The Other Beauty Conversation
By Melanie Yvette
The Other Beauty ConversationAug 19, 2020
SnapBack culture is still affecting Black millennial moms | with Ashley Winters
Black millennial mothers + snapback culture | with Gabrielle Gambrell
How a brain aneurysm changed my womanhood journey | with Jaleesa Matthews
“When I first came home, obviously I did not want to date.Now, I get kind of sad about it because I wanna date, but I don't know how to date right now. Okay. Do I go out and meet somebody? So then I go down the rabbit hole of all these questions. I don't know. That is something I would like to do, but I don't. Then I'm like, who wants to date someone with all my shit? Who wants to date someone like me?”
Listen to Jaleesa Matthew's story as she shares her new, unexpected journey after a medical emergency changed her life.
The 'Black woman reinvention' era: A therapist's thoughts and more
DMV clinical psychologist and children's book author Nyasha Chikowore shares her POV on how the pandemic shifted how Black women are living their lives. From quitting jobs to owning the "soft life" as our default, many women have decided to slow down and take stock of their lives. She also shares her office fashion and more on her children's book, Giraffes Ask for Help.
Discussing Black beauty in the DMV area | with Kendra Woolridge
How weed has helped Black women with anxiety and stress.
Laura, CEO and Founder of SMKBRK, founded the platform for Black women who enjoy weed.
Learn more about her platform at https://smkbrk.co/
The daily experience of learning to stop self-sabotage | with Laurice Rawls
The experience securing funding in the beauty industry | with Lauren Napier
Makeup artist, skincare line owner (32:00), and veteran in the beauty industry, Lauren Napier wanted to have the other beauty conversation about the real experience Black women and really, women of color too, endure seeking funding and support in the industry (45:00). It’s interesting, because ethnic women and Black women alike nine times out of ten, set the tone for trends. Or many brands follow the bandwagon of treating the Black woman consumer as a monolith (42:00). We also discuss the lost art of Editorial Makeup and escaping the typical heavy contouring look (25:30). Also, did you even know where #contouring came from? (20:15).
What is actually going on in the Black beauty business world? | with Lauren Napier
Lauren Napier understands this. She's a veteran makeup artist (from the Today Show to her own line, CLEANSE by Lauren Napier) who, like me, needed to talk about what's really going on in the black beauty world. Times tamps:
14:30 Who’s gotten the makeup for black women Ans women of color right.
20:15 The history of contouring
22:00 What Oprah’s makeup artist said to Lauren back in the day
27:00 What is real makeup artistry and is it a lost art?
25:30 thoughts on the school of IG makeup or IG makeup artists
28:15 The actual basics you should have in your makeup kit (if you like makeup)
32:00 A black woman’s skincare line for you
42:00 brands need to understand black women are not a monolith
43:00 Stop thinking black womenswear are always aspiring to be good enough.
45:00 The demoralizing experience for black women securing funding in beauty
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