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Coming Clean … With Lauren Napier
Lauren Napier wants you to take it offâtake it all off. Sheâs the CEO of Lauren Napier, maker of a single product: a luxury makeup-remover wipe. Her corporate values are triple mint, even by the most conscious of consumer standards. Her 4-year-old company is not only black-owned; itâs 100 percent operated by women. And her…
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Diva in Distressed: Beyoncé Just Inspired Our New DIY
If you arenât a regular on âBeywatch,â you probably missed last weekendâs shocking revelation that she does indeed have her own edges, as revealed by both her mother and herself. Admittedly, weâre quite not sure why thatâs news, since not only have we seen them before, but wigs are pretty much the best protective style…
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Full Circle and Forward: The Renaissance of Dapper Dan
Gazing down from a billboard overlooking 125th Street (aka Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) in Harlem, âDapper Danââborn Daniel Dayâappears every bit what his longtime moniker suggests. Adjusting the lapel of his impeccably tailored suit, he looks like a man who has arrivedâthough he never left the New York City neighborhood he called home. His…
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Beautifully Flawed: The Ageless Beauty of Angelique Miles
Angelique Miles is a stunning, ageless beauty who knows how to survive and thrive. In conversation with The Glow Upâs Veronica Webb, she shares how her biggest losses made her stronger and more beautiful than everâlike being downsized out of her decadeslong career as a record-label vice president who signed Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Lilâ Kim…
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Get Twisted and Braided in HarlemÂ
The numbers donât lie: 71 percent of black Americans wore a natural hairstyle at least once in 2016. To find out more about protective styles and the amazing practitioners behind them, I took a journey up to 125th Street in Harlem, the international mecca for the natural-hair movement thatâs taking black Americans of all ages…
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Saving Face: Winning the Battle Against Adult Acne
Something interesting has been happening to me lately: People have actually been commenting on how good my skin looks. Iâm not saying this to gloat; not in any way. In fact, Iâve been struggling with acne for the majority of my life. And as a soon-to-be a member of the Jackie Robinson Club (read: turning…
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Shedding Light on Reproductive Health:Â Understanding Adenomyosis
U.K. native Kat François, 44, is a reputable performance artist, writer and playwright, best known for her televised appearances on the BBC3 Poetry Slam Championships in 2004 and the World Poetry Slam Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2005. But despite her accolades and extensive global rĂ©sumĂ©, we initially found ourselves bonding over our reproductive-health…
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Holidazed? Maiyshaâs Guide to Last-Minute Gift Giving
True-confession time: When it comes to presents, Iâm a procrastinator. Honestly, Iâm terribleâespecially these days, when The Glow Up gets most of my attention and energy. While some started holiday shopping back in October, I let both Black Friday and Cyber Monday pass by without batting an eyelash. But here we are, a week before…
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Amazing Grace: The Glow Up Talks to Greenleafâs Merle Dandridge
Thereâs an innate groundedness, a humility, about actress and singer Merle Dandridge. Itâs a quality thatâs immediately calming to the listener and connects you with her. The Glow Up had the pleasure of catching up with Dandridge during her current run on Broadway as Papa Geâa riff on the Haitian Creole god GuĂ©dĂ©âin the revival…