You know how beautifully brown is all about that brown owned beauty life? Jumping for joy after finding out BHue Beauty was a Hispanic-owned beauty brand is an understatement of my reaction to the news. Searching high and low for black owned beauty brands is already a day worth of work. However, it’s proven to be a…
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The pink-reds usually don’t flatter my complexion and undertone. They’re a little too much for me, and that says a lot since no beauty trend has ever really felt too intense for my liking. I like to stick with orange-based reds that really pop against the yellowish-red undertone I battle when searching for the perfect…
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But darling, you’d look so fabulous with that metallic golden glow. Yes, you probably know this already. Ugh, that sexy, sultry glow is all I’ve been dreaming about. So, I tried and tried and tried to perfect this look. And, I did. Video coming soon (I promise). Here are the basic rules on golden metallic…
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When purchasing a new lipstick, loving the shade is what’s usually most important to me. But, I often have a hard time finding a beautiful new hue that actually lasts the whole day without having to reapply several times. I normally don’t have a special routine I just apply my lipstick and go but this week…
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Provocative lip colors are the thing now. No one wants to wear boring, bland lipsticks, and MAC has made it clear that no one wants to wear boring glosses either. The thing is: gloss can be annoying. Sticky, tricky and sometimes tacky (like, let’s be real), they can easily get a bad rap. Plus, who…
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It’s just a fun mini-series I conjured up. I want to, again, stress that brown and dark girls (which, in a sense, we are one in the same), are still somewhat in the thinking pattern that they can’t wear certain beauty trends. Most of the time, we stay away from the colors. For instance, many…
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Puerto Rican high fashion and beauty model Joan Smalls, a.k.a, one of the girls from Beyonce’s “Yonce” video, kicked off the end of summer with a fabulous line of chic matte lipsticks for Estee Lauder. The Pure Color Envy Matte 12-piece collection will include a spicy orange (Furious), a true neon pink (Neon Azalea) and…
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It’s time for dark women to stop being afraid of the seasonal sensation: orange lipstick. It’s not that hard to wear, and it looks really good on our skin complexions. The trick to finding your best shade is to first understand your undertone and then be honest with yourself about the type of lip colors…
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What you’ll soon learn about me, and the rest of the BB girl crew is that we’re all about bright lip colors on dark and brown skin. There’s no interest in feeding into the “norm” of what Brown women have been expected to wear. So, you’ll imagine my excitement when I fell in beauty love…
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Straight off the runway, we present our top beauty looks for Brown women to rock this season.
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