The Other Beauty Conversation
There is no such thing as a real trend, in my mind. You just rock what feels right. What looks good. For the month of January, I was feeling extra cozy; all I wanted to do was sleep. Go to work, do good work, come home and sleep. But, when I was out and about,…
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It’s all about a smooth, even-toned face, your best concealer and balanced brows that are filled in carefully. At least, that’s my take on rocking dark, black lips as a dark brown girl. It’s not impossible, it’s just strategic. I’m a believer that in order to rock any intense, dark color against darker skin, your…
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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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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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From afar, this lip look may not seem as dimensional as it is. But lucky on-lookers up-close would be able to see that I created my own playful pucker with the Pat McGrath Lust 004 Blood 2 lipstick and a mixture of the gold and red glitter pigments. Easy as 1-2-3. After applying the lip…
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I’ve been craving a liquid, metallic gold lip for the fall and winter. Created from the Bloodwine Lust 004 collection by Pat McGrath, this gooey metallic gold lipgloss isn’t as scary to re-create as it may seem. A two-step process is all it took. Using the gloss from the lipstick kit and mixing in the…
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There’s nothing serious to be felt here. This time around, Dark Girl is meeting spring halfway with an open heart to frivolous beauty. Inspired by a few pages torn out of Elle magazine and of course, the SS 16 fashion runways, I wanted to dive back into the part of beauty mainstream media has forgotten…
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Burgundy lips on dark skin equals fall’s cutest couple. I’m not talking that drab, lifeless burgundy either. But instead, bold, rich, creamy lip stains that not only make your pucker pout but also set the tone for a fabulous vamp look. What I wore: Did I already talk about how obsessed I am with Hard Candy’s…
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I personally think deep purple is an easy color for darker girls to mess up. I don’t particularly know why, though. It’s so fitting for those moods we get into when we want to look and feel more sultry, than sexy. Perfect for when we want to be noticed but not stared at. It’s weird.…
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Black lipstick. I begin the series with this look because it was the first color I was told, personally, that I could never be able to pull off. Truth be told, black lipstick can either look ultra depressing and drab on our dark skin tones, or sexily Gothic and edgy. We’re aiming for the latter.…
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