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
Ep. 01: The Life of a Beauty Editor: Caviar Creams & 24K Gold Ft. Caroline Solomon AKA @lowcheekbones
EP.01 - Caroline and I discuss her journey from Harvard to Harper's Bazaar, the Juicy Tubes of yore, going make-up free in front of bae, natural liquid liners and her hilarious Instagram account @lowcheekbones.
In Episode 01 of Naked Beauty, Caroline and I discuss her journey from Harvard to Harper's Bazaar, the Juicy Tubes of yore, going make-up free in front of bae, natural liquid liners and her hilarious Instagram account @lowcheekbones.