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Beauty Brands Tread Lightly With ‘Tradwives’

A new crop of influencers that post homemade recipes and homemaking advice in combination with beauty tips are gaining ground online. But engaging with their large audiences requires nimbly sidestepping some uncomfortable themes.
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Cooking, cleaning and more – made glamorous. (BoF Team)

Beauty’s latest crop of influencers are just likely to be adept with a pestle and mortar as they are with liquid eyeliner.

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Daniela Morosini
Daniela Morosini

Daniela Morosini is Senior Beauty Correspondent and Special Projects Editor at The Business of Beauty at BoF. She covers the global beauty industry, with an interest in how companies go to market and overcome hurdles.

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