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

EDITOR’S LETTER

“Beauty should be a means to experiment, have fun, create, communicate without words. At the crux of it, beauty is inherently emotional and – not to be glaringly obvious – it’s human.”

“We wanted to be sexually liberated, to wave the figurative flag that signalled to men and to our peers that we were completely, totally, and wholly detached. So determined to preserve our seemingly unscathed and thick-skinned exteriors, we were failing to recognise the chasm that was growing between ourselves and our bodies beyond the surface.”

“Puritanism won’t get us anywhere, even when there’s a certain level of status involved. Feeling good, rested, nourished, and healthy is a privilege. Do we need to spend thousands to get there? No. But should we invest in the things that make us feel more like ourselves?

THE ONE THAT I WANT • The best beauty products are the ones that make us feel something: confident, relaxed, empowered, glamorous, hot, irresistible, rested, invigorated, focused, indulged, cared-for. Here, an edit that curates just that.

STINKY LITTLE ANIMALS • Plush, primal and just a little filthy, these perfumes have enough bark and bite to remind us that scent is our most carnal sense.

THE BEAUTY INDEX • Beauty is as much about where you go as what you use. Here, we’ve curated the spas, clinics and wellness destinations setting a new standard for modern self-care.

CITY GUIDES

CHRISTIE TYLER • A TASTEMAKER, WRITER, AND MODEL, TYLER IS KNOWN FOR HER REFINED STYLE AND EARNEST GLIMPSES INTO HER LIFE – AN EFFORTLESSNESS THAT EXTENDS TO HER BEAUTY RITUALS.

HENRY CROUCH • APPROACHING BEAUTY WITH AN EYE FOR WHAT FEELS GOOD, THE L.A.-BASED CREATIVE MIND FINDS RITUAL IN NEAR-DAILY BATHS AND SUN-SOAKED AFTERNOONS SPENT SURFING.

JANINE KNIZIA • CURATING THE BEST IN CLASS FOR MUSE & HEROINE AND LAUNCHING HER OWN CULT SKINCARE LINE, THE TRUE BEAUTY INSIDER BRINGS A CONSIDERED APPROACH TO SKINCARE AND ITS RITUALS.

IRIS MAGLANOC • ONE OF LONDON’S MOST CULT FACIALISTS, MAGLANOC IS KNOWN FOR HER AWARD-WINNING MASSAGE, INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF FACIAL SYMMETRY, AND HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH.

CHLOE COOVER • COOVER IS A MUSICIAN AND NICHE FRAGRANCE EXPERT – ONE HALF OF PERFUME PODCAST, NOSE CANDY. SHE’S A DRUGSTORE BEAUTY JUNKIE WITH AN INCLINATION FOR GLAMOUR.

TEYA KEPILA • THE BROOKLYN-BASED CERAMICIST AND CEREMONY HOST GREW UP WITH A HOLISTIC HEALING CENTRE AT HER DISPOSAL, AND TREATS BEAUTY AS AN EXPRESSION OF LIFE’S FULLNESS.

GILLIAN MILBERG • THE MIND BEHIND SKIN BY GILL, A NEW YORK CLINIC WHERE CUTTING-EDGE SKINCARE AND NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION COEXIST ON THE TREATMENT MENU.

YASMIN SUTEJA • THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND ENTREPRENEUR TAKES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO BEAUTY – THINK BUCCAL MASSAGE, BARRIER-FIRST SKINCARE AND A NIGHTLY MAGNESIUM POTION.

NICK AXELROD-WELK • FROM CO-FOUNDING INTO THE GLOSS TO BUILDING NÉCESSAIRE AND HOMECOURT, THE BEAUTY BUSINESS MOGUL NOW BRINGS HIS BEAUTY-INDUSTRY INSTINCT AND EDITORIAL EYE TO AESTHETIC MEDICINE WITH CONTRAPPOSTO.

THE BEAUTY SHELF • BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE COMES THE LANGUAGE OF BEAUTY. THROUGH FICTION, POETRY AND CRITICISM, MODEL AND WRITER MATILDA DODS TRACES THE TEXTS THAT HAVE SHAPED HER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BEAUTY IS IMAGINED AND RESISTED.

“AVA, BE SERIOUS. ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE”. • Model for Miu Miu and McQueen, co-founder of London’s Art Club, deep-sea obsessive, beauty pragmatist: Ava Kalitowski...