Beauty News: Sam Fine New Creative Director of Fashion Fair Cosmetics
This is such exciting news! Sam Fine, THE celebrity makeup artist for women of color, has been appointed Creative Director of Fashion Fair Cosmetics. This is a wonderful step in the right direction for the brand that so many black…
- Anastasia Beverly Hills, Beauty, Beauty Icons, Beauty Solutions for your 50's, Black Radiance, Cover FX, CoverGirl, Dior, Milani, NYX Professional Makeup, Red Lips, Sade, Sade—Classic Beauty Icon, Sue Devitt
Get the Look: Our Favorite Red Lipstick Wearing Smooth Operator—Sade
You can't go wrong with a red lip. You can't go wrong with classic makeup. You can't go wrong with a classicly worn pony tail, faux or real. You can't go wrong with simple gold or silver hoops. You can't…
Saturday Skin Care Humor: Grits Are For Breakfast, Not Exfoliating—Repost
One of my bff's called me the other day in skin care crisis. Apparently her skin needed exfoliating but she was out of facial scrub. So, being the enterprising woman that she it, she proceeded to make her own exfoliant. …
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Simply Sexy Saturday: Rihanna’s Glowing Skin, Minimal Makeup & Nude Lips
Over the last year we have seen Rihanna with flaming fire-red locks in various lengths, styles and textures. Along with that crimson crop, she has sported some funky fashion and extreme makeup. Don’t get it twisted, we LOVE Rihanna’s makeup—always.…
Beauty News: Nivea Pulls its Racist Ad Targeted at Black Men
It’s rather odd that at a time when Nivea has appointed Rihanna, a Black woman, to the post of spokesperson, that they would even think of running an ad of a clean-shaven, preppy-dressed black man who is chucking his previous…
Friday Find: Fusion Beauty IllumiCover Line Smoothing Luminous Concealer
I have a few beauty products on my must-have list. One of them is concealer—I can’t live without it. My dark circles which vary in depth depending on how much wine I have imbibed, how much sleep I have missed…
Beauty News: Birchbox Receives Another Round of Funding
Don't you just love trying new beauty products? Getting samples of your favorite brands or new products to try? Particularly DELUXE samples? I do. Well I prefer full-size, but a sample is great for travel, and a wonderful way to…
What I’m Loving Now: Jurlique Purely Age-Defying Refining Treatment
At 54, I am more than obsessed with maintaining my youthful not-so old skin. So products that claim to be anti-aging, regenerating, replenishing, firming, enhancing and age-defying are on my radar. Which makes my job even more wonderful—I get to…
- Angela Davis, Beauty, Bosley Professional, Farrah Fawcett, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Solange Knowles
National Hair Loss Month: Solution for Thicker Looking Hair
What feature, other than hair, can draw unfettered attention and stir decades of controversy? The gossip factor seems to grow exponentially when the hair is bigger than life, colorful, out of the norm. The debate over hair has even…
Nicki Minaj Watch: Her Hair is Still Huge & She’s Wearing Green Nail Polish
We get really excited when new photos of Nicki Minaj pop up. It makes blogging fun. She's fun. Her look is fun. Nicki, Lady Gaga and even Rihanna to an extent make the most of their "costume". It's makeup people,…
- 100% Pure, Beauty, Beauty Product Reviews, Body Care Reviews, Burt's Bees, Hair Care Reviews, Hugo Naturals, Jane Carter Solution, Jonathan Product, Neutrogena, Skin Care Reviews
Budget Beauty Tuesday: Grapefruit Inspired Editor’s Picks
Grapefruit —we love it for breakfast and the juice makes vodka taste even better. But, grapfruit has a plethora of benefits for our bodies, inside and out. Inside: Of all the citrus fruit, grapefruit has the highest concentration of…
- Beauty, Clinique, CoverGirl, Illamasqua, L'Oreal, Make Up For Ever, Mya, NARS, Simple Saturday Essentials
Simply Sexy Saturday: Mya—Easy Day to Night Makeup
Simply sexy makeup is subtle—the right touch of color applied for emphasis with a deft hand can make all the difference between "Simple Saturday" and "Simply Sexy Saturday". The beauty of simply sexy makeup is that it can be…
- Beauty, Black Up Cosmetics, Mylah Morales, Taraji P. Henson, Taraji P. Henson—Classic makeup with nude lip
Get the Look: Taraji P. Henson—Classic Hollywood Makeup with Nude Lip
Taraji P. Henson was stunning in a snug red hot dress at the premiere of at the “Larry Crowne” Los Angeles premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on June 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California. Taraji was red-hot on the red carpet, but…
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