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Met Gala 2019: Ebates Edition Featuring Skin Care & Makeup
Met Gala 2019: Ebates edition featuring beauty breakdowns for Janelle Monae, Serena Williams, Tracee Ellis Ross and Zoe Saldana. To celebrate twenty years of savvy shopping, Rakuten (previously Ebates) teamed up with 400+ stores to offer 15% back on accessories to travel & vacations this week! In Tax Day Flash Sale 2019: Celebrity Beauty ID Edition, I highlighted the following beauty brands: bareMinerals Becca Cosmetics Charlotte Tilbury Smashbox But since skin care is a topic I haven’t covered in a while, I’m sharing the skin care brands in addition to the makeup used on stars for Met Gala 2019. Take a look at the beauty breakdowns for Janelle Monae, Serena…
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Cyber Monday Sales: Shop Small, Buy Black
As always, I’ll be adding more Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales to this list as I receive them. Every business/brand listed is black-owned. Cyber Monday Sales Undra Celeste NY is having a massive sale – at 40% – on their elegant wares! Use code SHOP2016 at checkout. Tnemnroda are having a generous Cyber Monday sale in which you can save 40% off all sunnies and accessories with code cyber40 at checkout.
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Black-Owned Lip Colors for National Lipstick Day
Can you use some black-owned lip colors for National Lipstick Day? Blaq Vixen Beauty is on the case! Happy National Lipstick Day! A few years ago, I rounded up a quick list featuring best selling MAC pink lipstick colors on black women. This year, I want to help put black-owned makeup brands (BOMBs) in the spotlight. There are five lip colors I think every woman should own: a notable nude a reliable red a posh pink a werk it wine a vivacious violet With this aim in mind, I sought out photos of celebrities wearing five popular black-owned lip colors. If you’re looking to support more beauty brands that are for us, by us,…
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#Scandal 4 x 1: Back to Life From the Beach
Situation at the Location: Livin’ La Vida Pacífica In the opening scene of “Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia,” Olivia (a.k.a. Julia Baker) has gotten her life on the coast of Zanzibar. Curly, bouncy natural hair reigned supreme for the political fixer since we last saw her. Her beach was better with a pair of Dior Exquise Sunglasses, her Monique Pean White Diamond & Gold Cage Ring, a white Kosmos by La Perla Mare Non-Wired Swimsuit, a Roberta Freyman Nicola Dress Magik…and Jake. I imagined the former B-613 operative bathing her in countless ounces of Coola Body SPF 30 Unscented Moisturizer. These moments happened, of course, between rounds of sultry beach sex. Olivia’s lip-of-the-day, always, was…
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Kerry Washington 2014 Emmys Makeup
Kerry Washington by Carola Gonzalez: Neutrogena, Kevyn Aucoin and Dior skin. Kerry’s skin is always exalted as “naturally flawless” so I’ll continue with the accolades. I’m sure Gonzalez followed a similar regimen in preparing Kerry for this year’s Emmys: Prep the skin with Neutrogena Visibly Even Moisturizer to even out her skin tone, apply foundation where needed (Kerry usually wears Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation in #9 but Gonzalez used Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer in SX11) and add a touch of warmth with Neutrogena Healthy Skin Blends Natural Radiance Bronzer in Sunkissed. Based on the behind-the-scenes snap shared on Twitter, Kerry is also wearing Neutrogena Healthy Skin Custom Glow Bronzer and Blush Duo in Raisin Glow, a “universal…