On Reflection Beauty Podcast

Welcome to On Reflection Episode Thirteen

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.

Episode 13Funmi FettoJanuary 3, 2021Episode 13, Beauty Industry, Beauty Podcast

In Praise Of … Kate Somerville Exfolikate Intensive Treatment

This will give you a straight from the clinic glow in 2 minutes flat.

In Praise Of, Episode 13Funmi FettoJanuary 3, 2021Kate Someville, Beauty products, exfoliate, intensive treatment

What Is Health Signalling? And Why Is It Predicted To Be Big For 2021?

Following a British Vogue feature on ‘Health Signalling’ as the new humble brag, George Driver and Funmi Fetto, host of ORB , discuss what Health Signalling is and why it is all over social media.

Episode 13Funmi FettoJanuary 3, 2021social media, health signalling, british vogue, vogue, British vogue

Lizzo’s 10 Day Smoothie Diet... And Social Media's Outrage

In Episode 13, George Driver and Funmi Fetto discuss the backlash against Lizzo following her public decision to go on a detox programme in order to lose weight. She later responded to the furore.

The Creative Collective Building a Future Free From Hair Discrimination

In Episode 13, ORB host Funmi Fetto and guest George Driver discuss a feature in Dazed about The Halo Code, the new initiative set up by Black creatives to stop the discimination of Black hair in organisations and educational establishments.

Pretty Hurts - The Brazilian Beauty Obsession

Bianca Costa Sales, a Rio de Janeiro based writer, wrote a thought provoking piece about the cult-like pursuit of the beautiful body in Brazil. She joins Funmi Fetto on Episode 13 to discuss it.

Episode 13Funmi FettoJanuary 3, 2021beauty, beauty standards, Brazilian butt lift, brazil, Brazilian, Brazilian beauty, gisele

The Case Of A Visible Tampon String

A recent advert from DAME , the company making period products more ‘sustainable, accessible and acceptable’ caused controversy. In Episode 13’s Required Reading, ORB host Funmi Fetto and George Driver, Digital Beauty Editor at Elle UK discuss why.

Episode 13Funmi FettoJanuary 3, 2021period, period equality, period products, Period Poverty, tampon, Dame

Could Jolene Be The 2021 Celebrity Scent The World Is Waiting For?

The announcement that country music veteran Dolly Parton is launching fragrance has George Driver and ORB host Funmi Fetto discussing, in Episode 13, the notes and the posible name.

Episode 13Funmi FettoJanuary 3, 2021Dolly Parton, Fragrance, celebrity, celebrity fragrance, best perfume