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.
Blinging Beauty Product Review: Maybelline Fit Me Foundation
I couldn’t wait to try this new foundation out — Fit Me from Maybelline. I’ve been seeing the ads in every magazine I pick up, not to mention that it’s screaming at me to try it every time I walk…
Letters to the Rich and Famous: Dear Beyonce’, Do You Know the Origins of Blackface?
Dear Beyoncé, I was pretty shocked when I saw this photo: I have been a fan of most of your work. Deja Vu is my JAM! As a matter of fact thanks to that song my vanity plate on my…
Halle Berry Watch: Red Hot on the Red Carpet
The awesomely beautiful Halle Berry was on the red carpet yet again for the 13th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel on February 22, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. Dressed in a sheer Elie Saab gown,…
What I’m Loving Now: Jose Maran Argan Eye Love You Too Palette
I don’t wear eyeshadow daily. I don’t know, call me lazy. Or it could be that I have these hooded eyelids that makes applying shadow a masterclass in creating a crease every time I wear it. Then I have ultra…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Celebrities, DDF, DermaDoctor, Dr. Brandt, Dr. Dennis Gross, Kinerase, Murad, OLEHENRIKSEN, Oprah, Philosophy
Blinging Beauty Letters to the Rich and Famous: Dear Oprah… “O Can Glow!”
Dear Oprah, I admire your drive, your smarts and the fact that you have set the standard for women's entrepreneurship. However, I'm not so impressed with the way you are taking care of your skin. Or the way you are…
Product Review: Jane Iredale Dream Tint SPF 15—Not my Dream
It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of tinted moisturizers. So when I received Jane Iredale's Dream Tint (love the name BTW) I was extremely excited to try it. However I was disappointed because my color was not a…
- Beauty, Celebrities, CoverGirl, Get The Look, IMAN Cosmetics, Josie Maran, Nicole Ari Parker, Organic Wear, Physicians Formula, Too Faced
Get the Look: Nicole Ari Parker at The Beauty Suite with Gabrielle Union
No wonder Boris Kodjoe is married to Nicole Ari Parker, she is stunning—a natural beauty. Nicole recently went the way of short sassy hair and it suits her just beautifully. I spied this photo of her at the The Beauty…
Black History Month Beauty: Beverly Johnson
I’ve loved fashion magazines for as long as I can remember. My friends were buying Tiger Beat and Right ON, and I was buying Glamour and Vogue. (And Cosmopolitan if I could sneak it past my mom). But I will…
Get the Look: Rose Cordero for NARS
I’m a sucker for NARS. I owe the name of my blog to this brand for goodness sake. However, I can’t help be in love with the vision of François Nars and the quality, genius and wearablity of his makeup.…
We Have a Winner: GoClear Acne Skin Care Kit
Maria V — you won the GoClear Acne Skin Care kit. Congratulations! I will email you for your details. Enjoy it, and please tell us about how the product works for you. If you didn’t win, you can still shop…
Product Review: CoverGirl Queen Collection Lipsticks
I received a slew of CoverGirl Queen Collection Lipsticks to review some time ago and I have been putting off writing up my review, because it’s a pretty easy summation here—they are downright lovely. Since the lipgloss revolution, I tend…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Beauty News, Celebrities, CoverGirl, Illamasqua, Jane Iredale, Josie Maran, Kerry Washington, Tarte, Zoe Saldana
Zoe Saldana and Kerry Washington at Fashion Week Calvin Klein RTW Fall 2011
Two actresses that I love to watch were in the front row for the Calvin Klein RTW Fall 2011 show—Zoe Saldana and Kerry Washington. And this is just great news, as I interviewed Pat McGrath a couple days ago, and…
Fashion Week Fall 2011: NARS for Marc Jacobs
SHOW: Marc Jacobs LEAD ARTIST: François Nars, Founder & Creative Director of NARS Cosmetics TREND: Blushed cheeks and defined upper eyes INSPIRATION & LOOK: “The look started with a picture that Marc had of Christy Turlington with really fresh skin…
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