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‘Natural Beauty Is Unfair’: Tyra Banks Gets Real About Plastic Surgery

What’s better than true beauty? Women who are truthful about what it takes to be beautiful. That’s why we’re applauding Tyra Banks for telling the truth about plastic surgery in her upcoming memoir, Perfect Is Boring, written with her mother. In an interview with People magazine, the veteran top model admits to having her nose…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

March 29, 2018
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Traveling Light, Part 2: Yes, You Can Fit a Full Face Into Minimal Space

This is my toiletry case. It doesn’t have a name, though it probably should, since we’ve traveled the world together for years. For now, let’s call her Clare—probably Clare the Eighth, at this point. But she’s always a simple, clear bucket case measuring approximately 4 by 5 by 8 inches, with a double-zip top, maximizing…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

December 27, 2017
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Let’s Get Our Skin Tight in Time for the New Year With Hanacure!

New Year’s Eve is the last day of beauty for the year, and I plan to make it a good one. I don’t know about you, but the holidays are hard on my skin-care habits. “Jingle Bells” are the death knell for my exercise routine; I eat whatever I want; I stay up late binge-watching…

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Veronica Webb

Published

December 26, 2017
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Gift the People What They Want! Why Beauty Is the Best Buy on Our Christmas Lists

The Skin Store polled 2,000 American women to find out the five most important items on their lists this holiday season. Turns out it’s not as hard to make a woman happy as you might think—we want more beauty in our lives! (And cash, but that’s another story.) From twinkling eye shadows to top facial…

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Veronica Webb

Published

December 16, 2017
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered the Barbershop When the Beauty Salon Was Tew Much

With the rise of the natural-hair movement, women choosing to wear their hair closely cropped and the growing variety of natural hairstyles, black women are beginning to consider the neighborhood barbershop a viable option. Along with the black church, the lady who sells “plates” out of her kitchen and the neighborhood Food and Drug Administration-unapproved…

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Michael Harriot

Published

December 14, 2017
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Oh, Honey: The (Budget-Friendly) Beauty in the Secret Life of Bees

Yeah, we know, we know … we covered honey-based beauty just Sunday—Veronica Webb’s experience with a $725 luxury bee-venom facial, to be exact. Understandably, some of you were a bit stung by the premise and the price tag, but we want to pull back the curtain on beauty treatments that aren’t widely known to the…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

December 4, 2017
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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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Veronica Webb

Published

December 4, 2017
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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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Veronica Webb

Published

December 3, 2017
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Makeup Mecca: Marjani Beauty Is a Marketplace Made for Us, by Us

Like many of us, entrepreneur Kimberly Smith is a self-confessed “beauty junkie.” This corporate attorney by day is obsessed with cosmetics, yet—also like many of us—wasn’t finding the variety she needed in mass retailers. Out of frustration, the online marketplace Marjani Beauty was born. Launched in January 2017, Marjani means “coral, or she who is…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

December 1, 2017
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In Praise of Sailor J: The Woke AF Beauty Vlogger We’ve Been Waiting For

Sailor J thinks she knows my life. My entire insecure, aggressively honest (or just aggressive), disorganized and easily distracted Aries life. She also does one hell of a bronzed cat eye. The increasingly popular YouTuber—more than 120,000 subscribers and rising—first hit my radar in October with “Getting a Man 101”— a hilarious yet poignant take…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

November 30, 2017