{"id":731483,"date":"2025-11-24T15:54:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=731483"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:54:54","slug":"my-year-of-divesting-from-beauty-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=731483","title":{"rendered":"My year of divesting from beauty culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/beauty\/article\/69086\/1\/is-it-possible-to-divest-from-beauty-make-up-my-year-patriarchy\" data-article-id=\"69086\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.33\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Opting out of beauty\" class=\"img\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1431358-2.jpg\" width=\"1196\" title=\"1431358-2\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Empire Records (1995)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><span class=\"month\">November<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"24\">24,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - beauty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty-feature\">Beauty Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>My year of divesting from <span class=\"nowrap\">beauty culture<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>After a year of stepping back from beauty rituals, Halima Jibril explores what it means to reject looks-based expectations \u2013 and why opting out can be uncomfortable, <span class=\"nowrap\">but necessary<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"month\">November<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"24\">24,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - beauty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty-feature\">Beauty Feature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/HalimaJibril\">Halima Jibril<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<aside class=\"primary\">\n<div class=\"sticky bottom\">\n<div class=\"read-more\"><span class=\"read-more-header\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-items\">\n<div class=\"read-more-item vertical-life-culture\">\n<div class=\"read-more-item-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/68983\/1\/so-excited-to-catch-up-culture-friendship-recaps-friends\" class=\"article-list-item-image\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sorry, Baby (Film still)\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1429729-31.jpg\" title=\"1429729-31\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-item-content\"><a class=\"category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/68983\/1\/so-excited-to-catch-up-culture-friendship-recaps-friends\"><span class=\"title\">Are we caught in a culture of never-ending catch-ups?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"read-more-item vertical-life-culture\">\n<div class=\"read-more-item-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/69035\/1\/they-said-it-was-more-cost-effective-meet-the-workers-replaced-by-ai\" class=\"article-list-item-image\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"0*fkFEd4EeGGlNhutJ\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1430312-23.jpg\" title=\"1430312-23\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-item-content\"><a class=\"category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/69035\/1\/they-said-it-was-more-cost-effective-meet-the-workers-replaced-by-ai\"><span class=\"title\">\u2018They said it was more cost effective\u2019: The young workers replaced by AI<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"read-more-item vertical-beauty\">\n<div class=\"read-more-item-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/69118\/1\/meet-the-people-taking-psychedelics-to-enhance-their-workouts\" class=\"article-list-item-image\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Charli xcx, &quot;360&quot; (2024)\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1431220-6.jpg\" title=\"1431220-6\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-item-content\"><a class=\"category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\">Beauty<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/69118\/1\/meet-the-people-taking-psychedelics-to-enhance-their-workouts\"><span class=\"title\">Can psychedelics enhance your workout?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>It has been almost a year since I last got my hair braided. To many, this may not seem like a big deal, but Black people, especially those socialised as women, know the impact that not having one\u2019s hair \u2018done\u2019 can have on them mentally. From a young age, many of us are reminded that our hair is our \u2018beauty\u2019, our \u2018crown\u2019, that it makes us a \u2018queen\u2019 \u2013 all words that essentially mean that it makes us \u2018women\u2019. Our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/57073\/1\/beauty-maintenance-appearance-tramp-tiktok-black-women\"><span>hair and beauty maintenance<\/span><\/a><span> are often used to reaffirm our femininity; to help us gain employment, be treated better, to find love, and to be allowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/50149\/1\/ruby-williams-is-taking-on-institutional-racism-and-afro-hair-discrimination\">remain in the classroom<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I stopped getting my hair done, and started wearing my afro out for a variety of reasons:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/64350\/1\/time-capitalism-black-women-degradation-of-black-hair\"><span>I\u2019m broke, time-poor and lazy<\/span><\/a><span>. But beyond those things, I also wanted to challenge the way I thought about beauty. I know that the hair that grows out of my head is <\/span><em><span>not<\/span><\/em><span> ugly and that it is the pervasiveness of white supremacist ideology that makes me want