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

In case you forgot, supermodel Beverly Johnson is a G—one of the originals, in fact. And the woman who walked so…

I take one little week away from my daily duties here at The Glow Up and come back to the news that yet another…

Lizzo knows what it’s like not to see yourself represented—in fashion, on TV, in films. She also knows that when…

Among the demographics celebrated by the beauty industry, darker-skinned and older women have historically been…

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

Fun fact: It took Naomi “Living Legged Legend” Campbell over three decades of modeling to score her first cosmetics…

Sephora, you’re probably going to need more than a morning for this.

Does size really matter? When it comes to which cosmetic company has the most diverse foundation range, apparently…

“BEAUTY FOR ALL ... and more to come,” Amandla Stenberg (who uses the pronouns “they/them/their”) captioned a…

There’s a little known but running joke among The Root staff about the catalogs of stock photos we need to do our…

“When I grew up, it was during a time when most people [in ads] weren’t as dark as me,” Samira Wiley tells Glamour…

The highly-controversial Super Bowl LIII takes place on Sunday, and though we won’t be watching, we have been…

In the race to offer full-spectrum beauty, smaller brands have often struggled to keep up, as larger brands seem to…

We never thought we’d say this, but you know what we’d like to leave in 2018? The frantic rush to get a new…

She’s one of the best-known models in the world—and certainly the best-known black model. But 30 years after Naomi…

When veteran stylist and creative director Edward Enninful took the helm at British Vogue last December, he became…

What’s this, you ask? Oh, just another crop of black girl magical magazine covers for fall. In fact, there have been…

Singer-songwriter Maxwell has long been known for making beautiful songs. But his recently released ballad, “Shame,”…

We’re not sure what in the pasty-faced hell someone on makeup mogul and former reality star Kat Von D’s social media…