beauty | democratising the industry

beauty | democratising the industry

Photography by Tegan Smith | Wearing Topshop SA

In an interview with TIME MagazineGlossier and Into The Gloss founder Emily Weiss made a comment that resonated with me so deeply – she spoke about how the internet has democratized the beauty industry. And in a time where people are making hundreds of thousands of dollars from filming YouTube videos in their homes, I could not agree more.

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read | lessons from failure

read | lessons from failure

Photography by Nuzhah Jacobs

There’s something incredibly crippling about being a precocious child and growing up to become a somewhat mediocre adult. No more are the days of adulation and praise; of easy A’s and early nights; of hard work begetting brilliant results. As difficult as it was to comes to terms with, the past fourteen or so months have been inundated with personal failures and a lot of introspection.

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beauty | happy 15th anniversary kate moss & rimmel!

beauty | happy 15th anniversary kate moss & rimmel!

This post has been sponsored by Rimmel London SA and the products are courtesy of them too.

When you think of iconic supermodels and their makeup collaborations, you shouldn’t have too hard before you get to Kate Moss and her collaborations with Rimmel London. In fact, this year marks her 15th anniversary with the brand and to celebrate, they’ve released some special edition products based on her most notable looks!

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beauty | bronze goddess makeup tutorial

beauty | bronze goddess makeup tutorial

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outfit | genesis

outfit | genesis

Photos by Nuzhah Jacobs

Beyond the coincidence of this being an all-black outfit and naming this post Genesis, I chose this title because Genesis is the first book in the Bible – i.e. it’s the beginning – and with the 1st of September being a little over two weeks away, it’s almost the start of spring, too.

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