Today’s episode, the last in the current season, is a special edition of Talking Points. This is where I speak to people moving the needle on the beauty conversation. My guest today is Sharon Chuter, the incredible LA based founder of UOMA beauty. She’s also the brains behind the grassroots campaign Pull Up For Change which was launched following the death of George Floyd a year ago. We discuss her journey as a beauty founder and activist.
Read MoreIn this week’s episode my guest is Chloe Hall, Beauty Director of US Elle. We discuss the culture of celebrity beauty brands, beauty’s complicity in racism against Asians , Ashley Graham’s Instagram post on hair removal and honouring Ma’Khia Bryant through her love of beauty.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreIn this week’s show, I and my guest Kathleen Hou, The Cut and New York Magazine’s Beauty Director, discuss why TikTokers are cancelling Hair by Chrissy, fat shaming by instagram and toxic beauty ingredients. The influential make up artist Mali Thomas (and new Global Artist in Residence for Bobbi Brown) joins me to share her journey and thoughts on colorism and representation.
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