up on really be?

The Boho Bob Is Trending, and We Know Why—It Instantly Adds Fullness to Fine Hair
The free-spirited cut delivers oodles of texture
I can’t believe I’m saying it, but we’re on the cusp of a new year. Christmas is right around the corner, and soon after, we’ll be toasting to 2026. But despite the relentless march of time, I am a sucker for the idea of re-invention. Each year, I like to evaluate my beauty regimen, and this time, I want to go further than chopping off my split ends and getting a facial. In fact, the style that’s been catching my attention recently is the “boho bob”.

Brushed Cashmere Is the Knitwear Upgrade You Won’t Regret This Winter
It’s warm and effortlessly chic
Now that winter is officially wintering, it’s time for a serious wardrobe assessment. Because gone are the days—mild, forgiving-even, temperature-wise—when you can traipse around town wearing a leather bomber jacket. This week’s icy wind-chill factor has meant that a winter coat, obviously, is now mandatory, as well as layers (plural!) of thermals and knitwear. And while it can be rather brutal emerging into the cold, bracing yourself as you travel from A-B, there is one upside.
I Tried to Find My “Flow State” for Two Weeks – and It Helped Productivity, Focus and Calm Tenfold
It’s time to get in the zone.
You don’t need us to tell you that life is busier than ever, right now; at this point, we’ve stopped asking our friends how they are – we all know that we’re overwhelmed, overstretched and overworked (all the overs!)
But with Christmas just around the corner, it’s also true that we can’t take our feet off the gas for the next few weeks, either. Annoyingly, the more I have on my plate, the less productive I can feel (tell me I’m not alone?) as it’s tempting to flit from one task to the next without ever really finishing anything.

Bows, for Christmas? Groundbreaking
The best bow-adorned party dresses for when you want to look on-theme, but not dress like a Christmas tree.
To paraphrase the great Miranda Priestly: “Bows, for Christmas? Groundbreaking.”
You could argue that TikTok has made trends impossibly fleeting, and you would be correct, but there are some fashion moments that stick around long enough to impact the way we dress. And this is one of them. Bows have been everywhere for the last couple of years, along with other femme staples like pearls, ruffles and ballet flats.
The ubiquity of these cutesy ribbons is partly due to the rise of girly, hyper-feminine designers such as Simone Rocha, Sandy Liang and Cecilie Bahnsen. (The holy trifecta of girly design.) Not to mention, you have the popularity of online aesthetics such as “coquette” in recent years, which has got the girlies wanting to look like a cross between a wedding cake and a Sofia Coppola character.

75 Christmas nails you’ll seriously want to wear this festive season
From statement accents to sheer sparkle.
Christmas nails are the perfect way to celebrate the festive season, and some of our favourite manicurists have proven that they can be more luxurious and less gaudy. So, you can skip novelty baubles and mini snowmen if they give you the ick (although we’re always here for fun fingertips, too) and swap in holly red Frenchies, sheer sparkle accents and subtle motifs. Whatever your favourite part of the festive season is, there’s a stylish manicure for it.
If you want to keep it simple, lean into our favourite winter nail trends: cosy shades like chocolate, merlot and forest green. Or if you’re more of a maximalist, cable-knit nails and bold candy cane stripes are standouts that are still absolutely wearable.

Oscar Wilde’s Only Grandchild Investigates the “Atom Bomb” of the Oscar Wilde Scandal
125 years after Wilde’s death, Merlin Holland comes to terms with his family’s complicated history in After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal.
As Merlin investigated the details of Wilde’s tragic last years and charted the dramatic swings in his literary reputation in the century following his death, his book became a family memoir as much as a scholarly biography. Combing through letters, diaries, and photos (many not published before), he eventually came to terms with his complicated legacy.
Given how celebrated Oscar Wilde is today, people might find it hard to fathom “the ricochet effect of the atom bomb of the Oscar Wilde scandal,” as actor Rupert Everett phrased it during a launch event for After Oscar at the British Library on October 16 (which would have been the author’s 171st birthday). “But it’s a ricochet that you are still living,” Everett said to Merlin.

The 25 Best Feel-Good Movies To Rewatch Now
With adulthood being as hard as it is, feel-good movies serve a crucial function: Sometimes, you just aren’t in the mood to challenge your brain with an Oscar-winning thriller or a critically acclaimed documentary. Comfort-food movie viewing is extremely valid and, in our opinion, a necessary part of a balanced media diet – so why deny yourself the pleasure? Below, find 25 feel-good movies to escape into the next time you need a dose of cosiness.

A Rare Look at the Photographs That Made Marilyn an Icon
The photographer Sam Shaw collaborated with Monroe on the photographs that cemented her as an icon. Now, a new book of his work celebrates their partnership and friendship.
Shaw was a friend for the rest of Monroe’s life, and their partnership helped create the images that have solidified solidify the actress’s legacy. He was there with Monroe and her third husband, Arthur Miller in Roxbury, Connecticut to capture them, now very famously, enjoying the flowers and sunshine. Her blue dress and his khaki shorts the seeming picture of everyday, American domestic bliss—only the couple involved was one of the most famous of the era. Back filming in Manhattan in 1954, it was Shaw who helped conceived the famed subway grate moment in The Seven Year Itch. The photographs of that moment are not only some of the most iconic of Monroe, but for decades, have been some of the most widely-disseminated and known around the world. The idea, Shaw relates in his diaries and collections, came from a photoshoot he did for Friday magazine of a couple caught in a wind tunnel above a grate.

