Why the beauty industry will never fully embrace spots, scars and pimples

(Conversation) – L’Oreal recently fired beauty vlogger Kadeeja Khan from a hair advert. An agency working for the company approached Kadeeja through her Instagram account, arranged her travel and sent her details of the shoot. But on the day of the shoot, L’Oreal’s agency emailed Kadeeja saying it was sorry but “L’Oreal can’t be involved with people with skin issues”. Kadeeja has acne. L’Oreal claims this was just a mix up, that their agency had made a mistake “where the wrong profile had been cast” and that they actually “work with…

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