To grease or not to grease. That is the question. In 2017, I stopped getting my braids done professionally and doing my own natural hair and protective styles. Between then and now, I’ve probably tried every single natural hair product you can think of. Mixed every possible ingredient concoction:: gelatine, avocado, banana baby food, flaxseed,…
If you buy into the eye-popping colour palettes, childlike graphics, clashing prints, circus-like collars, childlike accessories, checkerboard, rainbow, harlequin prints, and dramatic face makeup finished with a cherry red nose, then that’s great. If you’re less than enchanted by the former, you can opt for pastoral frills, nap dresses, and cute glitter noses, merging clowncore…
We saw pop-punk given a modern makeover when it came back last year, as happens with all recurring trends. It was a fresher image, utilising the bliss of hindsight to cherry-pick the better parts of the movement. While heavily distorted guitar chords, ‘talk singing’, and plaid remain, a more refined smudged liner replaces the heavy-duty…