makeup

Women with chronic illnesses are often misdiagnosed with anxiety, depression, or hypochondria instead of receiving the treatment they need. This is Devri’s story.

We met up with Kika, a makeup artist with a massive online following, to hear how she made a name for herself by using body paint to create mind-boggling illusions.

Thanks to the rise of the skin and body positive movements, more and more people are standing up to normative standards of beauty. Join us as we discuss unrealistic beauty standards with a group of young activists who are standing up to it.

Scars have long been considered a flaw, something to cover up and keep private. But Sophie Mayanne thinks otherwise. Her Behind the Scars series is a roundup of stories of recovery and self acceptance from people whose skin has been through trauma.

"You can see yourself as abnormal, or you can see yourself as unique." In a candid film by Nadira Amrani, London-based model Jordan Charles speaks up about his albinism and the preconceptions he's received from others.

In Harlem, we visit drag performer Miz Cracker, who manages to make the subversion of gender and sexuality a truly entertaining and engaging endeavor.

Philomena Kwao, is on a mission to highlight the struggle black women face in order to find make-up for darker skintones. She meets the people changing the beauty industry from the inside. London based cosmetics entrepreneur Florence Adepoju, and ico

In a world where trans people have been denied the right to express their gender freely, a high femme cisgender woman named Monica Prata has stepped in to help.

Host Rachael Finley meets with Juggalettes, drag queens, and the Kardashian's makeup artist Joyce Bonelli, to explore how various subcultures use makeup.