Beauty, Fashion & Style
Beauty, Fashion & Style
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Jamila Pereira
Is Wellness Culture Causing More Harm Than It Solves?
Thursday 19 September 2024 8:00 AM
Maxine Harrison
How Black Women Are Managing Their Hair & An Active Lifestyle
Tuesday 6 August 2024 8:00 AM
"Growing up, I also felt the constant tug of trying to comfortably slot into both Western and Somali standards of beauty, but not fitting well into either."
– The African and Caribbean Beauty Standards That Defy European Ideals
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Black Ballad
BB Members Perk: Book & Beauty Goodies W/ All That We've Got & Garnier
Thursday 4 July 2024 8:00 AM
Ata-owaji Victor
Black Women On Red Lipstick & The Lasting Legacy of MAC’s Ruby Woo
Wednesday 26 June 2024 8:00 AM
"A brief discussion with my mother about my “baby pancake face” (her words, not mine) ended with a big decision: I was to go to a MAC counter and get properly colour-matched."
– What MAC's Infamous NW45 Shade Tells Us About The Beauty Industry And Colour-Matching
Tobi Oredein
Founder's Letter: Investing In My Skin Gave Me Calm & Consistency
Sunday 9 June 2024 10:00 PM
Black Ballad
Watch Skin Rituals – A Short Film About Skincare, Esteem & Motherhood
Friday 7 June 2024 8:00 AM
Rachael Twumasi-Corson
Why I'm Saying Goodbye To Afrocenchix After 15 Years
Thursday 21 December 2023 9:00 PM
Black Ballad
Black Ballad & Untype Salon Presents: The Cornrow Classes
Saturday 9 December 2023 11:30 AM
"To have my hair out always prompts disappointing looks of disdain from my gran and her generation. I often get comments like, “When are you going to do something with that hair?!”"
– Four Black Women On Style, Identity And Standing Out
Black Ballad
BB Members Perk: Win A Pair Of Tickets To The Beauty Beat!
Wednesday 15 November 2023 9:00 PM
Jendella Benson
Bernicia Boateng Shares Her Beauty Mistakes & Concealer Secrets
Friday 20 October 2023 8:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Founder's Letter: We Must Stop Shopping At Asian Owned Hair Stores
Sunday 17 September 2023 11:00 PM
Michaela Makusha
Why Don't Black Women Own Black Hair & Beauty Shops?
Friday 15 September 2023 8:30 AM
Tobi Oredein
Founder's Letter: The Problem W/ Naomi's Response To The PLT Backlash
Sunday 10 September 2023 11:00 PM
Black Ballad
BB Members Perk: Free Dove Advanced Care Deodorants For 200 BB Members
Friday 1 September 2023 3:19 PM
Esther Okusaga
3A? 4C? – Here’s What We Are Getting Wrong About “Hair-Typing”
Wednesday 9 August 2023 8:00 AM
Bashirat Oladele
Faith & Fashion: Black Muslim Women On Celebrating Eid
Wednesday 28 June 2023 8:00 AM
Henrietta Shirazu
Navigating Desirability Politics & Fashion As A Professional With ADHD
Tuesday 28 March 2023 8:00 AM
Foyin Ejilola
The Problematic Impact Of The Saying ‘Black Don’t Crack’
Wednesday 22 March 2023 8:00 AM
Jamila Pereira
Luso-African Locticians In Leeds & Edinburgh On Entrepreneurship
Monday 6 March 2023 8:00 AM
Jendella Benson
Ashley Madekwe & Jorden Myrie On Ambiguity, Trauma & ‘The Strays’
Tuesday 28 February 2023 8:00 AM
Black Ballad
BB Members Perk: Free Wakati Hair Products For 200 Black Women
Tuesday 31 January 2023 10:00 PM
Jendella Benson
Hairstylist & BBC Leicester Broadcaster, Aminata Kamara
Wednesday 28 December 2022 8:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Founder's Letter: How My Daughter Helped Reconnect With My Hair
Sunday 4 December 2022 11:00 PM
Jamelia Donaldson
TreasureTress Reveals The Hidden Texture Tax & Hair Insights Of 2022
Wednesday 2 November 2022 8:00 AM
Etienoabasi Nana
Then & Now: What It Was Actually Like Being A ‘Relaxer Box Girl’
Tuesday 18 October 2022 8:00 AM
Jaydee Seaforth
The Damaging Effect Of Selling Relaxers As The Pinnacle Of Beauty
Wednesday 12 October 2022 8:00 AM
Mia Thornton
BlackOwned MCR Is Showing Up For The North's Black Beauty Community
Wednesday 3 August 2022 8:00 AM
Prisca McGuire
Yes, Black People Do Need To Wear Sunscreen – Here's Why
Wednesday 15 June 2022 8:00 AM
Seyi Falodun-Liburd
The Group Campaigning Against Toxic Products In Hair Relaxers
Wednesday 25 May 2022 8:00 AM
Melony Akpoghene
The Black Women Setting Beauty Trends And Reinventing Colourful Makeup
Tuesday 17 May 2022 8:00 AM
Jaydee Seaforth
Exploring The Resistance To Black Women Embracing Clean Makeup Trends
Tuesday 3 May 2022 8:00 AM
Mia Thornton
The Blurred Line Between Representation And Digital Blackface
Friday 22 April 2022 8:00 AM
Sabrina Fearon-Melville
What's Next For The Black British Haircare Space?
