Beauty & Self Image

Beauty and Self Image is where hair, clothes, skincare, ageing, grooming, and appearance stop being “just beauty things.” These stories look at how women learn to see themselves, maintain themselves, correct themselves, and sometimes laugh at the entire performance while still booking the appointment.

This is a category for personal essays on beauty, body image, self-perception, ageing, and the strange emotional admin that comes with being visible.

Start with these beauty and self image stories

  1. Self Love, Not Self Critique
  2. Not By The Hair of My Chiny Chin Chin
  3. The Slow Fashion Conundrum: What Slow Fashion Means for Consumers

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Haircuts!

Vanity alert… If you are not vain (or pretend to be) and are not interested in other’s vanity, please read my next post Escape! As a child, I had a bob cut. Then I started school with a blunt cut and a straight fringe. Like all little girls, I was fascinated by long hair and […]

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Priceless!

New cotton Tunic – 350 rupees Maybelline Mascara – 270 rupees Lotus Kajal – 120 rupees Soft Sole Sandals – 400 rupees     Still fitting into pre pregnancy jeans – Priceless!   Well into my third trimester now and the jeans weren’t maternity… well, they were stretch skinnies… still, I fit into them! yay…

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