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Amazon Prime Day Is Monday. Ready for New Beauty?
Amazon Prime Day officially kicks off on Monday, July 16 at 3 p.m. EDT, but as many of us steadfast Prime members know, great deals are already available—including some exclusive beauty finds. That’s right; the ultimate online marketplace is making a big push on beauty this year, with four established brands—Tarte, No B.S., and K-beauty…
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Pre-Yeezy: Complex Magazine Unpacks Kanye's First Fashion Label, Pastelle
2008 was a very interesting year. A massive recession hit mid-summer, a writer’s strike paralyzed Hollywood, Barack Obama was elected, and the 2018 CFDA [Fashion] Influencer honoree Kim Kardashian looked like this: (Fun fact: It was also the year yours truly released her first album). 2008 was also the year Kardashian’s future husband, Kanye West,…
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U.S. Navy Ends Ban on Dreadlocks for Women
The U.S. Navy is joining other branches of the armed forces, including the Marines, the Army and the Air Force, and putting an end to its ban on dreadlocks for the women who serve our country. The Huffington Post reports that the Navy announced the lift on its ban during a live broadcast on its…
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Can We Start Calling Them 'Bey-Z Dukes' Now? Beyoncé Is Killing Us in Studded Cutoffs [Updated]
Updated: Thursday, July 12, at 9:45 p.m. EDT: As promised, we’re back with details: the color-blocked blouse Bey was rocking is from French fashion house Céline and the studded denim cutoffs are from Coal N’ Terry Vintage, creators of her Beychella cutoffs. The red cat-eyed sunglasses are from Illesteva. Earlier: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter is…
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'It's a Deliberate Attack on Black Women': April Ryan Gets Real About 'Post-Racial' America
“We are not post-racial—at all,” White House correspondent April Ryan told an Essence Festival audience during a panel last Saturday. “But when you dig into the weeds … it’s beyond race; it’s now going down to the black woman. It’s a deliberate attack on the black woman.” Ryan is no stranger to attacks. In April,…
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Ready for Some 'Sister Love'? Mary J. Blige Just Collaborated on a New Jewelry Line
They aren’t bamboo earrings (at least two pair), but jewelry designer Simone I. Smith (wife of James Todd Smith, also known as LL Cool J) recently launched a new collection with close friend and multihyphenate icon Mary J. Blige. The collaboration is called Sister Love, a collection “inspired by friendship and sisterhood and a love…
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Can't Stop, Won't Stop: NYX Cosmetics Collabs With Vlogger Alissa Ashley on 45 Shades of Foundation
The Fenty Effect can’t stop, won’t stop; and thankfully, it now doesn’t cost $34 to find your perfect foundation match, as less than a year after Fenty Beauty’s groundbreaking 40-shade launch, it now feels almost requisite for other cosmetics brands to get into the act. Doesn’t inclusion feel—and look—good, y’all? Who got next? Affordable favorite…
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Black Model on Vogue's IG Responds to Troll Who Complained About Too Many 'Ghetto People'
Apparently, Vogue Magazine’s readers and followers are all white, so when they see black women being represented, they immediately wonder why “ghetto people” are being shown because it’s “not like vogue at all.” Maybe that’s why, when model Salem Mitchell was featured on Vogue’s Instagram page relaxing on the beach in a red one-piece and…
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'Self-Made' Mogul? Not So Much. Franchesca Ramsey Claps Back at Forbes' Praise of Kylie Jenner
Every so often, someone says exactly what we’re thinking about a certain issue, saving us the trouble. Today, that person was comedian, actress and 2017 Root 100 honoree Franchesca Ramsey (aka “Chescaleigh”), who can now add “mind reader” to her lengthy resume, since she succinctly summed up our thoughts on Forbes magazine calling Kylie Jenner…