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  • Beauty,  Beauty News,  Black-Owned Businesses

    Black Beauty Brands Not #Blackowned

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    Blaq Vixen Beauty identifies the non-black CEOs of black beauty brands Milani Cosmetics, Black Radiance Beauty, Sacha Cosmetics & Flori Roberts in 2016.

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  • Beauty,  Black-Owned Businesses,  Celebrity Makeup

    Angela Bassett 2014 Emmys Makeup

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    Late last night, I shot my first email to celebrity makeup artist D’Andre Michael. I followed him months ago after learning he does makeup for Mary J. Blige, Garcelle Beauvais, Queen Latifah and many more of our favorite celebrities. I saw a behind-the-scenes snap of him touching up Angela Bassett on Instagram (@dandremichael) and was compelled to introduce myself and my blog. Angela B looked absolutely REGAL, and I wanted to capture her beat for the blog. It would’ve been criminal of me not to ask the master behind the mug. After I practically begged Mr. Michael for details behind her Emmys makeup look, he sent over an arresting, high-resolution photo, which…

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    Halloween Haute: Your Faves Best Makeup Looks

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    I wasn’t in the supernatural spirit this year, so I stayed home, blogged and anxiously waited for the next episode of Scandal to come on. Yet, this year some of our faves took to Instagram to show up and show out for fright night. Here were my top 5 haute Halloween makeup looks from Instagram and beyond: Haute Halloween Makeup Looks: Tika Sumpter as Nefertiti Obviously I’ve found a new woman cave in Tika Sumpter’s womb so I’ll stay here for the rest of the night! First I shared her brow secret and now I am fawning over her riveting rendition of an iconic woman! The Gossip Girl alum enlisted celebrity…

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