The singer and self-made billionaire, 33, debuted her baby bump over the weekend whilst on a stroll in Harlem with A$AP Rocky. She wore an oversized floor-length Chanel pink coat paired with low cut jeans, and, to highlight her exciting news, Ri wore a body chain caressing her baby bump.

As if the news couldn’t be any more enchanting, snow started to fall on the couple as they embraced each other for photos. Fortunately, this was a few hours before Storm Kenan hit, and the empty streets of New York made the perfect backdrop for the pair to flaunt their new addition.

Rihanna has been relatively quiet on social media over the past few months, but she has been serving many street style looks featuring oversized coats (which we’ve been loving). We can only assume Ri is well into her pregnancy, and we are so happy that she managed to share her news on her terms!

Words By Nadia Clasper

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“Roses are red, violets are blue, it’s time to slip into something sexy, from you, for you”

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With this new collection, Ri is emphasising making Valentine’s Day all about self-love. Feeling your best whilst wearing lingerie that fits a dream sounds like a pretty good way to celebrate! The self-gift box comes with a gorgeous red lace-up bodysuit from Savage X’s Glossy Flossy line and a Gloss Bomb Heat in the new shade ‘Lavender Savage’, for £49.95.

We are obsessed with the marketing around this campaign, with Rihanna fully committing (we’d expect no less) by having her hair red and going full rock chick. Further adding fuel to this already fiery campaign, Ri took to Instagram to say “Valentine’s Day is for me… but you can watch”. Is it getting hot in here?

It isn’t just Riri exploring self-love with Savage X this year, as Tess McMillan rocked the red lace-up bodysuit in her unique way. Looking like she’s just walked off a 70s music video, Tess was giving a Bowie-inspired rendition of this saucy look, with quiffed hair, scarlet lips and cheeks, and, of course, glossy lips courtesy of the Gloss Bomb. 

We love that Savage X always shows different perceptions of sexy, whilst continuously raising the bar with inclusive campaigns. This Valentine’s Day is no exception, and for once we are being shown that being single on Valentine’s Day does not mean you can’t look and feel sexy. Put yourself first this February with a little help from Savage X. 

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Savage X Fenty Lace’d Up VIP Box

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Savage X Fenty Glossy Flossy Brazilian

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Savage X Fenty Glossy Flossy Quarter Cup Bra

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Savage X Fenty Glossy Flossy Fishnet Robe

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The set RiRi wears comes in three different color-ways, showcasing a deep purple, neon green, and classic black. Alongside the High-Neck Bralette and High-Leg Bikini, the line also released a range of different pieces, including signature styles like the Crotchless Bikini and Unlined Bra, as well as newer designs, like the Savage Logo Stockings, men’s Satin Boxers, and even a Forever Savage onesie! As always, each style comes in sizes XS all the way up to 4XL to ensure everybody can enjoy Savage X Fenty, no matter what shape or size.

What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to wrap up warm and cozy in a Savage X Fenty onesie, with some matching lingerie hiding underneath? With prices starting from just £7 and exclusive access to the label’s Xtra VIP Box, it is time to get set for the Christmas season.

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Savage x Fenty Tagged by Savage High-Neck Bralette Kelly Green

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Growing out your brows takes two things: patience and accepting things might look a lot worse before they get a lot better. After abandoning the pruning and putting down the tweezers to let them – finally – breathe, enough is enough.

Knowing what to do with your brows can be exhausting, especially now that they are all grown out. With no foreseeable eyebrow appointment in the future, Voir Fashion has pinned down and grilled Leeds brow specialist, founder of Badgal Brows Academy and Salon, Natalie Della-Verde, with our burning questions on how to achieve the best brows we can.

Whether you want your brows fluffy and feathered or lengthened and thicker, Natalie shares helpful tips to hold us down until further notice.

1). What are the do’s and don’ts for growing out your brows?

If you’re growing out your brows to create a fuller shape or want a bushier brow, my advice is to leave the brows alone. No plucking just groom with a spoolie or clear brow gel. This will help shape the brows into the desired position. If you want to make the brows appear thicker use a brow mascara/brow gel. This will apply a coat just like mascara does with our lashes on each of the brow hairs.

A great way of hiding the regrowth without removing it yourself is concealing underneath the brows. Not only does it make the arch more defined, it also conceals the pesky little hairs that you are tempted to pluck.

2). There are many myths that household products that can help growth, are any of these true? Should we be using products to help speed up growth? Is this even possible?!

There is scientific evidence that some household products can help with growth. Some of the main ones are castor oil, rosemary oil, and other organic butters.