Wednesday 6 April 2022 8:00 AM
Chichi Ogwe
The Physical & Emotional Effects Of Acne As A Dark-Skinned Black Woman
Wednesday 16 March 2022 8:00 AM
Kira Richards
The Sustainability Conversation Needs To Include Our Hair Extensions
Wednesday 9 March 2022 8:00 AM
Jendella Benson
June Ambrose On Trusting Her Younger Self & Her New PUMA Collection
Friday 18 February 2022 12:00 PM
Ata-owaji Victor
The Burden – And Limits – Of Representation In The Creative Industry
Wednesday 5 January 2022 2:00 PM
Ata-owaji Victor
In A Post-2020 World, Technology Will Be Central To Fashion Innovation
Thursday 23 December 2021 7:00 AM
Esther Okusaga
The Rise Of Luxe Black-Owned Independent Fashion Brands
Wednesday 22 December 2021 7:00 AM
Jendella Benson
We Wore Our Own Garmz – Black British Streetwear Of The 90s and 00s
Tuesday 21 December 2021 7:00 AM
Esther Okusaga
Are Your Beauty Influencer Faves No Longer Relatable?
Thursday 25 November 2021 7:00 AM
Melody Triumph
How Black British Femme Influencers Created Space For Survival
Thursday 18 November 2021 1:00 PM
Pearl Natasha
Sandra Atoge & The Only Black Hair Salon In Derry, Northern Ireland
Thursday 4 November 2021 7:00 AM
Tomiwa Folorunso
How Black-Owned Beauty Businesses In Scotland Connect With Heritage
Wednesday 3 November 2021 7:00 AM
Christine Ochefu
How Black Women Build Communities Around Hair In The North West
Monday 1 November 2021 10:30 AM
Marvel Kalu
The Braided Noughties Styles That Are Making A Welcome Comeback
Wednesday 6 October 2021 12:00 PM
Esther Okusaga
Black Girl Aesthetics: Beauty Trends & The Pressure To Belong
Wednesday 15 September 2021 7:00 AM
Ata-owaji Victor
How Black British Female Rappers Are Shaping The Beauty Blueprint
Friday 20 August 2021 7:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Founder's Letter: Kaz Exposes How The World Really Sees BW's Beauty
Sunday 15 August 2021 10:00 PM
Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini
How Can Black Brands Protect Themselves From Fast Fashion Copy Cats?
Friday 6 August 2021 7:00 AM
Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini
Banana Fibre Won't Save The Planet From Fast Fashion
Monday 5 July 2021 10:00 AM
Mia Thornton
Black Women Did It First: The True Trendsetters Of The Beauty Industry
Wednesday 31 March 2021 7:00 AM
Ata-owaji Victor
Is Fake Tan The Beauty Secret Black Women Are Missing Out On?
Wednesday 17 March 2021 7:00 AM
Precious Dami
Beauty Standards, Body Confidence, Instagram & Young Black Womxn
Wednesday 10 March 2021 7:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Founder's Letter: Serena Shows That Ageism Looks Different When You...
Sunday 21 February 2021 9:30 PM
Tobi Oredein
Founder's Letter: Michaela Coel's Award Snub Is Personal For BW
Sunday 7 February 2021 9:45 PM
L'Oréal Blackett
The Challenges Facing Black Businesses In The North West
Friday 18 December 2020 7:00 AM
The Halo Collective
The Halo Collective: Our Campaign Against Hair Injustice
Wednesday 9 December 2020 10:00 AM
Elizabeth Osborn
How African Accessories Connect Culture And Identity
Wednesday 28 October 2020 7:00 AM
Antoinette Wentworth-Smith
Black And In Business In Yorkshire: Why Is It So Hard To Be Myself?
