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15 Jan

Beauty gap: how the associated fee of living crisis

As we re-evaluate our spending and type our purchases into needs and needs, beauty can feel hard to position “I’ve stopped getting acrylics, sunbeds and haircuts. I used to get my nails done every month, and get balayage done. Now I’m giving myself haircuts and doing my very own nails because there’s just no way I can afford it anymore,” says 24-year-old communications consultant Siobhan Fitzsimons. “It’s heartbreaking to be working so hard and in real terms to be earning less money than I did after I first left uni. I’m living in my overdraft, and after I’ve been paid I feel ‘oh I’ll treat myself and get nails done’ after which I...
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27 Nov

Are Social Media Beauty Trends Ruining Our Skin? –

Social Media Beauty Trends Illustration by Mathilde Crétier This story first appeared within the May/June 2022 issue of ESSENCE. Social Media Beauty Trends Within the last decade, millennials’ digital self-care movement combined with a widespread embrace of social media to create a multifaceted interest in how we appeared to others online. Out of this, wellness gurus emerged, some certified, others winging it as they advocated compassion for our physical selves. It became common to see tutorials for hair and skincare not only from celebrities, but in addition from our homegirls. Nonetheless, together with the proliferation of wellness content got here a deluge of misinformation in regards to the way we take care of ourselves, particularly for our skin. Lately, and particularly for the reason...
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5 Sep

Are Social Media Beauty Trends Ruining Our Skin?

Illustration by Mathilde Crétier This story first appeared within the May/June 2022 issue of ESSENCE. Within the last decade, millennials’ digital self-care movement combined with a widespread embrace of social media to create a multifaceted interest in how we appeared to others online. Out of this, wellness gurus emerged, some certified, others winging it as they advocated compassion for our physical selves. It became common to see tutorials for hair and skincare not only from celebrities, but additionally from our homegirls. Nonetheless, together with the proliferation of wellness content got here a deluge of misinformation in regards to the way we take care of ourselves, particularly for our skin.  Lately, and particularly for the reason that onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this...
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