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Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Rituals is having a big sale with skincare and bodycare reduced to as low as £5
The brand loved by shoppers and celebrities alike, including Molly-Mae Hague, is currently offering massive discounts on a range of skincare, bodycare and more, with prices dropping as low as £5 Whether you're looking for a new SPF body lotion from a brand with Molly-Mae's stamp of approval or fancy grabbing a gift set with 30% off, this Rituals sale is not one you'll want to snooze on. While various products are receiving discounts on Rituals' own website, Sephora has joined in and is offering beauty buffs the chance to grab a range of products with stellar discounts, including one pick that's now up for grabs for as low as £5.45 while this deal lasts. The cheapest buy in this Sephora sale is this RITUALS The Ritual Of Sakura Recharge Gel, which has been slashed from its original £10.90 price tag. Set to replace your average supermarket hand gel, this hand gel only requires a little water. Composed of cherry blossom, which soothes and relaxes your senses with its delicate floral fragrance, this gel also features rice milk, which softens and smoothes your skin, leaving it luminous. That said, this is only a refill, so if you want the dispenser, you'll have to buy it separately. If you already have the dispenser, this refill is a sustainable and environmentally friendly choice that helps reduce packaging. Something else that's up for grabs is this RITUALS Homme Medium Set worth £43.90, which is now reduced by £12. The set includes the Rituals Homme Shower Foam (200ml), the Rituals Sport Body Wash (200ml), the Rituals Sport Body Lotion (70ml) and the L'Essentiel Eau de parfum (15ml). Perfect for gifting to a loved one or treating yourself with if you're looking to try out more of Rituals products, this gem is now reduced all the way down to £30.75 in this Sephora sale. Another item available at a reduced price is RITUALS The Ritual of Karma Sun Protection Milky Spray SPF30, which is now £18.30 down from £22.90. This hydrating lotion spray with SPF30 promises to leave no white cast on the skin and is rapidly absorbed into the skin without leaving a sticky residue. Protecting your body from sun damage from UVA and UVB rays, this lotion also nourishes the skin in one application, thanks to the Hydra-Boost Complex. This unique hydrating complex contains squalane, aloe vera and algae, which help soothe dehydrated skin and restore suppleness. Plus, this lotion is water resistant, so you can continue with regular application regardless of dips in the pool or perspiration. Rituals products on sale elsewhere include this Rituals The Ritual Of Mehr Sweet Orange & Cedar Wood Trial Set, which is available for £20.50 at Boots. Or, check out this RITUALS The Ritual of Karma Lotus Flower & White Tea Shimmering Body Oil for £19.92 down from £24.90.
The Guardian
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘It's all fan-driven. People are in absolute raptures': how mysterious masked rockers Sleep Token took over metal
On Saturday, Sleep Token headlined Download festival in Leicestershire. Topping the bill at the festival is something of a rite of passage for artists of a certain musical bent, proof that you are now among the biggest bands in metal and hard rock: Metallica, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Black Sabbath and Guns N' Roses are all former headliners. Last month, Sleep Token's fourth album, Even in Arcadia, debuted at the top of both the British and American charts. Their most recent UK tour took in the biggest venues in the country: the same is true of their forthcoming US tour. In 2025, Sleep Token could reasonably claim to be the biggest British rock band in the world. But they wouldn't, because Sleep Token operate behind a veil of anonymity. They have given virtually no interviews over the course of their career. The band's frontman and chief songwriter is known only as Vessel; the other members are referred to as II, III and IV. They perform live wearing masks, hoods and body paint to conceal their identities and promote a fictional mythology: it's too sprawling and complex to explain here – one fan has apparently produced a 35,000-word thesis on the subject – but it involves the band being a mouthpiece for a deity called Sleep. Their gigs are referred to as Rituals, their albums as Offerings, their social media posts frequently open with the word 'Behold' and end with the word 'Worship'. Like Hogwarts pupils, their fans are divided into 'houses': one is called Feathered Host, the other House Viridian. It's not an approach entirely without precedent – the 70s progressive rock band Magma developed a mythology about a planet called Kobaïa, even singing in its 'language', Kobaïan – but it's hard to think of anyone who has turned it to such commercial advantage. 'No one saw this coming – it's all fan-driven, it wasn't pushed by anyone else,' says Luke Morton, editor of hard rock magazine Kerrang!. 'I think it was during the pandemic when they really hit their stride – there was an escapist element, this world you could lose yourself in. TikTok had a large part to play in it – they just found this new audience that are so fully into it. I saw them in 2022 at Hammersmith Apollo, and there were people in floods of tears, in absolute raptures, just losing themselves in this world.' Of course, it takes seconds of Googling to discover Vessel's real name, and indeed a video of him aged 18, offering his services as an online piano tutor. But the striking thing about Sleep Token's fans is that they don't seem to want to know, or at least want to pretend they don't. Their online forums are governed by rules forbidding 'providing information that leads to identifying members'. 