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Who’s the Boss? Social Media Reminds Us Fenty Beauty Is Outselling Both KKW Beauty and Kylie Cosmetics
Here’s a billion-dollar empire in the making with the receipts to prove it: Following up on projections made in January of this year, pop culture aficionados PopCrave reignited talk of Fenty’s domination over the beauty industry via a tweet, comparing the ongoing success of the brand with that of the Kardashian-Jenner beauty brands KKW Beauty…
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It's Official: Meghan and Harry Have a Royal Baby on the Way!
Here’s some news every faithful royal-watcher has been expecting: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (also known as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) are expecting! As the designated royal-watcher of The Root—and specifically, watcher of the Duchess’ wardrobe—I’ve been low-key speculating for weeks now, as Meghan has sported a series of strategically-placed ruffles and handbags,…
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It Was Only a Matter of Time: Fenty Beauty Makes Time Magazine’s ‘Genius Companies 2018’ List
Work, work, work, work, work … only a year after launching her revolutionary Fenty Beauty (world renowned for its 40 shades of full-spectrum shade foundation), Rihanna’s beauty line has made Time magazine’s “Genius Companies” list for 2018. “Fenty’s unabashed celebration of inclusivity in their makeup campaigns put an unprecedented spotlight on the need for diverse…
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#FlashbackFriday: What Clever Trick Helped Zendaya Become a Style Star?
Fun fact: Give us a major red carpet event to cover, and the first thing we’re wondering is “what will Zendaya wear?” At only 22 years old, the former Disney star has proven to be even bigger one the red carpet, sparking much-needed cultural conversations while exhibiting an aesthetic and sophistication wise beyond her years.…
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Education, Not Discrimination: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Asks Florida Schools to End Biased Hair Policies
As children returned to school this fall, new teachers and classmates weren’t the only things that greeted some students. More than one story surfaced of children being turned away, or sent home from school, because of culturally-specific hairstyles like braids or dreadlocks. One such child was six-year-old Clinton Stanley, Jr., whose story went viral when…
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For Tough Broads: On the International Day of the Girl, How Are We Preparing Them to Be Women?
Being a woman means a lot of things (trust me; it’s been a smooth quarter century since I turned 18). It means independence and career development, real love and reality checks, responsibilities and reckonings, heartbreak and hard truths. In short, it often involves being a tough broad. So we couldn’t help but show a little…
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20 Years After the Murder of Matthew Shepard, Samira Wiley Speaks on the State of LGBTQ+ Rights
Samira Wiley is many things: black woman, American, actress, activist, wife and breakout star of bona fide hits Orange Is the New Black (OITNB) and The Handmaid’s Tale. She is also an out and proud gay woman—now. While OINTB is where Wiley met her wife, screenwriter Lauren Morelli, it is also where she was forced…
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‘Mother’ Comes With Another: Pat McGrath Releases New Limited Edition Collection With the Met
Another Mothership has landed: Pat McGrath—she of the decades-long career of makeup mastery and billion-dollar empire, only two years after the launch of her eponymous brand, is now releasing what is sure to be another highly coveted collection. Teaming up again with New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, McGrath (who has long held the…
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The Climb: Lindsay Peoples Wagner Is Named New Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue
When we first became aware of Lindsay Peoples Wagner, she was a fresh-faced assistant to the Senior Fashion Market Editor at Teen Vogue—a promotion from her start at the magazine as an intern. In the years since, Teen Vogue has proven itself a force in up-and-coming fashion and social commentary alike, primarily under the leadership…
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Changing Colors: For Fall, Fashion Continues to Celebrate Black Beauty
It wasn’t just a phase. After years of being relegated to the inner pages and being told that covers featuring black women don’t sell, the fashion industry finally seems to be taking the plunge into parity, featuring more and more black women on its covers. In the past week alone, we’ve featured Kerry Washington covering…
