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Beauty, Beauty News

How #BlackUp Curiously Lost Its Black Founder Fabrice Mahabo

Blaq Vixen Beauty researches what happened to BlackUp Cosmetics’ original founder/owner Fabrice Mahabo. Check out my latest article “Black Beauty Brands That Aren’t Black-Owned.” TL;DR: Fabrice Bernard Mahabo was the…

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1 Sep 2015
EmpireFOX, Fashion

Shopping #Empire: Anika Calhoun’s Ted Baker Embellished Elenna Midi Dress

Reader Yvonne sent in the following Empire query today (I am beyond enthused at this!): Can’t get Anika’s red dress with the bedazzled collar, from last night’s episode out of my head.…

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20 Feb 2015
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Sanaa Lathan for Pantene

Revealed in the beauty news section of the February issue of Essence Magazine, Sanaa Lathan is the face of Pantene’s Nature Fusion line! I am personally excited because I was…

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14 Jan 2012
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Moroccanoil Smooth Collection

Moroccanoil Smooth Collection: Blaq Vixen Beauty reviews T  H  E || B  A  C  K  S  T  O  R  Y My sister Rachel, who I have not featured on the blog…

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1 Aug 2014
Cookie's Closet, EmpireFOX, Fashion

Shopping #Empire: Cookie Lyon Alexander McQueen Dress & Balenciaga Clutch

Visit the Cookie Lyon boutique! In this sneak peek from this week’s upcoming Empire episode “Out, Damned Spot,” Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) wore an Alexander McQueen Baroque Lace Jacquard Dress. The nude…

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9 Feb 2015
Beauty Campaigns, Beauty News, Skin Care Sundays

Kerry Washington for Neutrogena’s Visibly Even Line

Watch Washington’s first Neutrogena® Visibly Even® Daily Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 daily lotion commercial that aired during the Scandal finale last night: Also, Bellasugar has a tutorial on how to…

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24 Oct 2013
Beauty, Beauty News, Black Beauty Brands, Black-Owned Businesses, Brown Beauty Brands, Celebrity Makeup, True to Hue

Black-Owned Highlighters For Total Glow-balization

This compilation of black-owned highlighters for deeper skin tones has been in draft for a bit. At first, I wanted to showcase great highlighters that looked beyond on richer skin tones. If…

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25 May 2016
EmpireFOX, Fashion

Shopping #Empire: Angie’s White Intermix Alexis Strapless Fringe Jumper

In this sneak peek from “Sins of the Father,” Angie (Mary J. Blige) posed in a sold out $598 Alexis Strapless Fringe Jumper from IntermixOnline. Step into glamorous territory with…

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11 Mar 2015
Beauty, Hair

Blaq Vixen Beauty Reviews Black Crown Natural Hair Care

A  || B  A  C  K  S  T  O  R  Y  This haircare review is terribly overdue, but here it is, finally! I was contacted to review select products from Margaret Mason’s Black…

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24 Nov 2014
Beauty, Black-Owned Businesses, Celebrity Makeup

Black Girl Nude Lipsticks: From Budget to Luxury and Beyond

The new and approved black girl brown girl nude lipsticks compilation is here! If you’ve been following Blaq Vixen Beauty on and off, then you’ll know my brown girl friendly luxury nude lipstick…

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4 Jun 2014
  • Kelly Rowland Wears MAC Cosmetics Chestnut and Cork with SC Full Ignition
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    Kelly Rowland by Wendi Miyake | Bellus

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    You know how you normally can’t download photos, videos, and stories from other people’s IG accounts? Well, I’ve been using Inflact, which is an incredibly nifty service that allows you to download everything I mentioned above including reels, IGTV episodes, media from Facebook, Twitter and even TikToks. I wish Inflact was available when Kelly Rowland was doing GRWM lives/stories for her X-Factor appearances. I distinctly remember being bummed that I couldn’t download a specific makeup video she uploaded her to her profile some years back. She uploaded herself wearing a metallic smokey blue eye and nude lip combo then – if I remember correctly. You can see more of her…

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    Makeda Solomon Comments Off on Kelly Rowland by Wendi Miyake | Bellus

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    Jodie Turner-Smith’s Vanity Fair After Party makeup look stole the show with a gorgeous shimmering cat eye! When creating this bold makeup look, we had to be very detailed with the application to make sure the look is flawless. First, we brushed and groomed her brows using the Tweezerman Brow & Lash Brush. Then after applying the winged eyeliner, we took our time customizing her top and bottom lashes with the Tweezerman Shaping Scissors. [We used] the Tweezerman Slant Tweezer to carefully apply the lashes. To create a seamless blend, we then used Tweezerman Folding iLashcomb and Brow & Lash Brush to comb her natural lashes with the falsies. We finished…

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    DeWanda Wise by Tasha Reiko Brown. She is wearing Chanel Baume Essentiel Multi-Use Glow Stick Rouge Frais and Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet Luminous Matte Lip Colour in Mystérieuse.

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    Nia Long by Joanna Simkin. She is wearing The Lip Bar Vegan Matte Liquid Lip Color in Bawse Lady.

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