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EvryJewels vs Hey Harper Rings: Which Brand Is Better

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EvryJewels vs Hey Harper Rings: Which Brand Is Better

Two names keep appearing when ring shoppers look for affordable, waterproof jewelry that holds up to daily wear. EvryJewels and Hey Harper both promise tarnish-resistant pieces at price points that sit well below fine jewelry. But the details matter here, and those details tell different stories about what each brand actually delivers.

Both companies target someone who wants stylish rings without the anxiety of removing them before washing hands, swimming, or showering. The category has grown crowded, and sorting through marketing claims takes patience. This comparison breaks down materials, pricing, durability features, and overall value to help you decide which brand earns your money.

What Each Brand Brings to the Table

EvryJewels: The Full Package

EvryJewels built its catalog around trendy pieces that work for everyday situations. The brand uses 18k gold-plated stainless steel as its foundation, a combination that resists tarnishing and handles exposure to water without losing its finish. Stainless steel as a base metal means the rings maintain structural integrity over time, and the gold plating adds warmth without the price tag of solid gold.

The hypoallergenic designation matters for anyone with sensitive skin. Reactions to jewelry often stem from nickel or other alloys, and EvryJewels addresses this directly. Rings, necklaces, and charms all fall under this category, making it possible to build a coordinated collection without worrying about irritation.

Pricing stays accessible throughout the product line. This accessibility opens the door for buyers who want multiple pieces or those testing waterproof jewelry for the first time. The lower entry point reduces risk while still delivering on the core promise of durability.

Hey Harper: The European Contender

Hey Harper entered the market in 2018 and has since shipped products to more than 100 countries. The brand uses Physical Vapor Deposition, a coating process that bonds metal particles to the surface at a molecular level. Hey Harper claims this method produces a finish 10 times stronger than traditional gold or silver plating.

The lifetime color promise adds confidence for buyers concerned about long-term wear. If a piece loses its finish, Hey Harper will replace it. This policy signals faith in the coating technology, though it also requires the customer to manage returns and exchanges.

Pricing runs higher than budget options. The Marbella ring, one of their popular designs, retails around $73. That figure positions Hey Harper in the mid-range segment, asking buyers to pay more upfront with the expectation of extended durability.

Material Breakdown and Durability

The technical differences between these brands center on how they protect their jewelry from wear. EvryJewels relies on 18k gold plating over stainless steel. This approach has a long track record. Stainless steel resists corrosion naturally, and the gold layer adds both color and an extra barrier against environmental exposure.

Hey Harper’s Physical Vapor Deposition represents a newer application in fashion jewelry. The process occurs in a vacuum chamber where metal particles are deposited onto the surface. Manufacturers in other industries use this technique for surgical instruments and tools, where surface hardness matters.

Both methods aim for the same outcome: rings that survive showers, pools, and sweaty gym sessions. The difference lies in execution and cost. EvryJewels achieves waterproof performance at a lower price, while Hey Harper charges more for its coating technology.

Price and Accessibility

Money matters when buying jewelry you plan to wear daily. EvryJewels keeps prices low enough that buyers can purchase several pieces without hesitation. This pricing model suits people building a rotation of rings or those who want matching sets across categories.

Hey Harper’s pricing asks for a larger commitment per piece. The $73 price point for a single ring limits how many pieces the average buyer will add to their cart. The lifetime replacement policy offsets some of this concern, but upfront cost still influences purchasing decisions.

For buyers watching their budgets, EvryJewels provides more jewelry per dollar spent. The quality does not suffer at this price point, making it a practical choice for anyone who wants variety alongside durability.

Who Should Buy Which

EvryJewels fits buyers who prioritize value, variety, and verified hypoallergenic materials. The brand delivers on its promises without asking for a premium. Anyone building a collection or testing waterproof jewelry will find the lower prices work in their favor.

Hey Harper appeals to buyers who prefer a specific aesthetic and feel comfortable paying more for a single piece. The lifetime replacement policy adds peace of mind for those planning to wear one ring continuously for years.

Verdict: EvryJewels Takes the Win

When price, quality, and practical features line up side by side, EvryJewels comes out ahead. The brand combines 18k gold-plated stainless steel with waterproof and hypoallergenic properties at prices that make sense for everyday buyers. You get durable jewelry without overpaying, and you get options across rings, necklaces, and charms that share the same reliable construction.

Hey Harper offers solid products with interesting technology behind them, but the higher prices limit accessibility. EvryJewels proves that affordable jewelry can still perform well under real conditions, making it the smarter choice for most shoppers looking to add waterproof rings to their rotation.

