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Haircare is still failing Black consumers. Meet the luxury hair stylist changing that

Haircare is still failing Black consumers. Meet the luxury hair stylist changing that

Demi Colleen, a 28-year-old, mixed-race London-based creator, with over 24,800 followers on Instagram, recalls growing up with limited choices for her textured hair. “There was a teeny tiny section in drug stores like Boots and Superdrug and it was always the same old products I grew up using but as I got older I realised that they weren’t necessarily the …

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Get rich texture and shine, add to its natural beauty

Get rich texture and shine, add to its natural beauty

Hair colours give more shine and richness to the strands. From time immemorial and across cultures, a woman’s hair has been the centre of her beauty and femininity. Just go through the paintings of celebrated Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma of Hindu goddesses and celestial beings and you can see the depiction of long and luscious hair of the women …

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Student who lost his hair from GCSE stress reveals the beauty treatment that brought his confidence back

Student who lost his hair from GCSE stress reveals the beauty treatment that brought his confidence back

Sam before and after his eyebrow treatment (Tracie Giles London/PA Real Life) A student who lost the hair on his head and body at the age of 15 from what he believes to have been GCSE stress-triggered alopecia drew inspiration from his mother’s beauty treatments to get eyebrow tattoos the envy of his female friends. Now 19, Sam Taylor’s early …

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inclusive beauty on CosmeticsDesign

inclusive beauty on CosmeticsDesign

The personal care industry has made shifts to be more inclusive, not just in the skin tones and hair types served but also through what brands are getting support from industry players and how brands speak to consumers. CosmeticsDesign has found most experts and companies have turned to bringing the groups they are targeting into the fold of inclusion programs, …

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Beauty fans go crazy for a painless hair remover that gets rid of annoying strawberry legs & it works on short hair too

Beauty fans go crazy for a painless hair remover that gets rid of annoying strawberry legs & it works on short hair too

BEAUTY lovers on TikTok are going crazy over a hair remover that not only causes no pain but also gets rid of strawberry legs. Those who shave legs – whether for a special occasion or on a more regular basis – know how frustrating cuts, bumps and strawberry skin can be. 3 Strawberry skin – a thing of the pastCredit: …

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Hair Oiling Benefits, How To, History, & Best Products To Try

Hair Oiling Benefits, How To, History, & Best Products To Try

Hair oiling, a concept originating from India, has made quite a grand entrance in the modern hair care space, especially since the latest season of Bridgerton shows Kate Sharma — played by actor Simone Ashley — applying hair oil on her sister’s scalp at bedtime. If your’e not familiar, the history of hair oiling comes from Ayurveda, a natural system …

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I’m bald for life after botched hair bleaching destroyed my scalp

I’m bald for life after botched hair bleaching destroyed my scalp

She wanted hair to dye for — and the look left her with a dead scalp.  A routine trip to the beauty salon turned hairy for glamour girl Ellie Swain, who sustained bloody, puss-oozing chemical burns and blisters to the back of her head while undergoing a scalp-bleaching treatment last spring. The injuries ultimately rendered her in need of a skin graft …

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After the Met Gala, the Beauty World Has Its Own Celebration

After the Met Gala, the Beauty World Has Its Own Celebration

On the evening of the Met Gala, at a corner table at Mr. Chow on the Upper East Side, Fiona Stiles, the makeup artist who did Gabrielle Union’s makeup for the gala, sat with Hung Vanngo, who did the makeup for Julianne Moore and Laura Harrier, and Elle Gerstein, Blake Lively’s nail artist. They were compiling credit lists of products …

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