If you love taking care of your natural hair and you consider yourself tech-savvy, you need these natural hair apps. They can help with anything from tracking hair growth to finding nearby salons. Hit next page to see #1!
3 Ways to Minimize Natural Hair Shrinkage Without Heat
Despite what a lot of people might say, natural hair shrinkage is not all that bad. In fact, it’s a good sign of high hair elasticity and having healthy hair. That said, you might still want your curls to be long. If so, these tips are for you. They show you how to stretch your […]
4 Tips for Glowing Skin
Does it annoy you that you can’t have glowing, radiant skin without having to purchase expensive products? Well, the good news is you can still get that lovely skin without spending all that money. In fact, all it might take is a lifestyle change. So, here are the top four tips for glowing skin. Click next […]
Beyonce And Her Mom Take A Quick Stop At A Local Beauty Supply Store
While in Texas Beyonce decided to make a quick stop at the local beauty supply store in Houston Texas with Mama Tina. Then they had a little photo shoot inside and outside of the store! She captioned the pic with the following: went down in H- Town my town ! Hanging at the […]
Inspirational Olympian Michelle Carter Is Also A Professional Makeup Artist
American Olympic shot putter Michelle Carter is not your average athlete. Last week, she brought home the gold in the shot putter competition by a distance of 68 feet and 8 1/4 inches. This also set a new American record. And that’s not all. In the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, her father won […]
Beauty Vlogger Alissa Ashely Tries To Bully Black Owned Makeup Company To Get Free Stuff And It Backfires
If we are really going to do this “support black business” thing we really have to do it and let the first thing I say before even giving you the back story, is that Alissa Ashley was way out of line! Beauty Vlogger Alissa Ashley has a huge following for being relatively new to the […]
Angela Bassett Has Teamed up With Dr. Barbara Strum To Launch A Skin Care Line For Dark Skin
Angela Bassett is in the skin care business and she has teamed up with Dr. Barbara Sturm to create a line just for people with darker skin tones. The line is called “Darker Skin Tones by Dr. Barbara Sturm,” and is set to launch in July. via WWD: “Our main ingredient which goes through our […]
Micellar Water Has Saved My Once Very Oily-To- Combination Skin
Dear Urban Gyal, I have to tell you about Micellar water! If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly chasing the new skincare trends trying to get close to perfect skin. I suffer from oily-to-combination skin with occasional breakouts. While you won’t find me purchasing gold for an outrageous amount of money in attempts to reduce […]
5 Reasons You Should Never Sleep With Makeup on
I don’t know about you, but I certainly have fallen victim to sleeping with my makeup on! I mean, after a long day of work, or a long night out with friends, or your guy, especially if drinks are involved, washing off your makeup just doesn’t always seem like a top priority. And if I […]
See Why One Woman’s Photo Series On Beauty Went Viral
If I asked you to define beauty I bet I would get a wide variety of answers. If I then asked you to define what makes you beautiful with respect to physical appearance I’m sure I would get even more. One college student took the challenge of creating a photo series for a homework assignment […]
Stretch Marks On Darker Skin: How to Get Rid of Them
While you would not trade the birth of your child for anything in the world, you would give anything to get rid of those so-called badges of childbirth known as stretch marks. Stretch marks, also referred to as striae, are pale wriggly type bands that stretch across the abdomen, usually during the last phase of […]
10 Women Rocking Finger Waves And Loving It
Finger waves have been around for–ever! And even though it is almost 2016 women are still showing off their waves on Instagram @alissa.ashley
5 Skincare Tips From Male Model Shaun Ross
Model and actor Shaun Ross is better known as the first male albino pro model. He, like many people in this world, has struggled with blemishes and breakouts in the past mainly as a result of hitting puberty. Now at 24 he is sharing some of his top 5 tips for managing your skin. 1. Drink […]
Rihanna Quietly Launches A New Beauty Agency And Photography Agency
Rihanna might not have an album yet but she is dipping her hands in the beauty world in the mean time. She quietly launched two new businesses, a beauty and stylist agency called Fr8ame and a photagraphy agency called “A Dog Ate My Homework. According to THR: Rihanna is getting her Ari Emanuel on. The […]
Check Out These Four Black Women Super Heroes
Have you ever thought about how cool it would be to have real life black women superhero?! Me too! And so did lifestyle blogger Paola Mathé who decided to bring the idea to life. Mathe’ currently resides in Harlem and owns the company Fanm Djanm which focuses on the strength of all women through African inspired fashion and […]
What A Clap Back! – Black Woman Puts Instagram Troll On Full Blown Blast
Have you seen the above picture floating around on social media? If you are wondering what the big deal was well let me be the first to tell you. TSchneill Rainey who is pictured above often shares her healthy lifestyle with her followers on social media. Recently she had to deal with a Facebook user […]
Make Up Artist Jcoperro Is Chased Off Instagram For Doing Black Face
