Tag: hair
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![Sepehr Badiei’s art celebrates the resilience of Iranian women [@badieisepehr]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_6307-1140x850.jpeg)
‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ is the Kurdish slogan that Iranian women popularised globally following the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini in 2022 by the hands of the police. Visual artist Sepehr Badiei’s latest collection uses the slogan as a starting point to explore the strength and resilience of Iranian women in a series of surrealist photographs. …
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There were so many creative hairstyles at the GUAP Gala. The fairytale & folklore theme meant that there were lots of tiaras, top hats and crowns, but that wasn’t all. We had a floor length feathery durag, a crystallised moon-and-stars head piece and beautiful, elaborate structures created using hair. Take a look at some of…
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Mo G intentionally pays homage to the African tradition of hair art and pushes it forward to reflect the image of Black women in 2022. Mo G offers Black women the ability to highlight the beauty of their natural hair for daily life and the runway. Her stunning work can be seen on Chicago’s up-and-coming…
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Meet Jay-Ann Lopez, founder of gaming platform Black Girl Gamers and co-founder of hair and beauty platform Curlture UK. Both initiatives were started to empower and represent Black women in industries where there has historically been the intentional erasure and omission of the contribution Black women have made. Jay-Ann was always creative, from a young…
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![GUAP Beauty: Founder of [@holycurls] Badria Ahmed On Owning Her Own Hair-Care Brand & Curl-Type Discrimination](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Holy-Curls-180x180.jpg)
Meet The Founder of Celebrity-Loved Hair-Care Brand; Holy Curls. Tell us a little about yourself I grew up in Sweden and moved to London in 2011. Before Holy Curls, I was working as a copywriter for different brands – both as a freelancer and in-house. I love the written language, and I’ve been writing ever since I…
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![Meet KAIN: The Creative Duo Exploring Marginalised Experiences in Society [@thekainbrand]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image0-1-180x180.jpeg)
Guest Contributor: Blessing Barode Two young creatives Dessiree and Anastasia have birthed the platform KAIN which aims to break the barrier of expression between black women and society, first by exploring West African hairdressers in South East London. It’s an experience that is a central part of growing up as a young black girl, and with the…
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The Curl Talk Project started as an online portfolio in 2017, highlighting the profiles of more than 100 curly-haired women. Exploring the existing link between natural hair and the notions of identity, femininity, race, diversity, and representation, the initiative is now becoming a photography exhibition celebrating curls and coils. Even though my mother always highlighted…