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The Get List: Glamour Magazine Just Released Its 2018 Beauty Awards, and Weâre Going Shopping!
As you know, we love a good beauty find here at The Glow Up, which is why we were seriously excited that Glamour magazine dropped its annual Beauty Awards list Monday. Aside from being one of the longest-running fashion magazines around (79 years and counting, to be exact), itâs also one of the more inclusive,…
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Hello, Yellow! âTis the Season to Serve Some Sunshine!
Last Christmas, to fight the winter blahs and celebrate our first successful month at The Glow Up, I indulged in a little âI love meâ present. OKâgiven the price tag, it was a big âI love meâ present, but I budget at cost-per-wear, so thereâs that (thatâs another post, for later). Anyway, I fell in…
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Belieni: A Sneaker Is Born
In your wildest dreams, would you change your life and your career and follow your passion all the way to Italy to design luxury sneakers? Thatâs exactly what this brotherâwho goes by the single name of Belieni (bel-ee-AH-nee)âdid. Belieni is a self-taught designer from the Potomac Gardens projects in Washington, D.C. While enlisted in the…
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Mommy and Me: Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Go for the Gold at the 2018 Wearable Art Gala
This weekend, while we were doing super-glamorous things like laundry and dodging drunken St. Patrickâs Day revelers, BeyoncĂ©, Blue Ivy and the Knowles-Lawson-Carter clan showed up and out at the WACO Theater Centerâs second-annual Wearable Art Gala in Los Angeles. WACO, an acronym for Where Art Can Occur, was co-founded by Tina Knowles Lawson and…
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Leave Tamar Alone! People, Can We Stop Equating Hair With Femininity?
Grammy-nominated singer, reality-television regular and Braxton-family baby sister Tamar turned heads this week when she took to Instagram to post footage of her having her head shaved with the chorus of Bobby Brownâs âMy Prerogativeâ playing in the background. The divaâas well-known for her array of hairstyles as for her multioctave voiceâhas notably been estranged…
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Everybodyâs Talking About the âPenis Facial,â and It Doesnât Mean What You Think (Itâs Worse)
Today in âThings we wish we didnât know aboutâ news: This morning I had the unique pleasure of explaining to my colleagues here at The Root what a âpenis facialâ is. Slang connotations notwithstanding, it wasnât what they thought. It was worse. The discussion started rolling when The Rootâs weekend social media editor, Corey Townsend,…
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Make Money Moves: Some of the Worldâs Most Successful Women Want You to Know Your Worth
Seventy-nine cents on the dollar: Thatâs the number weâve become accustomed to hearing when discussing the gender wage gap. But grim as it is, further research has revealed that that number applies only to the wage discrepancy for white women. Despite now being the most educated population in America, black women earn a meager 63…
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Can You See Me Now? Tools to Tackle Even the Most Detailed Eye MakeupÂ
Reading glasses for makeup are a thing. Tweezers with a built-in flashlight are a thing. Put those two things together and you have the best team ever when it comes to plucking your brows, putting on false eyelashes or drawing on eyeliner. I donât wear glasses just to look smartâI need themâbut who the hell…
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Seeking Spring Beauty Trends: The Glow Up Hits the International Beauty Show!Â
Show me the beauty! At The Glow Up, you know weâve got you when it comes to finding and trying out whatâs new and whatâs next. Recently, 500 vendors gathered in New York City for the International Beauty Show, and we hit every booth! Hereâs a video with a taste of the latest in beautyâfrom…
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Wild Thoughts: What Would a Lingerie Line From Rihanna Look Like?
Rihanna always keeps us guessing, so when we heard whispers that the âLove on the Brainâ singer recently inked a deal for a lingerie deal with fast-fashion design firm TechStyle Fashion Group (formerly JustFab Inc.), we were seriously intrigued. Spokespeople for both Rihanna and TechStyle have yet to commentâor disclose a potential launch date. But…