Meet Essie Shaw & CJ Anderson

 

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If you know Bought Elegance, you know that our northwest attribute window is incredibly shut to our heart. A lot more than just visible merchandising, we look at our store window as our prospect to outwardly represent Bought Beauty’s character, core values, and unequivocal enjoy and assistance for our community. For our summer 2022 display screen we have teamed up with regional artists, activists  and artistic geniuses, Essie Shaw and CJ Anderson and we’re bursting with pride around it!

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Published 10 Sept 2021, 10:03 BST

Meet the Brand’s New Matte Vegan Components

When Chunk Attractiveness announced it would be discontinuing most of its line final calendar year in purchase to develop into absolutely vegan, make-up fans everywhere mourned the decline of their favorite lipstick. Amuse Bouche, the Canadian brand’s famously food items-grade lippie released in 2011, had realized cult-standing in the natural beauty planet thanks to its buttery texture and gorgeously flattering shades.

Given that generating the shift to vegan formulas, Bite has debuted a slew of new solutions, even venturing into the eye and complexion classes. And whilst these launches are admittedly terrific (the mascara is severely intellect-blowing), the manufacturer had however to release a substitute for the product or service that put it on the map.

“It’s pretty tough to generate a vegan lipstick that really performs,” points out Charlotte Cleary, director of worldwide advertising and marketing for Chunk Elegance. In truth, it took the study and growth crew 3 complete decades to finally get it ideal.

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Bite Natural beauty

The end result is Electrical power Transfer, a matte finish lipstick no cost of the animal-derived elements found in lots of common formulation, which include beeswax, lanolin and carmine (a.k.a. red pigment acquired from insects). “I’ve identified that most matte lipsticks I’ve attempted are inclined to dry out your lips or give you that type of flaky feeling, which we definitely wished to steer clear of,” claims Cleary. To do that, Bite infused the lipstick with conditioning cocoa butter. 

The other key substances contain tapioca pearls and fatty acid waxes,

Meet the Black Female Artists Reshaping Country Music | Features

Historically, Black women who make country music have been denied opportunities for commercial success or creative satisfaction. But at this potentially transformative time in American history, which has been shaped in part by by the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, their astounding talent now commands a great deal more of the acclaim it deserves.

As the resounding call for Black freedom trickles its way into country music, a possible result of this cultural shift is a more equitable stake for all Black artists. But women stand to gain the most. Following decades of consistently being overlooked and undervalued, there’s an unprecedented opportunity for their art’s depth, scope, grace and excellence to impress and impact country music’s fan base.

“We used to be told, as Black female artists, not to rock the boat, not to stick out,” says Rissi Palmer, speaking with the Scene via phone. The Billboard-charting country singer’s Apple Music Country program Color Me Country highlights many emerging and established Black women in country, folk and Americana. “Now, in this environment, Black female artists are being pushed to be themselves. There’s a long-overdue party started, and I’m glad I’m still here and able to be invited.” 

If you’re paying attention to radio spins, streaming numbers and industry hype, Black women making country and country-adjacent music — women like Palmer, Yola, Mickey Guyton, Kamara Thomas and Americana super-quartet Our Native Daughters (Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell) — have likely been drawing your attention this year.