For years, the beauty industry tended to exclude women of colour, making it near impossible for black women to find representation and self-expression through makeup. But thanks to beauty activists and challenger brands who called out this exclusion not just for black women but for all skin tones and...
It’s no secret that how you see yourself greatly impacts your identity, how you view the world and how you process events in your life. Whether we view ourselves in a negative or positive light, this influences the choices we make, what we believe we can achieve and influences...
Have you ever considered skincare as an act of self-love? Well, this is Becky Shobande’s perspective on skincare and the foundation on which her brand, My Glow Secrets, was built. My Glow Secrets is a black-owned, UK-based, vegan-friendly, cruelty-free and natural skincare brand, with top quality, naturally formulated products...
With the wide variety of skin care products in the market today, choosing the right products for your skin type and skin needs is très important. Switching to all-natural skincare products is a great investment in health and sustainability, as these support long-term skin health and are better for...
The discovery of beauty products from A’neil Brittanny Cosmetics has been an exciting world of wonder for our beauty editors. From lash sets to brushes, lip glosses and eyeliners, it’s hard to choose favourites! The highly-sought-after brand founded by cosmetic connoisseur A’neil Campbell has various makeup offerings that are...
Can you imagine anything worse than dealing with skin ailments at a young age, having it affect your self-confidence and the way you define yourself? Feeling odd, different, and lesser than others because you somehow feel betrayed by your body and living with ailments that you have no control...
A lot of young mothers often lose themselves to motherhood without realizing it. This is perplexing because even though these young mothers have children and their days revolve around them, it is often easy to spiral off and have the entire meaning of their lives revolve around their children....
‘Glow through what you go through’ is a phrase that completely tells the story of Lola Johnson, the founder of Loveshea skincare, a vegan-friendly and cruelty-free skincare brand with inclusive solution-focused products geared towards long term skin health. In a stroke of entrepreneurial savvy, the math-loving actuary and natural...
In previous years, beauty companies have almost exclusively subscribed to Eurocentric beauty standards, sustaining the long-held notion that darker skin tones don’t need access to beauty products that make them feel confident and happy in their own skin. But it was Barack Obama who opined, “change will not come...
Beyond social media campaigns and hashtags, it is important that we pay rapt attention to ingredients on skin and hair products that we use on our body. It has been scientifically proven that not only are products containing hidden harmful ingredients not biodegradable and harmful to our environment but...
