Portfolio

Blog:

https://mikaimikai.medium.com

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Book contributions:

Taking Up Space 2019 

https://www.google.fr/books/edition/_/UYrdxwEACAAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN-bDSl8D0AhVQQBoKHXH0BjIQre8FegQIChAF

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Black Joy 2021 "The Self expressiveness of black beauty" 

https://books.google.fr/books?id=I2MMEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=black+joy&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVyr6JmMD0AhVBCxoKHS6SDNAQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=black%20joy&f=false

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Panels:

Beauty with Superdrug: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S-1vGkg44o 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q414zYjC4oQ&t=80s

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History:

"What is the Black British Experience" with Hearst Publication October 2020 

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Black Radical Organising with London Metropolitan Archives November 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lXxcl3etzw

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BBC Radio Four Podcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3XZg0zVvkk4lLRkGhcVgjkd/what-my-wig-means-to-me-seven-women-seven-powerful-stories

 

Features:

https://thestack.world/news/beauty/culture/mikai-mcdermott-talks-hustle-culture-her-little-black-book-of-beauty-and-the-one-face-serum-she-never-goes-without-1626198756152

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https://www.elle.com/uk/beauty/a34413190/black-womxn-future-of-beauty/

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https://www.stylist.co.uk/beauty/best-wigs-uk-wig-stylist-hair-bundles/328012

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https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2019/10/8394705/social-class-discrimination-in-the-workplace

 

Special Projects: Hairstylist/Consulting standouts

https://www.lebook.com/creative/teen-vogue-munroe-bergdorf-editorial-2020 Hairstylist Teen Vogue Cover 

"Action over Words" Jordan Black History Month Workshops - Provided timeline of Caribbean and African immigration to the UK for the workshops. 

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Hairstylist: TIME Digital Cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agPLWGYPjYU

https://articles.cafeyn.co/41f911/time-magazine-european-edition/2020-10-10/munroe-bergdorf