Inspired – Page 3 – Beautifaire

7 Oct

Simedar Jackson is motivated by helping others. Over the summer the esthetician launched her beauty brand, Of Other Worlds, to just do that. “I like hearing how much the product,” Light Beams, “has modified people’s skin,” she tells ESSENCE via Zoom. “And I like helping others achieve their skincare goals,” the Chicago-based skin guru adds. Beyond aesthetics, Jackson was empowered to create her brand because she desires to “construct more equity for marginalized beauty consumers.” Moreover, Jackson desired to make clinically proven formulas feel and look more approachable—because of fun packaging and intergalactic product names. “I’m very inspired by sci-fi, Afrofuturism, and fantasy,” she says. Simedar Jackson. As for Light Beams’ standout ingredients? “There are a ridiculous amount of actives within the product,”...

0 Comments

24 Sep

An uncanny beauty shoot inspired by the Cabbage Patch

by Beauty Tips

Beauty, Featured

An uncanny beauty shoot inspired by the Cabbage Patch

A couple of years ago, stylist Valeria Chrampani was on set with a make-up artist from the US once they began talking about Chrampani’s collection of Cabbage Patch Kids. “The make-up artist told me that she was buying CPK dolls and objects for her kids and that she had also passed her own collection on to them,” says Chrampani. “A couple of months later, she asked for my address and I received an enormous box with CPK clothes and design patterns. I used to be really touched by that.” Chrampani has been collecting Cabbage Patch Kids and their memorabilia since she was a toddler. The primary doll she got, her favourite, is known as “Lachanou” meaning little cabbage in Greek. Chrampani was...

0 Comments

17 Sep

Stephen Jones Travels Home With Collection Inspired by Wales

by Beautifaire101

Beauty, Featured

Stephen Jones Travels Home With Collection Inspired by Wales

PRINCE OF WALES: With three out of 4 Welsh grandparents, it was about time that milliner Stephen Jones turned his attention to his ancestral home. He actually went all-out, calling the gathering “Cymru,” the Welsh name for Wales, and adding the hills, valleys, rivers and iconography of the Celtic country to his dramatic designs for the spring 2024 season. In an interview, the designer said he was proud to big up the small country, which hardly gets any attention in the style world. “Everybody does ‘Scottish,’ and Ireland is widely known — especially in America. Britain is widely known, too, but never Wales,” the designer said. Jones presented his latest collection at his London shop, serving Welsh tea and traditional laverbread, which...

0 Comments

3 Aug