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7 Inexpensive Makeup Products That Are a Must-Have for My Makeup Bag
These products from Black-owned makeup brands prove you don't have to spend a lot to look great
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HBO Max Documentary Tells The Story of Fashion Fair Cosmetics
The Beauty of Blackness examines the rise, fall, and resurgence of an iconic black beauty brand
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NYFW Runs Across the Concrete Jungle—and Atop the Empire State Building
The look trending for Spring-Summer 2022 is clearly 'Black excellence'.
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Black Renaissance & Chill: Finish Black History Month Strong With This Week's Virtual Events
Well folks, it seems that we’ve come to the end of this year’s Black History Month Road—but I can’t let you go just yet without providing another installment of virtual events to help you say goodbye the right way. However, there is good news to report! Next month is Women’s History Month—or as we call…
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Another Legacy Brand Gets New Life as Black Opal’s New Owners Acquire Fashion Fair
Move over, Fenty Beauty and Pat McGrath, there’s a new black female-owned beauty empire on the rise. Hot on the heels of their acquisition of Black Opal cosmetics in September, the powerhouse team of company CEO Desiree Rogers and President Cheryl Mayberry McKissack have announced the purchase of pioneering beauty brand Fashion Fair from its…
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Behind the Brand: BLK/OPL Is Finally Black—and Female—Owned [Corrected]
We’ve got something major to celebrate this Big Beauty Tuesday (soon to be relaunched as “The Glow Up Gets…”)! It wasn’t widely known until recently, but Black Opal, one of the most established global beauty brands for black women, was never black-owned. While the brand was created in 1994 with women of color in mind—specifically,…
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Desiree Rogers to Leave Johnson Publishing Co. Along With Most of Ebony’s Masthead
Jet Editor To Lead Both Publications Black Writer Loses Column Over NRA Ties Disrupter Chooses Activism Over Column Was That Trump in the Stands at Fenway Park? In Spanish, the News Priority Is Immigration Gannett Layoffs Hit Small Papers Hardest The Story of Two Who Ran From Police Short Takes “Desiree Rogers, CEO of Johnson…