Today’s episode, the last in the current season, is a special edition of Talking Points. This is where I speak to people moving the needle on the beauty conversation. My guest today is Sharon Chuter, the incredible LA based founder of UOMA beauty. She’s also the brains behind the grassroots campaign Pull Up For Change which was launched following the death of George Floyd a year ago. We discuss her journey as a beauty founder and activist.
Read MoreIn this week’s episode my guest is Chloe Hall, Beauty Director of US Elle. We discuss the culture of celebrity beauty brands, beauty’s complicity in racism against Asians , Ashley Graham’s Instagram post on hair removal and honouring Ma’Khia Bryant through her love of beauty.
Read MoreIn Episode 24, On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and Required Reading guest , Chloe Hall - beauty director of US Elle discuss a US Elle feature interviewing Asian American creatives and brand founders about why and how the beauty industry is complicit in the rise of Asian hate crimes. And what we can do about it.
Read MoreOn 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.
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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreIn this week’s show, Sonia Haria, Beauty Director at The Telegraph newspaper joins ORB host, Funmi Fetto to discuss the digital cover of Allure featuring Ellie Goldstein - the 18 year old model with Down Syndrome. We also ask whether come 2021 we’ll all be buying less products and explore Stella Bugbee’s piece on The Cut in the context of Instagram as a platform to express ones self - literally and metaphorically speaking. In Praise Of … is Sunday Riley’s Luna Sleeping Night Oil and photographer Alexandra Leese is here to talk about Me + Mine her new book which celebrates the power of the female nude.
Read MoreCosmetic Business reported a forecast by John Lewis that fewer beauty products will be bought in 2021. In Episode 11, Telegraph Beauty Director Sonia Haria and Funmi Fetto discuss the implication of this on the industry and whether we will actually take a most sustainable approach to our beauty regime.
Read MoreIn this week’s show, Jessica Schiffer, a Contributing Editor at Vogue Business who also writes for The New York Times, Instyle and the Business of Fashion joins me to discuss the Acne Positivity movement, why beauty’s commitment to diversity is short lived and the detrimental beauty standards passed down through generations. In Praise Of … is Paula’s Choice Defense Hydrating Gel to Cream Cleanser and Nina Davuluri, the Michelle Obama endorsed former Miss America turned activist and filmmaker, is with us to discuss her documentary COMPLEXion and her fight against colorism.
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Read MoreThis week is a special episode where I am joined by Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard, the founders of The Fat Zine. We discuss fatphobia, fat shaming, society and the beauty industry’s fear of fat and why it’s important to use the word ‘fat’.
Read MoreIn Episode 9, we speak to Chloe Sheppard and Gina Tonic from The Fat Zine to discuss why they decided to launch a Zine ‘by fat people, for fat people and people who care about them’. We talk about the beauty industry’s biases against fat people, and how Black and Jewish women inspired the fat liberation movement.
Read MoreIn this week’s show, Julee Wilson, the Beauty Director of US Cosmopolitan, joins me to discuss the commercialisation of the Black maternal mortality issue, what everyone can learn about beauty from black women and Pharrell’s new skincare line Humanrace. In Praise Of … is Kate Somerville’s Goat Milk Cleanser and dermatologist Dr Anjali Mahto answers your most asked skincare questions - everything from pigmentation to dark under eyes to laser treatments and why hydroquinone is not such a bad thing.
Read MoreIn Episode 8, US Cosmopolitan’s Beauty Director Julee Wilson, this week’s guest on Required Reading, joins me to discuss her feature in the latest issue around black women’s very particular relationship with beauty - from our mindset to ageing to getting beauty tips from strangers in the street.
Read MoreIn Episode 8, Talking Points is with consultant dermatologist and author Dr Anjali Mahto. She provides expert answers to skincare questions around numerous issues including acne, pigmentation and sunscreen. She also explains why hydroquinone, known predominantly as a skin bleaching agent, isn’t as controversial as you might think.
Read MoreIn this week’s show, Phoebe McDowell, Assistant Editor at the BURO 24/7 discusses Emma Corrin baring armpit hair on the cover of Glamour UK, the rise of Period Poverty and the meaning of Self Care. In Praise Of … is Murad’s Retinol Youth Renewal Eye Serum. (Sign up to our newsletter for an exclusive 25% of Murad Skincare on murad.co.uk (T&C apply) and the Gen Z founders of Topicals, the hyped up brand rebranding the treatment of stigmatised skin conditions, share their experiences of raising money as young women of colour, systemic racism and launching a brand in a pandemic.
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Read MoreIn this week’s show, Tamison O’Connor, Senior Associate Reporter at the Business of Fashion discusses Kamala Harris, politics and beauty, the sustainability problem and the death of the manicure. In Praise Of … is Sunday Riley’s Pink Drink Firming Resurfacing Essence and the award winning journalist and author Alice Hart Davis joins me to discuss her new book , The Tweakment Guide: Start With Skincare and ageing and ageism and skincare basics
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