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7 Sep

Kim Kardashian is launching body foundation and some people

Kim Kardashian is launching body foundation and some people
Kim Kardashian has revealed the latest products coming to her beauty brand KKW Beauty: body make-up. The Body Collection will consist of three make-up products for your body – a foundation, a powder and a shimmer – plus a brush to apply them with. Making the announcement on social media, the reality star said she had been working on the formulas for over a year. “I’m so happy with how creamy and blendable they all are. You can layer the formulas together or use them individually to achieve how much coverage and shimmer you want,” she wrote. Kim also revealed that she herself is an avid user of body make-up. “I’ve used it for years to cover my psoriasis! The brand I...
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13 Aug

We need more ‘normal’ looking people on TV

We need more ‘normal’ looking people on TV
A 70s special of Top of the Pops recently re-aired on the BBC, with music fans dancing unselfconsciously to artists like Donny Osmond and Alice Cooper. Aside from the unique 70s fashion and retro tunes, what stands out the most is how normal everyone looks – both those in the audience and on stage. The textured skin, misaligned teeth, receding hairlines and make-up free complexions with the occasional sheen of sweat sit in stark contrast to what we see on our screens today. Beauty standards in TV and film have never felt more extreme. Consider the casting of Jacob Elordi in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. In Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, the titular creature is so repellent that “no mortal could support...
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1 Dec

How young people are using tattoos to connect to

How young people are using tattoos to connect to
A history of religious tattoos from around the globeGallery / 15 images Elaborate crucifixes, kitschy prayer candles and colourful plastic rosaries – for centuries, Christianity has relied on aesthetics to communicate the Divine, drawing the faithful closer to something greater than themselves. But today, those disconnected from institutional systems are rekindling their personal connection to the sacred, not through pews or prayer halls but instead through tattoos of religious iconography. In recent years, more individuals of faith have begun embracing religious tattoos as personal devotion. “Biblical angels have been my hyperfixation since high school,” says Noella, a 22-year-old artist and practising Catholic. Her tattoo of a throne angel with 44 eyes, and the phrase “fear not” reflects her connection to scripture. “The...
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