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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’
Leather Expert Deconstructs ‘The Perfect Fake Birkin’ Bag ‘ And Spills All The Tea
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Oh, Honey: The (Budget-Friendly) Beauty in the Secret Life of Bees
Yeah, we know, we know … we covered honey-based beauty just SundayâVeronica Webbâs experience with a $725 luxury bee-venom facial, to be exact. Understandably, some of you were a bit stung by the premise and the price tag, but we want to pull back the curtain on beauty treatments that arenât widely known to the…
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Blow Me: Airbrush Makeup Puts a Smile on My FaceÂ
One of my longtime trademarks is the âno-makeupâ makeup look. When you see me on the red carpet or the cover of a magazine, my face is usually clean and simple. And until a few years ago, Iâd always had perfect skin. But between multiple childbirths and the hormonal changes that come with babies and…
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Flight Time: 48 Hours in a Supermodelâs SuitcaseÂ
Iâm en route to London, a city I love and know well. Sadly, Iâll only be there for two days, to honor my dear and recently departed friend Azzedine AlaĂŻa at the British Fashion Council Awards. This trip to London requires an overnight flight, and my ass will hopefully get some sleep, since upon landing,…
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Like Father, Like Daughter: 20 Years After His Death, Biggieâs Legacy Launches a Clothing Line
Tâyanna Wallace was only 3 years old when her father, Christopherâthe rapper the world recognized as the Notorious B.I.G., or Biggie Smallsâwas brutally killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. I was 22 and a college senior, living across the street from his mother, Voletta Wallace, on St. James Place in Brooklyn, N.Y.âs Clinton…
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A Facial Fit for Queen Bey: How I Got My Own Beehive
Someone just asked me if Iâd had a face-lift! Honestly, the comment mightâve stung if I hadnât just been treated to a Valmont Majestic Bee Venom Facial, which, at $725 for a 90-minute session, costs about as much as a face-lift. But this VIP glow up happened at the ĂŒber-fabulous Valmont Spa in the five-star…
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Killer in the Sack? Why You Might Need to Learn CPR This Cuffing Season
Scenario: Itâs a cold winter night, and youâre happily snowed in with bae. Youâve Netflixed. Youâve chilled. Youâre now in the throes of passion, but instead of clutching you, all of a sudden, he clutches … his chest? What would you do? Sex has long been one of our favorite winter sportsâand has been linked…
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Dapper: Fashioning a Queer Aesthetic of Black Womanhood
âAinât I a woman?â Black feminist pioneer Sojourner Truth famously asked that question of an all-white audience of abolitionists and suffragettes in 1861, to point out the erasure of black women from the social âprotectionsâ of womanhood. A century and a half later, black women, from Misty Copeland and Serena Williams to first lady Michelle…
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I Am Not Your Token: What Rihanna Taught Us This Week About âDiversityâ CastingÂ
This week, one lucky Rihanna fan got an impromptu lesson in tokenismâfrom the star herselfâafter they suggested that she include transgender women in her next Fenty Beauty campaign. The new beauty mogul, who rocked the cosmetics industry this past September with her full-spectrum beauty launch, responded kindly and clearly on why even the question was…
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Pigment on Fleek: Why these Juviaâs Place Makeup Tutorials Are So on PointÂ
Makeup and I made friends a long time agoâand we ainât never gonna break up, either. In fact, all we do is fall in love over and over again. So it was love at first sight when I laid eyes on the dazzlingly rich eye shadow palettes from black owned-and-operated indie brand Juviaâs Place. With…
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Before The Glow Up:Â The Root Staff Reveal Their Younger Selves in a #FlashbackFriday Series of Embarrassing Photos
Itâs never all work and no play here at The Root, yâall. Though we work hard, we always make time for funâincluding making fun of one anotherâbecause weâre one big olâ happy, dysfunctional family. And because our family is spread out across the country, most of these hijinks take place on our messaging system, Slack.…