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3 Jun

Becoming Mystique: exploring the sweetness rituals of a cosplayer

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22-year-old British cosplayer and aspiring model Roxanne Manuel shares with us her personal beauty routine as she prepares to embody X-Men’s villainous mutant, Mystique Rituals is a monthly column that appears on the obscure beauty routines and sacred acts of self care that different professionals practice as they prepare for a typical event. Born on the South Coast, West Sussex, 22-year-old aspiring model Roxanne Manuel has been cosplaying seriously for 3 years now. From applying her look – which may involve painting her entire body and applying rather a lot of prosthetic glue – to how she chooses her characters, here she shares her experiences.  Growing up, I used to be very much into video games and the...
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3 Jun

How one artist used photography to come back to

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Beauty, Featured
“One thing I do know needless to say is that beauty just isn't something good-looking or clean,” says Japanese artist Mari Katayama Mari Katayama’s self-portraits often depict her within the centre of painstakingly arranged objects, either in intimate bedroom spaces or in vast and awe-inspiring landscapes. The objects vary in each bit; nonetheless, specific motifs constantly pop up, specifically, crabs, paying homage amongst other things to her star sign (cancer). You can even see handmade pillow-like objects in the form of limbs and mannequins. But no matter where she is, or what she surrounds herself with, the foremost subject of her work is her, most notably her body.  Well, that’s how you might be...
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