The Warrior Woman Project

My beauty is fierce because… it’s mine. It’s like a fire that kind of lights up. It’s in my eyes, it’s how I hold myself and it’s how I talk to people. – Holly Skinner Photo by: @oceantaylor_photography

My beauty is fierce because it goes deeper than my skin. – Jessica Manu Rogers Photo by: @angeladennisphoto

My beauty is fierce because… I own it. I believe in my confidence and in myself. – Bethie Hungerford Photo by: @oceantaylor_photography

My Beauty is fierce because I set the standards for myself. – Zachi Brewster Photo by: @angeladennisphoto

My beauty is fierce because… I’m proud of my body. It helps me do everything on my own… run my business and be a single parent to my son. – Danielle Windsor Photo by: @oceantaylor_photography

My beauty is fierce because… it’s like nobody else’s. It’s about being different, pushing the boundaries with what I wear and how I look. – Samantha Earl Photo by: @angeladennisphoto

Warrior Woman Project - Natalie

My beauty is fierce because it is beautifully imperfect. – Kelly Ford Photo by: @angeladennisphoto

My beauty is fierce because I'm no supermodel - how many of us are? - and that's just fine! – Alison Perry Photo by: @oceantaylor_photography

My beauty is fierce because my family empowers me filling me pride, happiness and confidence. Now that is real beauty – Vickie Neave Photo by: @oceantaylor_photography

My beauty is fierce because it’s developed and changed over the years, but each and every day I'm accepting it for what it is. Precious. – Laura Rutherford Photo by: @angeladennisphoto

We invited 60 inspiring women down to the set in east London: beauty bloggers, artists, stylists and make-up artists who all helped to create an electric, empowering atmosphere.

I wanted to help other people to feel good about themselves, and to help their self esteem and it just felt really good and really right, it’s the direction I wanted the project to go in. – Natalie

I think the whole point of today is that we don’t look perfect, and its really important to share photos of what real bodies look like – for other women, for mums, for people who aren’t mums, for our kids, for boys and girls, for men. All these women here – these are what bodies actually look like, and everyone’s been so supportive, I didn’t feel self-conscious at all. – Bethie

Dove were the perfect people to partner up with – especially because of their real beauty campaigns. I knew from working with them before that they encourage people to embrace their uniqueness, and that just ties in perfectly with what I’m trying to achieve with the Warrior Woman Project. – Natalie

Today has just been great! It was nerve wracking and exciting. I think there’s a brilliant togetherness as well. Fierceness is a feeling but there are times when it all comes together, and you feel beautiful and fierce. – Clemmie

Long term I hope the Warrior Woman Project can achieve great things. There’s been so much positive feedback and I’ve had lots of messages from people wanting to get involved in the next one… so I want it to get bigger and better and reach out to, and help, more people! – Natalie

My favourite moment was when I went upstairs to where the photoshoots were going on. People who were initially really, really scared about having their photograph taken in their underwear were suddenly transformed into these warrior women who didn’t even want to put their clothes back on! Just the freedom that I saw and the confidence, it was absolutely wonderful. – Natalie

“I wanted people to embrace their vulnerable side, but I also wanted them to feel really good doing it. For instance when you have your hair and makeup done, and you have really beautiful pictures taken, it really helps you feel confident on the inside.” – Natalie