A transient history of sindoor, the divisive Indian tradition

11 Dec

Dating back over 5000 years, the historic beauty tradition once eschewed by feminists is now being reclaimed 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 know this polarised response, you'll want to look back into the...

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11 Dec

Lisa Rinna Beauty Heads to Amazon – WWD

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“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star and budding beauty entrepreneur Lisa Rinna is best known within the retail world for her long partnership with QVC, but her makeup line, which began with lip kits, is heading to Amazon for its first enterprise away from her direct-to-consumer model. “It’s fabulous. I mean, who doesn’t shop on Amazon? To me, it’s the best thing on the planet. You possibly can literally go on Rinna Beauty and press a button. To me, it’s a dream come true,” she told WWD en path to film Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” with Andy Cohen, adding that this is simply the beginning of her retail expansion plans. “My goal is to have it's in Sephora or Ulta....

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11 Dec

Maybelline Shifts Focus to Online in China – WWD

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Maybelline Shifts Focus to Online in China – WWD

The L’Oréal-owned American cosmetic brand Maybelline is step by step adjusting its online and offline mix in China because it goals to shift its focus to the web market, the brand confirmed Wednesday. Local media reported that the brand is step by step phasing out all physical stores in China. Maybelline clarified that it is just shutting down underperforming and end of leasing contract stores available in the market. The brand still operates around 10,000 offline stores, including those in Watsons and cosmetics stores in China, in addition to online flagships on Tmall and JD.com. The brand also claimed that it gained online market share within the second quarter of 2022. In an announcement sent to WWD, the brand said “With the intention to...

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11 Dec

The Fat Zine is an ode to the great

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Created by fat-positive writers Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard, the newly launched project is an exploration of the nuances of being a fat person in 2020 As I open up a PDF containing previews from the The Fat Zine – a freshly-launched publication created by fat-positive writers Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard, for fat people – the very first thing I see is a picture of a model called Elyonna Mone. Within the photo, which was shot by Izzy Jackson, Mone’s backside takes centre stage. She’s within the shower as gentle drops of water trickle down her frame. It strikes me that even on this age of supposed ‘body-positivity,’ it’s very rare to...

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