Cosmopolitan India - July 2022

180 Pages·2022·181.3 MB·English

contents
On the Cover
80 Cover Girl
Radhika Apte on living life on
her own terms, lessons she has
learnt along the way, and why
she is not afraid to fail.
90 Your Right to
Come Last
Cosmo’s petition to claim the
female orgasm back. You’re
welcome!
102 Do We All
Need Therapy?
We answer the one
question that has been
on everyone’s mind.
118 Here’s Why
Women Need to
Be In Charge of
Their Finances
Five successful female leaders
on how to be financially
independent, ways one can
grow their money, and more.
Upfront
15 Alaya F On Dating In
the Digital World
18 Don’t Hide the Tummy

20 Take Note: Your Binge-
J u l - A u g
Watch Queue Is About
to Get Lit
22 Era of Glamour
24 Practically No-Butt
2022
Coverage Swimwear:
Yay or Nay?
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Fashion & Beauty

Fast Glam
134 Sunshine Calling

154 How to Be a Person
27 We Need to Talk
Who Doesn’t Have a
About the Elephant
Skin Crisis When
Puff Sleeves In the
Travelling
Room
160 Beauty Expert
30 Shop Local
36 Lingerie That Puts
Lifestylist
the Spotlight On You
38 Lord, When Did This 170 The Love Island
Become Hot?
174 Go the Extra Mile
40 #RegencyCore
In Every Issue
42 For the Love of Local
46 Put Your Foot
12 From the Editor
Down...
176 Astro
126
48 Sunshine =
178 Last Word
Party Time
Actor Mrunal
50 Summer In a Bag
Thakur on finding
52 Street Style her niche and
The Cover Look!
keeping her
54 Style News opinions to herself.
58 Dive Into Summer
Palettes
60 Is Your Haircare Love & Lust To-Know Guide to
Routine Missing Apology Languages
a Serum? 92 Does Your Love
116 When to Seek Help
Need a Label?
62 Diary of a Scent From a Mental
98 What’s Up With
64 Everything You Need Health Professional
Post-Nut Clarity?
to Know About
Body Love
Exfoliating Your Face 100 Is the Person You Are
Dating Keeping Their
66 Skinny Does It 110 Have the Night
Options Open?
68 “Vitiligo Made Me of Your Life
Famous, but It is
You, you, you
Work
Not Who I Am”
70 The Return of the 102 Do We All Need Photographer: Manasi Sawant;
114 How to Leave a
Claw Clip Therapy? Styling: Who Wore What When;
Job Without
72 Beauty Scoop 108 Your Everything Burning Bridges Hair and Make-Up: Kritika Gill;
Production: Studio Gaaba;
Fashion Assistants: Shubham
Jawanjal and Tanya Sachdeva;
Location: The Postcard Hideaway,
Netravali, Goa.
On Radhika Apte: Dress and belt,
both Gucci
162
PSA: these new
launches are a
must-have on
your beauty
shelves.

142
10 people from the
LGBTQIA+
community break
down their style
personalities for
Cosmo
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EditorNandini Bhalla
Editorial Co-Ordinator Kavita Sharma
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FEATURES
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Writer Shambhavi Dutta
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ART
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Chief Designer Mandeep Singh
Senior Designer Vineet Singh
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DIGITAL
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