With 2.3 million followers on Instagram, Sondos Alqattan is a well-known Kuwaiti beauty blogger and makeup artist, but recently the influencer has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The beauty blogger is at the centre of a social media storm after her controversial comments on new laws introduced in Kuwait to improve rights for Filipino domestic workers emerged.

Makeup artist, beauty blogger and business owner Hoden Laiden, is about to become a name you’ll be familiar with. Laiden’s Instagram account @darkskinhijabis has quickly gained a 12.6K following for featuring darker skinned Muslim women.

The UAE celebrated its 46th National Day this weekend, as residents of the Emirates proudly displayed their love for the country we call home.

We’ve rounded up five of our new favourite beauty bloggers in Dubai to follow so you don’t have to spend hours searching on Instagram for the best make-up tutorials, services in Dubai and product reviews of the latest releases in the beauty world.

Dubai-based beauty bloggers and sisters, Sonia and Fyza Ali are talented makeup artists and have collaborated with Pinky Goat to create their own pair of false lashes, but that is not their claim to fame.

The sisters have racked up a following of 567,000+ thanks to their uncanny resemblance to two of the most famous women in the world - Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner.

Sonia is a dead ringer for Kim Kardashian whereas Fyza is the spitting image of Kylie. The sisters, however, disagree.