RZ: I feel like a lot of things were pushed in my face, including very white Anglocentric beauty standards. Latina” is such a broad term that to expect all the women who identify as Latina to look one way is both ridiculous and unrealistic. Cristina Mora: When I think about Latina beauty, I think of there’s always a relationship to others. Then, in my first movie ever, I played a Latina, and all of a sudden to the wider community, it wasn’t enough to be X, or I didn’t look X enough because there was too much Y. But the rest she keeps relatively pared back: a signature look she describes as “classic and simple with an elevated 2020 twist,” which involves matching her blush and lip color and filling in her brows as much as she can.

Beautiful successful latin woman smiling Portrait of a young latin woman with pleasant smile and crossed arms isolated on grey wall with copy space. On the weekends, she swapped the dresses for something more casual and wrapped her hair in a stylish headscarf. She’s an associate professor of sociology and Latin American and Latino studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. There are women who treat their hair roots with castor oil, apply oatmeal water to their face (another one from my mom), swear by Ponds' products, and so on, all because another woman taught them how to do it, and that it worked. JA: There’s no course you can take to help you detach from things that are out of your control and have nothing to do with you.While wearing big hoops and listening to traditional Mexican music helped Cano feel more connected to her relatives in Mexico, she eventually realized that these things didn’t necessarily have to define her. Growing up in New York City, Veloz visited Dominican salons weekly, admiring the stylists’ commitment to beauty and thinking, “I want to look like this when I get older. The Mexican-American singer and entrepreneur says that growing up, she was constantly told that Chola culture was "ghetto," and notes how painful it can be for WOC when we see pop culture icons and influencers who take inspiration from these looks — and are also able to capitalize off them without giving proper credit. Some of our Latina beauties are no-makeup makeup people, some are all about the skin care, and some are full-beat glam. But I think it’s hard to intentionally do that because we have so much coming at us about what expectations for us, and knowing that we’re already being racialized in so many ways, and that our sexuality is often perceived as hypersexual, and knowing that there’s all these stereotypes about Latinas that we’re loud, that we do too much.

Liz Alarcón: It is hard to do, yet as new generations come into their own, there’s big potential for change. She keeps her makeup subtle and fresh, with hydrating foundation and concealers and "really glossy" lips. But she’s still working to shed years of cultural conditioning that have made her believe there’s only one way to be Latinx. Successful mature business woman looking at camera Portrait of hispanic successful woman entrepreneur smiling.Portrait of smiling mixed race woman looking at camera Beautiful mid adult african american woman standing on grey wall with crossed arms. Sometimes it’s been in a very bad way where I had to learn on the fly, take the crash course in whatever’s going on and move on fast, because you have to strike while the iron’s hot.

Resistance was a mode of dress with specific Nikes and press shirts and firmly crease pants or things like that. For an around summer glow, I add just a few drops of baby oil to my body lotion to get a nice body sheen," Mendez notes. And then it started to become a problem that was brought to the court of public opinion, and people have not stopped talking about it since.I am very grateful that the internet has leveled the playing field and now we all have the power to speak up and be heard and these practices are coming to light. She advised me that no matter what I was wearing or the situation, it would instantly make me look good and people would notice me. Thanks to my Señora I have made a conscience effort to apply my facial cream to my neck daily and often say a little prayer asking not to have “un cuello de pavo.

It hurts and frustrates us when we see white celebrities so removed from our cultures [and] copying our styles.It beautifully keeps your makeup lasting longer, and the best part is that it's AMAZING to use on your face, even without any other makeup on. In fact, according to Nielsen, 66% of Latinas say that they were taught at an early age that maintaining their appearance is important.