The Power of Makeup by Anna Akana

I don’t often watch makeup tutorials on the internet. When my friend Kiri sent me this, I was busy and didn’t watch it straight away, but I wish I had because it’s hands down the best video about makeup I’ve ever seen.

Anna Akana before and after makeup

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Maya

I’ve been fat all my life. Seriously, my baby pictures are ridiculous with my huge chubby cheeks and folds in my elbows and knees. Super cute.

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Being Fat and Fabulous

Someone made a comment to me recently that my Fat Girls Shouldn’t Wear Stripes project was glamourising obesity. This wasn’t the first time that this comment has been made, and I doubt it will be the last considering that my project is about to be featured on one of our national current affairs shows, so I decided that it was something that I should respond to.

My-Size

In case you’re unsure, here is a diagram to help you out…

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Welcome to 2014…

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! If you’re not still recovering from your NYE celebrations, you’ll have realised that I’m not exactly posting this on January 1st. That’s because I decided to take a couple of extra days off so I could drive down to Taupo to spend time with family and swim in the lake – more about that next week!

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My Story: Love The Skin You’re In

Intelligent. Curvy. Brunette. Awkward. Writer. Maori. Ambitious. Caring. Photographer. Confident. Student. Hypermobile. Fat.

Meagan Kerr wears SXUC Pippa Sunglasses

All of these words describe me, yet there is only one that people spit at me like it’s a dirty word that they can’t wait to get out of their mouth.  There is only one adjective that people see as negative. Fat. View Post

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