black beauty
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Fresh Faces: Issa Rae and Yara Shahidi Cover Marie Claire’s May Issue
Come through, Marie Claire! To coincide with the blooming of the season, Marie Claire magazine has chosen not one, but five fresh beauties to grace a series of May covers, including our forever faves Issa Rae and Yara Shahidi! Looking fresh to death and ever so fly (we want Rae’s violet lipstick now), the two…
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She Got That Glow: Olivier Award Winner Sheila Atim Is One to Watch (and Hear)
Chances are, if you live outside the United Kingdom or aren’t a musical-theater buff, you haven’t heard of Sheila Atim yet. But the 26-year-old actress, singer and composer is making a major splash across the pond: On Sunday night she garnered the honor of Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical at the…
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I Am Legend: Iman Talks Age and Diversity in April’s Harper’s Bazaar
If you pick up this month’s Harper’s Bazaar—the annual “Fabulous at Every Age” issue—you’ll see Jennifer Lopez on the cover, still stunning us with her beauty (and incredible body) at a flawless 48. But inside is a true revelation: Seemingly ageless icon Iman is featured in a multipage spread, interviewed by another age-defying beauty, Taraji…
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Dance Break! Yara Shahidi Covers T Singapore
We know—we’re obsessed. And clearly, we’re already missing Grown-ish way too much, since we’re giving you a day full of Chloe, Halle and, now, a double dose of Yara. But we couldn’t possibly see our favorite ingenue on the April cover of the New York Times Style Magazine’s Singapore edition and not share it with…
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Baby Girl … Aaliyah for MAC Launches June 20!
Here’s some news that’s hot like fire: There is an unexpected new release inspired by the “princess of R&B,” Aaliyah, coming this June. MAC announced in August that it would be debuting a 2018 collection inspired by the late icon and has finally revealed the launch dates—June 20 online and June 21 in stores—in response…
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‘The Body Is Not an Apology’: Sonya Renee Taylor Is Leading a Revolution of Radical Self-Love
With six words, Sonya Renee Taylor accidentally started a movement. When a friend with cerebral palsy confessed that her disability made it difficult to be sexual—so much so that she didn’t even feel entitled to ask a casual partner to use protection—Taylor quickly responded, “Your body is not an apology, and it’s not something you…
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Inclusion Is Easier Than It Looks—Just Ask Revlon
In 1992, our own Veronica Webb made history by becoming the first black model to land a major cosmetics contract. The brand? Revlon, which at the time was also launching ColorStyle (ColorStay’s predecessor), a line formulated for the then-neglected black consumer (I was one such consumer). Of course, these days, there’d likely be an outcry…
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The Get List: Glamour Magazine Just Released Its 2018 Beauty Awards, and We’re Going Shopping!
As you know, we love a good beauty find here at The Glow Up, which is why we were seriously excited that Glamour magazine dropped its annual Beauty Awards list Monday. Aside from being one of the longest-running fashion magazines around (79 years and counting, to be exact), it’s also one of the more inclusive,…
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Hello, Yellow! ’Tis the Season to Serve Some Sunshine!
Last Christmas, to fight the winter blahs and celebrate our first successful month at The Glow Up, I indulged in a little “I love me” present. OK—given the price tag, it was a big “I love me” present, but I budget at cost-per-wear, so there’s that (that’s another post, for later). Anyway, I fell in…
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Add Serena Williams to the List of Celeb Beauty Moguls to Throw Your Paycheck At
This is not a drill. The Greatest Tennis Player of All Time (don’t @ me on this until Roger Federer wins a major tourney while pregnant) is gearing up to launch a beauty brand, according to TMZ. In late January, Williams filed to trademark “Aneres” (pat yourself on the back if you caught that that’s…