RUSSH Beauty

Introducing the RUSSH Beauty Annual, a version of beauty that is accessible to all. These pages chart the conversations we have with our ourselves, about how to be ourselves. Those within them tell stories of creative expression and personal growth and champion evolution, grounded in the knowledge that we never truly ever arrive.

RUSSH Beauty

A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

THE GIRLS’ ROOM. • WOMEN’S BATHROOMS ARE THEIR OWN LITTLE ECOSYSTEMS: PART BEAUTY PARLOUR, CONFESSIONAL, AND DISASTER RELIEF CENTRE. THEY’RE MESSY, LOUD, AND THEY MIGHT JUST BE THE PUREST FORM OF FEMALE CONNECTION WE’VE GOT.

ARABELLE SICARDI ON THE COST OF BEAUTY

GLAZED & CONFUSED. • ON ‘SKINTELLIGENCE’, INGREDIENT LITER-ACY AND THE SEMANTICS OF BEAUTY.

ELAINE HUNTZINGER • AN ACUPUNCTURIST AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE EXPERT, ELAINE HUNT-ZINGER IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER FACIALISTS IN PARIS WHOSE DEEPLY INTUITIVE WORK COMBINES ANCIENT MODALITIES TO SCULPT AND SOFTEN. HER VIEW ON BEAUTY IS DEEP AND BALANCED: SLOW, SIMPLE, AS NATURE INTENDS.

BIANCA TAYLOR • A MODEL AND CREATIVE MIND BASED IN LOS ANGELES, SHE’S YOUNG, FUN, FRESH AND BEAUTIFULLY HONEST. WHEN SHE’S NOT FRONTING CAMPAIGNS, SHE’S TALKING ABOUT THERAPY AND DATING ON YOUTUBE. HER BEAUTY M.O.: HOT BATHS, SABBATICALS, SKIPPING MAKEUP AND CALLING HER MOTHER.

LARA VIOLETTA • FROM THE BAVARIAN FOREST TO PARIS, LARA VIOLETTA IS AN EDITOR, CREATIVE, INTERNET MUSE. WHEN SHE’S NOT PRODUCING HER MAGAZINE, VIOLET PAPERS, SHE’S SHARING EXPERIMENTAL MAKEUP LOOKS ONLINE: ICED BLONDE HAIR, NEGATIVE SPACE AND WASHED-OUT PASTELS THAT LEAN INTO EXHAUSTION. OUR BEAUTY DREAM GIRL.

OLIVIA BOND • A SYDNEY-BASED JEWELLER WITH EXCEPTIONAL TASTE ALL AROUND, WHEN SHE’S NOT DRESSING HER DISCERNING CUSTOMER SET IN DIAMONDS, SHE’S INVESTING TIME IN SACRED BEAUTY RITUALS. ELABORATE SKINCARE, SAUNAS, THE OCCASIONAL GUIDED MEDITATION AND AN ADMIRABLE COMMITMENT TO ORAL HYGIENE.

MARINA AFONINA • AS THE FOUNDER OF AUSTRALIAN FASHION LABEL ALBUS LUMEN, MARINA AFONINA BELIEVES IN SUN, SALT AND SLOW LIVING AS THE ULTIMATE BEAUTY SALVES. A PURVEYOR OF LESS IS MORE, SHE’S A BIG BELIEVER IN HOW BEAUTY MAKES HER FEEL – SIMPLE SKINCARE, GREAT BROWS AND A MIDDAY NAP.

PLOY RIDA • A MELBOURNE-BASED MODEL AND CREATIVE, PLOY RIDA IS ONLY INTERESTED IN GOING HER OWN WAY. SHE WASN’T DRAWN TO BEAUTY EARLY ON, BUT A LIFE ON SET AND IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA HAS COAXED IT OUT OF HER – SHE’S HERE FOR GREAT SKIN, HER DERMATOLOGIST, SLEEP AND A SEXY LIPSTICK. A GIRL AFTER OUR OWN.

DAISY HOPPEN • A LONDON-BASED PUBLICIST AND ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED NAMES IN THE FASHION, ART AND CULTURE WORLDS. HER PERSONAL STYLE IS JUST AS ESTEEMED – DARK, ROMANTIC, A LITTLE BIT GOTHY. HER APPROACH TO BEAUTY IS SIMPLE: STICK WITH WHAT WORKS, FIND COMFORT IN AGEING AND, WHEN IN DOUBT, LOOK TO SUSIE CAVE FOR INSPIRATION.

The Beauty Shelf • JORDAN RISA, FOUNDER OF SEEN LIBRARY, REFLECTS ON HOW LITERATURE CAN REFRAME BEAUTY AND EXPAND THE WAYS WE LEARN TO VALUE OURSELVES.

Oh! Devon • IT’S AN UNUSUALLY COSY AUTUMN DAY IN LOS ANGELES, AND DEVON LEE CARLSON IS MAKING THE MOST OF IT, DRESSED IN A PINK HOODIE ADORNED WITH SMALL FLORALS IN HER HOME TUCKED AWAY IN THE HILLS. HER DOG, DAISY, SITS ON HER LAP. CARLSON’S FACE IS BARE, SAVE FOR ROSY CHEEKS – A SIGNATURE ALMOST AS FAMOUS AS HER SMILE. FOR YEARS NOW, THE MODEL AND ENTREPRENEUR HAS BEEN A FIXTURE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY. BUT AS SHE ENTERS HER 30S WITH THE COMPANY SHE STARTED OVER A DECADE AGO, HER TWO DOGS, ACTOR BOYFRIEND, EVERY MAJOR FASHION HOUSE KNOCKING, AND A SUMMER THAT SAW HER WALKING SHOWS IN PARIS, CARLSON IS AS SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN: JUST A GIRL WHO’S HAPPY TO BE HERE.

THE DIFFERENCE WE MAKE.

COLOUR ME ONCE

ECHOES AFTER SUN

OBJECTS OF DESIRE • A CURATED CONSTELLATION OF BEAUTY’S...