A candid conversation with the beauty mogul. You started Eden Body Works at 11, which is amazing and crazy at the same time. What were the kinds of sacrifices that you realized you were gong to have to make being a child entrepreneur? Well, I would say the hardest sacrifice I didn’t know I was…
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My name is Karisma Jay and I’m from Brooklyn, New York. More so the Clinton Hill, Fort Greene area, but I’ve pretty much lived all over. I’m a performer, artist, teacher, and choreographer. I’m now getting into directing and writing scripts. But more than anything, I’m the proud owner and founder of AbunDance Academy. It’s…
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Something has been on my mind for a week or so. I’ve been re-reading BB’s interview with Myliek Teele (who literally made me want to get my hustle game on point after we finished chatting), and I found myself rummaging over one line from her interview: Oh gosh, people write me too and ask “how…
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Skin is in, all that glitters is…glamorous, and brown 90s lips are here to stay. Oh, and did I mention those less than perfect, heavily lined eyes with deep, dark black liner are a go? Now, we all know that none of the beauty trends are new. The industry just recycles and renames the looks,…
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I’m Africa Miranda, giver of life [laughs]! Well, you do so many things! It’s funny because I think the challenge, especially when you’re a creative, is to get to do the things you want to do. But the problem is when you start getting the chance to do a few of them, every time you…
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In the midst of her busy day, CurlBox founder and owner (and big sister in every Black female entrepreneur’s head), Myleik Teele took the time to chat with Beautifully Brown. Be prepared for some of the most honest, raw and funny advice from the woman pushing us to stop the bullsh*t and reach our highest potential.…
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While I haven’t experienced motherhood myself, I’ve been able to vicariously live through women like my sister, best friend and favorite cousin’s honest journeys as mothers. Their joys, highs, and lows are true testaments to what it really means to carry a child and care for another human being. While their stories excite me, at times,…
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It isn’t every day that you get to meet a fabulous woman of color booming in the tech industry. It’s also not every day that said woman takes time out of her creative day to chat with an unknown, admirer from afar. But, Vinitha Watson, a.k.a the founder of ZooLabs, a music accelerator program that…
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To say that that I had by far the most fun reviewing Pat McGrath’s Lust 004 collection would be an understatement. Ah, the glamour, the gold, the glitter. The anticipation at attempting all of the glitzy looks began Thursday night, as I stood in line at the Union Square Sephora, hyperventilating over the fact that…
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It’s the reason I couldn’t wait to get home and open up my Lust 004. That damn red glitter lip the girl in the Lust 004 video wears, shown at the Sephora stores. It’s so simple, and yet so not simple. Like, who do you know that will actually rock a whole bunch of glitter…
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