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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Every Black girl knows the ‘swivel’ moment at the salon—the moment before the moment of truth when your chair turns for the final time towards the mirror and you review the stylist’s handiwork. She (or he) often studies your body language to gather your thoughts, and sometimes your face tells it all. Sometimes you love…
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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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One and a half hours late. Came in carelessly eating. Brought her daughter along. Best weave I’ve ever gotten. Worst service I’ve ever experienced. Maybe it the people who were doing my hair looked into something as simple as Salesforce’s definition of good customer service, I may have walked out with a better experience. Even…
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We know his deal. We know that Kanye got on and left all his Black exes for a “white girl”. It’s set in stone that he either a) just doesn’t give a damn about what we say in retaliation to his fuckery, or b) literally sees nothing wrong with how he “silently” dismisses women who…
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No one really cares if Alicia wears makeup or not. The truth is that whenever a person, more specifically a woman, makes a decision about her life and in this case, her beauty and how she wants to look on her terms, people get mad and offended and all hell breaks loose. Why? Because society…
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Let me preface this by saying that I used to model on the Today Show while an intern for their style editor, Bobbie Thomas, back around 2011. I only mention this because I understand the process (as much as I can remember) of how a fashion and beauty segment is put together and executed. If…
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For some reason, I never thought about the issue of people touching my natural hair until it actually happened. My friends and relatives who I know personally do it, but what about when it’s a stranger—who’s white? I’ve felt beautiful, ugly, insecure, nappy, good, bad, #flawless, and flawed the five years I’ve been natural. Accepting…
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