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I love the idea of clean beauty, but I find all of the terminology a bit confusing since there are so many buzzwords smacked on product packaging with little regulation here in the U.S. Natural, organic, non-toxic, clean, etc. can mean different things to each brand. So, before adding brands to this list, I took […] More
Hair. We all have it, but, for Black women, hair is much more than just what grows out of our head and keeps us warm. Our hair is love, culture, and language. It’s how we express ourselves and communicate with the world around us about who we are and what we are about. The doing […] More
Who doesn’t open the medicine cabinet of every persons’ bathroom they go into? We can’t be the only ones who absolutely love to know what beauty, fashion, and wellness products other people are using. (Don’t even get us started on peeking behind a closet door to see neatly-lined rows of denim, dresses, and shoes.) Some […] More
The pandemic has been rough, the civil unrest has been traumatic, and juggling my responsibilities as a wife, mother, working professional, and an active member of my community has been the absolute most. Like many of you, I am trying to keep it all together while making sure that self-care doesn’t completely fall off of […] More
Although getting ready is a time many people dread in the morning, it’s truly my saving grace. Nothing gets me more excited to hop out of bed than doing my skincare, applying my makeup, and fixing my hair. But I wasn’t always this way; there were times I would rather do anything but get ready […] More
The beauty of self-love Counting your blessings is something we often forget to do, instead many put their energy into worrying about what people think, menial things in everyday life, comparing ourselves to others. However, for UAE influencer Salama Mohamed she considers herself truly blessed, leaving a reminder of it for her 500,000 followers on […] More
When you’re a curly girl like me and you hear of a hair-care line dropping from the queen of the wash-n-go, Miss Tracee Ellis Ross, you celebrate. This goes without saying, but the release of Tracee Ellis Ross’s new hair care line, Pattern, was monumental. Though there are several products on the market for natural […] More
With Father’s Day only a few days away (June 21) we are frustratingly trying to figure out what to get one of the most important men in our life, who by now probably has everything he needs. We know it’s the thought that counts, but nobody likes to see their gift dusting away in the […] More
