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3 Mar

Contained in the toxic tattoo industry: from Nazi symbols

Contained in the toxic tattoo industry: from Nazi symbols
TW: Sexual assault and accounts of racism Not for the primary time, the tattoo industry is being forced to reflect on behaviours which have gone unchecked for a lot too long. While some artists have come together to design cover-ups for transgender Harry Potter fans or raise money for top surgery, 2020 has similarly seen accusations of sexual assault, racism, and misogyny levelled at artists within the industry.  Back in 2018, the tattoo industry faced a #MeToo movement following dozens of accusations of sexual misconduct made against Detroit-based tattoo artist Alex Boyko. Jezebel make clear the shortage of regulation within the tattoo industry and the sexual assault and misogynistic behaviour that artists had been left to get away with. This 12 months, with...
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7 Feb

Black Beauty Trend Predictions For 2025—According To Industry Experts

Black Beauty Trend Predictions For 2025—According To Industry Experts
Anthony Barboza / Getty Images Throughout history, Black beauty has been ahead of the trends. Think: XXL acrylic nails (now seen on Marc Jacobs) to minimalist makeup appropriated as a “clean girl aesthetic.” Meanwhile, much credit is left overdue. This 12 months, nevertheless, beauty’s aesthetic landscape has more to do with the long run of our beauty, quite than the unfair past. “While makeup and skincare will remain vital, the aesthetic category will likely outpace other beauty segments,” founding father of The Black Beauty Club Tomi Talabi tells ESSENCE, and Black women (and men) are first in line. With wellness on an uptick, biohacking, regenerative treatments, and taboo health practices are behind this 12 months’s biggest trend: living longer.   Below, industry experts...
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19 Aug

Ephemeral’s made-to-fade tattoos will change the industry perpetually

Ephemeral’s made-to-fade tattoos will change the industry perpetually
Growing up in a Persian Jewish household on Long Island, tattoos were out of the query for Josh Sakhai. As a freshman at Recent York University, he saw friends adorn themselves with ink – some with success, some with regret. And so Sakhai began to mull: What if tattoos didn’t should last perpetually? Six years later, he has a solution. They don’t. Together with CEO Jeff Liu and chemical engineers, Brennal Pierre and Vandan Shah, the team are set to launch Ephemeral – the first-ever made-to-fade tattoo brand. It looks like a everlasting tattoo. It’s applied like a everlasting tattoo (sorry, it still hurts) but then it disappears in a few yr.  Sakhai says the key is within the ink, which his...
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29 May

Evolus Redefines Medical Aesthetics Industry

Evolus Redefines Medical Aesthetics Industry
David Moatazedi, president and chief executive officer of Evolus, spoke with Jenny B. High quality, editor in chief of Beauty Inc., to debate medical aesthetics. The category is recent to the WWD Beauty Inc. CEO Summit — as High quality nodded to the evolution and widening of the sweetness industry. Moatazedi, who held multiple leadership positions within the medical aesthetics space, noted the rise and transformation of medical aesthetics — particularly neurotoxins — within the last 20 years.  “This category has transformed — especially over the past five years — where this younger generation of Millennials or younger views it very in another way than their parents,” Moatazedi said. “The older generation was introduced to medical aesthetics through a conventional medical doctor route.” Notably, there are greater than 30,000 medical...
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