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Megan Markle's Close Friend Might Have Just Revealed the Sussexes' New Brand Name


Ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shared the announcement that they’re be stepping back as senior members of the royal family, there’s been a lot of talk about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s use of the word “royal.”

You see, after their wedding, the pair officially registered their website, social media handles, and charity as Sussex Royal. However, as part of the agreement to sever royal ties with the family, Queen Elizabeth forbid the couple from using the word royal on any of their work.

In a statement, the couple wrote that dropping the word royal was just fine with them. “While there is not any jurisdiction by The Monarchy or Cabinet Office over the use of the word ‘Royal’ overseas, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use ‘Sussex Royal’ or any iteration of the word ‘Royal’ in any territory (either within the UK or otherwise) when the transition occurs Spring 2020.”

Though many viewed the response as snarky toward the Queen and the monarchy as a whole, the couple might have just been stating facts. Besides, it appears they already have a new name in the works already.

According to The Daily Mail, stylist Jessica Mulroney, who happens to be Meghan’s closest confidant, registered a new domain in Harry and Meghan’s name sometime last week. As The Daily Mail wrote, she “registered the website sussexglobalcharities.com last Wednesday through her charity the Shoebox Project Foundation, which supports vulnerable women.”

Look at the name again: “Sussex Global Charities.” No “royal” in sight.

“While the duke and duchess are focused on plans to establish a new non-profit organization, given the specific UK government rules surrounding the use of the word ‘royal’ it has been therefore agreed that their non-profit organization when it is announced this spring, will not be named Sussex Royal Foundation,” a spokesperson for the couple told The Guardian. The spokesperson reiterated, “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not intend to use ‘SussexRoyal’ in any territory post-spring 2020.”

Though little else is known about just what Harry and Meghan will call their endeavors right now, we likely won’t have to wait long: The couple’s last official day as working members of the royal family is March 31.



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Demi Lovato Unveiled a Brand New Neck Tattoo


Merely a week after debuting her brand new neck tattoo, Demi Lovato is back with fresh ink—but this time the placement is a bit more subtle.

Located on the back of her neck, Demi got a new piece by renowned tattoo artist Alessandro Capozzi. The piece is a stunning micro realist rendition (meaning a tiny yet super detailed portrait) of the “Divine Feminine.” The duo decided to represent the concept with a winged female figure clad in loosely draped clothing and she’s being carried up by three white doves.

“We created this piece together to represent a rebirth of the spirit,” Alessandro explained of Demi’s new ink in his post. “The dark wings represent the bad times, their fading away is how she moved forward. The light from within represents the inner strength necessary for the change and the doves, pulling her up, symbolize the reach of [a] higher state of consciousness. Congratulations on your inspiring journey Demi, honored to have represented this for you.”

Apart from the super-detailed finished result, Alessandro also shared a behind-the-scenes look at Demi actually getting tattooed in his L.A. studio — which was no small feat. According to TMZ, Demi got tatted on Monday, Dec. 23, from noon until 8 P.M.—meaning the singer spent a total of eight hours at the parlor. Sure, we need to take breaks into account and all that, but Demi looks unbothered in Alessandro’s snap. We all know the singer is no stranger to tattoos so it’s no wonder she sat through it like a total champ.

Pain aside, Demi seems to be over the moon with her new ink. “Thank you so much ?? it’s incredible and you are so extremely talented ??,” she commented on Alessandro’s post. Apart from the thank you message, Demi herself has not weighed in on the meaning behind any of her latest tattoos and it’s unlikely she will. Per her latest Instagram post (dated Dec. 5), the next time we hear from her, she’ll be singing.

Until then, check out the singer’s new ink below.





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Kim Kardashian’s New Shapewear Brand Is Being Accused of Cultural Appropriation


Earlier this week Kim Kardashian West announced she’d be launching yet another new business venture: an affordable, size-inclusive shapewear line.

