The House of Beauty — Book Launch

"When I tell you that beauty is a monster, I need you to know it is my favorite kind". A former beauty editor, Arabelle Sicardi has spent their adult life inside an industry built on selling dreams. The House of Beauty is their reckoning with it, tracing the mica in your highlighter across continents, unearthing the link between fragrance and fascism, sitting in a nail salon long enough to see the whole machine. Unflinching yet tender, part exposé, part love letter.

Arabelle Sicardi is a Taiwanese American writer whose work has appeared in Allure, Teen Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and the Cut. They run the scent collective Perfumed Pages, founded the Museum of Nails Foundation, and split their time between New York City and Portugal.

Tuesday, November 24th, 6.30pm