Monday 19 October 2020 7:30 AM
Ata-owaji Victor
Black Beauty Consumers Are Asking Their Faves To #PullUpOrShutUp
Friday 10 July 2020 7:00 AM
Roberta Livingston
On Learning To Love The Girl Under The Wig: My Life With Alopecia
Thursday 9 July 2020 7:00 AM
Ata-owaji Victor
What MAC's NW45 Shade Tells Us About Beauty & Colour-Matching
Thursday 28 May 2020 7:00 AM
Lurline
The Emotional Impact Of Losing My Hair During Cancer Treatment
Wednesday 29 April 2020 1:30 PM
Tobi Oredein
Editor's Letter: Jackie Aina's Apology Is The Type That BW Deserve
Monday 2 March 2020 7:00 AM
Kuba Shand Baptiste
Why Is Black Femininity Still Dependent on Hair Length & Texture?
Tuesday 11 February 2020 7:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Editor's Letter: I Went To The Hairdressers For The 1st Time In 20 Yrs
Monday 10 February 2020 7:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Ed's Letter: The Joy Of Remembering Our Personal History Through Hair
Monday 27 January 2020 7:00 AM
Jemmar Samuels
The Miss Universe Controversy Is A Sign Of Issues Jamaica Won't Face
Thursday 12 December 2019 7:00 AM
Korkor Kanor
Why Do We Still Not Like Visible Tattoos On Black Women?
Wednesday 20 November 2019 7:00 AM
Furaha F Asani
Why We Must Always Remain Accountable To The People We Say We Love
Thursday 31 October 2019 7:00 AM
Piarvé Wetshi
Why Black Women Should Be At The Forefront Of Sustainable Fashion
Tuesday 17 September 2019 7:00 AM
Sabirina Mohamed
Clara Amfo Talks Beauty, Belonging and Black British Culture
Tuesday 3 September 2019 7:00 AM
Catherine Kalitsi
Antidote Street's Winnie Awa : Hair Labs, Teamwork & Trusting Yourself
Friday 2 August 2019 5:00 PM
Florie Mwanza
How I Found a New Use for Skincare When My Depression Hit a New Low
Thursday 25 July 2019 8:00 AM
Jessica Noah Morgan
Five Black Women Share Their Hyper-Pigmentation Experiences
Saturday 30 March 2019 7:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Lupita Nyong'o Talks Colourism, Self Care & Shahadi Wright Jones
Sunday 17 March 2019 10:49 AM
Tobi Oredein
Ed's Letter: Why I Was Dissatisfied Black-ish's Colourism Episode
Monday 28 January 2019 7:00 AM
Esther Egbeyemi
Me, Acne & The Beauty Ideals Surrounding The Modern Day Black Woman
Thursday 23 August 2018 12:00 PM
Jamelia
Jamelia: Where Are The Dark-Skinned Women In The Natural Hair Movement
Monday 20 August 2018 7:00 AM
Angela Muruli
Stanning For Black Beauty Brands Is More Important Than Ever Before
Thursday 16 August 2018 7:00 AM
Florence Adepoju
10 Lessons MDMflow's Florence Adepoju Learned 5 Yrs After Launching
Wednesday 8 August 2018 12:22 AM
Tobi Oredein
Ed's Letter: Why I'm Finding It Difficult To Watch Love Island
Monday 2 July 2018 8:29 AM
Garen Abel Unokan
How Do You Care For Natural Hair When Battling Depression?
Friday 20 April 2018 7:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Ava DuVernay: Make Black Women Visible Where We've Been Invisible
Monday 19 March 2018 7:00 AM
Tobi Adunni
CURLture On Blogging, Black Owned Businesses & Book Publishing
Tuesday 16 January 2018 7:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Ed's Letter: Why We Need To Care About Alex Shipp's Colourism Thoughts
Tuesday 19 December 2017 8:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Ed's Letter: Solange Said DTMH, So Why Can’t White People Listen?
Tuesday 14 November 2017 7:00 AM
Tobi Oredein
Kristabel Plummer on: Blackness, Blogging And Being A Brand
Friday 13 October 2017 12:13 PM
Lateefah Jean-Baptiste
How Insecure's Molly Carter Debunks The Dark Skinned Girl Stereotype
Friday 15 September 2017 7:36 AM
Korkor Kanor
Munroe Bergdorf & Never Accepting ‘Diversity’ At Face Value
Friday 1 September 2017 7:06 PM
Samara Linton
Cultural Appropriation, Locs And The Homogenisation Of Black Cultures
Wednesday 8 June 2016 6:46 PM
Micha Frazer-Carroll
Black Women Are Not 'High Maintenance', We’re Oppressed
Wednesday 23 March 2016 9:06 PM
Charlene Badibanga
One Woman's Complicated History With Black Hair Shops
Wednesday 17 February 2016 7:53 AM
Charlene Badibanga
X-Men Apocalypse's Storm – Another Classic Case Of Hollywood Whitew...
Friday 23 January 2015 4:06 PM