Let's Talk About Colorism in the Natural Hair Community
By Zeba Blay for The Huffington Post I only wore my hair natural maybe a handful of times last year. If my hair wasn’t wrapped
By Zeba Blay for The Huffington Post I only wore my hair natural maybe a handful of times last year. If my hair wasn’t wrapped
It used to be that black women depended on magazines to select, curate and showcase black beauty. Through the pages of glossies like Vogue, Cosmopolitan
When it comes to natural beauty, Kerry Washington has it in spades; gorgeous full lips, high cheekbones and luminous brown skin. So it’s puzzling that
Gap recently launched their GapKids x ED campaign, a collaboration with Ellen Degeneres that features young girls doing incredible things. There is 8-year-old Livia, one
Beauty bloggers and makeup aficionados alike have taken up a new trend, adding faux freckles to their faces. Although people tend to associate freckles with
Michelle Obama’s legacy as a trailblazer will have an indelible impact on American culture. As the country’s first African American First Lady, Obama has been
Many black women suffer with postpartum shedding silently, but natural hair blogger Michelle Thames of Happily Ever Natural went public with her experience in a
Beyonce released promotional images and video for her new athleisure line, Ivy Park, today and it wasn’t long before the stunning images papered the Internet.
Melanin has been historically associated with poverty, slavery and a lack of beauty, wealth and class. It’s a mentality that resounds both within and outside
When Cizinho Afreeka and Jéssica Juliana found out they were expecting a baby girl, they wanted to give her an African name. The couple settled
20-year-old Russell Schiller (IG) is a white sophomore advertising major at Howard University. According to a profile on BeyondBlackWhite.com Schiller is “a Wisconsin native who
Plus-sized black women deal with things that others might not consider — and being shamed for eating publicly is one of them. Self-described ‘hood feminist’
Meet Kezia Williams, founder of The Black Startup, a company dedicated to training young black entrepreneurs. In early March, Williams attended a Confederate flag rally
When Beyonce wrote the hit Bootylicious, she might have been thinking of her own family for inspiration, because the curves are in the gene pool!