Editor's letter 10 November 2019: Maybe I’m shallow… I’m fine with that - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Editor’ s letter Maybe I m shallow… I m fine with that By You Magazine - November 10, 2019 When a friend recently started chemotherapy, one of my first thoughts was to buy her a care package… of fancy skincare products. Shallow? Perhaps. Some might say that if you’re staring down the barrel of a scary diagnosis and months of intensive treatment, what your cleanser smells like is the least of your worries. I disagree. When my friend and I first met as students, we bonded over our love of pricey beauty products that we couldn’t afford. So as well as giving her a nice treat – and the products were all recommended for people going through cancer treatment by our beauty director Edwina Ings-Chambers last month – it felt as if I was saying that I still see her, not just her illness. When life gets tipped upside down, it isn’t frivolous to want something that just makes you feel good. In fact, sometimes it’s essential – a theme that crops up throughout today’s issue. Today Rosie Green talks about the nerve-racking prospect of getting intimate with a man again after the breakdown of her 26-year marriage. Rosie’s method for conquering her fear was to embark on a body-brushing, hair-lasering, underwear-shopping regime that would have been alien to her the last time she was single. But by prepping how she looked on the outside, she was also opening up her broken heart to the possibility of letting someone get close again. Similarly, when Flora Watkins contacted me from a newborn intensive care unit saying she wanted to share the story of how her perfectly normal pregnancy had ended up there, I worried it might not be a good idea: her one-week-old daughter Romy was seriously ill; she had more important things to worry about. But Flora is a writer and this was the only way she knew how to process her living nightmare – she wasn’t neglecting Romy by sitting down to write, she was trying to stay sane. The result is such a heart-wrenchingly powerful piece – I hope you are as moved by Flora’s tale of her little fighter as I was. Enjoy the issue. JO ELVIN IS AWAY Editor’ s picks A few things I’m coveting this week Cashmere + stripes + rollneck = my perfect autumn trio. Top, £298, madeleine-thompson.com Smells like holidays… makes me wish I was on one. Candle, £49, shop-rli.com A warm, funny reminder not to believe everything you see on social media. Book, £8.99, waterstones.com RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved