If you haven't bought the Spring/Summer issue of In Style Hair, it's time to get your hands on it. We were only after braiding ideas when we bought it so you can imagine our surprise when we found out that it was full of resources for black hair and skin care.
A full spread on relaxed hair tips; three double spread pages with tips from natural hair celebrities Yaya Da Costa, Solange Knowles and Corinne Bailey-Rae; tips to style curls and flat iron; make-up advice for dark skins. AND the distinction was made between warm and cold skin tones!
When it comes to integrating black beauty in mainstream magazines, the UK press is definitely more advanced than in other european countries. In Frace, Femme Actuelle, a popular female weekly magazine just launched a Special Issue dedicated to black beauty entitled 'Femme Actuelle Beauté Noire'. This is so rare that all afro blogs are talking about it. Meanwhile, in Itally, Vogue is about to publish its second special issue dedicated to Africa.
As far as we're concerned, we prefer the 'silent revolution' approach that's taking place in the UK. Black beauty is slowly being integrated in mainstream publications so normalised that it doesn't even need 'special' issues.
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