https://www.scmp.com/rss/506200/feed Natalie Chui is a London-based journalist and editor that specialises in writing about fashion, beauty and culture. Born and bred in Hong Kong, her work often focuses on championing emerging creative talents and on diverse representation of women and non-binary individuals. Previously the junior fashion and beauty editor at Fenwick, Natalie's work has appeared in SCMP, Metro.co.uk, The Femedic, gal-dem. Ohne, Slapp London, Lampoon Magazine, WWD, CR Fashion Book and Love magazine. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The diminutive powerlifter grasps the barbell laden with 100kg (220 pounds) weights, torso perpendicular to the floor, hoists it to hip level, pauses, then sets it down again. Having dead lifted nearly twice her weight, a personal best, she exhales a sigh of satisfaction. Just two years ago, Poorna Bell was more than a little intimidated at the thought of powerlifting. Big, muscled men lifting excessively heavy weights were all she, a 5ft 3in (1.6 metre) South Asian woman, could picture. Holding... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3126960/young-widow-builds-mental-and-physical-strength-through?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3126960/young-widow-builds-mental-and-physical-strength-through?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:15:13 +0000 Last year’s Black Lives Matter protests in the United States had been going on for a little more than a month when Mary-Ann Msengi launched her fashion label, Farai London, in July. The movement has shown how people of colour have to work twice as hard as their white counterparts, the 25-year-old says, and it only makes her determined to be known as a black designer that creates bold, adventurous clothes. “Championing young black entrepreneurs can only be a good thing and hopefully long term... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3123537/sexy-bold-and-worn-kylie-jenner-how-farai-london-created?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3123537/sexy-bold-and-worn-kylie-jenner-how-farai-london-created?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:30:16 +0000 As a teenager, Ophelia Liu would sneak into the bathrooms with some face paint after school and decorate her face with bold colours. She loved how enjoyable putting make-up on felt and it became her creative outlet, but her parents disapproved of her wearing make-up out of the house, so she’d wipe her face off before coming home. Now the 25-year-old Hong Kong native doesn’t need to conceal her secret pastime – she’s applying make-up in front of cameras as a contestant on the hit BBC TV show Glow... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3088032/hong-kong-make-artist-her-marilyn-monroe-and-horror-movie?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3088032/hong-kong-make-artist-her-marilyn-monroe-and-horror-movie?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:00:11 +0000