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Exploring beauty, fashion and décor, showcasing the genius of Black innovators (including our readers!) in diverse disciplines from makeup formulation to millinery design and fabrication.

Although the flowery Easter Bonnet of seasons past may be passé, the regal treatment of the head, including the dressing of tresses and decorating of locs, endures today as a direct legacy from esteemed ancestors.

THE HEAD IS A SACRED PLACE

Winter takes a toll on our hair and skin, and heightens the need for luxurious grooming. Dry-brushing is an ancient exfoliating beauty practice that renews your skin by removing dead, dry skin cells and cracked skin, and stimulating the lymph glands.

Scaly, Cracked Skin – Yikes!

Power Adornments by Harwell Godfrey There’s basic bling. And then there’s the queen-worthy finery of San Francisco jewelry artist Harwell Godfrey. She is the recipient of the 2022 Gem Award for Jewelry  Design and was a 2022 nominee for the Council of Fashion Designers (CFDA) American Emerging Designer of the Year, and the 2022 CFDA […]

PUT A RING ON IT

There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. — Rumi. The 2023 Vernal Equinox will take place on Monday, March 20 at 2:24 PM PDT, heralding the official arrival of spring. But for Anu Prestonia, it’s always time to start “anew”!

STARTING “ANEW” WITH ANU

Our mothers and grandmothers often gave the same advice, and now we give it to you: Wake up every morning and make yourself fine. Whether it’s a weekday workday or a Sunday morning requiring the full-on raiment of the sacrament with heels, stockings, gloves and a heavenly hat, our culture has never really seen the point of dressing down. Even Casual Fridays are an opportunity to keep it tight and make it cute, right?

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The beauty and resiliency of beautiful Black skin is epic! That’s the good news. The bad news is that, consuming sucrose, glucose may lessen the age-resistance of your
complexion.

DOES SUGAR CAUSE WRINKLES?

Aliesh is an internationally respected authority of the health of the skin, and has authored her own book on care of what some call World Majority Skin.

LOVE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN!

Esthetician Aliesh Pierce