makeup for black women

To say we’re ready to be done with 2020 would be an understatement—this year has been a ride on this crazy,…

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…

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

Harlem, stand up! Homegrown honey Teyana Taylor, already the owner of Junie Bee Nails in the historic New York City…

Ahhh...push it! Push some new eyeshadows and lip colors our way, that is. Pioneering female hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa…

It’s 2020, and after decades of greige, beauty brands across America now regularly stock over 40 shades to…

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

For over 20 years, Melissa “Missy” Elliott has flipped it, dipped it and reversed it all over our hearts with her…

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...”)!

The icon who brought drag mainstream is now giving us a bit of the magic to bring home. Twenty-five years after he…

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

Jackie. Or should I say “Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie...”

Fun fact: I hate pink lipstick.

Kids, start stockpiling your allowance because “Mother” is about to sell you the promise of “sublime perfection” in…

I’m sick of waiting for warm weather to arrive. I don’t know what the temps are in your part of the U.S. (or…

Makeup lovers of all ethnicities have fallen in love with Juvia’s Place cosmetics; their super-saturated pigments…

Powder blues. Baby pinks. Neon greens. Hot fuchsias. These are the colors of summer, and ever on trend, Fenty Beauty…

In its fifth year, Beautycon NYC descended on New York City’s new & improved Javits Center, sparkling and shining…

No, we don’t have a sponsorship deal going with Rihanna (though that sounds lucrative AF—and fun), but when we see…