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Daily Mail
9 hours ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Our fashion editor's guide to finding the best frames for your face shape – from prescription glasses to holiday shades
Figure out your face shape If you're not sure which frame suits you, first work out your face shape. Compare the width of your forehead, cheekbones and jaw in the mirror. A square face has a similar width to the forehead, cheekbones and jaw, while a round face has cheekbones wider than the forehead or jawline. A diamond-shaped face has a narrow forehead and jaw, with the cheekbones the widest point. Got it? Now choose your look!
Daily Mail
20-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mail
I'm a fashion editor and these are the outdated accessories you should NEVER wear - plus the on-trend pieces to buy instead
We are well into wedding guest season and if you don't have time to find a new outfit, why not spruce up an old faithful dress or suit with this season's most sought-after accessories instead? A good bag, some fabulous earrings or a statement headpiece can totally transform an outfit. But there are few new rules to follow when it comes to adorning yourself this summer. Forget fascinators - chunky headbands are the new, less fusty, style to try. Get rid of your clutch bag too, and swap it for a spangly piece of arm candy with a strap instead.
CTV News
03-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Ontario-based entrepreneur is bridging the gap between Black women and skilled stylists
A Kitchener-based entrepreneur has developed an app that helps connect skilled stylists with their target clientele. CTV's Karis Mapp explains. The struggle to find a stylist with the proper know-how to address the needs of Black hair has led to a technological solution. A Kitchener-based entrepreneur was looking for a better way to search for a qualified hairdresser in 2018, after she was turned away from 15 different salons who said they weren't comfortable working on her type of hair. 'It makes us feel neglected, in a sense,' Aileen Agada, CEO of BeBlended, told CTV News. 'Thinking about walking into hair salons, or not really being part of the narrative, is really jarring at times.' In her desperation to find a proper stylist, she began walking up to other Black women on the street to find out where they got their hair done. 'That's when I realized, okay, that's a crazy industry that no one knows too much about,' Agada said. 'I thought, 'If it's just an Aileen problem, let's not focus on it.' But if this a problem a lot of Black women are facing, and the data speaks for itself, then I'll do something.' She then spent years creating the website BeBlended, which she calls the Airbnb of hair styling. 'Put your location in, your style and then scroll through the profiles,' Agada explained. 'If you're a stylist, you do something similar: you create an account, you join our platform and then you start updating your services.' 'Our team actually works with you to be better and improve because we know you're siloed, working by yourself. Our software helps you run your business, but then our community helps you thrive as an owner,' she said. BeBlended Aileen Agada posed with a banner for her website, BeBlended, on June 2, 2025. (Karis Mapp/CTV News) It starts in the classroom Industry experts said the disconnect begins in the classroom. Some people graduate from trade programs without ever working on different hair textures. 'A lot of people with silky or straight hair, you actually have to wash the moisture out of it and the oils. You have to wash it out. With Black hair, because it's so curly, it needs moisture, it needs conditioner, it needs water,' Precious Udofe, a registered braider on BeBlended, said. While curriculum changes are on the horizon, Udofe believes genuine curiosity is crucial. 'If you have someone you're close with who has kinky hair, just genuinely inquire about what it's like having their type of hair and ways to take care of it. What types of product to use? How does it differ from mine?' 'People shouldn't be afraid of working with different types of hair,' said Deanna Douglas, the secretary of the Ontario Professional Hairstyling Association. 'I think that learning those styles and how to cut it is really important knowledge to learn. And that's something that we should be responsible for and that hopefully we have a lot more people wanting to share their knowledge.' Agada, meanwhile, wants to see BeBlended continue to grow and create a welcoming community. 'That's the goal, to be global, to be impacting hundreds of thousands of Black women, hundreds of thousands of stylists, growing their economy as well.'
The Independent
31-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
AP PHOTOS: The Black hair industry imports products from China. Here's what tariffs mean
Black women are starting to pay more for their hair care because of the Trump administration's tariffs on goods imported from China. Many Black women have hair types and workplace-favored styles that require careful attention. They can spend hundreds of dollars at salons each month on extensions, weaves, wigs and braids. Most hair salon tools and packaging is imported from China. Stylists are considering raising their prices while the the U.S. and China negotiate new trade agreements. But many dread what price increases will do for clients who are lower income and already strained by months of inflation on virtually everything else. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AP PHOTOS: The Black hair industry imports products from China. Here's what tariffs mean
ATLANTA (AP) — Black women are starting to pay more for their hair care because of the Trump administration's tariffs on goods imported from China. Many Black women have hair types and workplace-favored styles that require careful attention. They can spend hundreds of dollars at salons each month on extensions, weaves, wigs and braids. Most hair salon tools and packaging is imported from China. Stylists are considering raising their prices while the the U.S. and China negotiate new trade agreements. But many dread what price increases will do for clients who are lower income and already strained by months of inflation on virtually everything else. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
