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Makalah Moore is publishing professional and freelance writer based in Massachusetts. She is passionate about education, travel, cultural exchange, and style.
2025 has barely started and I'm already plotting my next trip. This year brings some major changes in the way we'll travel but fear not, we've rounded up the
I decided to take a quick trip to New York to see Alicia Keys' new Broadway musical. Hell's Kitchen, premiered on Broadway in April and is loosely inspired by Keys' experience growing up in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. The show features more than 20 of her best known songs, reworked (and yet always recognizable) for the Broadway stage.
After a stressful week, I couldn't get a recent Instagram ad for a local wellness spa and resort out of my head. When another ad for a local wellness resort
Faded letters above the large windows told me my new hair salon had once been a cordonnerie, a shoe-repair shop. The mannequin head in the window stared at me from her perch between a basket of fruit and a bolt of batik fabric, her wig askew.
It's no secret that finding the right foundation can be a challenge - whether you have vitiligo or not. Every brand has a different color formulation and making a purchase can feel like a risk.
Sometimes it feels as though sunscreen is never enough and reapplying it hour after hour can cause uncomfortable product build up and take you out of an otherwise carefree moment. This can be especially true when you live with vitiligo and your skin lacks natural protection from the sun's rays.
As I put on pink jumpsuit for my first day of work at Glossier's Boston pop up, I felt a little nervous. Had I paid enough attention during training? Would I get along with my coworkers? And most importantly, as a woman living with vitiligo - would people stare?
Over the past decade, acceptance and visibility for vitiligo have continued to grow - and that's good news. However, we still have a long way to go when it comes to building awareness both in the United States and around the world. What does living with vitiligo look like around the world?
Ten years ago, seeing models with vitiligo in the media and advertising was incredibly rare. Since then, the diversity and inclusion movement to show broader representation of race, ethnicity and yes, even skin conditions, has changed that story. In the past few years, brands like Gap, CoverGirl and Venus have all put those with vitiligo front and center in their advertising.
The internet can be notoriously critical, but for Jasmine Jackson, a mom and beauty influencer with vitiligo, it was an Instagram comment that gave her the confidence to stop covering her vitiligo. Now she's taking that confidence to new heights, working with top beauty brands and using her platform to educate others.