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Product Review: Living Nature Vitalising Cleanser
Sometimes my love for glycolic peels, scrubbing pads, and acne-drying products can send my acne-prone skin into over-drive. Though I’m not convinced to (ever) stop incessantly using my skin brightening products, I will allow my skin some time to calm.…
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Bona Fide Face: My Top 11 Must-Have Beauty Products of 2011
I must admit, I’m most loyal to any beauty product that works regardless of its name or prestige. I want to see results. And like most of my fellow microwave-mindset generation, I want results, like, yesterday. The older I get,…
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Glow Getters: Get the Look—Thandie Newton’s Glowing Skin
Thandie Newton is best known for her big-screen roles —racing Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible II", the disgruntled wife of Will Smith in "Happyness" or the ghostly antagonist in "Beloved"—however, we can't help but admire her glow. Whether wearing barely-there makeup…
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Party Girls: Tracee Ellis Ross—Purr-fect Party Girl Look
Tracee Ellis Ross pulls another great look together at her 39th birthday bash on October 28. She partied the night away at Reign night club in Atlanta while celebrities Kanye West, Fabolous among others came out to help her celebrate. The “Reed…
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Get the Look: Big Hair Queen Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross is the queen of big hair. She’s gorgeous, a talented actress, and fashion forward. But her natural, healthy, perfectly tousled hair doesn’t have to fight for top recognition amongst these attributes. Hands down, her big hair wins. After…
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Get the Look: Corinne Bailey Rae—Nude Face
While the nude face is a major beauty trend for Fall 2011, notable nude faces—Lisa Bonet, Solange and Tracee Ellis Ross and Corinne Bailey Rae—are the nudist trendsetters. A "Nude Attitude" is nothing new in the makeup world—it's adored as…
Bona Fide Face Product Review: Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian Clay Finishing Powder—Bronze
I have a full blown fall-out with fall each year because my brown skin tends to lose a bit of its richness during its cool arrival. When my brown skin tone fluctuates in its color range, matching a foundation is…
Product Review-Makeup: Tarte LipSurgence Natural Matte Lip Stain—Peaceful
I have big lips. That’s not insecurity or regret speaking, that’s honesty: my lips are not petite. So, I’m paraticular about what I put on my natural attention seekers. Any wrong texture, color, or consistency and they go from…
Get the Look: Beyonce’s Pregnancy Glow
Blinging Beauty Beyoncé graced the VMAs sans her typical club-snug, bedazzled frocks, leaving “Sasha Fierce” MIA. Dripping in emeralds and diamonds, Mrs. Shawn Carter was nearly fully-covered in a bias cut tangerine gown, only baring a lone shoulder. The ensemble…
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Product Review: Maya Water Facial Mist Organic White Tea
Complete luxuriousness. Maya Water Facial Mist claims are colorfully melodramatic, diluted with a slew of miracles for contained water —foreign, organic, nitrogen induced, white tea enhanced, preventer/repairer of sun damage, and a fighter of skin discoloration and wrinkles. Uncertain if…
Circumspect Sunday: Donyale Luna—The Outer Gift and The Inner Gunk
Donyale Luna, born Peggy Anne Freeman, was the first Black supermodel. At 6’2”, her altitudinous height was perfectly accompanied by larger-than-life almond shaped eyes, a lanky but svelte frame, and gawking gorgeous looks—apparently too hard to pass up, even in…
Product Review: Perricone MD Skin Clear Hydrator
Anyone with acne-prone skin flinches at the thought of a wet product beyond H2O touching their skin. I know this fear all too well—ao many times have I tried to oil-pat-blend in a dry patch while getting dolled up the…
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