THE BEAUTY EDITION

This episode had me beaming. I am incredibly excited to be joined by a stellar lineup of inspirational Beauty industry creator QUEENS to talk about all things Black Beauty. We talk stats, Fashion Weeks, confidence killers, why our beauty has power and so much more. You don’t want to miss this one. Join me in the Lounge by clicking into the links below and eavesdrop into our very meaningful conversation.

From L-R: Tippi Shorter, Patricia Akello & Itaysha Jordan

SHOW NOTES

00:08:52 - Exploring the meaning behind my guests’ names and their origination

00:18:19 - Black beauty industry statistics extracted from this ESSENCE online article

00:20:25 - Why interest in Black Beauty continues to rise within the Beauty industry. Itaysha touches on the rise of the indie beauty brands giving larger corporates a run for their money.

00:29:00 - Patricia shares how she felt when her agency made the decision to shorten her name on signing. So as not to confuse clients with another model on their books who was also a black model called Patricia: “Even if we have the same name and we come from the same place, we are different people”.

00:30:56 - Patricia acknowledges the growth of black models booked for runway jobs & speaks on the lack of dark-skinned black models as inspiration for her, when she was growing up.

00:34:35 - Confidence issues: Tippi on having a curvy figure.

00:38:00 - Confidence issues: Patricia on being the tallest and darkest girl in school, being called “black charcoal” and almost bleaching her skin to fit society’s ideal of beauty.

00:41:32 - My guests define what beauty should mean and what beauty means to them.

00:44:27 - Itaysha and Tippi explore why there is so much power behind our beauty. A must-listen. Key buzzwords: authenticity, innate, royalty, dynamic, versatility, layers and diversity.

00:50:39 - Itaysha and Tippi address the importance (or not) for photographers to capture subjects of colour and whether only black hair stylists can style black women’s hair.

00:57:00 - Tippi’s experience backstage at Fashion Weeks styling the hair of model’s of colour.

01:00:00 - Patricia’s negative experiences as a model backstage at Fashion Week and having to style her own hair for shows due to the lack of texture styling expertise backstage.

01:02:00 - Guests spill the tea on their favourite beauty essentials.

01:11:00 - Eavesdrop into this part to hear when our guests feel the most full of beauty.

01:14:24 - Where to follow my guests. Tippi: tippishorter.com and @tippishorter; Itaysha: itayshajordan.com and @itayshaphoto Patricia: @akellopatricia

01:15:53 - The lightening round. Everyone’s favourite bit. A series of quick questions on popular culture.