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Glow-Getter: Santana Caress Benitez Cooks Like Your Mother … and May Just Steal the Scene
Chef Santana Caress Benitez doesnât call herself an actress. This, despite her appearance as Lourdes âLuLuâ Blackmon in Netflixâs recent series reboot of Spike Leeâs Sheâs Gotta Have It; a scene-stealing supporting role that has literally sent Hollywood calling (as evidenced by the feature-film audition sheâd sent off just prior to our conversation). Personally asked…
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Be Aware: Your Favorite Beauty Secret May Be More Trouble Than Itâs Worth
Weâre not quite sure when the buzz began about biotin, but suddenly, it seemed, every woman we knew was taking the vitaminâalso called B7 or vitamin Hâto support hair and nail growth. And indeed, while research is sparse, at least one double-blind study concluded that Viviscal, a supplement containing biotin, not only supported hair growth…
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Surviving a Breakup: What Iâve Missed Since Going Natural
Sometimes I look at my Afro and still canât believe that less than two years ago, I underwent âthe big chop,â after which my hair basically looked like a fuzzy tennis ball. Now my hair is a few inches past my shoulders and longer and thicker than it ever was when it was relaxed. I…
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âChristmas Tree Browsâ Are the Latest Thing We Hope Gets Left in 2017
Hell no, weâre not in. Iâm not gonna front: I wanted so badly to file âChristmas tree browsâ under âShit White People Do,â but a basic Google search of âcrazy browsâ easily confirmed that these are equal opportunity offenses. And people, it has to stop. Stop with the braided brows, the squiggly brows, the triple…
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Susan Akkad Is Making Beauty More Multiculturalâand Knows Black Women Donât Need to Be âFixedâ
âEgyptians believe that they invented beauty,â says Susan Akkad. Sheâs a woman who would know, given her degree from Harvard in ninth- to 14th-century Arabic literature and diplomacy. For nine years, Akkad has held the position of senior vice president of local and cultural innovation at EstĂ©e Lauder, overseeing multiethnic innovation for some 25 brands…
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Home for the Holidays? AphroChic Has Your Guide to Last-Minute Decorating
Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason, better known as husband-and-wife interior design team AphroChic, are experts in making a house feel like home. Prior to building their 10-year-old blog-turned-brand, the two moved across the country together and back, making homes in Philly and San Francisco, before finally settling in their beloved adopted hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y.…
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Unnatural: The Beauty Industryâs Natural-Hair Bias
Black folks have always had a list of unwritten rules for navigating life. A quick Google search of âunwritten black rulesâ will yield you hoursâ worth of pure comedyâthere are more than 1 million hits. Youâll find pearls such as âIf you drink the last of the Kool-Aid, make some more,â and âKids, donât ask…
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The Complicated Business of Giving Birth: Motherhood and Mortality
Hereâs 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 isnât 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 âbubblicious lipsâ and âWandaâ so much, I donât 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…