Opinion: Why the hijab has no bearing on my beauty choices

Published: 12-Oct-2017

"Wearing the hijab does not make me any less capable of falling in love with the warm autumn coloured shadows that are making their way back into make-up trends"

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Habiba Da Silva is a British beauty influencer with more one million followers on social media, a business woman and Sleek MakeUP Ambassador.

Here she reveals to Cosmetics Business why she is fed up with the assumptions the beauty industry makes about hijab-wearing women.

“Beauty is an essential part of my life not only because it's part of my work,

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