Our Twitter timeline was LIT — and we know yours was, too — with tweets going in on an article called “Here’s My Problem With #BlackGirlMagic” published by Elle magazine this week. Yeah, we’re not gonna link it here, but peep these lines and you’ll see why people are so not here for it. At. […]
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Back in the 90’s, our melanin was poppin’ severely on the charts. There was no shortage of Black girls of all hues killin’ it on the music scene. We had Brandy, Monica, SWV, Lauryn Hill, TLC, Aaliyah, Destiny’s Child, Mya, Changing Faces, 702, Toni Braxton, MoKenStef … we could do this all day. In the […]
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Peep these present picks that’ll help you score major props with everyone on your list! (Plus all the brands featured are #BlackOwned!) By Princess Gabbara 1. Made In T-shirt, $30, madeintee.com 2. Cocotique Beauty Box Subscription, $20 per month, cocotique.com 3. Ginger + Liz nail lacquer in Turn It Up, $12, Ulta 4. Because of […]
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We want to know what you think about our fall issue, featuring Bryshere Gray on the cover. Just take this quick survey, and to thank you, you’ll be entered in our giveaway for a chance to win a Zandra Beauty gift set, packed with three exfoliating, natural sugar scrubs! Were you feelin’ our back-to-school outfit […]
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Besides filming season 6 of Dance Moms (the rumors that she’d chucked deuces to the show = untrue!), Nia Frazier is busy turning herself into a triple threat. She’s got her eyes on the bright lights of Broadway, after all, plus goals of starring on both the big and small screens. In the winter 2015 […]
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You know what’s never a good look? When we tear each other down. Whether we’re telling another Black girl that she “acts white” for liking certain music, that she “talks white” because she speaks correctly, that she’s too dark, or that she’s too light and therefore not Black enough, it’s all self-hate. TBH, there are […]
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Zendaya is the queen of the classy clapback. Let somebody dare to mock her fierce dreads or come for her parents on social media — she’s not having any of that. And she’ll make that clear in the most elegant way possible. To celebrate the fact that Zendaya’s not afraid to stand up for herself […]
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Sometimes that voice in your head has no chill when it comes to hating on your looks. L’Oreal Thompson Payton, now all grown up, learned how to shut it down and embrace her unique beauty — and you can, too. Blonde hair. Big boobs. Blue eyes. As a teen in the early 2000s, I thought […]
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Zendaya was one of the the judges for last night’s Miss America pageant and, as usual, the 19-year-old starlet slayed her entire look. Just peep that dress! For real, for real, that’s straight-up #homecoming goals right there. Everything — from her gorgeous Hollywood glamour ‘do to her bomb teardrop earrings… … to her flawlessly beat […]
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1. Rock a front bun. https://instagram.com/p/6Lsi89BN4H/ 2. Or, pull curls up into a top bun. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DONEDO (@donedo) 3. Kill ’em with your take on the fro-hawk using pops of color + twisted strands. A photo posted by Kersti Pitre (@kersti.pitre) on Aug 27, 2015 at […]
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