Yes, the color is intense. But it’s supposed to be. Have a little fun, and enjoy a bold color that is long-lasting, for at least 4 hours straight. My right-hand girl for a summer bold lip, Make Up For Ever’s Aqua Rouge in #17, never fails to turn a head or two. The point of…
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More than likely, it was my blessed career as an associate beauty and style editor for EBONY.com that opened my black girl beauty world to premium or prestige skincare. The access to the Le Prairie, La Mer, Naturopahtica, SK-II and many more, made me squint at the current drugstore led skincare routine I had been…
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If you scroll Krystal Franklin’s Instagram, you’ll immediately get a beam of bold, Black woman queening energy. From her gorgeous smile to her behind-the-scenes sneak peeks into her TV production life, the immediate experience you take from her is that she’s a bossed up Black woman, confidently killing it in her field. The TV One…
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Magnetic lashes were a bit of the talk these past few seasons. Women who’ve experienced the lash application struggle life on the daily flocked to the few hopeful new tools appearing on the market. My first contact with magnetic lashes happened this past winter, where I modeled the One Two Cosmetics accent lashes on…
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With a random attempt at reliving a favorite part of my childhood, those popsicle stained lips you get after eating an Ice Pop, I ended up actually liking the outcome. I didn’t pay much attention to this when it was a “trend” summer 2018, as I usually don’t most other trends. So, it was out…
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Another bold color that has been on my mind to try: yellow. I’ve had the MAC lip colors in my stash for some time and made many mental notes to “try” yellow for a few summers now. I am glad to report that I finally sat down and just played around with a few shades…
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I was in the Bahamas with my family, and we were just enjoying a day at the pool. And I happened to notice that many, if not all, of the women there were confident, rocking their bathing suits (many bikinis, some thong bikinis) and seemingly free. Something I hadn’t seen when I was little and…
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Josie Britto is one of those instructors you want to wait after class to talk to because she’s like…everything.
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This Irvington, NJ brown babe has been in my beauty circle since our days at EBONY magazine, and it’s about time that I got her interview up here. Jackie Yates, currently the beauty and style reporter at Good Morning America (Digital) and running her personal site (coming soon), is one of those rare sweethearts that…
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Welcome to Brown Girl, Bright Lips, a series on BB where I showcase some of the tried and true bright colors for my skin tone. From the beginning of my “beauty career”, which I really feel like began when I was 5, I’ve always championed for brown girls to go bold and rock bright lips.…
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