In Episode 18 On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and BURO’s Associate Editor Phoebe McDowell discuss the news, according to an article in The Cut that Kris Jenner is launching her own beauty brand. Should we care? Will this be different?
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In this week’s show, I am joined by British Vogue’s Digital Beauty Editor, Hannah Coates. We discuss the rebranding of diet culture, whether instagram is no longer the place for frivolity and ask if every make up brand needs to have a skin care arm. In Praise Of … is Kate Somerville’s Peptide K8 Power Cream and on Talking Points, Dr Rolanda Wilkerson, the principal scientist behind Pantene’s Gold Series Range for Afro hair joins me to discuss the brand’s campaign to end hair discrimination.
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An incredible moisturiser from a brand that actually understands skin.
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On Episode 17 Required Reading, British Vogue’s Hannah Coates joins On Reflection host Funmi Fetto to discuss the Refinery 29 feature on how diet culture has not gone away - it simply comes under the guise of ‘wellness’ lifestyles, detoxes and cleanses’ - and how to avoid it.
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In Episode 17 On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and British Vogue’s Digital Beauty Editor Hannah Coates discuss the Glossy article questioning whether there is still a place for frivolous posts on instagram in such weighty times.
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In Episode 17, On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and guest Hannah Coates from British Vogue discuss a Business of Fashion article which asks whether the slew of make up brands venturing into skin care is necessary. Or not.
On Episode 17, On Reflection host Funmi Fetto speaks to Dr Rolanda Wilkerson, the Principal Scientist behind Pantene about how she came to become one of the most prominent black scientists in the beauty industry and why Pantene is actively fighting hair discrimination.
In this week’s show, I am joined by Beauty Director and founder of Beauty for Breakfast Dana Oliver. We discuss why medical tourism is still rife in the pandemic, what Kamala Harris’ vote as VP says about colorism in America and the black beauty platform Gwyneth Paltrow ,Naomi Watts and P Diddy have invested in.. In Praise Of … is Murad’s Clarifying Oil Free Water Gel and on Talking Points, Freddie Harrel, talks about how she went from social media influencer to CEO and founder of Radswan, the afro hair wig brand that raised $2million dollars pre launch.
One of the very best exfoliators for breakout prone skin
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On Episode 16 Required Reading, journalist Dana Oliver joins On Reflection host Funmi Fetto to discuss the Refinery 29 feature on what Kamala Harris inauguration as US Vice President says about light skinned privilege and America’s investment in whiteness
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In Episode 16 On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and beauty journalist Dana Oliver discuss the New York Times article revealing that despite the pandemic, many patients are travelling outside the US for medical care because it is up to 80% cheaper.
In Episode 16, On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and guest Dana Oliver discuss a news feature in WWD revealing the celebrity investors behind Thirteen Lune. We ask whether this marks the beginning of ongoing change
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In this week’s show, I am joined by Glamour’s Beauty Director at Large Anita Bhagwandas. We discuss the whitewashing of wellness, the pros and cons of slow beauty and we question whether celebrity beauty brands still have a place on today’s beauty landscape. In Praise Of … is Sunday Riley’s Good Genes and on Talking Points, the author and psychologist Dr Renee Engeln talks about why our obsession with appearance is a cultural sickness.
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The best selling exfoliator that rivals a decent facial
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On Episode 15 Required Reading, journalist Anita Bhagwandas joins On Reflection host Funmi Fetto to discuss Melissa Leung’s Instagram post accusing the beauty industry of cultural appropriation and Anita’s own feature in Glamour about how beauty rituals and practices intrinsic in other cultures are co opted by white women with no acknowledgment of its heritage.
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In Episode 15 On Reflection host Funmi Fetto speaks to Dr Renee Engeln, the psychologist and author of Beauty Sick; Why Our Cultural Obsession With Appearance is Hurting Girls And Women. about the detrimental effects of being in a society that judges women on what she looks like.
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On Episode 15, On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and journalist Anita Bhagwandas discuss the pros and cons of slowing down our approach to consuming beauty.
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In Episode 15, On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and guest Anita Bhagwandas discuss a feature in Refinery 29 about the cult of the celebrity beauty launch. We ask, is anyone still enamoured by them?
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In this week’s show, I am joined by Ava Welsing-Kitcher, beauty journalist formerly of Sunday Times Style and Stylist Magazine . We discuss the complicity of the beauty industry in upholding patriarchal, capitalist and white supremacist values, Vitamin D and the ½ a billion pound supplements industry , pandemic induced hair loss in young women , and Pat McGrath’s Damehood. In Praise Of … is Paula’s Choice 0.3% Retinol + 2% Bakuchiol Treatment and on Talking Points, the Carolina Banales and Jasmin Kossman of the beauty tech company Eyecue to discuss their eye opening report on diversity in the beauty industry.
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