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For Colored Girls Who Tried Braided Wigs and Clip-in Afros When Sitting in a Chair for 12 Hours Was Too Much
Yasss! Box-braided and cornrow wigs are a thing. So are curly and kinky Afro clip-in hair extensions that fluff up like clouds. Meaning: Naturalistas, rejoice if you are looking to make your protective styles even more protective this summer. Our hair is some of the most versatile and the most delicate on the planet, meaning…
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What Weâre Talking About This Weekend
Nothing is more important for your body than water. Saturday is National Hydration Day, so drink up! Keep a bottle of water by the bed and start sipping as soon as you wake up. It sets a good habit for the day. Have a glass of water before every meal. Drinking water can help reduce…
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Virgil Ablohâs 1st Louis Vuitton Show in Paris Showed Why Heâs the âKing of Coolâ
âI made a conscious decision that I wasnât just going to be a consumer; that at least one of us [African Americans] would appear at the end of a Parisian runway,â Virgil Abloh told British Vogue in March 2018 when his official appointment to the venerable house of Louis Vuitton was announced. This Thursday in…
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What Weâre Talking About This Weekend
This is what The Glow Up is buzzing about this weekend: a world of curls; multiethnic, natural-hair care; â90s-throwback, female-dominated streetwear; and traveling like royalty. Happy weekend! I am dying over HSIâs Groover Curler Master Kit curling iron, with 10 interchangeable curling wands. Itâs beach season. Itâs wedding season. Thatâs lots of bridesmaidsâ parties and…
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Girls Night Out: 3 Hot Brands We Like This Weekend
First off: Donât go to that sunken place. Going to a backyard party, and you just canât resist wearing heels? Solemates heel protectors are literally like having a superhero at your feet. Invented by two sisters, these ingenious clear rubber stoppers fit discreetly over your stilettos, redistributing the weight over a larger surface area to…
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Get Lifted: An in-Home Face-Lift at Your Fingertips
Ever wonder how supermodels stay supernaturally young looking? Some of itâs genetics. A lot of itâs not. Face taping is a trick that Iâve seen and admired while on set with a lot of my fellow supes and hanging with my drag queen mister-sisters, but I havenât tried it till now. Admittedly, at 53, fatigue…
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Sneakerheads Rejoice at This Pyer Moss x Reebok CollabÂ
You may not have heard of Pyer Moss designed by Kerby Jean-Raymond yet, but you willâespecially if you love sneakersâbecause Reebokâs collaboration with Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss on the Air Drop shoe is one to covet. The black designerâs latest fashion-forward, state-of-the-art cross-training shoe is called the Air Drop because it was inspired by âair…
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The Mask Ball: How to Get That Glass Complexion Using Korean Sheet Masks
Youâre invited to the âMask Ball.â Bring your favorite sheet mask, and welcome all ballers on a budget. Want to get your glow up on a time and money budget? For about the price of a bag of groceries, I give myself targeted treatments for specific areas of my face, neck, hands and feet. I…
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The Exhibit âBlack Women: Power and Graceâ Shows the Timeless Strength and Beauty Within Us All
Long before social media liberated unadulterated images of black womenâs beauty, there was Kamoinge. The Kamoinge photographers collective, founded in Harlem in 1963 under the direction of the venerable photographer Roy DeCarava, author of The Sweet Flypaper of Life, is officially opening its newest exhibition, âBlack Women: Power and Grace,â Thursday night at the National…
