Think of retinol as the lead artist with bakuchiol doing backing vocals. Together they’ll make your skin sing.
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On Episode 14’s Required Reading, journalist Ava Welsing-Kitcher joins On Reflection host Funmi Fetto to discuss Jessica Defino’s feature on the complicity of the beauty industry in upholding patrichical, capitalist and white supremacist values.
The latest report from Eyecue, a tech company pushing for better diversity among the world's biggest beauty brands, lays out the data beauty industry’s less than stellar record of representation - even after the Black Lives Matter movement. In Episode 14, Caroline Banales and Jasmin Kossman from Eyecue join On Reflection’s host Funmi Fetto to unpack the findings.
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A mintel report has unveiled that Brits spend over £500m.on supplements. On Episode 14 , On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and journalist Ava Welsing -Kitcher question what could be driving this, we ask whether supplements are placebos and discuss what the increased focus on Vitamin D could mean for the black and brown community.
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On Episode 14, beauty journalist and On Reflection host Funmi Fetto discuss the announcement that the world’s most influential makeup artist Pat McGrath is to be honoured by the Queen with a Damehood for her services to fashion, beauty and diversity.
In Episode 14, On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and guest Ava Welsing-Kitcher discuss a feature on how the pandemic is causing 25-30 year old women to lose their hair.
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In this week’s show, I am joined by George Driver, Digital Beauty Editor at Elle UK. We discuss Instagram’s latest beauty trend - Health Signalling, the black creatives fighting hair discrimination, controversy around a visible tampon string, Lizzo’s weight loss backlash and Dolly Parton’s much anticipated fragrance line. In Praise Of … is Kate Somerville’s Exfolikate Intensive Treatment and on Talking Points, Brazilian writer Bianca Costa Sales joins me to talk about her to talk about her country’s obsession with body perfection.
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Following a British Vogue feature on ‘Health Signalling’ as the new humble brag, George Driver and Funmi Fetto, host of ORB , discuss what Health Signalling is and why it is all over social media.
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In Episode 13, George Driver and Funmi Fetto discuss the backlash against Lizzo following her public decision to go on a detox programme in order to lose weight. She later responded to the furore.
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In Episode 13, ORB host Funmi Fetto and guest George Driver discuss a feature in Dazed about The Halo Code, the new initiative set up by Black creatives to stop the discimination of Black hair in organisations and educational establishments.
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Bianca Costa Sales, a Rio de Janeiro based writer, wrote a thought provoking piece about the cult-like pursuit of the beautiful body in Brazil. She joins Funmi Fetto on Episode 13 to discuss it.
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A recent advert from DAME , the company making period products more ‘sustainable, accessible and acceptable’ caused controversy. In Episode 13’s Required Reading, ORB host Funmi Fetto and George Driver, Digital Beauty Editor at Elle UK discuss why.
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The announcement that country music veteran Dolly Parton is launching fragrance has George Driver and ORB host Funmi Fetto discussing, in Episode 13, the notes and the posible name.
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In this week’s show, I am joined by Darian Symone Harvin, Founder of Beauty IRL, a newsletter covering beauty at the intersection of politics and pop culture. Her writing can also be found at New York Times, Refinery29, Teen Vogue, and The Cut. We discuss Emily Rata’s attempt to buy herself back, QAnon and the wellness industry, and ask why black beauty stores are rarely owned by black people. In Praise Of … is Murad’s Invisiscar Resurfacing Treatment and on Talking Points, our guest is Noelly Michoux, co-founder of 4.5.6 Skin, the new groundbreaking personalised skin care brand for darker skin tones. She discusses the necessity for such a brand and how the beauty industry continues to negate Black skin and Black female founders.
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In Episode 12, Noelly Michoux, co-founder of 4.5.6 Skin, the groundbreaking customised skin care brand for darker skin tones, joins ORB host Funmi Fetto to discuss the inspiration behind the brand, the challenges faced by black female founders and why beauty companies still don’t consider black skin in the R&D process.
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The model Emily Ratajkowski wrote a disconcerting essay in The Cut about losing ownership of her own image. It was the publication’s most read article of the year. In Episode 12 Darian Harvin and ORB’s founder and host Funmi Fetto, discuss how much power and control women, particularly those in the public eye, have over their own image.
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A smart product created to tackle the scars your breakouts and blemishes generously leave behind.
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Following a feature in The Business Of Fashion and a Beauty IRL interview with Paris McKenzie, the Black 16 year old who is now the youngest ever owner of a Black beauty hair store, journalist Darian Harvin joins ORB host Funmi Fetto on Episode 12 to explore the controversial issue around the ownership of black hair stores.
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In Episode 12, Darian Harvin, along with Funmi Fetto , host of ORB, discuss The Atlantic feature which sets out how wellness influencers repackaged QAnon for the masses.
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