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'May the Fierce Be With You': Pat McGrath Labs Announces a Star Wars Collab
Looks like the next launch from Pat McGrath Labs will truly be out of this world. A short time ago in a galaxy not at all far, far away, the most influential woman in makeup (yes, even beyond Rihanna—McGrath isn’t nicknamed “Mother” for nothing) announced that for her next product release, she’s partnered with Disney…
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Alexandra Butler Is Bringing Missy Elliott’s Iconic Looks To Life
For over 20 years, Melissa “Missy” Elliott has flipped it, dipped it and reversed it all over our hearts with her captivating lyrics and iconic looks. In my mind, Elliott was already in 2054 while the rest of us were in 1997. From day one, Missy gave us looks that left an indelible mark on…
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The Glow Up Gets…a Touch of Power With Coloured Raine
Editor’s note: No matter how fresh, fly, or uncracked our black, occasionally everyone needs a makeover—or a “refresh,” as it were. For instance, The Glow Up’s weekly “Big Beauty Tuesday” feature, while a fantastic showcase for black-owned and helmed brands, proved a more restrictive format than anticipated—namely, it both forced us into reporting on a designated…
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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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Sashay, Beauté: RuPaul Teams Up With Makeup Maven Mally Roncal for a New Beauty Collab
The icon who brought drag mainstream is now giving us a bit of the magic to bring home. Twenty-five years after he launched the philanthropic Viva Glam collection with MAC, RuPaul is once again lending his glamour to a beauty brand; this time with friend and celebrity makeup artist Mally Roncal. Roncal is perhaps best…
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Is Ciara Going to Be the Next Celeb to ‘Level Up’ Our Beauty Routines?
With her most recent album and newly launched record label, Ciara has been making a case for Beauty Marks (the name of both), but as revealed at Beautycon LA last weekend, the entertainer may also be heading into the beauty aisle, as reported by WWD. “The beauty space is inevitable for me,” said Ciara during…
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Jackie Aina Just Blew My Budget—and I'm Not Mad
Jackie. Or should I say “Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie…” You know those times when you’re trying to be a responsible adult and have your biweekly budget planned to the penny, including your social calendar and contingency savings? Well, consider this an emergency, because beauty influencer Jackie Aina just threw my budget off by $45 plus…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: How to Turn Lemons Into (Pink) Lemonade
Fun fact: I hate pink lipstick. Like, even during that phase in childhood when, for the sake of peer pressure and a blind love of all things Barbie, I tried to convince myself that pink could be my favorite color (spoiler alert: it’s not), I could never get onboard with a pink lip—and it was…
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Is This the Mother of All Foundations? Pat McGrath’s Next Release Promises ‘Sublime Perfection’
Kids, start stockpiling your allowance because “Mother” is about to sell you the promise of “sublime perfection” in a bottle—and it ain’t cheap (but will likely be worth it, if her previous releases are any indicators). Real talk? We’ve been waiting for Pat McGrath to release a foundation range since she launched Pat McGrath Labs—after…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: Fake It ’Til You Bake It With Prime Beauty’s ‘Brownzers’
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 abroad), but a current look at Chicago’s local forecast is a smooth 51 degrees—that’s right, an actual degree cooler than when I checked in with you guys last week! Nevertheless, we are…