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Hot Flashes: The Cold Truth
Once a month, when you’re suffering from cramping, bloating, moodiness and fatigue, do you imagine menopause as a dream where your menstrual cycle ends? That, like a butterfly, you’re freed from monthly changes forever? Think again, my friend. Estrogen, the hormone that makes a woman a “woman,” controls not only female menstrual cycles and fertility…
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We Gon’ Run This Town … in Fenty x Puma’s Newest Release
While you were sleeping, Fenty x Puma dropped a new take on high-top sneakers, just in time for the weekend. Visually, the Mid-Geo sneakers are like a ballet-meets-basketball-dream-team shoe collab. Day one Fenty fiends know what I’m talking about: prep school style meets new-school sass and cleverly serves both fashion and comfort, under the creative…
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Nailing It, Naturally: How I Do a DIY Mani-Pedi
#BlackGirlTragic: I am ashy. Tip to toe. The reigning Queen of Elephant Skin. Dry winter skin has my hands looking like I’m half eagle; I need a manicure so badly. In short, it’s not a good look. But true confession? Mani-pedis are one of the areas in my beauty routine where I am consistently thrifty…
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The Empire Strikes Black Gold: Team Azzedine Takes the British Fashion Awards
Two weeks ago, in the midst of deep grief, I picked up the phone. It was Naomi—yes, that Naomi—my comrade-in-arms in the supermodel game, and my little sister by way of our adopted father, the recently departed French designer Azzedine Alaïa. “Veronica,” she said, in that throaty British accent that hugs every syllable like a…
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Magnetic Attraction: Glue-Free False Eyelashes
I love lashes. I have been in about every eyelash situation you can imagine; drugstore brands like Andrea “Curl 91” style and Ardell’s “Wispy” model were the gateway products that ignited my lash habit. These days, my habit now involves feeding my lashes daily with Lash Food serum to promote growth and, when time permits,…
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Still Fine: The Glow Up Chats With Legendary Makeup Artist Sam Fine and We Get Our #BrowsOnFleek
Superstar makeup artist Sam Fine and I go back like lips and lipstick; we’ve been working together as model and makeup artist for 25 years. He is one of the premier makeup artists in the industry, and one of the few African-American artists to publish beauty books: Fine Beauty and Fine: The Basics of Beauty.…
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Blow Me: Airbrush Makeup Puts a Smile on My Face
One of my longtime trademarks is the “no-makeup” makeup look. When you see me on the red carpet or the cover of a magazine, my face is usually clean and simple. And until a few years ago, I’d always had perfect skin. But between multiple childbirths and the hormonal changes that come with babies and…
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Flight Time: 48 Hours in a Supermodel’s Suitcase
I’m en route to London, a city I love and know well. Sadly, I’ll only be there for two days, to honor my dear and recently departed friend Azzedine Alaïa at the British Fashion Council Awards. This trip to London requires an overnight flight, and my ass will hopefully get some sleep, since upon landing,…
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A Facial Fit for Queen Bey: How I Got My Own Beehive
Someone just asked me if I’d had a face-lift! Honestly, the comment might’ve stung if I hadn’t just been treated to a Valmont Majestic Bee Venom Facial, which, at $725 for a 90-minute session, costs about as much as a face-lift. But this VIP glow up happened at the über-fabulous Valmont Spa in the five-star…
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Pigment on Fleek: Why these Juvia’s Place Makeup Tutorials Are So on Point
Makeup and I made friends a long time ago—and we ain’t never gonna break up, either. In fact, all we do is fall in love over and over again. So it was love at first sight when I laid eyes on the dazzlingly rich eye shadow palettes from black owned-and-operated indie brand Juvia’s Place. With…
