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This Sunglass Line Was Created for Asian and Diverse Facial Features

Florence Shin and Athina Wang, the founders of Covry Sunwear, gained a lot of attention this year for their unique eyewear designs –better known as Elevated Fit. Featured with longer nose pads, a reduced frame curvature and a narrowed nose bridge, as their site states, Covry Sunwear is devoted to provide “well-crafted, high-quality sunglasses designed…

The First Moment My Mommy and I Ever Bonded Was (Surprisingly) Over Makeup

I didn’t grow up with my mommy being the one to show me how to put on blush and I didn’t grow up playing in her makeup. For the longest, I tried to figure out where my love for makeup and beauty actually came from, because it wasn’t from her. Maybe my grandmother. Or maybe…

This Journal Created by a Black Woman Will Get Your Life Together

The Culture Posted by Melanie Yvette

Is there anything Myleik Teele can’t do? Serious question. And if you don’t know who she is, serious issue. Myleik Teele is the creator of CurlBox, one of the top-selling beauty subscription boxes for curly girls. Over the years, she’s acquired a huge following, not only due to her amazing product but also her tough-love…

On Being a Brown Beauty in the UK

The Culture Posted by Ronke Adeyemi

“Hey chocolate!” Now that is not a hailing that I have become accustomed to in the UK. However, it’s a completely different story across the Atlantic where brown beauties in the US have to put up with similar patronizing catcalls. I had a conversation about this with Melanie where I told her that “chocolate hailing”…

8 Questions Bad Girl’s Club Star Jela Minah Answered

The Culture Posted by Chinwe Onuoha

From the moment season fourteen of the Bad Girls Club premiered on Oxygen, Jela and the Clermont twins took over the Bad Girls house (and our hearts) with their impeccable style, beauty and confident attitude, which is why we had to talk to Jela (one-third of the Clerminah clique) about everything concerning beauty, fashion to…

There’s a Candle that Melts into a Body Oil (and it’s amazing)

Skin, The Culture Posted by Melanie Yvette

Who run the world? Black women starting bad ass businesses. Leave it to veteran entertainment publicist Yvette Davis Gayle to create a candle that not only makes your home smell good, but melts into an oil you (and your boo) will love. The Sitota Candle line launched their new body candle, and we must say, it’s a…

Hannah: The Magazine Black Women Have Been Waiting For

The Culture Posted by Melanie Yvette

The buzz about the Black magazine town is a new, high glossy, seemingly fashion magazine that isn’t quite a magazine yet. It’s an idea that editor-in-chief and creative director, Qimmah Saafir is trying to execute and bring to life, with our help. Her name is Hannah. The bi-annual magazine is now hosted as a digital…

Let Me Introduce You to Nollywood and its Golden Stars

In 1992 Kenneth Nnebue, a businessman, directed and co-wrote the movie “Living in Bondage,” which he shot with the videocassettes that he initially couldn’t sell due to how popular CDs were in Nigeria. Spoken entirely in Igbo, this dramatic thriller “took the entire country by storm” and it “inspired other businessmen and filmmakers to make…

Kerry Washington Brings Life to Self Magazine’s September Issue

The Culture Posted by Melanie Yvette

Another day, another fabulous Black woman shutting down magazine covers. First we got a sneak peek at Ciara’s Shape magazine glossy, then Beyonce came and snatched our edges with her historic Vogue issue, and now Kerry Washington is reminding us who’s in control on the cover of Self. Can Black Girl Magic get any better…

Could this be the Sephora for Brown Women?

Let me introduce you to Vivrant Beauty. A fabulous, chic Harlem based beauty boutique that not only houses major makeup and hair brands that cater to women of color, but, is also owned by a chic Black woman. Desiree Verjedo, founder and owner of the online site and brick-and-mortar store, was a lawyer who recently…