The Makeup Party
Call your friends over and spruce up your looks for spring with these amazing tips and products!
read more...Ask the Experts: Ten Face-Saving Skin Secrets
Face-saving tips every Black woman should know.
read more...Ask the Experts: The Perfect Brown Girl Blush
How to create the flawless flush for your skin.
Ask the Experts: 20 Black Hair Secrets
Think you know everything there is to know about Black hair? Guess again! Here, famed celeb hairstylist Derek J. (Nicole Ari Parker, Kandi Burress and Eva Marcille are devotees) let us in on twenty hair tips, tricks, tools and products that should…
read more...Ask the Experts: Paula Patton's Premiere Look
All the celebs brought their beauty A-game to "Jumping the Broom's" star-studded premiere, but no one dazzled like the film's star, Paula Patton. We were so taken with her mile-long lashes, rosy cheeks and raspberry gloss, that we went straight to…
read more...Ask the Experts: Creating a Recessionista Manicure
There's no way around it — times are tough. But that doesn't mean our beauty routine should suffer! Instead of springing for weekly nail appointments, why not create your own DIY manicures? We asked Ginger and Liz of Ginger + Liz Nail Lacquers…
read more...Ask the Experts: Ginger and Liz on Spring Nail Trends
From the super-chic shades to the cheeky names (hello, 'Blowing Money Fast!'), there's nothing we don't love about Ginger + Liz Nail Lacquer. But don't just take our word for it — the trendy polishes, owned by two fierce nailistas, H. Ginger…
read more...Ask the Experts: Iman's BET Honors Makeup
There are beauty moments, and there are beauty moments. When supermodel/mogul/"The Fashion Show" host Iman swanned down the BET Honors red carpet last Friday, it was one for the books. Sure, she was swathed in a killer J. Mendel gown and stole, but…
read more...Ask the Experts: Sam Fine's Winter Beauty Tips
Winter is almost officially here -- time to switch up your skincare and makeup regimen! Who better to ask for cold weather beauty advice than celeb makeup artist extraordinaire, Sam Fine? Here, the beauty legend takes a break from working with Iman,…
read more...Ask the Experts: Fall Makeup Must-Haves
With so many new products on the shelves, revamping your makeup bag for fall can be a tad overwhelming. Ladies, we went straight to the top for answers! Super-famous celebrity makeup artist Ashunta Sheriff (Keri Hilson, Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys…
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