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Emi Jay’s new collection adds a dose of chic to your getting-ready routine     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Emi Jay (@emijayinc) Cult-favourite label Emi Jay is here to level up your hair accessories game even more. Best known for its oversized claw clips, the Los Angeles-based brand just […]

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My first visit to a beauty shop is one I’ll never forget. It was in Detroit, during one of many family day trips. That afternoon, my dad and brother were visiting their own grooming hub: a barbershop around the corner, where the bass of hip-hop, the boom of laughter and the buzz of electric razors […]

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Ayurvedic skincare line Hymnologie launches in Canada When dentist Jigyasa Sharma moved to Canada from India with her husband and two kids in December 2020, she was desperate to find natural and effective skincare products, like the ones her mother had been cooking up for her in the kitchen for years. “Throughout my teenage years, […]

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It may be time for the Butterfly Pretty Instagram filter to move aside. The most interesting thing happening in augmented reality (AR) right now isn’t beautifying filters that purport to make us “prettier” by removing skin texture and flaws, changing our features or making us look like Kardashians. Instead, the new wave of futuristic Instagram […]

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Eva Longoria has achieved representation on her own terms. The multi-hyphenate’s career trajectory took her from a starring role in Desperate Housewives to working behind the scenes as a director and producer to starting her own production company to see hire more women and people of colour in Hollywood. Add her philanthropy work, ambassador role […]

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Kim Kardashian has announced that her makeup brand KKW Beauty will be shutting down temporarily for a complete rebrand. The CEO posted the news on Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday, saying the closure will occur on August 1 at midnight. And yes, the rebrand means a major sale on existing products. A message from our […]

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With its continuous stay-at-home orders keeping us in a steady holding pattern over the past several months, the pandemic has seen many women of colour with afro-textured hair leave their regular relaxer treatments, weaves and protective hairstyles behind and embrace their natural curls and coils. If you’re new to the natural hair game, crafting a […]

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Meet MOB Beauty, a Cosmetic Line Bringing Refills to Your Makeup Kit   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by MOB Beauty (@themobbeauty) It’s no secret that the beauty industry is guilty of unleashing an immense amount of landfill-bound plastic on the planet. So when four industry veterans — one of them […]

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Hair. It’s a powerful symbol of identity and self-image for many, and how a person chooses to style theirs can say a lot about them. For Black women in particular, this relationship is an incredibly complex one — a subject that’s intertwined with politics, culture and social pressures. In a world long dominated by Western […]

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This morning, MAC Cosmetics teased a new makeup collection in collaboration with rising British-American designer Harris Reed. The 24-year-old sartorial mind is part of a new generation of forward-thinking designers pioneering a welcomed shift in gender-bending fashion thanks to their (Reed’s pronoun of choice) theatrical glam rock–meets-Victorian design aesthetic, which includes plenty of grand, full […]

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Frizz: The unwelcome F-word in beauty that has been tossed around for decades when it comes to hair. Something that’s seen as needing to be tamed, dealt with and, whether overt or veiled, a word that has long been directed at curly hair. Just Google synonyms for frizz and, bam: every curl type (wave, curl, […]

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Precious Lee is no stranger to being first. In 2015, the fashion model’s curvy silhouette appeared in the September issue of American Vogue via a campaign for plus-size womenswear brand Lane Bryant announcing to readers: #PlusIsEqual. By appearing in the empowering ad, Lee became the very first Black curve model to appear in the magazine. […]

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