The Other Beauty Conversation
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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Two weeks ago, I found myself preparing to pack for an amazing trip with Strength of Nature to Jamaica. Completely forgetting what warm weather felt like, I realized after stuffing my makeup bag that I was wasting my time, trying to pack unnecessary makeup that I wouldn’t need or use in the Jamaican humid weather. Plus,…
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I may be getting ahead of myself, wishing for the spring during this gross winter NYC weather. However, I happened to come across my favorite hot pink lipstick while packing for Jamaica (I’ll finally be out of this weather!) The Details Perfectly named “Girl About Town”, this MAC lipstick is creamy, giving a bit of…
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