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11 Aug

Sue Bird and the celebrities of the WNBA love

Sue Bird and the celebrities of the WNBA love
There have been many, many beauty brand celebrity partnerships through the years going right back to 1927 when Pond’s teamed up with Queen Marie of Romania to endorse its Cold Cream. This latest one, nonetheless, might just be one in every of the good yet. The players of the WNBA have joined Glossier to assist launch the brand’s recent additions to its Body Hero range.  First introduced in 2017 with an oil-infused body cleanser and lotion, Glossier’s Body Hero collection is centred around the concept that your body deserves just as much attention, quality ingredients, and appreciation as your face. Now, the range is being joined by two recent products: an oil mist and an exfoliating bar.  The Body Hero Dry-Touch Oil...
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11 Aug

Grimes’ ‘alien scars’ are fuelling the post-human tattoo trend

Grimes’ ‘alien scars’ are fuelling the post-human tattoo trend
Grimes is the queen of post-human aesthetics, from her experiments in bio-hacking to her (as yet unrealised) plans to get matching brain chips with Lil Uzi Vert. Her futuristic beauty looks have inspired a whole generation of terminally online alt-girls and emo faeries, who fuse tech and fantasy elements of their quest to higher resemble video-game characters.  Earlier this yr, the Canadian auteur took the subsequent step in her “long slow effort to have a full alien body” with a second white ink tattoo. The primary, a sprawling backpiece from 2021, was a collaboration between tattoo artist Tweakt and artist Nusi Quero. Described as “beautiful alien scars”, each tattoos resemble tribal tattoos from a martian technocracy; their white lines giving the...
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10 Aug

A transient history of sindoor, the divisive Indian tradition

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

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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