From Bibles to The Migos Ft Grace Bukunmi
Naked Beauty
The Naked Beauty Podcast
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
One of the coolest girls I know - Grace Bukunmi is a Nigerian Photographer, Stylist, and Art Director working between LA & NYC. She’s worked with everyone: Alicia Keys, The Migos, A$AP Rocky & with the coolest publications: High Snobiety, Hypebeast, etc.
We talk about her growing up in a religious household & how her spirituality has evolved and how religion is perceived in her LA creative circle.I ask her if she think natural beauty will become a thing of the past & we try to decode deja vu.
I also talk to Grace about surviving a car crash (caused by sleep deprivation!) and how it forced her to re-evaluate her commitment to her work vs her health, and the relationships around her. We get into lash extensions, gel manicures & the joys of natural products like handmade soap
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Things/Products Mentioned:
Afro Punk (one day I’ll go): https://www.instagram.com/afropunk/
Cleremont Twins (in case you’re not familiar): http://www.papermag.com/clermont-twins-mont-budoir-yeezy-2531618962.html
The Twilight Zone Episode on Beauty ‘Eye of the Beholder’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFhKp-xi2DY (an amazing 20-minute episode, very worth watching)
Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, or bumps - a weird thing me, my brother & my Mom all suffer from. Link may be triggering for people who also have this bizarre paranoia lol
Are gels bad for your nails? I’m convinced they are but see this article: https://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/a16686803/do-gel-manicures-ruin-your-nails/
Hyaluronic Acid & Skin Benefits: https://www.elle.com/uk/beauty/skin/a35378/what-is-hyaluronic-acid-and-how-does-it-work/
Cupping Benefits: https://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/cupping-therapy
Sugar Bear Hair Vitamins: https://www.sugarbearhair.com/
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| 0:00.0 | You're saying no, no, no, no, no, no. |
| 0:04.0 | But when it's really yes, yes, |
| 0:07.0 | Hello, it's Brooke Devard. You're listening to the Naked Beauty Podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | I am sitting here with Grace Bukumi. You are a stylist, a photographer, like |
| 0:17.5 | creative. How do you define yourself? I just like to make beautiful things happen |
| 0:22.2 | but I guess technically yeah I would describe myself as a photographer and a stylist and a content director and art director as well. |
| 0:30.0 | Nice. I find us two different things but they can definitely intersect in a lot of projects |
| 0:34.4 | depending on what it is. |
| 0:35.6 | Yes because being the art director means you have to think of the overall strategy, |
| 0:39.7 | who's the audience for this. |
| 0:41.2 | What do you want people to definitely feel when you see this image all of that stuff and also find the right people |
| 0:47.4 | to fulfill those different pieces yeah well yeah well content is just like the flown |
| 0:52.1 | stream of things. |
| 0:53.0 | Sometimes I do, like it gets confusing because people are like, |
| 0:56.0 | oh your publicism, like no, I just work with a lot of different content partners. |
| 0:59.0 | I understand me. |
| 1:00.0 | I feel like I hate you up all the time. |
| 1:01.0 | And I'm like, I need a photographer and you're like, time and I'm like I need a photographer |
| 1:04.4 | you're like I've got someone I love that like that that's become my |
| 1:08.1 | personality because I wasn't I that wasn't my personality when I was young I was never |
| 1:12.2 | the like kid I was just like talking to everyone and everyone's face. I was so shy and I forced myself to do that. |
| 1:18.0 | Really? You don't seem like you would be shy. You got this like big hair like you're always wearing something amazing. |
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