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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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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 founder and owner of black|Up. He did not willingly sell his company. Jean-Francois Damour is the new owner and president of black|Up Lionel Durand is the new CEO of black|Up Updated 25 July 2016: On Linkedin, a Mr. Jean-François Damour has the dual title of “Owner-President” of black|Up on his profile. He is also the owner of the La Criée restaurant in Paris, France. This is the investor Mahabo named in his blog. Updated 11 July 2016: I’ve finally included Lionel Durand’s The Decision Makers profile page…
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Kelly Rowland X-Factor Makeup
Loved Kelly Rowland X-Factor makeup? Read on! In memoriam, I am doing a tribute to all the hair and makeup looks Kelly Rowland’s glam team created for the chanteuse during the X-Factor three-season run. With makeup by Sheika Daley and hair by Cesar Ramirez and Crystal Oliver, here are 13 of Rowland’s most riveting beauty looks:
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Color Story: Garcelle Beauvais’s Disco Makeup
Celebrity makeup artist Troy Jensen (one of my faves) recently shared his take on Saturday Night Fever by tapping actress Garcelle Beauvais to be his “Disco Muse.” Drawing inspiration from 70’s goddess Donna Summer, Jensen transformed Beauvais with dramatic black eyes and glossy bold lips. Her makeup palette is as follows: Jensen “blended shades of vibrant purple over a black cream liner.” He listed four products to get the look: Maybelline Color Tattoo in Potent Purple, Essence STAYS no matter what jumbo eye pencil & shadow in Powerful Purple, Sephora Eye Graphic 4 Colors Palette in Violet Smoky, and Hard Candy Shadowholic 12-Hr Waterproof Eye Crayon in Purple Rain. The black cream…
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beautyblender, a Perfect National Pink Day Pick
Happy National Pink Day! In honor of this fun day, I’ll talk about one of my revered pink picks: the original beautyblender. Created by celebrity makeup artist Rea Ann Silva, this is not your usual sponge. You “bounce” it on the skin to apply your makeup. This keeps my face from turning into a layered cake. You never glide it across the skin like a regular sponge nor do you use it dry. You always wet it first for best results. It’s like watching a pink pet grow in the palm of your hand. Besides the great results I get, this is my favorite part of the whole process. It was the…
