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A letter from QUILL's Editor-in-Chief, Tess. Happy 2024 ♥

For this LGBTQ+ History Month, rock some rainbow eyeshadow! These 14 palettes will give you all the colors you need for a gorg look - link in bio 🔗 🌈

You thought we'd let you pay full price for Sunday Riley products? Pshhh, who would we be!? Link in bio for the best dupes for every product in this picture 🔗 💰

Anyone know any LGBTQ+ organizations we can donate unopened period products to? 🩸🎁
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We are OBSESSED with 👑 and her latest post. In her own words

“Bikini at the Beach for the FIRST TIME 🏖 While in Ivory Coast, I had challenged myself by mainly bringing clothes that showed my chest hair; shorts, dresses & skirts to also let my hairy legs out unshamed. My family and I decided to go to the beach. I remember being so nervous. I fully accept and love my body hair but I had never worn a bikini, and no one has seen a hairy woman at the beach. I looked around and saw a very hairy man relaxing in the shade, not a care in the world. But I'm a woman, that has to be shaved especially at the BEACH🙄! Have my "summer body ready"! Wearing a bikini while hairy meant that I had to be ready for the stares & comments. I arrived at the beach knowing this was going to be a big step for me and that hairy women had shared their concerns with me about going to the beach hairy and I still hadn't done it yet. I put on my bathing suit👙and reminded myself that "Hey I love my body hair, this is me, who cares what anybody thinks. THIS IS MY BODY!" I walked out of the changing rooms still wearing the cover up until I got close to the beach and finally took it off Proudly! I walked around the beach, ran on the sand, played with the waves and had so much FUUUUN! Yes, people stared even pointed at me, gesturing to their friends that I had a lot of hair on my thighs. A family even stared in shock for over 10 mins. And I decided to smile and wave at them, as they stared at my armpit hairs. Why be offended by stares when I would have done the same in their place. In the end, it really wasn't so bad. I now feel a Freedom I had never felt before & Love myself even more 💗
This is my Summer Body!☀️”

A letter from Tess: “ColourPop, do better by your community, not your bottom line.”

QUILL Media updated their address.

Aerosol sunscreens are bad for the environment AND wildlife. Yeah, they're convenient, but is it worth hurting the ocean to use them? If you said "NO," then try the sunscreen roll ons and sticks Tara found instead! Read all about 'em at the link 🔗 ☀️

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"I think it's definitely the happiest I've ever been in my life, and I definitely wouldn’t have been able to accomplish anything I did in the last five years if I hadn't done that.” - Courtnei Lee, founder of OYT Cosmetics 🌈⁠
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Courtnei Lee wasn't going to sit and wait for the beauty industry to make products for trans people - she knew that, ultimately, it wouldn't. So... she did it herself, founding OYT Cosmetics.⁠
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Read our feature on the groundbreaking founder and a brand name that's spreading like wildfire throughout the beauty community! 🔗🔥💋⁠

https://quillmedia.co/courtnei-lee-oyt-cosmetics

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“We said, from day one, it wasn't about the products that a person sells, it's about the person that sits behind the business. And that is a driving force behind everything that we do.” - Michael Ayre (he/him) & Luke Potts (they/he), SheHeThey co-founders 🌈⁠

https://quillmedia.co/shehethey
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Can you believe there was no marketplace that solely hosted minority-owned businesses? Michael Ayre and Luke Potts were baffled by this... so they set out to be that marketplace. Launched June 21st, SheHeThey is already making waves globally - which is why QUILL had to speak with them. Read our profile on the founders now 🔗✨💕⁠

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The gals of QUILL hung out together… kind of. Will you be our next (photoshopped) team member? 💖🌈

"So, I'm like, ‘well, s**t, I have a lot of learning to do. And that's [also] kind of why I took that break: to also learn about the people that I'm talking to." - Jayla Roxx, founder of BatMe! Cosmetics 💕🌈 ✨⁠
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She's baaaaack... and so is BatMe! And even though she's filming four shows, running multiple businesses, and participating in panels everywhere, Jayla Roxx made time to speak with QUILL about her whirlwind life. Link in bio to read the full story!

https://quillmedia.co/jayla-roxx-batme-cosmetics-resurgence/

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Shari Siadat is GLOWING in ! Congrats to one of our favorite fearless leaders - TooD is blowing up 🤩😍

Do you have a favorite LGBTQ+ makeup artist? Tag them here and spread the word!💋✨

Because you know we can’t stand a typo, or not giving writers what they need to thrive. 😉🌈✨

It’s happening! Freelance writers, come to the front 🏹
and I can’t wait to meet you!

"We are going to see that makeup is available and accessible to each and every human being on the planet.” - Jenn Harper, founder of Cheekbone Beauty 🎨⁠
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Jenn Harper founded Cheekbone Beauty following a dream - but it's not one of those fairytales. Grappling with transgenerational trauma while learning about her family's history, Harper was in a space of shame... but she got out, finding healing and sobriety. Now, she's using her voice to inspire compassion.⁠
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"Imagine us as human beings, having that power to see the best version of the people that we know in our lives before they can even see it," she says. ⁠
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It's a world QUILL would love to see - a world we'd all love to see. Read more about the inspirational founder and her brand at our site.

From Tess: A huge thanks to and for this package! I can’t wait to wear my polish and liquid eyeliner…. Photos to come soon 💅🏻👀

Did anyone watch the ? We were LOVING Quannah Chasinghorse’s look!

"It’s important for me as a brand to promote equality, because that’s what I stand for." - Jeff Parshley, NOH8 Campaign co-founder, NOW Nail Polish founder 🌈⁠

Jeff Parshley is doing it all: traveling the world for the NO H8 Campaign, which he co-founded in 2008; promoting his latest collaboration, an eyeliner pen with Johnny Kritsberg, for NOW Polish; and taking the time to speak with others (including QUILL) about becoming a superstar activist "accidentally."⁠
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Why does he make time to do all of this? Simple: he's committed to creating change, and he won't stop until equality for all is achieved.⁠

Read more now!
https://quillmedia.co/jeff-parshley/

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Back by popular demand, We Are Fluide founder Laura Kraber has spilled on the brand's increasing awareness, gender expression through makeup, the LGBTQ+ community, and more. Read the founder's full thoughts now 🌈

https://quillmedia.co/laura-kraber-fluide-full-interview/

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"That's part of what HiBAR stands for: inspiring people to think about how they're doing things, and to try something different." - Nora Schaper, co-founder of HiBAR 🧼⁠
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How did four parents come together to found a mission-driven, earth-saving company? Well, Nora Schaper spoke with QUILL Media Editor-in-Chief Tess, and she didn't hold back on the details.⁠
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Learn more about the inspiration behind HiBAR, Schaper's drive to better the world, and how the brand is still a constant lesson to the fierce - and fun! - businesswoman. 🌎⁠

https://quillmedia.co/nora-schaper-hibar