This past weekend (Feb. 6) our winter cover girl, Yara Shahidi, made major moves at the NAACP Image Awards. Not only did she win the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Congrats, girl!), but she set a whole new trend for teens on the red carpet. If you’ve been scoping out the fashions […]
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We’ve legit got three more days ’til Friday, so RiRi’s camp was on point for releasing the video for “FourFiveSeconds” on this #NewMusicTuesday. One of the most EPIC collabs in a minute — Rihanna, Kanye, and Paul McCartney — this song is a must-add for your I’m Just Tryna Get Through This School Week playlist. […]
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When we saw Ernestine Johnson give the perfect read to people who say things like, “You talk white” and “You speak so well for a Black girl,” you know we had to share. Check out her perfection below and then, in the comments, tell us how you’ve handled people who’ve said things like that to you […]
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Ok, so if we’re keeping things all the way 100, Drumline: A New Beat and Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B didn’t quite work out for Alexandra Shipp. But recently, she nabbed the role of Storm in the X-Men prequel, X-Men: Apocolypse, which is set to hit theaters in 2016. Not only that, but this 23-year-old starlet also has […]
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With a stint as the first Black Cinderella ever on Broadway under her belt (#NBD), our former cover girl, Keke Palmer, is set to star alongside several others in the new FOX show, Scream Queens. The premise? There’ve been a bunch of murders on a college campus. Horror — and hilarity — ensues. We don’t […]
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You’re not a morning person. At. All. We get it — early mornings can get rough, especially after a night full of after-school activities, homework, and phone convos with bae that can last past midnight. But we also know that with a playlist of bomb music, early mornings can become much more bearable. Get your Soundclouds and […]
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1. Remove deodorant stains from your clothing with baby wipes, dryer sheets, or by rubbing them off with a piece of denim. We all know those “clear stick” deodorants only show up clear on the “white” part of your skin (under your hands and feet), so an appearance of the infamous residue will def happen […]
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Oh yeah, you heard right. FREE. GRATIS. ON THE HOUSE. Thanks to the collab of 27 Black business leaders from all over the country, 75,000 tickets to the new movie, Selma, are now available for no cost to students in 7th, 8th, and 9th grade! You must live in NYC (sold out!); Boston, MA; Nashville, […]
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Just like you, we spend much of our time racking up in the beauty aisles! From skin treatments to curling creams to vibrant-colored makeup that brings out the best in our range of skin tones, here’s a list of our fave products to take you into the 1-5. Add these to your arsenal this year, […]
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Zendaya Coleman is one girl who shows up to every event slaying everything and everybody. Her outfits are always on point and her personal style is so versatile that she can rock just about anything. Whether it’s just a laid-back, everyday, look or she’s rockin’ the red carpet for an important occasion like an award […]
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