Sometimes in life you just want to pop on that touch of concealer and a splash of foundation, maybe a pinch of blush and that dab of mascara… you want to feel your natural oats. But when you remember you’re not boring, you like to cut out an hour of time, turn on your favourite…
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Accessing Olafur Eliasson
I was recently at the Olafur Eliasson at the Tate Modern with a lovely bunch of people, though none of us knew quite what to expect. To quote from the exhibition introduction – ‘Some artworks introduce natural phenomena such as rainbows to the gallery space. Others use reflections and shadows to play with the way…
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Fenty Beauty – Work!
I know that’s a bit of a laboured reference in the title, but come on that’s such a damn good song and I fear it has been forgotten in this modern day… Anyway! Let’s talk about Fenty because, at LAST, we are finally being shown the power of products that cater to people of all…
Read MoreLet’s talk about eyebrows…
I find myself again sitting on a train and staring across at someone opposite with what can only be described as two slugs sitting on their forehead. I KNOW I shouldn’t stare, and I don’t mean to be offensive, but this is such a solvable problem… So, let’s have a chat about how to fix…
Read MoreBrown Skin Girl – Can I enjoy it?
I am currently sitting jamming along to Beyoncé’s new album, The Gift, and I cannot help but get emotional at ‘Brown Skin Girl’, a song I’ve had on repeat basically since it came out. Not only is just objectively an absolute tune, there’s something about it that is so damn uplifting. (Also, let’s just have…
Read MoreCaryn Franklin – Disruptive Fashion
As those of you who have read the post about the Samanta Bullock Event launch will know, a little while ago I had the absolute honour of meeting Caryn Franklin herself. She did not disappoint on any level. She walked in with her gorgeous hair down in a pony tail, a trendy long jacket and…
Read MoreDon’t Call Me By Your Name
It’s a bit late to talk about Call Me By Your Name I do appreciate this, but it came up in conversation the other day and my dislike towards the film has arisen again. Now don’t get me wrong… First and foremost, Timothée Chalamet is obviously stunning and I am forever and permanently shook by…
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Billy Porter – “It must change.”
I was scrolling through Facebook when I happened upon a video someone shared of a Billy Porter interview on Channel 4. Billy Porter has managed to grab the world by storm these past couple of years with his sickening glamour and through Pose, a show with the largest cast of transgender actors in history. He…
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Samanta Bullock Shop Launch
I was lucky enough to attend the Samanta Bullock Shop Launch in the Kindred Private Members Club on behalf of London Organic, a brand who collaborates with SB. Samanta was looking stunning at the event and, over the course of the evening, I learnt a bit about her story. Samanta is a pioneer for “empowerment,…
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Let’s talk about contouring…
I’m sitting on a train and looking (quite unsubtly I must admit) at a young person sat opposite me with an orange line chiselled down the edge of their face. Now to those of you quite fairly thinking that it is rude to sit and stare at someone’s makeup, you aren’t exactly wrong. However, in…
Read MoreThe Conscious Frock
Virginia Woolf’s diary in April 1925 describes her desire to ‘investigate the party consciousness, the frock consciousness’. Clothing was always an important part of Woolf’s life and writing; she noted in Orlando that clothes have ‘more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world’s view of us’.…
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Shivaike Shah 