Confidence Secrets From 4 Women Pushing Back Against Beauty

25 Feb

Shutterstock / Prostock-studio. Beauty standards are engraved into girls from a young age. Our Barbies and dolls come perfectly packaged with their hair, makeup, and nails already done. Most of us played with those toys as we watched our moms get dolled up for the day. Beauty seems fun and playful until we evolve into teenagers. Then, a lot of us feel the pressure to evolve to trends and alter our hair and makeup. The parts of ourselves we once deemed “just wonderful” have turn out to be our biggest insecurities. Our bodies, skin, and hair begin to alter while comparison sets in. This, at times, creates a divide between women, mainly because we feel like we’re not “adequate” to be her...

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29 Oct

Beauty gap: how the price of living crisis is

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Beauty, Featured

As we re-evaluate our spending and kind our purchases into needs and needs, beauty can feel hard to put “I’ve stopped getting acrylics, sunbeds and haircuts. I used to get my nails done every month, and get balayage done. Now I’m giving myself haircuts and doing my very own nails because there’s just no way I can afford it anymore,” says 24-year-old communications consultant Siobhan Fitzsimons. “It’s heartbreaking to be working so hard and in real terms to be earning less money than I did once I first left uni. I’m living in my overdraft, and once I’ve been paid I believe ‘oh I’ll treat myself and get nails done’ after which I...

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20 Apr

Hermès Touts Confidence, Savoir-faire at Shareholders’ Meeting

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Fashion, Featured

A drum kit and electric guitars at Hermès International? The French luxury firm opened its annual shareholders’ meeting Thursday morning in Paris with a live performance by five-piece outfit Ishkero. The corporate definitely rocked in 2022 and the primary quarter of 2023, with revenues vaulting 23 percent across all regions and product categories, outpacing its luxury rivals. “We're prone to be less festive,” chief executive officer Axel Dumas deadpanned once the jazz band had been cleared away and he took his seat behind an extended white desk with three other Hermès executives in dark suits. The lads reviewed the corporate’s stellar financials, noting that every of its 19,700 employees received a 4,000-euro bonus for last 12 months, and that the 2022 dividend could...

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8 Apr

Beauty gap: how the fee of living crisis is

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Beauty, Featured

As we re-evaluate our spending and type our purchases into needs and desires, beauty can feel hard to position “I’ve stopped getting acrylics, sunbeds and haircuts. I used to get my nails done every month, and get balayage done. Now I’m giving myself haircuts and doing my very own nails because there’s just no way I can afford it anymore,” says 24-year-old communications consultant Siobhan Fitzsimons. “It’s heartbreaking to be working so hard and in real terms to be earning less money than I did after I first left uni. I’m living in my overdraft, and after I’ve been paid I feel ‘oh I’ll treat myself and get nails done’ after which I...

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