beauty
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in summer 2010, i made the decision to rid myself of chemical hair relaxers and go natural. this was before natural-textured haircare products were being sold, and the words “natural” & “hair”, ensemble, were part of the beauty industry’s lexicon. for me, it was an embarrassingly long period of trial-and-error with drugstore products that were…
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our 24-hour news cycle is consistently being updated, inundated with the worst. from war crimes abroad to the ending of essential government programs in the U.S.; one can only imagine the news we aren’t receiving. one of the reasons i opted out of joining the news industry, and found myself in philanthropy, is i wanted…
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love & madness,
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Founded in November 2023, Bojepsÿ isn’t a brand. It’s a mélange of sorts for the dreamers and escapists. Despite the world’s insistence, we seek to exist in a state of romance as play is our guide to survival. We believe in the power of food and beauty to nurture, heal, and lead us into our…
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books on the glass table; an obsession with writing pens; poudre stained lips on a lavender mug with notes of espresso; waking up to the sound of an angel; and the face of Leopold staring in my peripheral. the stylos are scattered next to my highlighter of the moment, a neon orange. Leopold continues to…
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this essay was originally penned in august ‘23. I recently read an online piece which discussed masculinity and femininity, and it prompted me to reflect on personal musings surrounding formations of the feminine and masculine in the early part of my life. As a young girl, I hated my hair. After each beauty shop appointment,…
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beauty is everything to me. c’est les petits choses, the little things. when i lived in New York, before and during the pandemic, beauty is what kept me going and i don’t mean aesthetics. i truly mean the little details about people, from casually eavesdropping on a customer’s order at the Norwegian hall to someone’s…
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