Charlotte Logue, MA, BA (Hons), PGCLTHE, FHEA, is an academic in the Department of Art & Music at Solent University, specialising in Make-Up & Hair Design, Prosthetics & Special Effects Design, and Make-Up & Hair Design Futures.

Her academic practice is rooted in the intersection of beauty, identity, and aesthetics, exploring how the cosmetic body becomes a site of transformation. Combining theoretical inquiry with creative practice, her research engages visual culture, psychology and aesthetics to question how ideologies of beauty are shaped by, and can reshape constructs of gender, ritual, and feminine identity.

At the centre of her work lies the emerging field of ‘beauty occultism’, a term that situates beauty as a metaphysical practice as much as a visual one. Through this lens, Charlotte examines beauty as a ritual act capable of invoking empowerment, transcendence, and inner alignment. Drawing from esotericism, holisticism and the occult histories of women, she explores how beauty rituals serve as a form of embodied magic. An act of transformation that bridges the physical and the spiritual, the aesthetic and the emotional.

Her research considers the cosmetic body as an interface between the seen and unseen, where cosmetics, adornment, and curation of self become tools for reclaiming identity. By connecting social history and ritual practices with contemporary discourses on wellness and empowerment, Charlotte’s work reframes beauty as a symbolic language of self-creation. Capable of using beauty as a means transcending the boundaries of appearance.

Through the integration of these themes, Charlotte’s work challenges superficial understandings of beauty and instead positions it as a philosophical and transformative force. Her work continues to evolve within the growing dialogue between beauty studies and the occult, reimagining beauty not as vanity or surface, but as a ritual system — one that reveals deeper truths about the self, society, and human potential.