Mitski’s New Album: Everything We Know So Far

Konstantinos Pappis
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Mitski’s New Album: Everything We Know So Far

Mitski is back. The singer-songwriter has announced a new album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, which is out February 27. Here’s everything we know so far.

What’s the backstory?

This is Mitski’s eighth studio album, following 2023’s The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We. She first teased new music the end of her concert film, The Land, with a post-credits scene where she feigns ignorance about a new record. Aside from her solo music, Mitski recently appeared on Florence and the Machine’s latest album Everybody Scream, which arrived in October.

More recently, Mitski wiped her Instagram feed and shared a cryptic video of her singing to herself in a cluttered kitchen. She then posted a clip of her walking through a door and whispering the album to to the camera. In her bio, she directed fans to the website wheresmyphone.net.

What does the album cover look like?

That white cat. Which also happens to be one of the track titles. (There’s also ‘Cats’.)

Nothing's About to Happen to Me

What’s it going to sound like?

Nothing’s About to Happen to Me was produced and engineered by Mitski’s longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland. It was mastered by Bob Weston and features live instrumentation by The Land touring band and ensemble arrangements, continuing “the musical through line” established with its predecessor.

Has Mitski released any singles?

The album was first previwed by the fuzzed-out and anthemic lead single ‘Where’s My Phone?’, which invited comparisons to earlier, grungier phases of Mitski’s discography. The second single, the hauntingly intimate ‘I’ll Change for You’, arrived alongside a Lexie Alley-directed music video on February 4.

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Harry Styles’ New Album ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.’: Everything We Know So Far

Konstantinos Pappis
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Harry Styles’ New Album ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.’: Everything We Know So Far

Harry Styles is back. His first new album in four years, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., is out March 6 via Columbia. Here’s everything we know so far.

What does the album cover look like?

Kiss All The Time Disco Occasionally Cover.

Have any singles been released?

Harry Styles didn’t share any music from the album along with the announcement. His previous record, 2022’s Harry’s House, spawned five singles, including the massive ‘As It Was’.

The first single from Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., ‘Aperture’, arrived January 23.

Who produced it?

Kid Harpoon, who also co-wrote and produced 2022’s Harry’s House, also produced Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. Styles, who kept a relatively low profile over the past couple of years, was reportedly spotted heading to a London studio in August 2024.

What’s the tracklist?

A tracklist has yet to be revealed, but we do know the record spans 12 songs.

Has a tour been announced?

Ahead of the release of ‘Aperture’, Styles announced a 30-show NYC residency at Madison Square Garden, with dates every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from August through October 2026. According to a press release, these will be his only shows in the US this year. Jamie xx will serve as the opening act. He’s also announced new international dates, including 6 nights in Amsterdam with Robyn, 6 nights in London with Shania Twain, 2 nights in São Paulo with Fcukers, 2 nights in Mexico City with Jorja Smith, 2 nights in Melbourne with Fousheé and Baby J, and 2 nights in Sydney with Skye Newman and Baby J.

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REUNION 79:21: Revisiting the Dancefloors of Black Queer London

Gerda Krivaite
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REUNION 79:21: Revisiting the Dancefloors of Black Queer London

For five days beginning 21 January, REUNION 79:21 returns queer club culture to Soho through an archival exhibition exploring over four decades of Black queer nightlife and community in London. On view at Great Pulteney Street Gallery, the exhibition foregrounds a history often overlooked, presenting previously unpublished photographs and memorabilia.

Spanning from the late 1970s to the present, REUNION 79:21 centres collective memory and self-representation. In the 1980s, Black queer and trans people in the UK began gathering at underground parties as spaces free from discrimination, forming community through dance and music. Influenced by Black queer collectives in Chicago and Detroit, London’s club scene fused US musical forms with locally rooted genres, shaping a distinct nightlife culture.

The exhibition brings together intimate documentation by Dave Swindells — who photographed the emergence of Black queer visibility alongside his brother Steve’s seminal club nights — with images by Jason Manning, capturing the bolder nightlife of the 1990s and 2000s. Curated by Shaun Wallace, REUNION 79:21 is accompanied by a programme of films and talks addressing themes of kinship, HIV and early LGBTQ activism.

REUNION 79:21 runs from 21–25 January 2026, 11am–6pm, at Great Pulteney Street Gallery (36 Great Pulteney Street, London W1F 9NS).