“Finally I can share with you guys this project that I have been developing for the last year. I’ve been passionate about this for 15 years,” she wrote on Instagram. “I would always cut up my shapewear to make my own styles, and there have also been so many times I couldn’t find a [shapewear] color that blended with my skin tone, so we needed a solution for all of this.”

Many were excited about the range of the collection: pieces going up to a 4XL, available in nine different shades, priced accessibly. However, in the days since her reveal, there has been backlash bubbling up on the Internet because of the brand’s name, Kimono.

People have accused Kardashian West of cultural appropriation over the name of her shapewear line. There’s even a hashtag: #KimOhNo.

“Wow, @KimKardashian. Thanks for BUTCHERING Japanese culture!!! My culture is not your plaything.” one Twitter user wrote. “You don’t have any respect for people who are not your family, do you? In the 15 yrs developing this project, couldn’t you find a cultural advisor?”

“The year is 2039. A child is asked what a kimono is. They reply with “Kim Kardashian’s shapewear range.” And there begins the gradual erasure & dilution of the kimono’s rich cultural history for future generations. One of many reasons why trademarking it is NOT OKAY #KimOhNo,” another said.



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Jonathan Van Ness Is Essie’s First Nonfemale Brand Ambassador


It’s been a long road, but we’re finally starting to see beauty brands put their money where their mouths are when it comes to inclusion. From truly expansive shade ranges to body-hair representation in ads, brands are painting a realistic picture of the people who actually use their products. This audience is expanding to include men and nonbinary people as well (of course, that doesn’t always go as planned).

The latest brand to join the party: Essie, who just announced its first ever nonfemale brand ambassador, Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness. The partnership is here just in time for Pride Month. Can you believe?

He shared the news in an Instagram post this morning, June 6, celebrating individuality and pride. “I’m so honored to announce I’ve teamed up with @essie as their first nonfemale ambassador in celebration of Pride! For me, polish has always been a form of self-expression. Right now that means this mosaic rainbow mani moment. Wearing it proud!”

JVN has been known to rock a rainbow mani, and in the Essie campaign he shows off a custom rainbow manicure that mirrors his signature style of painting only a few nails.

In the comments of JVN’s Instagram, many left messages saying they were so excited to share with their sons. “I’m showing this to my son, Sam, who was bullied last fall for wearing nail polish to his kindergarten class. THANK YOU!!” writes one Twitter user.

Campaigns like this show that beauty is so much more than skin-deep. This line of thinking is central to Van Ness’s beauty philosophy, who focuses on how Queer Eye’s subject’s feel in addition to how they look, no matter their gender. Hopefully, a JVN beauty line is in the works, but until then we’re excited for this Essie partnership!

Bella Cacciatore is a beauty associate at Glamour. Follow her on Instagram @bellacacciatore_.





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Not All Bodies Are Exactly the Same—This New Plus-Size Fashion Brand Gets It


If you’re a plus-size shopper, you know the frustration that comes from brands taking straight-size clothing, making it larger, and assuming it’ll fit the same. This practice (which is still, unfortunately, common) doesn’t take into account how the body changes when weight is added, how a silhouette might need to be readjusted for different body types, how hemlines might need to be longer. Even with more options on the mass market than ever before for sizes 18 and up, it can be difficult to know if the number on the tag will actually work for your body. That’s precisely why fashion blogger Lauren Jonas felt the need to start her own brand.

“It always felt to me that clothing should fit us as we are, not that we should fit clothing as it comes,” she tells Glamour about Part and Parcel, a new plus-size women’s wear brand that drops on May 14. Designing for a plus body, after all, is slightly more complicated than a size small or medium: Three women who all wear a size 18 might carry their weight differently—how can clothing fit correctly with so many variations? Jonas thinks she has the key.

Courtesy of Part and Parcel

Part and Parcel’s distinguishing feature is something Jonas calls dimensional sizing. It’s an approach that’s closer to custom, made-to-measure clothing than you normally see at an affordable price point. (Everything at Part and Parcel is under $150.) For each apparel item, the customer is given the choice between two fits on the bust, biceps, and waist; for shoes, coming this fall, they get three options. An online brand representatives assists in real time, helping them pick the best option.

