Beauty Tips – Page 26

10 Aug

A transient history of sindoor, the divisive Indian tradition

Welcome to Beauty School, the corner of Dazed Beauty dedicated to learning. From guides to histories, that is where we make clear past subcultural movements and educate our readers on current trends and various goings-on. When Priyanka Chopra married Nick Jonas in 2018, you'll have noticed she was wearing vermillion red dye in a skinny line along her centre parting. Since then, Chopra has been seen sporting the style on various different occasions, something which she has been each ridiculed and praised for on social media. To grasp this polarised response, it is advisable look back into the history of the practice. Referred to as sindoor, this red dye has been utilized by Indian women for hundreds of years and holds historic,...

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10 Aug

The Fat Zine’s recent calendar celebrates beautiful fat bodies

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The Fat Zine’s recent calendar celebrates beautiful fat bodies

The Fat Zine, a publication founded by photographer and artist Chloe Sheppard and author Gina Tonic, has released a calendar celebrating fat-positivity. Founded earlier this yr, The Fat Zine is an ode to the great thing about fat bodies, and explores the nuances of what it means to be a fat person in 2020. “It becomes quite tiring seeing people who find themselves a size 12 bend over to create rolls then post about it on social media and get celebrated for being ‘authentic’,” Sheppard told Dazed Beauty on its release back in March. “To make this zine which calls that stuff out, and is an area where fat people really will be whatever they wish to be, felt necessary, and...

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10 Aug

17 Of Whitney Houston’s Most Iconic Beauty Moments –

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17 Of Whitney Houston’s Most Iconic Beauty Moments –

Dirck Halstead/Getty Images Sixty-one years ago today, Whitney Houston was born. Raised in Latest Jersey with a family stuffed with stars—her two-time Grammy Award-winning mother sang backup for Aretha Franklin and cousin Dione Warwick was a ‘60s pop star—she turned to Chaka Khan records to dial up her angelic notes. Taking a page out of her book for each vocals and wonder, Houston scored a brief modeling profession under Wilhelmenia after being scouted at a performance at Carnegie Hall. Nonetheless beautiful she was: “Too fussy for me,” she told ESSENCE in her 1990 cover story. “You stand there in front of the camera and just grin.” Now, looking back, the scout had an actual eye. In 1984 (a yr before she released...

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10 Aug

The irony of those Frida Kahlo-themed tweezers is… an

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The irony of those Frida Kahlo-themed tweezers is… an

It’s almost Christmas! So, as is the way in which within the capitalist society we live in, brands are rushing to push out every unnecessary trinket so that you can snatch up – prone to be thrown aside and forgotten before we see the 12 months out. Amongst these things are a pair of Frida Kahlo-themed tweezers by Sass & Belle. In the event you’re unfamiliar with the brand, it sells cutesy homeware pieces at inexpensive prices. Just in time for the vacation season, the brand has released an entire range of Kahlo-themed products from plates and baubles to shopping bags and keyrings – more on why that’s problematic here. But, back to the matter at hand, a tool used to remove body...

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