“I shopped in the men’s department…”
“I took up running two years ago because I used to get really bad lower back pain, it got so bad that I couldn’t sit down for more than an…
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‘My journey from Prada to prayer’
I had a great job in the media, a fabulous salary, a hectic social life and entertained in a lovely home. I visited hairdressers regularly and could easily spend several…
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“We need change in the health and beauty industry…”
There has been this assumption that there is not a market for Black skincare and treatments – this is very wrong. In fact, a Nielsen study found that Black women spend…
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“One sniff of Calvin Klein Eternity could kill me.”
I remember it like it was yesterday; I hugged my dad and then the unimaginable happened – I went into anaphylactic shock. It was so bad I ended up in…
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A Life Unexpected:”I spend my days travelling”
At age 23, Lauren Metzler quit her job to travel the world as a comic book artist-turned-traveller. 4 years later and Lauren is still travelling, drawing comics about her experiences abroad.…
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Extreme Jobs: “I am a Circus Performer”
Sometimes I feel like I can’t breathe, but luckily that always goes away once I’m on stage. By Lily Raptor I have been a performer for many years. Growing up…
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Extreme jobs: “I am Halle Berry’s stunt double”
“I have been an athlete my entire life. At a young age my parents put me into swimming classes, tennis, jazz, ballet, piano, horseback riding, ice skating, basketball, then gymnastics.…
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Beating the Beard: How I Live With Hirsutism…
The first turning point was starting a blog. It compelled me to do research, and put me in touch with many amazing women who were going through exactly the same…
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‘Who said nude has to be pink?’
Télle Moi was born out of personal frustration…By Natel Allen I was about to start a new job and to me that always justifies a new nail polish. I remember…
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“Being Black and joyful is an extreme sport.”
Being joyful whilst Black is….precarious. More so than for any other racial group (argue with me, I dare you). It’s just no matter how big a safety wall of joy…
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Sara Shamsavari: Life through a lens…
Sara Shamsavari is a British-Iranian artist, photographer, singer-songwriter, and activist based in London. After surviving childhood cancer and a revolution (all before the age of two), Sara has become ‘one…
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