Meera Estrada

Canada

Co-Host and Executive Producer, 640 Toronto and Freelance Writer at Corus Entertainment

Multimedia Journalist at Freelance

Host & Producer @realtalk_flow on @flow987fm 📻 | Beauty & Culture Expert📺 | Multimedia Journalist🎙️📝 | Epilepsy Warrior 💜 | Founder @kultur_d✌🏽

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Articles

Is AI Racist? A Deep Dive Into AI's Racial Biases in the World of Beauty

Jun 4, 2024 | fashionmagazine.com | Meera Estrada |Souzan Michael |Lauren Knowles |Jennifer Berry

AI has the power to make the world of beauty more accessible, but it also poses one of the biggest the greatest threats to the representation of beauty. AI. Two letters transforming every aspect of our lives, including our relationship with beauty. From skin analysis, shade-matching and virtual makeup try-on tools to experimenting with different hair and eye colours, our experience with beauty is changing. Some of it is exciting.
Plumping Beauty Products that Specialize In Plumping Skin & Lips

May 6, 2024 | fashionmagazine.com | Souzan Michael |Meera Estrada |Lauren Knowles

At last, the latest beauty launches deliver what we’re all after — plumped skin without the wait-time. Patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to beauty. With the exception of swiping on some makeup, beauty routines can often be a waiting game. For instance, it can take anywhere from one to six months to start seeing the results of many go-to skincare ingredients, such as vitamin C and retinol. Lash and brow serums require about two months of consistent use for hair growth to be noticeable.
Best New Perfumes 2024: Dior, YSL, Viktor & Rolf, and More

Feb 15, 2024 | fashionmagazine.com | Lauren Knowles |Meera Estrada |Souzan Michael

From Dior's New Look perfume to the reinvention of YSL's Black Opium, 2024 will be a big year for fragrance. Where fragrance is concerned, 2023 will be a tough year to top with its senses-delighting launches, but 2024 is already shaping up to be another big year for perfumes, colognes and everything in between. Last year, vanilla perfumes went viral, niche scents were on the rise and old fave fragrances were reimagined.
The Allure of Hair Mist Perfume and Where to Shop Our Faves

Jan 18, 2024 | fashionmagazine.com | Lauren Knowles |Byredo Gypsy Water |Meera Estrada |Souzan Michael

Spray and shimmy, folks. Is there a stunt more superior than dramatically flipping your hair and leaving behind an irresistible trail of hair mist perfume in your wake? Truly, it’s a tough flex to follow. Though typical pulse points for body sprays and perfumes include the wrists, neck and even behind the knees, who doesn’t want hair that also smells delicious?
7 Beauty Resolutions to Make (and Keep!) This Year

Jan 3, 2024 | fashionmagazine.com | Lauren Knowles |Meera Estrada |Souzan Michael

Here's to bettering our beauty routines!Some say “New year, new you!” We say: new year, new beauty resolutions! The flipping of the calendar means it’s officially time to refresh and reset our beauty regimens, so why not commit to a couple of beauty resolutions in the name of forming better habits this year?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Changing the Way Perfume Is Made

Jan 2, 2024 | fashionmagazine.com | Meera Estrada |Lauren Knowles |Souzan Michael

One writer explores the many ways technology can deepen how we experience scents. Perfume has always existed at the intersection of science and art. A balance of extracted oils, aroma compounds, fixatives and solvents, fragrance formulation involves subtle tweaks and changes until the perfect ratio of notes is achieved. But if perfume creation is already a science, what does the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) mean for the future of the industry?
How Ava DuVernay’s ORIGIN reminded me of my personal power — Fusia

Sep 14, 2023 | fusia.ca | Meera Estrada

I have wept more in the last three days than I have in a year, locking myself in bathrooms, sitting alone in the car late at night, even during a visit to the chiropractor – as the physical pain melded with the emotional turmoil. Adapted from Isabel Wilkerson’s book ‘Caste’, I knew Origin would strike me deeply, much like the book had. But, what I did not expect was the profound impact the film would have on my personal life, in the here and now.