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How acne on Black skin faces a gap medicine ignores

From underrepresentation in dermatology offices to harmful stereotypes about early puberty, Black patients with acne face barriers that go far beyond skincare. June is Acne Awareness Month, but for many Black women, the conversation around acne has never really included them. The mirrors, the magazine pages, the after-school specials about teenage skin — none of…

ByGesi Lloyd3 days ago0Comments

Celebs

Queen Latifah reveals the surprisingly simple truth behind her coming out

The legendary rapper and actress opens up about her public acknowledgment of her longtime partner — and why the moment was far less complicated than anyone assumed. Queen Latifah's Decision Was Personal — and Perfectly Timed Queen Latifah has always operated on her own terms, and her decision to come out publicly was no different.…

ByDempsey May AyucoMay 22, 20260Comments

Celebs

Lupita Nyong’o is rewriting Hollywood’s definition of beauty

With dual roles in Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, the Oscar winner is centering Black beauty in the most epic way possible — and not everyone can handle it. Hollywood has always had a complicated relationship with beauty — who gets to embody it, who gets to define it, and whose face gets to sell it. But Lupita…

ByDempsey May AyucoMay 20, 20260Comments

Career

Burnout is the price Black women in leadership keep paying

Behind the contracts, titles and hard-won respect, a quieter crisis is building, and it has less to do with ambition than with the systems Black women are expected to thrive inside. For a growing number of Black women in business leadership, the version of success they worked toward is making them burnout in ways…

ByGesi LloydApril 30, 20260Comments

Cosmetics

The Lip Bar: Redefining everyday beauty with purpose and power

How one brand turned kitchen-made lipstick into a mainstream movement built on boldness, ease, and radical inclusion There's a particular kind of power in a brand that doesn't ask for permission. Since 2012, The Lip Bar has operated exactly that way — building a beauty line rooted in simplicity, clean formulas, and the kind of…

ByDempsey May AyucoApril 22, 20260Comments

Skincare

Why Black skin deserves a whole different approach

From hyperpigmentation to keloids, here's what science actually says about caring for melanin-rich skin. Let's be honest — the skincare and dermatology world was not built with Black people in mind. Most clinical research, product formulas, and treatment protocols were developed using lighter skin as the default. But Black skin is structurally, biologically, and beautifully distinct,…

ByDempsey May AyucoApril 21, 20260Comments

Hair

Coco Gauff responds to criticism of her natural hair in ad

Italian luxury house Miu Miu tapped Gauff to front the campaign for its new Vivant leather bag, a reimagined bowler-style carryall from the brand's Spring/Summer 2026 collection. The shoot took place on her family's backyard tennis court and presented Gauff in a preppy red polo, a dark navy technical skirt, minimal makeup and her hair…

ByGesi LloydApril 11, 20260Comments

Cosmetics

UOMA Beauty is the brand your deep skin has craved

The brand built on bold identity and radical inclusivity is proving that representation isn't a trend — it's the future of beauty. When UOMA Beauty arrived on the scene in 2019, it didn't just enter the beauty industry — it interrogated it. At a time when major brands were still scrambling to add a few…

ByDempsey May AyucoApril 7, 20260Comments

Sports

Dawn Staley towers above women’s basketball, 30 years on

Thirty years ago this month, a 67-foot-by-100-foot mural of Dawn Staley went up on the side of a building in Philadelphia, around the corner from where she grew up, across the street from her elementary school and directly facing the recreation center where she first developed her game. She was 26 years old, fresh off…

ByGesi LloydApril 3, 20260Comments

Entertainment

BET+ is folding into paramount+ — Here is what changes

Paramount absorbs the beloved Black streaming platform, buys out Tyler Perry's stake, and bets big on a new era. The curtain is coming down on BET+. After nearly seven years as a standalone streaming destination rooted in Black culture and storytelling, the platform is being folded into Paramount+ starting in June 2026 — a seismic…

ByDempsey May AyucoMarch 17, 20260Comments

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