In striking contrast, today, the beauty industry heavily promotes the idea that youth and beauty can (and should) be preserved or restored through the use of products and treatments.
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Roséline London is a multidisciplinary creator who founded digital publication This Is Glamorous (TIG) in 2007, and co-founded luxury fashion accessories brand Belgrave Crescent in 2014. Roséline has worked across various fields and disciplines, bringing a wide-ranging skill set that encompasses writing, photography, and digital media, among others, to collaborative efforts and multidimensional projects. Her work draws on a variety of sources and influences, and she is particularly renowned for her impeccable sense of style and discerning eye. Thanks to her unique perspective on design, fashion, travel, art, and more, TIG has attracted millions of visitors and a dedicated following of talented and style-savvy readers including fashionistas, stylists, designers, and the editors of many other publications, both online and off. Roséline’s experience includes branding, creative direction, visuals for social platforms, front-end web design and development, building brands online, and producing high end editorial-style imagery in the roles of art director and photographer, stylist and model.
On the first day of university classes, I found myself adrift in a small lecture hall, a solitary, well-dressed figure marooned in the back row amidst a sea of unfamiliar faces.
If you have ever wondered if your expensive creams and serums actually work, listen to this podcast to get a better understanding of the science behind the claims your favourite skincare brands are making.
After reading the article “Ask Ugly: I’m addicted to lip balm – but it doesn’t work. What’s a better alternative?” in The Guardian, I realised that I needed to reevaluate my approach not just to lip balm but to all my cosmetics.
This discussion began at the TIG Substack (read parts One & Two here), but continues here, as it seemed more appropriate than to inundate our subscribers with rather glum findings about the beauty industry and its implications on our mental (and sometimes physical) health.
One of many, many trips to Paris, but this one was a favourite, as it was during this trip that I took P to meet my cousins on my father’s side of the family.
IT’S TRUE: the world doesn’t need another celebrity skincare range. (Honestly had no idea there were so many.) But to be fair, this one doesn’t necessarily count, as it was started by an influencer, Marie von Behrens-Felipe, who you may know as @mvb. (First discussed here.) Of course, I never would have heard about it if it hadn’t been for a celebrity: Pamela Anderson.
I try to read as many books as possible when I’m not working (currently it’s David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature), but a lot of the time, all I have time for are work-related articles. Many are a little on the dry side, but every once in a while, come across new topics or ideas that are really interesting or even enlightening.
Josh Ostrovsky has officially declared that the age of the online influencer has finally run its course. In a recent interview with CNNMoney, the Instagram celebrity talked about social media burnout, a topic we’ve discussed here before and can definitely relate to.
P HAS BEEN teasing me about writing my New Year’s Resolutions in mid-February, but that was before I’d told him about all the messages I’d received from you asking after them. It’s so nice how much you love these yearly lists, and to be honest, wasn’t sure I was even going to do it this year, as so far, this new year has been particularly difficult to define...
These are the random thoughts floating through my head these days according to my google searches. They tell the story of a distracted mind that clearly is not getting much work done. They tell the story of a year spent in lockdown.
Used to compose my weekend thoughts and new year‘s messages while out walking our dog, a Dalmatian rescue who was a good listener. Now writing does not come quite as easily, which is why it is one of the things I’ll be working on this year.
