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#IAmWhatIMakeUp: CoverGirlâs Newest Ad Highlights the Rare Beauty of Vitiligo
CoverGirlâs been doing some great work lately with its âI Am What I Make Upâ campaign, adding new talent to its roster, like Ayesha Curry and constant #Fave Issa Rae. But perhaps CoverGirlâs latest ad, featuring model Amy Deanna, who has vitiligo, is the cosmetic companyâs freshest yet. In it, CoverGirl takes an unconventional turn…
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Jackie Aina: YouTube Style WarriorÂ
Beauty vlogger Jackie Aina, 30, is a member of the U.S. Army Reserve and has 2 million YouTube subscribers and counting. Averaging around 600,000 views per post, her funny and frank videos, like âBougie and Bad on a Budgetâ and âEdges Slaughtered,â bring the real on the makeup tip, touching on issues of race and…
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As Usual, Sailor J Says What Weâre All Thinking
Here at The Glow Up, weâve already extolled the virtues of vlogger Sailor J, whose hilarious video tutorials and social commentary consistently keep us in stitches. But this week, she took tutorial to a new level when she subversively addressed the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Fla.âas well as the many similarly horrifying events that…
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According to Laverne Coxâs New Video, the â90s Are Officially Back
For those of us who came of age in the late â80s and â90s, we remember a time full of post-â80s optimism, the rise of hip-hop in the grunge era and the unabashed flamboyance of the âclub kid.â All were in full effect at the New York City-area college I entered in 1993. Actress Laverne…
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London Fashion Designer Duro Olowu Is a Man of Many Muses Â
Duro Olowu is man who celebrates the creative force of women in the arts like no other fashion designer. After all, heâs married to Thelma Golden, the director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, where she is arguably the supreme critical eye and ultimate beacon and power broker when it comes to the contemporary work…
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Before She Was 2nd: Daphne Maxwell-Reid Broke Beauty Barriers
Actress Daphne Maxwell-Reid is arguably best known for being second. Most remember her as Janet Hubertâs replacement in the role of Vivian Banks on the hit TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. But Maxwell-Reid had groundbreaking firsts as a black woman: the 1969 cover of Glamour magazine, and homecoming queen at the prestigious Northwestern…
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Letâs Do It Again: Send Our Girls to See A Wrinkle in Time!
Black America, we turned out in record-breaking numbers last weekend to see and support the most anticipated film of the year, Black Panther. It was a triumph as epic as the film itself. But Panther isnât the only black-helmed film being released by Disney this winter; we are now only two weeks away from the…
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O, Tiff! Tiffany Haddish Teaches Us the Importance of Being Earnest With Oprah
Is there anyone quite as adorable as Tiffany Haddish? The comedian and actress is making a scene-stealing and increasingly successful career out of her unfiltered, around-the-way, every-girl humor, and audiences everywhere are eating it up. So it was no surprise that Haddish, our homegirl in our minds, stole the show while appearing on Ellen Thursday,…
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Double Vision: Janelle MonĂĄe Drops 2 New Baddie Anthems on Us
In case you havenât had your fill of African royalty this week (as if), Janelle MonĂĄe dropped in on us today with not one, but two new singles sure to be in heavy rotation over the coming weeks, accompanied by stunning visuals that are already giving us fashion inspiration. In âDjango Jane,â the artist formerly…
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Naturally in Fashion: #TeamNatural Took Over the Runways at Fall Fashion Week
There were lots of exciting trends walking the runways last week during the New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018 collections. Come fall, thereâs saturated color, â90s-inspired silhouettes and a fair amount of fur to look forward to, so get ready. But our favorite trend wasnât a trend at all; it was texture. Following several seasons…