In a new roundtable debate, hosted by No7 and chaired by beauty journalist Sali Hughes, the author sat down with entrepreneur Sarah Willingham, chef Gizzi Erskin, broadcasters Cherry Healey and Gemma Cairney and writer Louise O’Neill to discuss their beauty histories, and to share the positive impact that make-up has had on their lives.Ĭhimamanda revealed that as a young writer, she felt that she had to change the way she wore make-up in order to be taken seriously by her literary peers, and touched upon the cultural differences surrounding beauty and cosmetics. And I also love my face after I wash it all off.’ It’s how you feel wearing it that matters.’Īs part of her campaign, Chimamanda has spoken about how make-up can be embraced as a transformative tool, a source of joy and as part of a woman’s identity, explaining ‘I love make-up and its wonderful possibilities for temporary transformation.
As she puts it in her new campaign, ‘Make-up is just make-up. After all, Chimamanda, whose TED Talk based on her essay ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ was famously sampled in Beyoncé’s ‘Flawless,’ has long expressed the view that being a feminist, caring about your appearance and enjoying make-up shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. When Boots revealed that the celebrated writer and speaker Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie would be the new face of No.7, we couldn’t think of a better spokesperson for a forward-thinking beauty brand.
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