Black Owned Beauty Brands
Black Owned Beauty Brands
Black Girl Magic

8 Black-Owned Beauty Brands You Need to Know About

Add these inclusive brands to your beauty arsenal.

Hair

Getting Rid of My Long Hair Made It the Healthiest It’s Ever Been

I no longer dread trims, and if you have natural hair, you shouldn’t either.

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shower-cap.jpg
Beauty

How to Preserve Your Protective Styles, According to a Celebrity Hairstylist

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hair love oscar winning animated film black hair
News

Where to watch Hair Love the Oscar-winning animated short

Hair Love just won the 2020 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, and if you’ve…

Scene from Hair Love
Scene from Hair Love
Lifestyle

How a short film helped me teach my daughter the beauty of her natural hair

Motherhood—and mothers’ voices—should be celebrated every day. But that also means having conversations about the…

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gabrielle union dwayne wade
News

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade invited a student who was suspended for his dreadlocks to the Oscars

By now, it’s hardly a secret that Black hair is scrutinized, policed, and criticized in…

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blake-newby
Beauty

I’m a serial extensionist, and this is what I do to keep my natural hair healthy

My first acquaintance with weaves was in the seventh grade. Some will say that’s too…

Things to not say to girls with natural hair
Things to not say to girls with natural hair
Beauty

7 things girls with natural hair are tired of hearing

The minute you start embracing your natural kinks and curls, people’s reactions to you become…

Books

In Hot Comb, Ebony Flowers illustrates the intimate relationship between Black women and their hair

Curly hair products for summer
Curly hair products for summer
Beauty

13 curly hair products that won’t fail you on hot, humid days

If there’s one thing curly haired gals fear, it’s humidity. After washing, plopping (if you’re…

Miko Branch of Miss Jessie's
Miko Branch of Miss Jessie's
Hair

The founder of Miss Jessie’s talks to us about creating a natural hair care brand with purpose

My mother is currently staying with my family. She’s helping out with my young daughter…

Suave Natural Hair Collection
Suave Natural Hair Collection
Hair

I tried Suave’s new line of natural hair products to see if my hair would stop shedding like a cat’s

My hair has always been prone to a slew of issues, including dryness, shedding, breakage,…

Beauty

Kelly Rowland tells us the story behind her beauty anthem “Crown,” and the advice she’d give her younger self

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young black woman on the subway
News

New York City is banning discrimination based on hair, finally offering some protection to Black women

This week, the New York City Commission on Human Rights released new guidelines stating that the targeting…

Emma Stone
Emma Stone
News

So THIS is why Emma Stone just dyed her hair a dramatic dark brown

Emma Stone has routinely switched up her hair from red to blonde (and back again)…

Lifestyle

As an Afro-Latinx woman, my homecomings in Nigeria and Miami reinforce the pain of diaspora

Halsey Natural Hair
Halsey Natural Hair
Hair

Halsey clapped back at internet trolls who criticized her natural hair

In today’s “this really shouldn’t be news, but it is” moment, Halsey had to take…

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nappily-ever-after-lathan
Hair

A reminder that Black women don’t only shave their heads because of a breakdown

On August 2nd, Netflix released a trailer for its upcoming romantic comedy Nappily Ever After, based…

Beauty

An ode to legendary hip-hop queen Missy Elliott’s beauty and style

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cardibbecareful
Hair

This is the badass hair detail you might have missed in Cardi B’s “Be Careful” music video

America’s sweetheart Cardi B dropped the music video for “Be Careful,” and there’s a beauty…