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Stunning at 65, Iman Reflects on Love, Liberty and Life With Bowie, Says She'll 'Never' Remarry

“I’m African, and we’ve never been scared of aging,” says Iman in February’s Harper’s Bazaar UK, adding, “It’s a privilege, you know.” At 65, the Somali-born supermodel certainly makes it look aspirational, appearing on two of the magazine’s “Visionaries” covers cocooned in couture as voluminous as her naturally textured hair. The looks, styled by an…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

January 6, 2021
Beauty + Style

Three Times a Lady: When I Grow Up, I Want to Be Like Iman (or Ciara, or Teyana, or…)

How do you celebrate 25 years of hosting the biggest celebration of black womanhood in the world? If you’re Essence magazine, you mark the spirit of the summer festival season by featuring three dynamically different beauties on your covers—all with a common gift for killing the game. Is the eternal slay of the iconic Iman…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

June 21, 2019
Beauty + Style

From Ingenue Entrepreneurs to Enduring Icons, Essence Beauty Carnival Brought Out the Best of Black Beauty

The energy? Buoyant. The crowd? Beautiful. The inspiration? Boundless. In the first stop in their first-ever Beauty Carnival tour, Essence magazine created a mecca for black girl magic this weekend in New York City, with some of the most notable names in the beauty, fashion and entertainment industries on site at the South Street Seaport’s…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

April 29, 2019
Beauty + Style

Black-Owned Beauty Month: Lost on Wash Day, but Saved by the Mothership

And, I’m back—with more to report in black-owned beauty land, which admittedly got a little overwhelming as I started the new week on Sunday—also known as “wash day,” but we’ll come back to that. Day 3 Instead, let’s start with Sunday’s shopping trip, which began at Sally Beauty in Chicago’s Loop. Refreshingly, when I asked…

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Maiysha Kai

Published

February 5, 2019