makeup for black women
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3 Kingdoms of Creamy Complexions: Juvia’s Place to Debut Their 1st Foundation Line on May 20
Makeup lovers of all ethnicities have fallen in love with Juvia’s Place cosmetics; their super-saturated pigments and gorgeously curated, African-themed palettes make dramatically colorful looks easy—and stunningly affordable. Now, the black-owned brand is getting into the foundation game. On May 20, the brand will drop 42 shades of long-wearing, “velvety matte” foundation called “I Am…
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New Fenty Beauty Alert: Feels Like Summer
Powder blues. Baby pinks. Neon greens. Hot fuchsias. These are the colors of summer, and ever on trend, Fenty Beauty is bringing us a bevy of new, limited edition products to heat up the season, all dropping on May 10, for your Fenty-loving mothers. If it feels like we just wrote about Fenty’s latest, it’s…
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Beautycon 2019 Put Black Women Front and Center
In its fifth year, Beautycon NYC descended on New York City’s new & improved Javits Center, sparkling and shining with beauty influencers, fans and panel members alike, ready with highlights poppin’ and IG photobooth-ready smiles. The lines were long, but the freebies and deals were definitely worth it during the two-day weekend festival. With its…
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Nude News: Whatever Skin You're In, Rihanna's Got You Covered This Season (and Covers Brandy & Monica?)
No, we don’t have a sponsorship deal going with Rihanna (though that sounds lucrative AF—and fun), but when we see something great that might appeal to our Bad Gal-loving, multi-hued demographic here at The Glow Up, we feel compelled to let them know (and the rest of you will deal). This Friday, the multi-hyphenate mogul…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: How Do You Treat Yourself?
Spring has supposedly sprung (and Chicago is slowly but surely getting the memo), and while some are scheduling time for spring cleaning, after weeks of being buried in boxes, I feel the need to indulge a bit. What does that mean? Spending a little more time on me than on work—like that long lunchtime stroll…
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We Asked. 'Mother' Answered. Pat McGrath's Iconic Eyeshadows Are Going Solo!
For makeup junkies everywhere, there is perhaps no more covetable item than a Pat McGrath eyeshadow palette. So gorgeously curated and pigmented, so luxurious in texture and sexily packaged are her in-demand shadows, at $55-$125 each, they’ve become one of the ultimate splurges for the makeup-obsessed (yours truly included). Well, now McGrath—fondly known throughout the…
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New Product Alert: Mented Cosmetics Wants to See Your 'Skin'
The pursuit of the perfect foundation could potentially go on forever—but thanks to Rihanna and her 2017 Fenty Beauty launch, more and more brands are being put to the test. Meanwhile, in Black-owned beauty land (the best land of all), the founders of Mented Cosmetics have never swayed from their desire to center darker shades.…
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Rihanna Dropped a 'Trophy Wife' Body Lava—and We're About to Be Extra AF This Summer
Rihanna’s got that glow, y’all. Again. No, “Body Lava” isn’t the name of a long-awaited new Rihanna album (you wish). It’s Fenty Beauty’s get-me-bodied (yes, I know that’s a Beyoncé song) liquid shimmer, specially formulated for sundress season—and this year, that shit is leveling up. (Yes, I know that’s a Ciara song.) In an homage…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: Let’s Hear It for Happy Accidents!
Yep, kids—it’s that time again! It’s another Big Beauty Tuesday here at The Glow Up, which means we’re trying out another round of black-owned beauty brands! Is it just me, or was this past week a week of mishaps? It seemed pretty much anything that could go wrong, did, and to us astrologically-inclined folks, the…
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Fresh Face: Yara Shahidi Becomes a Bobbi Brown Brand Ambassador
Decades before Fenty developed 50 shades of foundation, many black girls first found their perfect match in Bobbi Brown, the first brand to hit the market which gave us a full understanding of undertones—especially those of us with yellow undertones. Turns out, there were a lot of us. The woman-led brand was virtually an overnight…