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.
Spring Fragrance Launch: Clean Cotton T-Shirt and Summer Escape
I was first introduced to “Clean” when it launched about 10 years ago. And I was not a fan. It was just a bit too, well, clean for my taste. I can smell like soap and water without having to…
What I’m Loving Now: Smashbox Photo Finish Luminizing Foundation Primer
For flawless makeup application, you nearly always need a primer. I mean unless you are around 10 years old with perfect skin. Don’t think about being 50 plus. You need to take a dive in the stuff. At any rate,…
Model Watch: Naomi Campbell Covers Vogue Japan
Beauty is Diverse shared the latest on the incomparable Naomi Campbell. Naomi Campbell covers the June 2011 issue of Vogue Japan photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Naomi is wearing a gold dress from the Gucci Spring 2011…
Win it: 2 Self Tanners & Papaya Body Scrub
I was born brown, so I really don’t need a self tanner. Although I have used the ones that give your legs a little glow in the summer, and I like ’em. At any rate, in my stash, I have…
Model Watch: Jourdan for YSL Touche Eclat Campaign
I was ecstatic when YSL finally made Touche Eclat in a tone darker that light and I’m even happier to see Jourdan Dunn in the campaign. Beautiful. If Touche Eclat can get me looking as flawless as Jourdan, then I’m…
Earth Day Beauty Buys: Best in Organic Skin Care
It’s Earth Day! What better day is there to green up your beauty routine than today? Green products are organic formulas that are free from ingredients like # GMOs (genetically modified organisms), parabens, petrochemicals, phthalates, sulfates, synthetic fragrances, synthetic dyes…
Product Review: Nyx The Runway Collection—Jazz Night
I’m not one of those women that wears eyeshadow everyday, but I do have a huge stash of shadows. (Clearly I need to join a 12 step program for makeup junkies. ) That, plus the fact that I am still…
We’ve Got a Winner: Smashbox Softbox Summer Collection Lipgloss
The tweets were crazy for the Smashbox Softbox Summer Collection Lipgloss giveaway. And it’s great one, no doubt about it. Given my addiction to lipgloss, I had a difficult time giving up these lovely lippies. Well, after ticking off tweets,…
Halle Berry Watch: Pretty in Pink at Silver Rose Gala and Auction
My favorite sassy short haired lovely to watch, Halle Berry, was on hand at the Silver Rose Gala And Auction at Beverly Hills Hotel on in Beverly Hills yesterday. And of course, Halle was just lovely in a vibrant pink…
Coachella Beauty Must-Haves: Big Hair & Big Hats—Rihanna & Eriyka Badu
If you were hanging out in the Coachella Valley for a weekend of music, your best beauty advice came from Rihanna and Erykah Badu—wear big hair and a big hat. And take a hint from me—wear lots of sunscreen a…
Red Carpet Watch: Selita Ebanks at 8th Annual New Yorkers For Children Spring Dinner Dance
So I guess I have a thing for women in red. It seems to be a recurring theme on this blog. And here we have Selita Ebanks looking quite lovely in red on the red carpet at the 8th Annual…
The Smashbox Lipgloss Contest is Closed!
Thanks for all the comments and tweets. But the contest is OVER! I’m counting up entries and should have a winner to announce later today.
Janet Jackson on Book Tour: Fresh and Fabulous at 44
Janet Jackson is on tour signing her book, “True You: A Guide To Finding And Loving Yourself”, and she looks just FABULOUS. I love her hair and makeup and she just looks great overall. Singersroom.com reported: “It’s a self help…
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