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This Black Model Might Be The Face Of 2025 Met Gala, But Still Has a Regular Job to Make Ends Meet
The Sad But Relatable Reason Naomi Campbell Might Skip This Year’s Met Gala Red Carpet
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Why Michael B. Jordan’s ‘COOGI’ Sweater Was a Scene Stealer in ‘Sinners’
Fashion Icon Andre Leon Talley’s Best Style Statements
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The Complicated Business of Giving Birth: Motherhood and Mortality
Here’s a not-so-fun and very frightening fact: Did you know that the U.S. has the highest rate of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the developed world, indiscriminately affecting women across races, backgrounds, educations and income levels? Did you know that over half of those deaths are preventable? And, if that news isn’t disturbing…
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Red Lip Theology: Every Sista Deserves to Be a Stunna
The first time my mama caught me trying to cut off my lips, I was 10. Kids called me “bubblicious lips” and “Wanda” so much, I don’t think they knew my real name (and I hate Jamie Foxx to this day). As far as I was concerned, performing this minor surgical procedure in our tiny…
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Pretty Hurts: The Insidious Side of Insta-Beauty
It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Self-proclaimed “makeup enthusiast” and Instagram beauty Victoria Katei (@vicxkat) learned this the hard way when she was brave enough to get real with her over-50,000 followers, showing herself with and without makeup. The comments weren’t universally kind—not by a long shot. Commenters accused Victoria of “catfishing”…
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Because Being a Woman Isn’t Scary Enough: Now Your Birth Control Could Cause Breast Cancer
Have breasts? Trying not to get pregnant? A new study from Denmark has revealed that hormonal birth control of all types can raise your risk of developing breast cancer, which is frightening news to the legions of women who choose these methods to prevent conception. This new research expanded beyond high-dose birth control pills studied…
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Hot Flashes: The Cold Truth
Once a month, when you’re suffering from cramping, bloating, moodiness and fatigue, do you imagine menopause as a dream where your menstrual cycle ends? That, like a butterfly, you’re freed from monthly changes forever? Think again, my friend. Estrogen, the hormone that makes a woman a “woman,” controls not only female menstrual cycles and fertility…
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Be Attentive, Be, Be Attentive: Treat Yourself to Some #SelfLove, Part 2
Editor’s note: Angela N. Holton, of online spiritual portal and self-development site Love Sanctuary, is a life coach joining The Glow Up to help and encourage our readers through a journey of self-love. Whether or not you feel like you’re struggling, Holton’s monthly essays and weekly action items are gentle, loving reminders to become the…
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We Gon’ Run This Town … in Fenty x Puma’s Newest Release
While you were sleeping, Fenty x Puma dropped a new take on high-top sneakers, just in time for the weekend. Visually, the Mid-Geo sneakers are like a ballet-meets-basketball-dream-team shoe collab. Day one Fenty fiends know what I’m talking about: prep school style meets new-school sass and cleverly serves both fashion and comfort, under the creative…
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She’s Your Queen-to-Be: @Krissychula Stays Saying What We’re All Thinking
Fun fact—or, in this case, funny fact, for a beauty vertical: I first fell for YouTuber @krissychula on a bad hair day in 2012. It was a really bad hair day, to hear her tell it: Since being “pissed off” at her hair (and who here can’t relate?), @krissychula, also known as Krystal, has elevated…
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Nailing It, Naturally: How I Do a DIY Mani-Pedi
#BlackGirlTragic: I am ashy. Tip to toe. The reigning Queen of Elephant Skin. Dry winter skin has my hands looking like I’m half eagle; I need a manicure so badly. In short, it’s not a good look. But true confession? Mani-pedis are one of the areas in my beauty routine where I am consistently thrifty…