I was really intrigued to be interviewing a millennial working for Avon. In all honesty, Avon, for me at least, was pretty much associated with my mom’s generation. That was until I was 16, and .Mark happened. Avon’s 2003 launch of .Mark was a memorable one for me. I’d get the catalogs and beg my…
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“I think growing up it was tough and it was very confusing because there weren’t a lot of bi-racial families when I was growing up. There were a lot of eye stares and I really didn’t quite understand it and I didn’t have any bi-racial friends. And so I feel like I was always torn…there’s…
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This is my prediction: soon (and very soon) women of color will collectively realize that we pretty much share the same beauty issues as one another and will begin to look for multiple ways to work together to demand inclusivity in the beauty industry. It’s pretty ironic, but many of us still separate our beauty concerns…
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I went back and forth about spending $130 (yes girl, $130) on the new Dark Star 006 eye kit, sitting across from my co-worker and friend-boo in real life, Sarah. We both literally kept asking each other if we should buy it. It was so much money, but there’s something so significant and exhilarating for…
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I joined social media or (Facebook) in 2005, my freshman year of college. Back then it was pure fun. People were writing “25 things you may not know about me” notes, and randomly meeting their college boyfriends (maybe that was just me) on the platform. Then I hopped on Twitter because, again, fun. We just…
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Kink isn’t the average self-help book or even a natural hair journey memoir. The UK-based ‘Curlture’ founders, Jay-Ann Lopez and Patrina Charles, could not have given this work a better title. The photography centers cocoa-skinned women with 4C hair, TWAs and dreadlocks—skin tones and hair types often under-celebrated in mainstream media. Most of us sport…
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Bahja Rodriguez was first introduced to the world as one-fourth (and later one-third) of the teenaged R&B group, the OMG Girlz—founded by singer and reality star, Tomeka “Tiny” Harris. Bright tutus color-blocked with equally bold-hued stockings and sneakers were the group’s signatures. Fast-paced, slick talking yet youthful R&B records created their sound. As they matured…
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19-year old Ciera Davis was minding her business— à la serving face, curves and a thigh-high boot tease—when an online troll commented on her pictures with, “Never trust a top half posting ass female LMFAO.” Followers immediately roasted him for fat-shaming and among them was singer and actress, Zendaya. “Stumbling across this stupid shit,” she…
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Him: “Is that your real hair? Nevermind, yeah that’s your hair I can tell. Yeah, that’s all you.” Dafuq? He said it so confidently and so damn loud that I didn’t have a chance to actually respond. He also had a full blown, 15-second conversation, aloud, with himself about my hair and it’s potential realness,…
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It’s a chilly, rainy day at a coffee shop in Greenwich village and the Colored Girl Campaign founders, Victory Jones and Tori Elizabeth, are laughing it up with a few fans of their latest photo campaign series, Rebirth. The rain kept a few people home from the meet and greet, but the ladies decide the…
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