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Girls Night Out: 3 Hot Brands We Like This Weekend
First off: Don’t go to that sunken place. Going to a backyard party, and you just can’t resist wearing heels? Solemates heel protectors are literally like having a superhero at your feet. Invented by two sisters, these ingenious clear rubber stoppers fit discreetly over your stilettos, redistributing the weight over a larger surface area to…
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‘Know Your Girls’ Encourages Black Women to Get Intimate With Breast Health
Despite a few outliers who say they “can’t trust women,” if there’s one thing black women have, it’s their “girls.” Knowing that, a group of black women—including actress Vanessa Bell Calloway, who herself has battled breast cancer, and Alicia Keys, whose mother is a breast-cancer survivor—have partnered with the Susan G. Komen foundation, the Ad…
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Marsha Elle Isn’t Letting Being an Amputee Stop Her From Being a Star
Who is Marsha Elle? She’s a singer-songwriter, model, speaker and amputee. She’s also the latest to go trending on Instagram and Twitter—circling the internet not only because of her beautiful voice but also because she’s using her platform to encourage and set an example for other amputees, joining a growing segment of differently abled talents…
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Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma Beach and Motorsport-Inspired Collection Is Available Now
Are we tired of Fenty x Puma yet? Not quite. The Spring/Summer ’18 Fenty Puma by Rihanna is now available, and we’re here for it. The collection is very surf-inspired and perfect for summer. Pieces range from $30 to $650, which isn’t the best price point for her Navy, in my opinion. The cheapest item…
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Like Cranes in the Sky? Solange’s Saint Heron Has a New Collaboration Coming With Ikea
While our heads were turned looking to see what designer-of-the-moment Virgil Abloh would produce for our favorite low-priced, high-style housewares store, Ikea, another bound-to-be-coveted collaboration was in the works: Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron “cultural hub” also has a collab on deck with the retailer, and our bodies—and homes—are ready. When we first heard of this…
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Get Lifted: An in-Home Face-Lift at Your Fingertips
Ever wonder how supermodels stay supernaturally young looking? Some of it’s genetics. A lot of it’s not. Face taping is a trick that I’ve seen and admired while on set with a lot of my fellow supes and hanging with my drag queen mister-sisters, but I haven’t tried it till now. Admittedly, at 53, fatigue…
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A Little Piece of Light: With a New Memoir, Donna Hylton Proves There Is Life After Prison
Dear Kim Kardashian West, My name is Donna Hylton. I am a mother who served 27 years in prison, including years in solitary confinement. I am an author and leader for social justice and an advocate for women and criminal-justice reform. You clearly had a successful meeting with the president at the White House to…
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What’s Wrong With This Picture? Critics of Nicki Minaj’s Latest Elle Shoot Cry Colorism
When news broke that Nicki Minaj was covering July’s issue of Elle magazine, photographed by Chanel head of house Karl Lagerfeld, all fashion-loving (and Nicki-loving) eyes instantly turned to the internet to see what provocative imagery the rap star would be serving this time around. But as it turns out, the most-talked-about picture in the…
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Foiled Again: Rihanna Went Heavy Metal for the Ocean’s 8 UK Premiere—and Almost Lost It
Rihanna wowed us at last week’s New York City premiere of her now-hit film, Ocean’s 8, wearing a metallic, micro-pleated and ruffled plum-colored confection by Givenchy, and going monochromatic with matching sandals, nails, lips and eyes. But for the British premiere of the film at Leicester Square’s Cineworld Cinema, Rih pumped up the volume on…
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Sink or Swim? A Former Miss America Contestant Weighs In on the End of the Swimsuit Competition
When we heard the announcement last Tuesday that, after years of criticism, the Miss America Organization had decided to abandon its controversial swimsuit competition, we wondered if it might be a case of “too little, too late” in the pageant’s attempt to appeal to a new era of feminism. “We are no longer a pageant,”…