to have long curly braids all the way down to my bum so that I can feel pretty and desirable. \u2018If I know this,\u2019 I thought, \u2018I owe it to myself to challenge this way of thinking\u2019. Not doing my hair has also faded my interest in wearing make-up, along with my fixation on clothing and, honestly, on looking in the mirror at all. Gradually, my appearance as a whole became something that I stopped thinking about as other things in my life took priority, and I got busier. This has resulted in a deeply uncomfortable, but also incredibly thrilling and freeing, year for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We are continuously bombarded with so much <em>beauty-noise<\/em>. Nothing personifies this better than the TikTok videos that layer images and videos of every new beauty trend, product or procedure \u2013 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/68900\/1\/amuse-bush-kim-kardashian-puts-pubes-on-skims-merkin\">Skims merkin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/healthcare\/article\/actress-shay-mitchell-skincare-brand-children-5jfn0w23b#:~:text=The%20brand%2C%20Rini%2C%20has%20products,and%20risk%20irritating%20youthful%20skin.\">Shay Mitchell\u2019s skincare line for children<\/a>, Kourtney Kardashian\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziadaily.co.uk\/beauty-hair\/wellness\/kourtney-kardashian-lemme-vagina-lollipops\/\">probiotic vaginal lollipops<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/04\/12\/anti-wrinkle-straws-gen-z-slated-skin-health-experts\/\">anti-wrinkle straws<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/68172\/1\/exosomes-everything-know-regenerative-skincare-buzzword\">exosomes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/57789\/1\/buccal-fat-removal-cherub-cheeks-explainer\">buccal fat removal<\/a> and more \u2013 over the sound of a woman screaming. In the comment section, young women often quote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/fiona-apple\">Fiona Apple<\/a> from an interview she did with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=fiona+apple+spin+1997&amp;oq=fiona+apple+spin+1997&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCggCEAAYgAQYogQyBwgDEAAY7wUyBwgEEAAY7wUyCggFEAAYgAQYogQyCggGEAAYgAQYogTSAQg1NDY5ajBqN6gCALACAA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\"><em>Spin<\/em><\/a> in 1997, writing that \u201cthere is no hope for women\u201d. Beauty noise, like food noise or <a href=\"https:\/\/helenaaeberli.substack.com\/p\/phone-noise\">phone noise<\/a>, is constant and paralysing. It stops women from wanting to leave the house when they don\u2019t have make-up on, creates a deep anxiety around going out when their legs or armpits are not shaved, and even prohibits women from enjoying sex if they\u2019re not freshly waxed or lasered. To put it simply, it\u2019s exhausting. But our existence under the patriarchy does not have to be this way, and there are lots of people who, like myself, are making the conscious effort to exist otherwise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>To put it bluntly, as a normal-looking person living a pretty normal life, no one seems to give a shit if you can see the acne scars on my chin or not<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>26-year-old Charlie stopped wearing make-up a year and a half ago after major surgery. \u201c[After my surgery] I spent the next week in bed. By the time I was able to leave the house, I was so focused on being able to move and do things that I just forgot about wearing make-up,\u201d they explain. \u201cThen I noticed that a month had gone by, and my life had been fine, and I thought to myself, \u2019Wait\u2026 why did I even start doing this in the first place?\u2019\u201d In our society, beauty confers a certain social power. It can provide you with respect and love, and, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/News-Room\/INFORMS-Releases\/News-Releases\/New-Study-Unveils-Career-Impact-of-Attractiveness-Higher-Salaries-and-Prestigious-Roles-Over-Time\"><span>recent studies<\/span><\/a><span> show, can even help you secure prestigious job roles. <\/span><span>So, how has divesting from beauty affected <\/span><span>Charlie\u2019s treatment in the world? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs far as I can tell, quitting make-up has had absolutely zero impact on the way others treat me,\u201d they tell Dazed. \u201cI think it\u2019s somewhat undeniable that people who are considered especially beautiful and people who are considered outwardly unattractive are treated differently by the world. Maybe I\u2019d be treated differently if I had a face like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/devon-aoki\"><span>Devon Aoki<\/span><\/a><span> or Catherine Deneuve. But, to put it bluntly, as a normal-looking person living a pretty normal life, no one seems to give a shit if you can see the acne scars on my chin or not.\u201d It\u2019s important to note that Charlie is in a long-term relationship and admits that being in one (along with getting prescription treatment for their rosacea) has made it easier to divest, as they already know someone they find attractive finds them attractive in return.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Similarly, 21-year-old Anushka found that being in a relationship has also helped her combat her \u201cunhealthy\u201d fixation with her appearance. \u201cI have been with him for three years now, and I have never felt more beautiful, and a lot of that I attribute to how much he assures me\u2026 regardless of how I look.\u201d It is easier to opt out of beauty when you are no longer actively searching to be desired by another person romantically. But Charlie importantly stresses that the opinions of people who only notice them, or would only see them because they\u2019re wearing make-up, are \u201cunimportant\u201d to them. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7182382277991615790\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>In her book <em>Woman Hating<\/em>, Andrea Dworkin writes in harsh but necessary terms about what it says about men, that women feel they must turn themselves inside out and participate in beauty culture for their love and validation: \u201cIt demonstrates that man\u2019s love for woman, his sexual adoration of her, his human definition of her, his delight and pleasure in her, require her negation: physical crippling and psychological lobotomy. That is the very nature of romantic love\u2026\u201d she writes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/66493\/1\/does-beauty-make-people-good-partners-selena-gomez-benny-blanco\">But it doesn\u2019t have to be<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>23-year-old Julia started to divest from beauty culture in 2020, when she was 18. She stopped shaving her body hair and wearing concealer, and became heavily influenced by feminist rockers and experimental make-up artists like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/58111\/1\/chicana-glam-emo-juggalo-make-up-artist-selena-ruiz-interview\"><span>Selena Ruiz<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beauty\/article\/43926\/1\/lil-miquela-juliana-horner-mua-bold-graphic-realness\"><span>Juliana Horner<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cMy divestment looks like being hairy, glamorous and using practical skincare,\u201d she tells Dazed. Additionally, Israel\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/09\/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds\"><span>genocide in Gaza<\/span><\/a><span> has been a significant reason why Julia is continuing to opt out of beauty culture. \u201cI keep it minimal and boycott brands on the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bdsmovement.net\/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott\"><span>Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions list<\/span><\/a><span> (BDS).\u201d Many of<\/span><span> the most prominent players in the beauty industry cosy up to Trump or have historically voted Republican, as Nessa Humayun highlighted in her essay on MAGA beauty aesthetics for<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/beauty\/how-the-maga-beauty-aesthetic-reveals-america-today\"><em><span>Marie Clarie UK<\/span><\/em><\/a><span>; it is essential now more than ever, that we are well informed on where we are spending our money, who it has the potential to cause a significant amount of harm to, and question if any of that is worth it, in the pursuit of beauty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When 26-year-old Amelia started to divest from beauty in college, they were asked why they \u201cinsist\u201d on making themselves \u201cugly\u201d, after they cut off all their hair, stopped shaving and started wearing clothing seen as unflattering. Their response: \u201cI want to look cool, fun, queer, alternative \u2013 but I don\u2019t need to look \u2018pretty\u2019.\u201d It often comes across as a brutal offence when one does not adhere to beauty standards or gender norms, and in the most extreme situations, it can result in violence. \u201cAfter I began expressing my queerness more visibly, I did face increased street harassment and some homophobic\/ transphobic harassment in public,\u201d Amelia confesses. \u201cAlthough my privilege as a white AFAB person has shielded me from worse treatment and violence.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>My divestment looks like being hairy, glamorous and using practical skincare.<\/span><span>\u00a0I keep it minimal and boycott brands on the <\/span><span>BDS list<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Divesting from beauty is not an easy task, but investing and participating in beauty culture is not the easier option. In her transformative Substack essay, \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fablihayeaqub.substack.com\/p\/being-ugly-is-liberating\"><span>Being ugly is liberating<\/span><\/a><span>\u2019, Fabliha Yeaqub, acknowledges that \u201cto be ugly is to be powerless, but to be beautiful is to be rooted in colourism, fatphobia, antiblackness and colonisation. None of which I wish to be a part of.\u201d Eliza McLamb, in her Substack essay \u2018<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wordsfromeliza.com\/p\/easiest-thing#:~:text=We%20all%20live%20difficult%20lives,where%20I%20cannot%20see%20it.\"><span>Easiest Thing<\/span><\/a><span>\u2019, reminds us that we need to rethink the way we understand the dichotomy of easy and hard: \u201cSmoking a cigarette is easy, but a wheezing cough is hard. Spending four hours on Instagram is easy, but disassociating from your life is hard. We all live difficult lives in some capacity. It makes absolute sense and feels right that we should look towards the easiest way of doing things. But I don\u2019t think the easiest thing is <\/span><em><span>actually easy<\/span><\/em><span>.\u201d This same dichotomy can be applied to our relationship with beauty, too. Participating in beauty is easy (and beneficial), but bending yourself out of shape to follow constantly shifting beauty trends and standards dictated by racism, patriarchy and consumer culture is <\/span><em><span>hard<\/span><\/em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When I look at pictures my friends take of me on nights out or when we\u2019re at dinner parties, I don\u2019t always like what I see: my tight 4C afro, the black circles under my eyes, the dark marks on my face from continuously picking at my skin, the unflattering way clothes hang on my body and much more. 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