Research has found that Ricinoleic Acid (which makes up 90% of castor oil) can promote hair growth! Studies have found that Rosemary oil can treat hair loss and aid in hair growth. BADGAL brows also has brow balm which has been specifically formulated for eyebrows available to buy online. This organic botanical formula includes castor oil, rosemary oil and other botanical oils and butters. This formula provides conditioning, nourishment and promotes hair growth for brows.

3). How can we avoid ingrown eyebrow hairs?

I don’t recommend waxing at home. It’s too risky and removing even a few hairs accidentally from the bulb, arch or tail could end up in a brow disaster! Always get a qualified brow tech to do it. If done correctly, you won’t get ingrown hairs on your brow area. At BADGAL Brows we use a 10-step method to give you your dream brows. This includes exfoliation before waxing which removes dead skin cells. To avoid ingrown hairs after waxing you may gently exfoliate the area twice a week. This removes dead skin cells from the epidermis and clears the way to expose the hairs, to avoid making them ingrown.

4). After growing out your brows, would you recommend threading, waxing or simply home plucking them yourself to keep maximum growth?

I don’t recommend waxing or threading at home – unless you are trained to do so! I would simply advise to pluck underneath the brow following the natural shape of the brow and leave the top of your brows alone! Pencil or powder your brow in the way you like them and use that as the shape. You may then pluck one hair at a time from outside the shape.

5). Opinions on trimming brows?

Currently, at BADGAL Brows we hardly ever trim brows. This is because the fluffy brow is a major high fashion at the moment. It’s more about the fluff and carefree look rather than perfectly preened look, but it’s a personal preference. If you have always trimmed your brows but love the fluffy brow look, leave them to grow and style with a spoolie.

Images taken from the @badgal.brows Instagram account

6). How long is a good time to wait when attempting to grow out your brows?

The brow growth cycle can take up to four months, so I suggest to leave them alone as long as possible! You can still attend your brow appointments in between this to maintain shape. You will need to consider that hairs do not grow uniformly, and various factors can affect hair growth such as hormonal changes, age, health, diet and stress. So, keeping a healthy lifestyle is important to maintain good brows.

7). Can tinting also help to make brows appear thicker?

Tinting or Henna is great for making brows appear to be thicker. It grabs on to tiny vellus hairs and puts pigment into the hair lasting up to six weeks with some brands. Henna is more popular as it lasts longer on the hairs. I don’t recommend tinting at home, but if you must tint your brows at home, always do a patch test and read the instructions fully.

8). Advice for the over-pluckers amongst us who are struggling to grow back what we once had?

I would advise put the tweezers down and step away from your eyebrows. Don’t pluck for at least four months and apply castor oil (or BADGAL Brows Brow Balm) every night. You can also consider permanent makeup for results that can last between 12 -24 months. The permanent makeup industry has evolved massively in the last few years and there are many different options to choose from depending on your taste.

Two of the more popular choices are: microblading if you prefer the hair strokes look; or ombre brows if you prefer the powdered make-up look. Make sure you look for a fully qualified brow technician to perform any treatments – check reviews and previous work on social media. Before you book in with anyone, always ask to see pictures of their healed results!

9). Are there any tips or tricks for helping with dimensions when trying to shape your own brows?

As a brow expert, I teach and use a brow mapping technique. If you are shaping brows at home, my tip is to always work out where a brow should start, arch and end. A quick and easy way to do this is to grab a ruler, a piece of pre-inked mapping string – which you can get hold of on our website – and follow these steps:

1). Take a ruler /mapping string and hold from your cupids bow straight up to the centre of your brow and make a mark. You will use this as a guide to ensure that your brows are equal in length.

2). Take the ruler/mapping string and hold from the centre of your nostril to the inner corner of your eye and make a mark. This should be where your brows start. Use the centre line that you have made to ensure that the start of each brow is equally distanced from the centre and make any adjustments if needed.

3). Next, you need to mark where your arch should be. Look straight ahead in a mirror and hold the ruler/ mapping string from the outside nostril through the centre of your eye. Make a mark on your brows as this will be where the arch should be.

4). Lastly, you take the ruler/ mapping string – again from the outer nostril, but this time hold up to the outer corner of your eye. This is where the tail of the brow should be.

These marks will be the template for brows that will start, arch and end in the right place. They will be in proportion to your face and help you shape your eyebrows perfectly until you can next visit your brow technician.

Use this as a guide:

To have a look at Natalie Della-Verde’s amazing transformations and even more tips and tricks, be sure to follow her on Instagram at @badgal.brows.

Words by Amy Arfi

Graphics by Katie Janes

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In honour of the singer/creative director’s latest collaboration with ASAI, we’ve decide to come back on Fenty’s success and how the fashion world has approached the next steps in Rihanna’s empire construction.

