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Hopefully you’ve read my earlier post on this, “#TBT Black model spotting in magazine features in 2016 Part 1“. If not, take a look!
I like it when magazines try to acknowledge the diversity of their readership and communicate that diversity is beautiful. In this continuation I’ll be looking at Vogue Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar (UK editions) which are all magazines I subscribe to.
Continue reading “#TBT Black & South-Asian model spotting in magazine features in 2016 Part 2”
In this Throwback Thursday post, I take a look at how black models featured in print in 2016. In short, it is clear to me that progress is being made, in some magazines more so than in others.
Continue reading “#TBT Black and South Asian model-spotting in magazine features in 2016 Part 1”
Last year in December I went through a year’s worth of magazines that I had bought to catch up on my reading to recap on the trends and to seek inspiration.
One thing I noticed was that towards the end of 2015 and into 2016 there was a real effort to be more diverse in fashion and beauty. There were more darker-skinned beauties on the catwalks, in fashion and beauty features and in advertisements in most of the magazines. There were even diversity features in themselves.
You might already know that I went to Stylist Live twice this year, once as a standard ticket holder and again as a VIP. That meant I got to see my favourite part twice – the catwalk show. Yes, I know a couple of months have passed since Stylist Live 2016 but that has just given me the opportunity to see how Stylist curated their show against what the magazines say the trends are. I’m happy to say that my favourites are still featuring in current editions of magazines!
Continue reading “Off-Topic: 2016-2017 Autumn/Winter Fashion Trends”
This year I attended the Afro Hair & Beauty Live Show 2016. The show has been running for 35 years! It always features lots of hair and beauty products with live entertainment throughout on the main stage and you can attend seminars, all included in the price on the ticket. For the stage shows and seminars, it’s a matter of first come first served- no prior booking required.
This post is a little late but I still want to share with you my bag swap moment! I decided that my faithful Mango black patent bag was too large for purpose these days so after a lot of walking around the shops culminating with painful deliberation in Debenhams, I bought cute yellow Jasper Conran bag which I think is perfect for summer (I can only find the blue and black versions on line and I think I want the blue one too!). The purpose was to try to carry less so we’ll see if that works. When I tipped out my Mango bag this is what I found:
Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in 07 Nude-ist which is currently my favourite nude
Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in 05 Ole flamingo which is my current favourite out of all of my lip colours!
Bourjois Rouge Aqua Laque 07 Fuchsia Perche which I didn’t wear for very long because I just didn’t have the time to re-touch
Rimmel Apocalips Lip Velvet in Burning Lava although I’m not sure why this was in my bag because I haven’t worn it for ages
Rimmel Apocalips Lip Velvet in Orange-ology
Sleek Pout Polish in 958 The Show which is currently my favourite tinted lip balm
So you can see I am sticking with a few favourites at the moment. Let’s see how many make it into my new bag!
This Easter I was in a coral mood. I bought a coral dress from Oasis and wore it with my dark coral Maybelline ColorSensational Lipstick in 538 Ravishing Rose and brown pointed court shoes.
On the rest of my face I wore:
Fresh, quick and simple!
OK, so it’s a little late! This outfit goes with the Easy Grey and Black Eyes. I wore:
How would you wear lime green?
