December always arrives with a particular weight. It asks us to look back honestly, to sit with what was beautiful, what was bruising, and what quietly reshaped us. This issue, our final one of the year, carries even more meaning. … Continue reading Editor’s Note: Looking Ahead With Softness and Strength
Dear 2025, You have been such an interesting year. I walked into you with so much fear after everything that happened in 2024. That year gave me friendship breakups, health issues, and a level of uncertainty I did not see … Continue reading Chaud Influential Woman of The Year – Rita Flora: Cyber Security Consultant|Content Creator
Dear 2025, Whew.You drained me. I am not even going to lie. I still don’t quite know how I made it through you. I began the year full of hope, the kind of hope that only comes when you think … Continue reading Chaud Influential Woman of The Year – Vanessa Sanyauke: Founder|Podcaster
Dear 2025, You arrived carrying both promise and pressure. I walked into this year with a vision that felt bigger than me, yet somehow deeply rooted in who I’ve always been. I didn’t know if I was ready, but I … Continue reading Chaud Influential Woman Of The Year – Ola Igun: Founder of Eleventh Room
How the decline of deep reading is reshaping intelligence, attention, and culture itself. There was a time when not finishing a book felt like a small personal failure. Today, it is almost a badge of honour to announce that you … Continue reading The Quiet Crisis No One Wants to Read About
We tend to treat joint pain like the weather. You know, something that just “happens” with age. A stiff back in the morning? Normal. Achy knees after a long day? Expected. Afterall we are told once you hit the 30s, … Continue reading Your Joints Don’t Have to Hurt: Reclaiming Freedom Through Movement
The leaves are gone. The sun has clocked out and the darkness has set in. Temperatures are dropping. The heating is back on without interruption. Friends, receive this message with a hug – we’re fully settled into winter. Whilst you’re … Continue reading New Season, New Skin: The Winter Skincare Reset You Didn’t Know You Needed
There’s a quiet violence to silence. It cloaks itself in the language of “staying neutral,” “protecting peace,” or “not wanting to get political,” but neutrality in the face of oppression is not peace, it’s complicity. As Nelson Mandela once said, … Continue reading The Real Embarrassment: The Age of Silence in a Loud World
When Vogue recently posed the provocative and now viral question “Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?” it distilled something both ridiculous and revealing about the cultural moment we’re living in. A moment where irony has become emotional armour, and sincerity, … Continue reading The Joy of Being Whole and In Love
The visualisation of the Ultimate Chaud Woman’s wardrobe – is power, colour and confidence. Continue reading The Chaud Woman’s Wardrobe
In this end of year issue, Chaud’s Fashion Editor delves into pieces that are worthy of passing down to the next generation(s). Continue reading The Fashion Heirloom Edit
The Brief Vicebomb by Simone Andreoli is a fragrance that wears its decadence in broad, unapologetic strokes. Launched in 2023 as part of Andreoli’s Poetry of Night collection, it’s a unisex eau de parfum intense crafted to evoke the seductive, … Continue reading Cherry at Midnight: Vicebomb by Simone Andreoli
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