Kink isn’t the average self-help book or even a natural hair journey memoir. The UK-based ‘Curlture’ founders, Jay-Ann Lopez and Patrina Charles, could not have given this work a better title. The photography centers cocoa-skinned women with 4C hair, TWAs and dreadlocks—skin tones and hair types often under-celebrated in mainstream media. Most of us sport…
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Bahja Rodriguez was first introduced to the world as one-fourth (and later one-third) of the teenaged R&B group, the OMG Girlz—founded by singer and reality star, Tomeka “Tiny” Harris. Bright tutus color-blocked with equally bold-hued stockings and sneakers were the group’s signatures. Fast-paced, slick talking yet youthful R&B records created their sound. As they matured…
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19-year old Ciera Davis was minding her business— à la serving face, curves and a thigh-high boot tease—when an online troll commented on her pictures with, “Never trust a top half posting ass female LMFAO.” Followers immediately roasted him for fat-shaming and among them was singer and actress, Zendaya. “Stumbling across this stupid shit,” she…
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One swift scroll through the Instagram feed of Natasha Bacchus-Saunders, bka Naturally Tash, and you won’t protest her profile description, which reads “Queen of Temp Hair Colors”. Emoji crowns included! Today, her bouncy ‘fro is a ‘Royal Navy’ blue. Before that, the 38-year old hair colorist and owner of the I Rock My Natural blog…
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It’s a chilly, rainy day at a coffee shop in Greenwich village and the Colored Girl Campaign founders, Victory Jones and Tori Elizabeth, are laughing it up with a few fans of their latest photo campaign series, Rebirth. The rain kept a few people home from the meet and greet, but the ladies decide the…
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Mama’s battle with eczema began with an itchiness from barely-there fine bumps that only she could see in the mirror, before covering them with face powder. She was the 30-year old single mom and daughter of a nurse, so heading to the doctor every time a small thing came up just wasn’t the mindset. There…
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I took my first trip to the beauty counter this weekend and it was almost a disaster. I went with a friend, who is always wearing popping lip colors and while I admired them on her and other people, I’d always failed at wearing them myself. I had no idea about how to apply lipstick…
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Solange Knowles released her album, A Seat at the Table, on September 30th, and Black women flooded the Internet with praises of the cultural masterpiece. Not only did the singer drop music specifically to empower Black women—but, she accompanied the music with stunning visuals that had us typing “#BlackGirlMagic” on nearly every social media platform.…
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Mia Adams, 29, strolled up East 34th street costumed in a DIY mossy, pearl and shell-embellished bra, a long curly red wig, green pencil skirt and boots. Her look was met with a mix of approving nods and sideways sidewalk stares. One guy finally flat out asked what she was wearing and why, to which…
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Colourpop came under fire for the offensive names of its highlighting and contouring Sculpting Stix. Darker shades of the collection were given names like “Typo”, “Yikes” and “Dume”—the latter was supposed to be a city name, but its colloquial term has synonyms like “stupid” and “dumb.” Backlash kicked off on Twitter, with users of all…
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