The Australian beauty industry ignores black women | Helina Mengistu

When I cannot find foundation in my colour, the implicit suggestion is that black women can’t be beautiful

I have loved beauty ever since I was introduced to the world of makeup and microblogging as a teenager, but black people are made to feel unwelcome, and even invisible in the Australian beauty sphere.

The beauty industry is increasingly marketing itself as a progressive feminist space, but if it only caters to a few out of a majority then it isn’t.

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