'Stop trying to break the spell,' counselled one fan on Instagram recently. 'Just love it the way it is or leave it.' Whatever you make of all this, it's at least an intriguing corrective to the idea that 21st-century music fans want artists to be relatable – as like themselves as possible – and that they essentially view music itself as a gossipy extension of artists' lives, always scanning lyrics for clues to feuds with fellow stars or coded vitriol aimed at former partners. Instead, Sleep Token's success seems to key into a supposedly old-fashioned, rather Bowie-esque idea that pop stars should be distant, remote, fantastical figures, their music a portal into a world very different from your own. And yet, Sleep Token's success has proved controversial. Even in Arcadia attracted some scathing reviews – Pitchfork called it 'sanitized pop-rap with all the sexed-up verve of Droopy the dog' and their fans 'dumb as hell'; The Needle Drop deemed it 'plain and uninspired' and 'metal for Disney adults'. To which any hard rock fan might shrug: so what? Ever since the debut album by heavy metal's founding fathers Black Sabbath was dismissed by Rolling Stone as 'claptrap' and 'a shuck', the kind of artists that play at Download and feature in Kerrang! have traditionally struggled to attract praise from the mainstream music press. But Sleep Token have attracted opprobrium from inside the hard rock community, too. Their initial success was adjacent to the progressive metal subgenre, a world of complex rhythms, lengthy songs and impressive technical proficiency: they are big on a sound called djent, which essentially means tricky riffs played on muted, low-pitch guitars. They always boasted a melodic sensibility, but it has become gradually more pronounced over their career: on Even in Arcadia, djent and what Morton calls 'big, crushing breakdowns' are outweighed by the influence of R&B, hip-hop, dance music and straightforward pop. Some voices have started questioning whether they really deserve to be called a hard rock band at all, among them – unexpectedly – TV presenter and author Richard Osman: 'It's not hard rock,' he protested. 'It's the least metal thing I've ever heard.' Indeed, so much criticism has flown Sleep Token's way that Doc Coyle, of US metal bands God Forbid, Trivium and Lamb of God among others, recently felt impelled to take to the internet in their defence, penning an article decrying 'pretentious gatekeeping' and 'a toxic heavy metal culture': it's perhaps worth noting that Sleep Token's fanbase skews young. For his part, Morton thinks their success is evidence that 'tribalism is a thing of the past': as he points out, elsewhere at this year's Download, McFly – a manufactured 00s pop band with a vaguely punk-ish lilt – are headlining a stage, which would have been unthinkable at the height of their fame. 'There's a backlash among metal elitists, but elitism always exists in heavy music, it has done since grunge happened. There's a backlash to any sort of band that gets popular,' he says. 'Nu-metal happened and people moaned, emo happened and people moaned. What I've seen more of is a quiet adoration for how big this all is: a 'rising tide lifts all ships' thing. If you don't like it, fine.' But amid the mythology and lore, it's hard not to notice that some of the lyrics on Even in Arcadia imply a certain weariness on the part of Sleep Token's leader. 'I swear it's getting harder even to exhale … I try not to talk about how it's harder now,' offers its most-streamed song, Caramel, adding 'this stage is a prison, a beautiful nightmare'. Perhaps the real existential threat to the band's continued success might not be the criticism they've attracted, but Sleep Token themselves, whoever they are.
Fashion Network
09-06-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Ex-Rituals MD takes leadership role at France's Aroma-Zone as it preps UK/ROI debut
Former Rituals UK/Ireland MD Penny Grivea has taken up an identical position for Aroma-Zone as the French beauty brand prepares to launch in the UK, debuting its first store in London later this year. Grivea led Rituals' UK and Ireland ops for over nine years from 2015 to create turnover of €170 million. Under her leadership, Rituals undertook a major UK expansion drive over the last few years including store openings at Liverpool One, Glasgow's Silverburn, Chelmsford's Bond Street, Watford's Atria mall, Ashford Designer Outlet, Belfast's Victoria Square, Merryhill, and London Designer Outlet. Prior to Rituals, she held leadership roles at Georg Jensen, Follie Folli and Korres Natural Products. Latest financials show Aroma-Zone achieved sales growth of 56% in 2024, up from 43% in 2023. The brand, which specialises in natural cosmetic products, also continues domestic expansion with it planing to open around 10 stores in France in cities such as Rouen, Cannes, and the Paris region. In a post on LinkedIn, Grivea announced the move noting Aroma-Zone is focused on creating 'high-quality, natural solutions that are accessible to all'. She said the brand's range 'spans powerful actives, pure botanicals and everyday essentials' and comes 'with a deep care for both people and planet… committed to ethical sourcing, sustainable practices and affordability'.
