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Placeholder while article actions load The first time someone asked me if I was taking my husband’s last name, I felt like they had wandered in on me naked. “You surprised me!” I said, as I scrambled to cover my most vulnerable parts. It wasn’t the question-asking itself that caught me off guard. People saw my engagement ring and suddenly, …

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 …

Charlotte Palermino sometimes slathers her face in Vaseline, or what she calls “the unsung hero of skin care,” at night. She also uses Cetaphil cleanser, despite the fact that it has parabens. In doing so — and publicising it — she’s bucking industry trends, which are increasingly leaning towards avoiding certain ingredients and products. Unlike many other celebrity, influencer and …