How hair salons are adapting to the needs of

12 Apr

For a lot of Muslim women who wear the hijab, hair salons have traditionally been a no-go zone. But slowly, spaces are being created for them “I remember travelling what then gave the look of a seven-hour journey, simply to get to the hairdressers. We lived in just a little town just outside of London, and so for each occasion from Eid to weddings, my sisters, my mum and I might take the train into Marylebone to go to the one hair salon my whole family went to,” Sarah Jamal tells Dazed. “At seven years old, I assumed it was special. At 15, I assumed it was simply annoying to travel over two...

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28 Dec

How Halima Aden made history for hijabi models

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Beauty, Featured

We chat to the model and UNICEF ambassador in regards to the importance of representation Born in a refugee camp in Kenya after her mother fled the Somali Civil War, Halima Aden spent her childhood there until the age of seven, when she and her mother moved to the US and eventually settled in Minnesota. From there Halima went from strength to strength, checking off firsts as she went. Thriving at college each academically and socially (she was St. Cloud’s first Muslim Homecoming Queen), Halima went on to school where she was the primary Somali member of the Student Government, before participating within the Miss Minnesota USA beauty pageant. As the primary contestant...

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11 Dec

Why Is not the Beauty Industry Talking About Hijabi

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Beauty, Hair

Walking through the sweetness aisles as a young girl, I stood in front of partitions that displayed women of shades and features unlike my very own applying products like mascara or straightening their hair. The wonder world that my white friends indulged in didn't entice me because I knew regardless of what I did, I'd not appear like the attractive models that were pictured. Growing up, I didn't have the privilege of seeing representation of a brown Hijabi woman that loved who she was and wasn't a negative stereotype of what the media thought Muslim women were like. I used to be always othered, from my jogging pants that I wore in gym class to my colourful hijab that stood...

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