There is little to be found in the way of pick-me-ups during these dark days, but if there’s one beauty staple that…

At this point, we have no shame in admitting we’d purchase pretty much anything Beau-Tuber Jackie Aina puts her…

Call it the Midas touch: Chicago-based, Afro-Latina-founded independent makeup brand Midas Cosmetics just made…

The culture could not be canceled on Sunday night, as the 20th—and entirely virtual—BET Awards set a new standard…

“This is a revolution,” proclaims the newest video promo for Pattern Beauty, the haircare line launched by…

Here’s to black boxes that aren’t performative: beauty emporium Sephora has become the first to accept the #15Percent…

Another Mother’s Day dawns this Sunday, and if you’re lucky enough to have a loving matriarch still physically…

If you’re anything like me (or the majority of The Root crew), the stresses of self-isolating are already taking…

Looks like the next launch from Pat McGrath Labs will truly be out of this world. A short time ago in a galaxy not…

If you’re like most of us, you’re back at work this Monday—perhaps a few pounds heavier, but hopefully also happy…

By now, your stomach has hopefully settled from that third plate you insisted on having on Thanksgiving—and if you…

Move over, Fenty Beauty and Pat McGrath, there’s a new black female-owned beauty empire on the rise. Hot on the…

It’s official: I am a prodigal naturalista. If you haven’t been following along, that means that after 18 months of…

“She’s a Sagittarius,” jokes Rachel James when speaking about Pear Nova, the award-winning, cruelty-free,…

It’s not news that black women are the beauty and hair care market’s biggest spenders; as Nielsen research famously…

Editor’s note: No matter how fresh, fly, or uncracked our black, occasionally everyone needs a makeover—or a…

We’ve got something major to celebrate this Big Beauty Tuesday (soon to be relaunched as “The Glow Up Gets...”)!

With her most recent album and newly launched record label, Ciara has been making a case for Beauty Marks (the name…

We asked, and Rihanna listened. If like me, you were wowed by Fenty’s 40—now 50—shades of foundation but didn’t find…

“We Gloss, We Floss, We Boss”—it’s a little known fact, but that’s The Glow Up’s motto and our founding ethos, as we…