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How We Got That Glow: What Were the Glow Up's Favorite Black-Owned Beauty and Hair Finds of 2018?
This time last year, The Glow Up was but a babe, just learning to strut these beauty and fashion journalism streets in our brand new heels. One awards season, two fashion months, countless beauty and fashion drops, collabs, controversies and awards later, we’ve had ample time to consider our favorite moments, products, and influencers of…
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Legendary Hairstylist Oribe Has Died at 62
Oribe Canales, the Cuban immigrant-turned-mononym celebrity stylist whose work typified the height of the supermodel era, died on Sunday at age 62. The legendary stylist, who was based in Miami, suffered liver and kidney failure after seeking cancer treatment in New York City last month, his husband, Zaki Amin, reported to the New York Times.…
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Post-Trump, Miss Universe Welcomed Its 1st Openly Transgender Contestant in 2018
She didn’t take home the crown, but Spain’s Angela Ponce made history this year as the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss Universe pageant on Dec. 16 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was a relatively quiet, but strikingly progressive inclusion in an industry long lambasted for its regressive politics and representations—and even more…
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Happy Holidays From New York! Fenty Beauty’s Latest Campaign Star Is Still the H.B.I.C.
She may be best known for her over-the-top personality and antics during her years on VH1’s “Celebreality” era (2006-2009), but Tiffany “Head Bitch in Charge” Pollard—nicknamed “New York” by Flavor Flav—hasn’t lost her mojo, managing to pop up on our TV screens when we least expect it, while maintaining a half-million followers on Instagram in…
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Will Madam C.J. Walker’s Home Become an Incubator for Black Women Entrepreneurs?
He’s co-built a beauty empire on his grandmother’s legacy, brought Essence magazine back to fully black-owned status, and at this summer’s Essence Festival (his first as owner), announced The New Voices Fund, a $100 million investment in black women entrepreneurs. Now, Richelieu Dennis, founder and CEO of Sundial Brands (Shea Moisture, Nubian Heritage, etc.) and…
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Diamond Life? Offset Takes a Break from His Breakup Tour to Bling Out for His Birthday
Knight in shining armor? Not so much. But Migos’ most lovelorn (and manipulative) member, Offset, did his best imitation while celebrating on Friday, dressing up in sparkling chainmail to kick off his 27th birthday weekend in West Hollywood, Calif. Maybe this is what he thinks it looks like to throw down the gauntlet for your…
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Forest, but Make It Fashion: Tyler, The Creator Debuts His Latest GOLF Collection
Honestly? With all the recent speculation about Tyler, The Creator’s personal life, we’d straight up forgotten that he has a clothing brand, GOLF. (Golf Wang, to be precise; named after the rapper’s one-time hip hop collective.) But on Friday, Tyler reminded us that he’s a multitalented artist, announcing the visual lookbook for his Autumn/Winter 2018…
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12 Days of Gifting, Day 12: Stuff Those Stockings!
If your family is one that goes all out to celebrate Christmas, no doubt you’re familiar with the tradition of filling Christmas stockings, in addition to presents under the tree. (It’s a European tradition, but a fun one, nevertheless). In fact, I’d guess that my parents are currently shopping for items to fill the personalized…
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Prada Is the Latest Perpetrator to Peddle Blackface
Here we are, on the cusp of 2019, and major retailers are still playing dumb about racial stereotypes and caricatures. This, just shy of a year since the British royal family admonished one of its own for wearing a “Blackamoor” brooch to meet then-future duchess Meghan Markle, and H&M coming under significant fire (triggering seismic…
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Talking the Stigma out of Infertility: 'You Don't Have to Suffer In Silence'
(Editors note: This is the second installment of a two-part series. You can read the first installment here.) While fertility issues may be increasingly common, the causes are not. Researchers speculate that approximately 10% of women aged 15-44 may be infertile, and that any number of factors can contribute, including the advanced maternal age of…