Do you need something to read? Of course you do! You want to have the best beauty reads and news in April, right here! Hair! Dupes! Scandals! The makeup company that just vanished! Kick-ass women! (And men!) Jewel heists!
Beauty news and releases
Sephora Germany opens a new counter in my hometown, yay!
Glitter sunscreen? (TeenVogue)
Nail polish remover cream?! (British Beauty Blogger)
First view of MAC’s Aaliyah LE!
A drugstore dupe of Fenty’s Trophy Wife highlighter?! (Allure)
Gwen Stefani launches a beauty line. J.Lo cooperates with Inglot. – I don’t know about you, but I can barely muster enough enthusiasm for this to post it – are you interested in Hollywood stars’ beauty brands or coops? And why? Genuinely interested in this! (WMagazine/Harpers Bazaar)
Obsessive Compulsive has vanished from the face of the earth, aka social media. Huh? (TeenVogue)
Douglas Germany will start to carry The Ordinary skincare.
Sally Hansen stole an iconic nail design from a famous Korean nail artist AFTER they proposed to collaborate and the artist declined. (Fanserviced)
Do you love the scent of Guerlain’s Meteorites? They finally come out with a fragrance that smells like them!
Beauty and more beauty!
A lot of hair! These two articles are similar in proving that no matter what’s your ethnicity or your social status is, hair, and how it looks like, can show a lot about you and how you choose to present yourself to the world: Why so many Asian women bleach their hair, and what a hair colour does to your sense of self – and how expensive it can get. (New York Times/The Cut)
I feel like recently there’s a lot of discussion about how expensive looking ‘good’ (for a lack of a better word) is, and how much more expensive it gets when you’re getting older and want to project and preserve a certain image of yourself – and what that means in terms of privilege and self-worth. Here’s an article about that: Aging ghosts in the skincare machine. (Medium)
On a more positive note, how Isabella Rossellini returned as the face for Lancome – after they fired her twenty years ago because she was too old. (She was 42 at that point.) (Glamour)
How the acne positivity movement balances between getting rid of the negativity and shame that surrounds acne, but still pursues better skin. (Glamour)
What’s in the bag of a drag queen? But really, this is about freeing it can be to look unapolgetically like you want to, and not like you do. (Refinery29)
The boys of China discovering makeup. From Shanghai, which is the most ‘Western’ city in China, I can say this: seeing women and girls in full-face makeup is rare. Homosexuality is a taboo. So, I really don’t wonder that those boys run against the walls they do run against. (Sixthtone)
K-beauty dupes of highly thought of Western beauty products – and my wishlist just got longer… (Beautytap)
Life, love and everything else
French designer and illustrator Garance Doré on looking yourself in the eye and seeing your self. Highly recommended! (Atelier Doré)
We have a weird relationship with princesses – from Daddy’s little princess to Disney movies to being derided to ‘act like a princess’ and an obsession with all things Middleton/Markle. Bustle looks into a cultural phenomenon.
So, you’re going finally on your well-deserved vacation, looking forward to a glorious time – and then it sucks? How having an open mind might turn the ship around when you’re having a slightly less ideal time when travelling! (Travelettes)
Why everybody needs a F*%&$!-off-fund. Yes, really. (That’s actually really sound advice for all women – either single or married. Save some money that you can manage for about three months on your own, just in case something happens.)
Oh, and I’m VERY excited for the new Ocean’s 8 movie! Like, VERY. (Lainey Gossip)
