GRACE

HIย Grace

๐—ช๐—›๐—ข

I am a writer who dabbles in all sorts of subjects โ€“ and am currently working on my second bookโฃโฃ

๐—™๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐——๐—ข

Connecting with womxn Iโ€™d otherwise never meet and creating a community โ€“ even if just for one post โ€“ that helps us all feel less alone in our feelings โฃย โฃ

MUSIC

Freya Ridings and Destinyโ€™s Child. โฃ

PODCAST

Tracy Otsukaโ€™s podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women.โฃ

TV

Unorthodox, Itโ€™s a Sin โฃ

BOOKS

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (again) โฃโฃ

๐—ฆ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ-๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฃ

My motto is โ€˜If nothing else, eyebrowsโ€™. โฃโฃ

๐—ฆ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ-๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—”๐—œ๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฃ

After washing your hair, squeeze the excess water out with a micro fibre hair towel before you blow dry โ€“ itโ€™s less damaging to your hairโฃโฃ

๐—” ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—๐—ข๐—ฌ

A tiny bottle of YSL Paris, the perfume my mum wore in the 1990s โ€“ I can feel like sheโ€™s here with me while we canโ€™t be togetherโฃโฃ

๐—ช๐—”๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜

Every second or third day. I rely on my shampoo and conditioner to do EVERYTHING, because Iโ€™m yet to find a serum or prep spray that doesnโ€™t cause my skin to breakoutโฃโฃ

๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ ๐——๐—œ๐—ญ๐—ญ๐—œ๐—”๐—ž

Firstly, it is one of the only hair brands that caters to EVERYONE. Then, because Hydration Wash is simply the best shampoo Iโ€™ve ever tried. Since I stopped bleaching my hair last year, Iโ€™ve had oily roots but very dry, fragile ends. Dizziak is the only line that has balanced both outโฃโฃ

๐—š๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง ๐—›๐—”๐—œ๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—˜๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ

The super short bob @manbrighton gave me was another level โ€“ it stayed sharp for months โฃย โฃ

๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—›๐—”๐—œ๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ

My first all-over bleach at 17 burnt my scalp and turned my hair orange, then yellow, just in time for my sisterโ€™s weddingโฃโฃ

๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—–๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ

ALL the parties. An Italian vacation. I donโ€™t know if thatโ€™s realistic for 2021..Also, I hope the set of resources @anitaBhagwandas and I have put up onย inclusivemedia.infoย will be used more widely and that brands make good on their 2020 promises of more representative work

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