Fashion Network
09-06-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Ex-Rituals MD takes leadership role at France's Aroma-Zone as it preps UK/ROI debut
Former Rituals UK/Ireland MD Penny Grivea has taken up an identical position for Aroma-Zone as the French beauty brand prepares to launch in the UK, debuting its first store in London later this year. Grivea led Rituals' UK and Ireland ops for over nine years from 2015 to create turnover of €170 million. Under her leadership, Rituals undertook a major UK expansion drive over the last few years including store openings at Liverpool One, Glasgow's Silverburn, Chelmsford's Bond Street, Watford's Atria mall, Ashford Designer Outlet, Belfast's Victoria Square, Merryhill, and London Designer Outlet. Prior to Rituals, she held leadership roles at Georg Jensen, Follie Folli and Korres Natural Products. Latest financials show Aroma-Zone achieved sales growth of 56% in 2024, up from 43% in 2023. The brand, which specialises in natural cosmetic products, also continues domestic expansion with it planing to open around 10 stores in France in cities such as Rouen, Cannes, and the Paris region. In a post on LinkedIn, Grivea announced the move noting Aroma-Zone is focused on creating 'high-quality, natural solutions that are accessible to all'. She said the brand's range 'spans powerful actives, pure botanicals and everyday essentials' and comes 'with a deep care for both people and planet… committed to ethical sourcing, sustainable practices and affordability'.
Metro
04-06-2025
- Business
- Metro
Next launches limited edition Father's Day Spoil Him Grooming Box for £22
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 Father's Day is just around the corner – it falls on 15th June this year – so it's high time we got shopping for the perfect gift for our dad, stepdad, grandad, or other father figure. We don't know about you, but we find buying for our dad pretty hard because he never wants for anything. We often buy a new pair of pants or socks for our dad, but it doesn't feel enough. Thankfully, Next has launched The Fathers Day Spoil Him Grooming Box, which is a limited edition bundle expertly curated with a variety of gifts perfect for your parent. The seven-piece edit contains skincare, bodycare, and other grooming essentials to use on the face and features therapeutic body lotions, hydrating serums, as well as a nourishing beard lotion, plus much more. Big brands including Aromatherapy Associates, Rituals, Percy & Reed, as well as other leading grooming labels are inside the bundle. BUY NOW FOR £22 (Worth £88) The Father's Day Spoil Him Grooming Box is exactly what it says on the tin, a bundle filled with grooming products from leading brands to enable your dad to enjoy a well-deserved pamper in the comfort of his own home. The hamper contains seven products across skincare, bodycare and other grooming essentials to leave your parent looking and feeling their best yet. Brands such as Bath & Body Works, Aromatherapy Associates, Rituals, Percy & Reed, and many more, can be found in the bundle. The contents includes a multifunctional Hair, Face and Body Wash from Bath & Body Works, as well as a Charcoal Face Scrub to unclog their pores and exfoliate any dry skin. More Trending The bearded parents out there can massage Mo Bro's Cherry Beard Balm into their facial hair, while The Age Defence Serum from Percy Nobleman is a nourishing product to apply after cleansing to hydrate and heal the skin. For hardworking dads, the sporty father, or those who are chasing after the kids will no doubt benefit from Aromatherapy Associates' De-Stress Muscle Gel to alleviate any tension in the body. The bundle is limited edition, which means it will not be available to shop forever, so you will want to secure the goods quickly before it sells out or discontinues. Considering this bundle is worth £88, but retails for £22, it is a cost effective gift your bank balance will thank you for, and your dad will be grateful for. Bath & Body Works – Ocean 3-in-1 Hair, Face and Body Wash 295ml Aromatherapy Associates – De-Stress Muscle Gel 40ml Rituals – Homme Charcoal Face Scrub 70ml Percy Nobleman – Age Defence Serum 30ml Mo Bro's – Cherry Beard Balm 25ml Percy & Reed – Session Styling Define & Hold Finishing Cream 100ml Bath & Body Works Bath & Body Hand Wash Mahogany Teakwood Foam Soap 8.75 fl oz / 259ml 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: This skincare product completely transformed my skin – I get everyone to use it! MORE: Nobody's Child now has a whole page dedicated to dresses with pockets Your free newsletter guide to the best London has on offer, from drinks deals to restaurant reviews.
