For me, a soft life means creating comfort and minimising stress in every way I…
The Beauty Issue
The Marie Claire Nigeria Beauty Issue is a reclamation — a tender yet radical celebration of African beauty in all its forms. It explores how African women and women of African descent are rewriting the rules of beauty by embracing heritage features, ancestral rituals, cultural adornment, and self-defined standards. This issue aims to decentre Eurocentric ideals and spotlight the politics, spirituality, and power of beauty as identity.
From skin and spirit to hair and healing, this issue will champion the everyday and the extraordinary — the rituals, products, stories, and philosophies that shape how we see and care for ourselves.
Jewellery holds a special place in the hearts of African women, with each piece telling…
The sun doesn’t discriminate, and neither should your skincare. Black skin needs sunscreen, too. There’s…
This is what it’s like when your body never feels like home. There are days…
Between the humidity and hustle in Nigeria, achieving and maintaining glowing skin can feel impossible.…
This Children’s Day, let’s talk about protecting children, especially girls, from the beauty ideals forced…
At the intersection of beauty, innovation, and sustainability, Oluremi Martins is blending science and style…
My skincare routine is incomplete without this cocktail of oils my skin absolutely loves. People…
These deeply cultural beauty rituals nurture the body, mind, and spirit. Long before modern skincare…
The African woman’s hairnet and bonnet are not tacky, they hold a legacy of care…
