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9 Sep

What TikTok’s confessional GRWM videos say about our culture

by Beauty Tips
Beauty, Featured
From sharing stories about fentanyl addictions while applying concealer to make-up routines for funerals, ‘Get Ready With Me’ videos have gotten deeply personal “Prepare with me and let’s discuss my fentanyl use,” begins a TikTok posted by model Mae Van Der Weide last month. The video, which has since been watched 4.5 million times, sees her candidly discuss her addiction, eating disorder and depression while dabbing spots of concealer on her face.  Sharing deeply personal experiences like this has change into commonplace on TikTok. Whether it’s concealing tear-stained cheeks for a funeral, applying soft glam for a reunion with an ex and even touching up eyebrows before going to prison, creators are turning their...
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5 Aug

Cori Murray Discovers the Art (and Culture) of Curly

by Beautifaire101
Beauty, Featured
Once I became a mother, there have been a number of things I knew needless to say: changing diapers, the necessity to hold the child’s head sturdy and burping right after a feeding. Since I used to be a Black mom with somewhat girl, I also knew that I used to be expected to maintain her hair picture-perfect in any respect times. But here’s the thing about great cultural expectations — I didn't possess the gift of styling my child’s hair. Too over and over I sent her to pre-school and elementary with crooked parts, lopsided afro-puffs, uneven French braids, and on the times I used to be really struggling, we did “free hair”: a cute afro and colourful headband. One...
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29 Jul

A guide to SARMS, the sinister fitspo drug taking

by Beauty Tips
Beauty, Featured
The drug, which promotes fast muscle growth, is actually steroids in pill form – but how protected is it really? If you happen to spend time on the fitspo side of the web, it’s likely you’ll have heard of SARMs. SARMs – short for selective androgen receptor modulators – are a sort of image or performance-enhancing drug (IPED) that promote fast muscle growth. The largest difference between SARMs and steroids is that, while steroids should be injected, SARMs are taken as a pill, like a complement.  A recent BBC News investigation found that SARMs, that are unregulated, are being sold illegally in shops across the UK, but they’re also available to buy online. Research...
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