skin tones
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Trump Solves the Mystery Behind His Peculiar Orange Hue: 'The Light's No Good. I Always Look Orange'
For years, we’ve struggled to comprehend the science behind Donald Trump’s bizarre orange hue; how his epidermis acts as camouflage inside of a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos or how he’s often mistaken for half-eaten candy corn in the fall. Is his tangerine tone a result of a poor diet or is his body preparing…
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What Skin Are You In? A New Spot Celebrates All Shades and Shapes of the Nubian Skin Woman
How do you celebrate four years of outfitting brown-skinned women in comfort and style? For United Kingdom-based intimates company Nubian Skin, the answer was simple: Celebrate the customers that made the brand such a massive success. Turning the lens on a diverse group of its clientele, the brand explained via its website: “We invited a selection…
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Made-to-Measure Makeup: Lancôme Shows Off Its Custom-Foundation Skills at SXSW
Are you old enough to remember getting “color printed” at your local department store makeup counter? Cosmetics brand Prescriptives, founded in 1979, rose to prominence in the 1990s with its custom-blended foundations, allowing customers to incorporate their chosen finish and coverage into their custom-matched foundation shade, blended specifically for them. It was, at the time,…
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#IAmWhatIMakeUp: CoverGirl’s Newest Ad Highlights the Rare Beauty of Vitiligo
CoverGirl’s been doing some great work lately with its “I Am What I Make Up” campaign, adding new talent to its roster, like Ayesha Curry and constant #Fave Issa Rae. But perhaps CoverGirl’s latest ad, featuring model Amy Deanna, who has vitiligo, is the cosmetic company’s freshest yet. In it, CoverGirl takes an unconventional turn…
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Nudes You Can Use: Nubian Skin Gets Inclusive by Expanding Its Size Range!
Color us happy! In 2014, lingerie brand Nubian Skin made waves in the undergarment industry, making its debut with a full range of nude shades for women of color. But for all the brand’s inclusivity, its beautifully hued bras weren’t initially available in an extensive range of sizes, much to the dismay of us fuller-busted…
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Lupita Nyong’o Hopes to Inspire Dark-Skinned Girls Through Children’s Book Set to Come Out in 2019
Lupita Nyong’o is adding another title to her résumé as she works on writing a children’s book that will address the issue of colorism and the discrimination that those with darker skin often face. The book is titled Sulwe, which means “star” in Luo, Nyong’o’s native language. According to the New York Times, the picture…
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For Colored Girls … Who Need to Talk About Colorism
How do you feel about this film? Or, perhaps a better question is: How does this film make you feel? I’m going to be honest: When I saw this film, Marian Edusei’s Dark Skinned Girls, on Dazed, I felt a mixture of horror, wonder, disappointment, disgust, confusion, intrigue, envy and amusement—perhaps in that order. But,…
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Hey, Kylie Girl, Rihanna Got You Shook Again?
Everyone is still going crazy over Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line. From the foundations (I still don’t know what shade I am—I should get on that) to the lipsticks (I do know Stunna is my fucking color, bitch!), she has something for everyone, and by “everyone” I mean all the black women willing to go broke…