Brave New World: Beauty Editor Sherine Youssef On The Changing Nature Of The Beauty Industry
Looking back at her beauty career, this beauty editor is not sure she likes what she sees. But the future" That?s looking pretty good. Â
Confession: I didn?t learn a new language or skill during the last few months of WFH and #StayHome, but I did do a lot of cleaning. I organised bookshelves, cleared out cupboards, and Marie Kondo-d the attic, which is where I stumbled upon dozens of old fashion magazines containing my byline. As I sat on the dusty floor flicking through the glossy pages, I was able to track the progression of my career in the Australian magazine industry, and of my own personal growth. It wasn?t always a pretty sight.Â
When I first started as a beauty editor more than a decade ago, my appearance (brown hair and eyes, thick brows, olive skin) and plainly Arab-sounding name meant I was one of a handful of women who was so obviously ethnic. And while I have never experienced racism from anyone in the beauty industry, there has been the odd passing remark from those in the wider publishing industry. I can?t tell you how many times it?s been assumed I?m Muslim, because of either my background or surname (FYI not all Arabs are Muslim and, for the record, I?m a Lebanese-Australian, Maronite Catholic). And there was that one colleague who tried to compliment me by stating that she liked ?wogs? because they have a good work ethic. Um, thanks" Sitting in my attic, it?s clear that in those early days my s...
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