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Beautifully Flawed: The Ageless Beauty of Angelique Miles
Angelique Miles is a stunning, ageless beauty who knows how to survive and thrive. In conversation with The Glow Up’s Veronica Webb, she shares how her biggest losses made her stronger and more beautiful than ever—like being downsized out of her decadeslong career as a record-label vice president who signed Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Lil’ Kim…
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Get Twisted and Braided in Harlem
The numbers don’t lie: 71 percent of black Americans wore a natural hairstyle at least once in 2016. To find out more about protective styles and the amazing practitioners behind them, I took a journey up to 125th Street in Harlem, the international mecca for the natural-hair movement that’s taking black Americans of all ages…
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Saving Face: Winning the Battle Against Adult Acne
Something interesting has been happening to me lately: People have actually been commenting on how good my skin looks. I’m not saying this to gloat; not in any way. In fact, I’ve been struggling with acne for the majority of my life. And as a soon-to-be a member of the Jackie Robinson Club (read: turning…
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Shedding Light on Reproductive Health: Understanding Adenomyosis
U.K. native Kat François, 44, is a reputable performance artist, writer and playwright, best known for her televised appearances on the BBC3 Poetry Slam Championships in 2004 and the World Poetry Slam Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2005. But despite her accolades and extensive global résumé, we initially found ourselves bonding over our reproductive-health…
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Holidazed? Maiysha’s Guide to Last-Minute Gift Giving
True-confession time: When it comes to presents, I’m a procrastinator. Honestly, I’m terrible—especially these days, when The Glow Up gets most of my attention and energy. While some started holiday shopping back in October, I let both Black Friday and Cyber Monday pass by without batting an eyelash. But here we are, a week before…
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Amazing Grace: The Glow Up Talks to Greenleaf’s Merle Dandridge
There’s an innate groundedness, a humility, about actress and singer Merle Dandridge. It’s a quality that’s immediately calming to the listener and connects you with her. The Glow Up had the pleasure of catching up with Dandridge during her current run on Broadway as Papa Ge—a riff on the Haitian Creole god Guédé—in the revival…
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On the Real: Body-Positive Models Took Over Times Square for a Guerrilla-Style Lingerie Show
In “We can’t believe we missed this” news: Blame it on the holidays, but our thoughts are definitely indoors these days. And as we blessedly begin to wind down during the holiday season (in favor of the actual holidays), our biggest fashion aspirations involve staying stylish in “sweater weather.” But the plunging temps didn’t stop…
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Celebrating Ourselves: A Toast to #TeamNatural
The year 2017 was a good year for black hair. Solange did the absolute most, impressing us with African-inspired avant-garde hairstyles. Then there was Erykah Badu—aka “Sara Bellum,” aka “Fat Belly Bella,” aka “Medulla Oblongata,” aka “Low Down Loretta Brown,” aka “Analogue Girl in a Digital World”—who pushed all the way through in what she…
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These Ain’t Red Bottoms: Cardi B’s Putting Her Foot in a New Collab With Steve Madden
Our favorite regular, degular, shmegular reality/rapping phenom keeps making “money moves.” This week, Cardi B debuted a curated selection from fast-fashion fave Steve Madden, a partnership that makes her signature style accessible to the masses who can only dream about owning a pair of “red bottoms.” And while famed shoe designer Christian Louboutin may be…