After launching Savage Fenty, a lingerie brand that may or may not have taken over the fashion world by showcasing women of all ages, colours and sizes, Rihanna decided it was time she tried her hand at designing clothes. Back in May 2019, the singer announced that her brand would exist under the umbrella of LVMH, the conglomerate that owns Louis Vuitton and some of the biggest names in fashion. At the time, Fenty declared the brand would be all about “both the spirit of Rihanna and a new approach to modern luxury: agile and dynamic; elevated yet egalitarian; bold, free, fearless”.

ASAI x Fenty Photography by Florian Joahn

Fast forward a couple months – and here we are, just around the time of the Fenty x ASAI collaboration, which dropped on December 11th, 2019, exclusively at Selfridges. The collaboration is a more London-inspired take on the collection “City Bloom”, where Fenty commercialised ready-to-wear items, that have now been customised by the collaborating designer.

You can expect turtleneck floral printed jersey dresses with a nude aesthetic, over-sized sleeves and pastel everything. Overall, the Hot wok aesthetic has taken over Rihanna’s designing mind and we are absolutely here for it.

With 24 pieces in the collection, we’re expecting it all to sell out very quickly (we’ve already started running to the shops, and you should too!).

Words by Valentine Babey

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Come December, it is impossible to ignore holiday spirit lurking in every turn. Christmas decorations are simply everywhere, munching chocolate advent calendars is well underway, and of course – glorious Black Friday sale items have been acquired. Just in case you missed any of these seasonal markers, a quick look at any given boutique window display will reveal to its spectator a whirlwind of sparkly garments and sequins as far as the eye can see, thus officially declaring party season is upon us.

As I window-shop online, diligently and selectively creating perfect wishlists (yes, plural), I recalled a recent conversation I had with a friend who was looking for outfit ideas for her upcoming 80’s theme office Christmas party. Always ready, I whipped out my phone to suggest some of the bold shoulder, metallic mini dresses I fantasized about buying unironically and with no specific theme in mind. While she did love the dresses, she said she is uninterested in investing in an outfit she most likely will only wind up wearing once.

With Gossip Girl’s Blair Waldorf as my forever , I couldn’t really relate to what she was saying. While I agree that wearing the same bold statement pieces daily might cause them to lose their wow factor, I strongly believe that an interesting outfit is necessarily assembled from intriguing combinations of alleged contradictions. To me, mismatching textures and prints often enhance one another, and create unique looks, rather than appear as odd.

Chunky, woolly, oversized sweaters casually draping over dainty satin midi skirts; Over-the-top high heels combined with plain jeans or even track pants and socks; Or a classic “Jeans and a Nice Top” situation, are just a few serving suggestions of how to make use of basic wardrobe staples we all own, while making the most of whatever party fashion piece you decide to splurge on. Mixing “dressy” attire with “casual” items, is firstly – a great way to repurpose the fancy side of your closet, and secondly – an easy trick to instantly and effortlessly elevate your look.

Reimagining your closet with this mindset might take some getting used to, and you might require some trial and error until you manage to find combinations that feel like “you”. Luckily, social media offers us an inexhaustible fountain of creative aesthetic ideas – perhaps all you need is a little .

Words by Maya Avram

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Autumn Winter ’18 is tipped to be a fashion frenzy and Vogue has set us off on the right foot. With the covers of both American Vogue and British Vogue having been released last week, social media has gone into a frenzy over Queen Bey and the one and only Bad Gal hitting up the respective covers.

The September Issue of Vogue is arguably the most influential in the fashion calendar: september signalling the start of the fashion season and showcasing all the forthcoming collections and trends. So these ‘fronts’ to mainstream fashion signal tremendous progress, inclusion and acknowledgment to women of colour the world over.

Not only was Beyoncé chosen to star on the cover of American Vogue, she was given full unprecedented control. From the clothing to the layout of the cover, Queen Bey could be exactly what she wanted. As the first African American to be featured on the cover of the September Issue, it was fitting that Beyoncé chose an African American photographer to shoot it.

At just a tender 23 years of age, Tyler Mitchell is the first black photographer to shoot the September cover, as well as one of the youngest. His work focuses on the intersection of youth culture and racical identity, something Beyoncé is not far from herself.

Bey expressed the importance of working with young artists of colour allowing creative doors to open and the world to see their potential. Chatting to Vogue Beyoncé enlightened us that in this day and age, it’s so important for people all over the world to see people who look like themselves in positions of power, in books, and in films. To not feel intimidated or limited by the colour of their skin. This can be seen in her music and films.

And not forgetting this side of the pond, Rhianna took a different approach to British Vogue, staying in keeping with the flower headdress theme. Who knew flowers could look so good?

Bringing her Fenty Beauty to the shoot, the undisputed BadGal brought ombre lips and skinny brows back from the dead and we’re totally in love with her look.

Mrs. Wintour and Enninful we salute you. Here’s to a colourful AW’18.

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