Beauty
Our mission at Blingingbeauty.com is to bring beauty news and reviews to readers from the beauty industry. Our categories include skin care, body care, hair care, makeup, and fragrance. From high-end luxury beauty brands to budget-friendly beauty brands, we cover it all.
Our reviews are honest and from a professional and layperson's perspective. While our focus is for a Black audience, our expertise applies to all skin types and colors.
Tracey Brown, the editor-in-cheif and founder of Blinging Beauty is an expert in beauty products, ingredients, makeup artist, and esthetician.
Beauty News focuses on new product launches, as well as celebrity get-the-look articles.
12 Days of Giveaways—Day 6: COCOTIQUE December VH1 Single Ladies Box
Have you heard of COCOTIQUE? If, not, it’s about time. There are too many subscription beauty boxes to count, but now there is one that is specifically for women of color. About COCOTIQUE: COCOTIQUE is a deluxe beauty box subscription…
Product Review—Makeup: Jay Jill Cosmetics Hi-Definition Pigment in No Fear
One quick way to glam up your look for day or evening is to use a highlighting powder. My favorite areas to highlight are my brow and cheek bones, décolleté and shoulders. Currently my favorite highlighting powder is by Jay…
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Product Review—Hair: Jane Carter Solution Creamy Leave-In Styling Smoother
When it comes to leave-in conditioners, I consider myself an early adopter. I started using leave-ins “back in the day” when they were water pumped up with vitamin B. Then, that was great, it was almost ground-breaking in the hair…
CeleBeauty Watch: First Lady Michelle Obama is Gorgeous in Green at 2013 Kennedy Center Honors Gala
First Lady Michelle Obama was the picture of elegance at the 36th Kennedy Honors Gala, wearing an off the shoulder teal Marchesa gown that showed off one of her best assets–her toned arms and shoulders. On her left was her other…
Budget Beauty Tuesday: Editor’s Picks—Burt’s Bees Hand Salve
Among my beauty addictions, is an insane devotion to hand cream. I’m a germaphobe and that means that I’m constantly washing my hands. And when the soap and water option isn’t available, I am spritzing hand sanitizer. All of the…
12 Days of Giveaways—Day 5: Milani Cosmetics Makeup for 2 Winners
One of our favorite budget-friendly beauty brands is Milani Cosmetics. Over the years we have to come to love the value, quality and amazing color and product selection from Milani. So we are very happy to offer a full face…
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What I’m Loving Now: L’Occitane Iris Angelica Sublime Essence
In my quest for ever-youthful skin, I look for products that increase clarity, brighten, and add luminosity t0 my skin. It’s pretty much a given that after the age of 50, skin needs a serious boost to have the glorious…
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Product Review—Hair: Pantene Pro V Truly Natural Collection
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Pantene through their partnership with POPSUGAR Select. While I was compensated to write a post about Pantene Truly Natural, all opinions are my own. I have been wearing natural hair for ages, it just never really crossed my…
12 Days of Giveaways—Day 4: Spa Sonic Face and Body Polisher
Used and recommended by spas and dermatologists, the Spa Sonic Face and Body Polisher is the essential first step in a healthy skin care ritual. The waterproof device can be used on both the face and body to deeply cleanse while removing…
Model Watch: Joan Smalls covers January 2014 Elle U.S.
She’s the one we love to watch–supermodel Joan Smalls. The natural Puerto Rican beauty’s latest cover and editorial is photographed by Michael Thompson. Joan is wearing a sequined dress designed by Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci accessorized with a rose gold, diamond, and…
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Product Review—Skin: RADICAL Skincare Instant Revitalizing Mask
I am on a serious quest to regain my youthful skin and that lead me to developing better skin care habits. My battle is uphill because I developed poor skincare habits when I was young. That is all over now,…
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Product Review—Baby Skin Care: Shea Moisture Organic Raw Shea Butter and Argan Baby Bar Soap
Bar soap has long been a mainstay in my bathing routine. I make sure I’m never without a sweet smelling, good quality bar soap, While my Blinging Babies prefer to suds up in a tub full of bubbles, for their…
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What I’m Trying Now—Skin Care: Avon Skinvincible for Day & Night
I have fond memories of Avon products–they are probably what started my addiction to makeup. My mom had these stacking bullet pastel cream eyeshadows that I scrawled all over my face. The makings of a makeup artist. Fast forward 50…
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