Bored with the people you’re following on Social Media? Spruce up your everyday scroll with 15 of our most inspiring Brown women on Instagram. Instagram is great for finding sources of inspiration. The people that you follow can sometimes have an impact on the sort of life you may want to live. For example, if…
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Chances are: if you are a woman of color getting ready to plan her wedding, searching for a dress and marry her longtime boo, you more than likely have realized that most mainstream bridal magazines don’t feature women that look like you. But I’ve heard that companies similar to Winnie Couture (https://www.winniecouture.com/) offer an extensive…
Read MoreSeriously, Stop Calling Me ‘Chocolate’
Remember this one? It was a classic on EBONY.com. Yesterday, while leaving the gym, another guy called me “chocolate” in his loudest, most obnoxious voice. When I asked him politely to never call me (or really any other dark skin woman) that again, he asked why. I told him to check out BB! But, just…
Read MoreUm, Little Diane From ‘Blackish’ is Our Boo
Who else saw the Blackish Bloopish episode tonight? Oh, y’all were watching Empire? Whatever. It took me a while to actually love the show, but now I can’t get enough, and it’s all because of one fabulous little lady: Marsai Martin a.k.a Diane a.k.a the cutest little girl on TV right now. First of all,…
Read MoreThe One Beauty Magazine Every Brown Girl Should be Reading
Chock-full of different shades, hues and ethnicities (some of the time), Glam Belleza Latina is probably a magazine that most women of color have either a) never heard of, b) wouldn’t have a clue of where to “buy”, or c) have heard of, but didn’t feel compelled to read because, well, the name of the…
Read MoreWhat are some good brands that make foundation for dark skin?
This! A question that I got asked a lot as an editor at EBONY.com. It took me a good little while, but I tested enough products to know at least a good top 5 brands that really know how to make foundation for dark skin. Let me be clear: most of these brands are a…
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