Ep. 45: K-Beauty, Natural Hair & Beauty Editor Ethics Ft. Siraad Dirshe

This goes out to the true beauty junkies! Siraad is a girl with a 10-step beauty routine, who lives for Korean skincare and travels with her own silk pillow-case. She’s currently a beauty editor at Essence and she has incredible product knowledge but what I find even more impressive — her general attitude and approach towards beauty. She’s really inspired me to try new things!

We talk:

- how she graduated with a psychology and communications degree, worked in finance and then found herself transitioning to a new career in beauty at 28

- Korean skin-care & our desire to move to Japan and be teenagers

- The SWAGGER level in Korea & Japan & surprising level of black culture love

- Working with women of color

-Brands that don’t understand the Essence reader

- The ethics of being a beauty editor

- Me being a kitchen beautician

- Her natural hair journey

- maximum hydration method (not sustainable)

- the silk pillowcase & throwback memories to dominican hairdressers heating your hair

- Stanning for Pat McGrath - Dying natural hair & hair shaming in the natural hair community

- Oil cleanses & I finally learn what essences are (they’re huge in K-Beauty so they’ll get popular in the US in 6 months to a year)

- Sunscreens and eye creams & much much more

Products Mentioned:

Tatcha Camilla Oil

- https://www.sephora.com/product/pure-one-step-camellia-cleansing-oil-P392235

Powder Cleanser (Siraad recommends for traveling):

Tatcha Rice Powder Cleanser - https://seph.me/2N9sbKT

Glossier Milky Jelly Cleanser - https://www.glossier.com/products/milky-jelly-cleanser

P50 Biologique, Pricey but she swears by it - https://intothegloss.com/2017/03/biologique-recherche-p50-lotion-review/

Cure Gel - cult exfoliating product I recommend - https://www.amazon.com/Cure-Natural-Aqua-Gel-250/dp/B001ABLKK2

Koh Gen Do Essence - Japanese Essence (one step before primer)

https://kohgendocosmetics.com Ole Hendrickson Vitamin C serum, great for hyper-pigmentation

https://www.sephora.com/product/truth-serum-P42343

SuperBerry Hydrate & Glow Oil by Youth to the People, her final step in her nightly skincare routine

https://www.youthtothepeople.com/products/superberry-hydrate-and-glow-oil

Glossier Sunscreen - https://bit.ly/2MxkxbU

Kjaer Weis Dazzling Bronzer - https://bit.ly/2lDy4TY

Artis brushes, she says they’re good but she applies stuff by hand

https://www.artisbrush.com

AmiKa hair curl defining cream and gel combo - https://loveamika.com/products/c