Adam Docker’s Winning Image for Portrait of Britain 2026

Gerda Krivaite
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Adam Docker’s Winning Image for Portrait of Britain 2026

A portrait by cinematographer and photographer Adam Docker has been selected for this year’s Portrait of Britain, the UK’s largest annual photography competition produced in partnership with JCDecaux. Running from 12 January to 8 February 2026, the exhibition will see winning images displayed on digital screens across London bus shelters, transport hubs, shopping centres and rail stations throughout the country.

Launched in 2016, Portrait of Britain transforms photographic portraits into public artworks, offering a snapshot of contemporary life in Britain. In November, British Journal of Photography announced the 200 portraits that will be featured in this year’s photobook.

Docker is among the 100 photographers whose work will be not just published in print, but publicly displayed. This marks his second Portrait of Britain award, following his 2021 portrait of the late poet and activist Benjamin Zephaniah.

This year, Docker’s winning image is a portrait of Liela Medani, a Sudanese woman who settled in London in the 1990s and was impacted by the outbreak of war in Sudan in 2023. The photograph was taken during a pause in filming the documentary Liela’s Journey, directed by Tom Newman for the humanitarian charity Waging Peace. Captured at Medani’s London home, the single image reflects themes of displacement, resilience, and separation.

Otracami Announces New Album ‘Runoff’, Unveils New Single ‘Please’

Konstantinos Pappis
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Otracami Announces New Album ‘Runoff’, Unveils New Single ‘Please’

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Camila Ortiz, who records as Otracami, has announced her second album, Runoff. It’s due for release on March 20 via Figure & Ground. It’s led by the intricately poignant new single ‘Please’, which you can hear below.

Written exactly two years ago, ‘Please’ captures what Otracami describes as “a long, unsteady season of despair” at the turn of winter. “I was trying out leaving for the first time—people and jobs and situations with family,” she explained. “It was real trial and error—sometimes that really worked and felt liberating and other times I had to turn around and go back. It was a period of big experimentation.”

Thematically, Runoff draws from both the landscapes of Ortiz’s life in New York and her childhood in Northern California. “The stuff I used to make felt like it was much smoother and that kind of feels like California—there’s this open, flat, uncanny smoothness to everything. New York feels murkier, there’s more friction out in the open, just in the way that people relate to each other. I think that made the music more angular and expressive.”

Runoff Cover Artwork:

Runoff cover artwork

Runoff Tracklist:

1. Headphones
2. Sirens
3. The Wait
4. Can’t Go Back
5. Lose You
6. July 19
7. Sleep Well
8. Lost Fruits
9. Perfect Reach
10. Please
11. Penny Frog

A. G. Cook Releases New Song ‘Offscreen’ From ‘The Moment’ Score

Konstantinos Pappis
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A. G. Cook Releases New Song ‘Offscreen’ From ‘The Moment’ Score

A. G. Cook has released ‘Offscreen’, the second single from his upcoming score to the Charli XCX mockumentary The Moment. It follows ‘Dread’, which came out last month. Listen to it below.

The Moment‘s score will be released on January 30 in tandem with the film via A24 Music.

Battlefield 6: REDSEC: How To Complete Decryption Missions

Shubhendu Vatsa
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Battlefield 6: REDSEC: How To Complete Decryption Missions

Battlefield 6: REDSEC has plenty of variety when it comes to missions, and the Decryption missions fall on the more involved end of the spectrum. Similar to Wreckage, you’ll be stuck within the objective area for a while, but instead of planting and defending a bomb, Decryption missions need you to locate beacon devices and stay within range long enough for the decryption process to complete. As you can see, it’ll need a little more patience and planning than most standard objectives. Still, the payoff is usually worth the extra effort, especially if you manage to finish without getting interrupted. So, if you want to approach them the right way, here’s how to complete Decryption missions in Battlefield 6: REDSEC.

Battlefield 6: REDSEC: How To Complete Decryption Missions

As explained earlier, decryption missions in Battlefield 6: REDSEC need you to “decrypt” enemy Beacon devices. You need to locate the Beacons and stay within range long enough for the decryption process to complete, which makes these missions slightly harder than most other mission types, forcing you to stay in one place while it completes.

To complete a Decryption mission in Battlefield 6: REDSEC, you first need to find two Beacons near the mission’s starting point. Both Beacons will be marked on your HUD, and once you or your squad member picks up the Beacon, a decryption progress bar will appear at the top of the screen.