I Collect Unique Sweaters—These 15 Standout Knits Are Guaranteed to Get Compliments
These aren’t your basic crewnecks—they’re conversation starters.
While I resonate with the universal struggle of finding good tops as an adult (a mission I’ll solve another day), somehow sweaters and I have always spoken the same language. I love a colorful statement knit that’s warm and comfortable—and that does the talking for me. The moment the temperature drops and a crisp breeze hits the air, I exhale. Styling is about to get a whole lot easier.
By the way—I’m not against staple sweaters, but that’s not what we’re here to talk about today. Right now, we’re breaking out the funky knits.

Savor Seasonal Delights at the World’s Magical Holiday Markets
Here’s where to taste the best festivities, from Belfast to Britain and beyond.
Follow the dazzling holiday decorations, from lights and garland to wooden huts charmingly called chalets, until these holiday markets hit the rest of your senses. Crowds can gather around campfires, kids can jump on rides, and carolers may even emerge in song.
Most of these seasonal destinations are known for delivering aesthetic (and inevitable retail) magic, but we’re always following the flavor. What distinguishes each standout market is the local specialties — from confections to meats and drinks — that make the sensory and human experiences even more memorable.

This Is the Best Bagel in America, According to BagelFest 2025
Turns out, you don’t need NYC water to make the best bagels.
New York City might be the first place that serious bagel lovers flock to for a perfectly chewy, fluffy bite — thanks to over a century of time-honored bagel artistry in the city and public water that purportedly makes the dough — but experts now say the best bagels may actually be found in another state.

All of Dua Lipa’s Covers in Spanish and Portuguese
The multilingual pop star has been reinterpreting classic songs as she makes her way through Spain and Latin America
Every night of Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism Tour has come with a sweet surprise: The singer has covered a song tied to the city or country she’s isiting. On the United States leg of the tour, she pulled from artists native to each state, and internationally, she’s leaned into classics from the countries she’s in.
“This was my idea. It came about purely because I had done a song for the American Country Music Awards with Chris Stapleton, and it was so much fun that I proposed it to the band and to the team: How fun would it be if every night we do a different song?” she told Variety last in October. “And everyone was like, well that’s quite ambitious.”

How Dried Scabs and Menstrual Blood Informed the Red Tones in Jessie Buckley’s ‘Hamnet’ Costumes
“The first image in my head was a giant beating heart muscle, throbbing and pulsing with blood,” says “Hamnet” costume designer Malgosia Turzanska.
Red becomes the main color palette for Jessie Buckley’s Agnes.
Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, “Hamnet,” now playing in theaters, tells the story of William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his wife, Agnes (Jessie Buckley) as they grieve the loss of their 11-year-old son, Hamnet. The film follows the couple as they attempt to reconcile the loss of their child, and how William Shakespeare began to write his play “Hamlet.” Directed by Chloe Zhao, it is a story of love and loss.

Why You Should Always Clean Your Gutters Before Winter—and How to Do It
Don’t skip this important task.
Cleaning and maintaining your gutters can feel like work, but it sure beats the alternative. When these all-important features get clogged with debris, it can trigger a whole host of negative side effects. Not only will these issues create daily headaches and take up your time, but they can also cost a lot of money.
So what really happens if you don’t regularly clean your gutters? We spoke to the experts about why staying on top of gutter maintenance is so important—and how you can ensure that yours never get clogged.

The Easiest Way to Remove Makeup Stains From White Shirts, According to Experts
Your guide for saving white shirts from everyday makeup mishaps.
Applying makeup while wearing a white shirt can be a risky endeavor; it could either go off without a hitch, or you’ll end up with foundation and bronzer splattered across your crisp button-down. And if you’ve bet (and lost) this game a few too many times, join the club. That’s why we consulted with cleaning and laundry experts to learn their favorite methods for removing makeup stains from clothing without damaging the fabric, and some common mistakes to avoid.

How to Clean a Casserole Dish With Stubborn Stains—and Make It Gleam Again
Your cookware is about to look as good as new.
Scrubbing baked-on grease, stubborn stains, or burnt-on food from a casserole dish is a chore no one wants to do—but prolonging it can make the task even tougher. With the correct techniques, though, cleaning casserole dishes can be a quick and easy job.
Ahead, you’ll find effective techniques for tackling difficult stains using common household items. These solutions are designed to remove burnt-on residue on a variety of materials, including glass and enamel. Expert tips will quicken the process and ensure you clean without damaging your cookware. With just a bit of TLC, your casserole dishes are about to look as good as new.

How to Clean Stuck-On Food, Grease, and Grime From Wood Cabinets
Here’s how to cut through sticky buildup—without damaging your wood finish.
If you’re regularly in the kitchen cooking up a storm, your wood cabinets may have gotten a taste of grease, food splatters, and oil (particularly those near your stove top). Cleaning this grease, grime, and stuck-on food—without damaging your cabinets’ finish—can be easier said than done. We consulted with a furniture expert and two cleaning professionals to learn the safest and most effective ways to get your cabinets sparkling again.

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