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June 2025

6 Jun

So you want to grow out your pubes?

So you want to grow out your pubes?
The first thing I ever did with my pubic hair was shave it and this remained my only form of pubic hair grooming until my late twenties. Our generation grew up with the beauty ideal of hairless bodies, super-low-rise denim, laser hair treatments and Carrie Bradshaw’s Brazilian. Today, the norm remains hairlessness when it comes to women’s bodies, however, pubes are slowly beginning to infiltrate pop culture. You could spot (fake) pubes on Margiela’s runway last year, on the main character of the movie Poor Things, and in Doja Cat’s Grammy look by Dilara Fındıkoğlu (real ones, this time). Meanwhile TikTok users have been praising the full bush and arguing that those people who have them are more trustworthy. If all...
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6 Jun

Tattoo machine nails and lasers: Is the future of

Tattoo machine nails and lasers: Is the future of
A tattoo machine, a microphone, a laser, and a pH-sensing tool – what might seem like the eclectic contents of a south London SET studio are, in fact, the latest nail art innovations from Dazed 100-er Viviane Lee (Cyshimi) and Ikaro Cavalcante (Occulted). During their residency at the Hybrid Body Lab at Cornell University, the duo created a series of functional nail art, challenging the traditional role of nail art and expanding its potential as a space for technological exploration. With projects including the ”Memory Nail,” which features a tattoo machine embedded in the nail to merge body modification with digital fabrication, and the ”Gossip Nail,” combining a microphone within the nail and a speaker in a ring for discreet communication,...
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