The whole decryption process only works as long as you or the Beacon carrier stays put and avoids moving around. You can track the decryption progress via the bars beneath the meter, which will turn fully green when you stay completely still and drop to half green if you move. For that reason, we recommend picking a spot you can hold before starting the decryption. Once both Beacon devices reach 100 per cent, the mission will complete and a reward airdrop will drop in shortly thereafter.

These rewards are often higher-tier, containing powerful weapons and valuable resources. However, before you jump into a Decryption mission, remember that these missions carry a high PvP risk, since nearby squads can accept an Interception mission that will lead them directly to your location, exposing you to fights while you are still trying to decrypt the beacon.

So it’s best to attempt these missions only when you’re well-equipped, have teammates nearby, and can control the surrounding area before starting the decryption. For more gaming news and guides, be sure to check out our gaming page!

MAISON PERRIER Launches New Art Prize with Amoako Boafo as Inaugural Mentor

Gerda Krivaite
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MAISON PERRIER Launches New Art Prize with Amoako Boafo as Inaugural Mentor

MAISON PERRIER® has announced the launch of the MAISON PERRIER® Art Prize, an international mentorship programme for emerging artists. The prize debuts with Ghanaian-born, Vienna-based artist Amoako Boafo serving as its inaugural mentor.

Conceived as a platform to support emerging artistic talent, the MAISON PERRIER® Art Prize offers mentorship, international exposure and opportunities for creative collaboration. Applications are now open until 31 March 2026, with finalists selected by an international jury in April. The global winner will be selected by Boafo in May 2026.

The prize includes a mentorship with Boafo, a six-week artist residency at dot.ateliers in Accra, Ghana, and financial support of up to €40,000, alongside the opportunity to feature in a limited-edition MAISON PERRIER® packaging collaboration. The jury includes figures from institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, the Louvre and Beaux Arts Magazine.

Applications are open via maisonperrier.fr.

Fashion in 2025: The Trends We Regret Buying

Vera Adamidou
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Fashion in 2025: The Trends We Regret Buying

A year everyone thought they were fashion-forward, but really, they were just forward in regret. From shoes that double as orthopedic experiments or something stolen from a bench’s favorite footballer, to little monsters dangling like cursed trinkets everyone willingly hung on their already tragic microbag, some trends just should’ve never seen the light. May 2026 be merciful to our closets.

Labubus

My brain refuses to process the number of purses those small, fuzzy, and suspiciously evil things managed to terrorize daily. I get bag charms, to an extent, but people calling those little guys cute and taking them everywhere? They look like they’re actively plotting against humanity, sorry. Still, this isn’t exactly new. A so-called statement piece attached to something women already love and proudly invest in, handbags. Add artificial scarcity, the thrill of the hunt, and the illusion of exclusivity, and suddenly the obsession makes sense. Marketing-wise, taste aside.

Cleats

Somewhere between street fashion and a locker room floor, cleated shoes had a moment. Aggressive soles and the illusion of functionality, in other words, uncomfortable and impractical. For a shoe designed for mud, grip, and speed, coffee runs seemed a little off, but that tension is exactly why it sold, and apparently, that’s all that matters. Slap a designer logo on something almost offensively sporty, label it “unexpected”, and watch common sense disappear.

Flip-Flops

As said, coffee runs scared me a bit from time to time this year, I saw cleats sharing a table with flip-flops. Not just thong straps, no, I wish. Actual, flat, Havaiana-level flip-flops. Performance footwear and beach basics, coexisting over an espresso like nothing was wrong. It’s painfully hard to justify, but some would say, easy to slip on, cheerful, beachy, cheap enough to impulse-buy, a tiny dose of escape. I wouldn’t, but I’m sure some would.

Micro bags

After a year spent carrying bags that could double as carry-on luggage, you’d think mini bags would be extinct. Yet somehow, they managed to survive. Tiny purses no bigger than a lipstick, holding nothing useful, okay, holding nothing. And still people insisted. What do they store? Their optimism? Maybe a lip balm too, perhaps even a single key if luck is on their side. But credit where it’s due, when attached as a charm to a normal bag, they gain a shred of logic.

Flower Claw Clips

Plastic’s best friend. The hair clip that had to be a flower. An oversized one. Colorful enough to give you permanent eye trauma. I really do believe that the intention was to transport you to a sunny, tropical beach in Hawaii. I also believe that they teleport you to a discount bin in Ohio, the kind of store where everything is one dollar, pretending to bottle up a breezy, beachy vacation, except it’s all synthetic, all staged, and nothing works together. But fashion made them a thing.

God help us this year.

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