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What a difference a year makes! Only 365 days ago, we were celebrating the birth of The Root’s newest baby, a beauty, fashion and women’s empowerment blog coyly titled The Glow Up. A year, one awards season, two Fashion Months (and a Cruise Collection Week) and well over 1,000 posts later, we’re slightly older,…

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From deep conditioners, to relaxers and gels, on any given day black women put tons of products in our hair. We don’t just wake up like this. Well, sometimes we do, but. Wait. OK. Back to the story.

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Singer-songwriter Maxwell has long been known for making beautiful songs. But his recently released ballad, “Shame,” also brings us a bevy of beautiful people, as the artist recruited some of the world’s most buzzed-about black models for his latest video.

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Hair has always been  a major topic of discussion in the Black community. The diversity of Black hair has allowed us to explore all types of hairstyles: braids, twists, relaxers, natural hair, wigs, weaves—the whole gamut. In our society, a woman’s choice of hairstyle comes with many misconceptions, for example: if you wear wigs or […]

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She was once rejected on Shark Tank, now she’s breaking ground on her very own store. Today’s Grio Good News Report comes from Detroit, Michigan, where Melissa Butler, the CEO of The Lip Bar is making her dreams come true. Back in 2012, Butler had an idea to create a lipstick line that truly complemented her […]

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One is a legend in the hair game and the other is steadily making a name for himself creating of-the-moment looks for any number of famous heads, but an exchange of shade between celebrity hair gurus Kim Kimble and Tokyo Stylez this week sparked a lengthy debate about who really gets to call themselves a hairstylist.

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Sometimes you have to bring your own seat to the table. Afro-Latinas who are tired of being ignored by mainstream media outlets who only show one type of Hispanic beauty, are creating their own spaces to celebrate that beauty online. In a recently published story in The New York Times, theGrio’s Deputy Editor, Natasha S. […]

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[Monday]Me: Oh my goodness! I love your hair, August! Don’t be mad at me when […]

10/23/17 | CocoFactory . . Never be sorry for being black, Never. Keep the black […]

When I was a child, the phrases “Black is Beautiful” and “Say it Loud! I’m […]

We see it every day. Black women wearing chemical relaxers and expensive weaves, because they […]

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Tai Beauchamp may be more well known in media circles for her work as an editor for popular glossies such as O!, The Oprah Magazine, Seventeen, Suede and Vibe Vixen, but lately she’s been burning up red carpets and TV screens with her megawatt smile to dish about the latest trends in beauty and fashion.

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CLUTCH - With it being so hard to find your perfect shade in an industry catering to white beauty without spending big bucks, most black women do opt to forgo makeup altogether.

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