It is that time of year when the issue of black face becomes a pretty heated topic of discussion. It is heated at anytime but during Halloween black face seems to be the ‘thing’ to do and the backlash is always the same. In this case one make up guru was actually forced of Instagram […]
Black Opal Says It Was Never Geared Towards Black Women
Black Opal is among the most respected cosmetic lines that are popular with women of color. So it’s a bit worrying that they are distancing themselves from their mostly black customer base. They launched ads that distanced them from their black customer base. And when their fans saw these ads on social media, they were […]
Find Your Perfect Foundation Shade With An App
Have you ever gone drugstore hunting for your foundation only to get home and find out the shade you purchased doesn’t match? Or maybe you just don’t want to deal with going to the counter at a nearby department store where they will try to get you to buy 10 additional items along with the […]
Zendaya Speaks Out On Photoshopped Images
This year Zendaya has definitely been hitting headlines and has quickly become an icon of positivity. After every major negative account taken against her she has taken to social media to express her views. Earlier this year, the 19 year old had to deal with Giuliana Rancic’s distasteful comment after the 2015 Oscars. She said her faux-locs probably smelled […]
Teen With Down Syndrome Breaks Into Modeling
Many teens around the country have big dreams of being anything they want to be and won’t let anything stop them. Gigi Cunningham is one of those teens and she isn’t letting the fact that she has Down Syndrome get in her way! The 17-year-old dreams of a career in entertainment and has already started […]
Nigerian Men Are Tattooing Their Lips Pink In An Effort To Not Look ‘Scary’ And ‘Black’
I swear I watched this video in utter dismay and then I checked myself because I am sure there are way more astonishing things people have done to ‘correct’ a problem with themselves. Word on the street is that Nigerian men are tattooing their bottom lip pink in and effort to not look ‘scary’ and […]
Essence Launches A Beauty Box Dedicated To Women of Color!
It seems like in this era subscription boxes get all the rave. The convenience of getting an assortment of products delivered to your front door is lovely. And not to mention the excitement of getting a package and not knowing whats inside which serves as a bit of a surprise! There are many beauty boxes […]
Aaliyah’s Unisex Fragrance Set To Launch In October
Remember a couple of months ago when campaigns for Aaliyah getting a cosmetics line in her name was being spread across social media? Well her name is up again and this time for the official release for her fragrance. The company Xyrena has developed the perfume with collaboration of her mother and brother, Diane & Rashad Haughton. Aaliyah™ […]
We Are So Here For The #PlusIsEqual Campaign That Celebrates Curvy Women
In the current fashion industry, where being thin is celebrated and curves are ignored, there’s finally a breath of fresh air. Last month, on Vogue’s September issue, a teaser ad appeared that showed silhouettes of curvy women with the hashtag #PlusIsEqual. It stirred some controversy because in the entire 832-page magazine, that was the only […]
5 Of The Best Blushes For Dark Skin
Blushes are a major part of every woman’s makeup kit. They illuminate, highlight and brighten our look just by making a few brushes. However, finding the right shade of blush is an issue–more so if you’re a black woman, because there are many different skin tones, and not that many cosmetics companies target women of […]
Make Your Skin Glow – 6 Products for All Year Long Summer Shimmer
You work out all year to get your body in shape and the when the Summer comes you lay under sun to get your glow on. Now that Fall is on its way, you are probably wondering how you can maintain that Summer glow all year long? Well search no further there are a lot […]
Try This Lemon And Milk Alpha Hydroxy Acid Facial Mask Tonight For The Smoothest Skin Ever
I know you have heard of milk and honey? Well this is slightly different but just as awesome. The reason full fat milk is great for your face is because it is a natural source of alpha hydroxy acid or AHA’s commonly found in many skincare products these days. Added to the milk is just […]
Enhance Your Chest With Highlighting And Contouring
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‘Blackbyrd’ – A Photo Series Inspired By Slavery And Dedicated To #Sandrabland And Other People Of Color
With all the images of brutality, racism, inequality, violence and any other negative ‘stuff’ we are bombarded with on a daily basis it helps to just stop and get inspired sometimes. I came across ‘Blackbyrd’ by Cassie Renee by chance, or maybe it was on purpose because I am always actively looking for art, editorial […]
This 19yr Old Was Called ‘Spotted Dog’ In School But She Is Now Redefining Beauty For All To See
19 yr old Ciera was born with a rare skin disorder called Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus. This is a very rare skin condition where she has hundreds of birthmarks that cover her face and entire body. At birth the doctors told Ciera’s parents that the disorder was not life threatening but the birthmarks will increase […]
Jennifer Hudson Said Her Hair Cut Was Inspired By Grace Jones
Jennifer Hudson recently sat down with Vogue to talk hair! Of course her new hair cut has sparked a ton of curiosity about why she did it. Who or what inspired her to cut her hair and why did she do it herself? Vogue said she was reminiscent of a modern-day Josephine Baker and with […]
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