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Accessible beauty collage featuring an older femme person and a younger femme person with bright pink hair. Products featured include ByStorm Beauty, Rare Beauty, Kosas, Tilt beauty, and Human Beauty

Ergonomic Beauty Is So In: The Best Accessible ...

Disability inclusion has been circling on the periphery of beauty for years without ever really landing. For a long time, finding genuinely disability-friendly products felt like a research project, the...

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Ergonomic Beauty Is So In: The Best Accessible ...

Disability inclusion has been circling on the periphery of beauty for years without ever really landing. For a long time, finding genuinely disability-friendly products felt like a research project, the...

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Two OT's: Sarah and Jaymee, holding ByStorm tools and smiling

Beauty and Disability: Why Don't We Consider Ma...

Disability has historically been left out of mainstream research priorities, especially in categories written off as "lifestyle" rather than "health." And nowhere is that more obvious than in the space...

Beauty and Disability: Why Don't We Consider Ma...

Disability has historically been left out of mainstream research priorities, especially in categories written off as "lifestyle" rather than "health." And nowhere is that more obvious than in the space...

Disability Inclusive Beauty: Meet ByStorm's Lived Experience Group

Disability Inclusive Beauty: Meet ByStorm's Liv...

“Makeup was a way I could find myself, feel more confident, and creative, through the pain and fatigue… At some point makeup became inaccessible to me and no one around...

Disability Inclusive Beauty: Meet ByStorm's Liv...

“Makeup was a way I could find myself, feel more confident, and creative, through the pain and fatigue… At some point makeup became inaccessible to me and no one around...

The New Beauty Blender: Beauty's Best Innovation in 2026 is Accessible

The New Beauty Blender: Beauty's Best Innovatio...

Remember when beauty blenders first took over beauty stores? Something as simple as a sponge made everything effortless. But not everyone could experience this benefit. The beauty blender changed how...

The New Beauty Blender: Beauty's Best Innovatio...

Remember when beauty blenders first took over beauty stores? Something as simple as a sponge made everything effortless. But not everyone could experience this benefit. The beauty blender changed how...

Lived experience makeup artist, Anastasia, in headshot image with red outfit and white background.

3 Low-effort high-impact date night beauty look...

Getting ready for date night is stressful enough without the added worry about whether or not you’ll be too exhausted by the end of your makeup routine to go out....

3 Low-effort high-impact date night beauty look...

Getting ready for date night is stressful enough without the added worry about whether or not you’ll be too exhausted by the end of your makeup routine to go out....

Three femme-presenting people smile and laugh together in a studio setting, surrounded by large red love heart balloons.

A Chat With My Friend in Sex Ed: Dating With Di...

As a neurodivergent and disability-affirming sexologist, Niamh supports people to understand their bodies, relationships and sexuality with more confidence and compassion. 

A Chat With My Friend in Sex Ed: Dating With Di...

As a neurodivergent and disability-affirming sexologist, Niamh supports people to understand their bodies, relationships and sexuality with more confidence and compassion.