Carefree body hair with Deba Hekmat

Naomi Shimada meets fellow model Deba Hekmat, who’s broken the beauty rules and stopped caring about body hair.

For Deba, body hair is complicated, cultural and even comforting. Determined to put Kurdish beauty on the fashion map, Deba has modelled for streetwear and catwalk brands and now believes her body hair is for showing, not for shaving.

She joins Naomi to discuss how growing her body hair also grew her body confidence. read more

R29 Binge Club: Netflix’s Dark Final Season Recap

Jonas is confused while chic Martha with bangs tells him, “We don’t have time now.” She takes a gold orb-like device, twists it, and places it on the ground. Jonas is exasperated as the device whirs, asking her what time she came from. “The question isn’t what time,” she says, “the question is what world.” The 2019 Martha we know is on the ground, her face and shirt covered in blood. The device whirs and suddenly light particles are dancing in the air, transporting Jonas and Martha to the cave.  read more

Unfiltered Beauty with Kadeeja Khan

Model Naomi Shimada talks to the beauty blogger about dropping the filter and showing her adult acne.

Since she was 19, Kadeeja Khan has been building a following as a beauty blogger from her bedroom, under the name EmeraldXBeauty. For years she was fighting a silent battle of ‘Instagram versus reality.’ Then she decided to do things differently – and posted a video that changed her life. Kadeeja tells Naomi about how her perception of beauty has changed, from concealing to revealing. read more

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Bald is Beautiful with Emmy Combs

Model Naomi Shimada chats with the social media sensation and special effects make-up artist transforming beauty standards.

Emmy Combs lost her hair at two years old and found the confidence to lose her head covering at sixteen. Now twenty, she’s built a five million strong following online by sharing her make-up transformations, from Instagram glam to TikTok illusion, all while showing her followers that bald is beautiful. read more