Jonas began working on this concept in 2017, when she started a Kickstarter campaign to design a better wide-calf boot for plus-size shoppers, allowing backers to pick from a range of calf measurements. It took off, so over the next eight months, she began gathering groups of people in her target demographic to really flesh out the concept. Where did dimensional sizing need more fit variations? How could they offer a range of fits at an affordable cost point? From those conversations, one thing was clear: Men have been able to shop dimensionally forever with varying neck, arm, and inseam measurements (and pretty affordably, Jonas adds), but it was time women got the same options.

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In recent years different made-to-measure brands have gone about a similar route of bringing that menswear approach to women’s. Sene, for instance, tackles modern silhouettes, whereas Careste focuses on blouses. There haven’t been any efforts specifically for the traditionally underserved plus-size community. With that in mind, Part and Parcel debuts with an easy, versatile range of pieces, which make it easy to bring dimensional sizing to a wider audience—blouses, pants, blazers, skirts, dresses, and more. The question becomes: Could this be the next great innovation in the plus industry?

All of Part and Parcel’s clothing is available in sizes 14 through 36. “It was a huge, huge, huge priority to me not only that we offer past a [size] 24, past a 30, and up to a 36, but that it be fitted and graded in a way that made sense,” Jonas says. “Not just fitted on a size 18 and then [scaled] upward, but fit every two sizes so that it’s really, genuinely tailored to [every size].”

a woman adjusting the waistband of another woman
Courtesy of Part and Parcel

“We’re very focused on serving her as a human being, and not only putting clothing on her body or shoes on her feet, but serving her soul,” she continues. “This is our community and this is our woman, and we’re most proud to be plus exclusive and to create that plus-to-plus community beyond the product.”



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Black-Owned Beauty Brand Uoma Debuts at Ulta With 51 Foundation Shades


Launching a new beauty brand in 2019 requires a different sort of preparedness than it would have, say, two years ago. The bar is significantly higher than its ever been, thanks largely in part to Fenty’s then unprecedented 40 shade range debut, along with the growing momentum and real life impact of social media, where everyday consumers and vloggers rich in digital capital alike are calling out disparities within the industry.

It’s an important moment in the beauty world without a doubt, as we watch companies new and old scrambling to catch up to new inclusive standards. But it shouldn’t be mistaken for a moment that can sustain itself without continual momentum forward, where the goal shifts from simply meeting the bar to surpassing it. Otherwise, doesn’t inclusivity become just another buzzword?

It’s a question that weighed heavily on Sharon Chuter, a Nigerian-born, London-based former LVMH executive and all-around industry veteran. So much so that she decided to push the conversation further herself. Today she launches Uoma Beauty—a self-proclaimed Afropolitan cosmetics line and Ulta Beauty’s answer to Fenty—with an ambitious 51 foundation shades right out of the gate. Accompanied by a solid lineup of bold lipsticks, highly pigmented glosses, liners, concealers, and more in weighted, Insta-ready packaging, the newcomer is sure to shake the table.

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“I was very excited when Fenty launched, because it came in and really made a statement within the industry,” Chuter tells Glamour. “But it infuriated me when I saw other brands just waking up. It was like, is this it? Is this the best we can do? It was really reminiscent of when this happened in the nineties. Iman Cosmetics had this whole inclusive revolution and it lasted for a few years, but then it died down, and things went back to the way it was.”

Uoma, which means “beautiful” in the Nigerian language Igbo, is set on picking up the torch, and stretching the understanding of what true inclusivity and representation means in the beauty industry today. It’s a mission evident in the brand’s DNA, from the models cast in its first campaign to the product names that pay homage to culturally impactful women, like Angela Davis and Nina Simone. And its especially evident in the way Chuter and her team approached the products themselves.

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A look at Uoma Beauty’s packaging and lipsticks

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While more and more brands are routinely adding new extended shades to their already existing foundation collections, Uoma has created entirely unique formulations for different skin tones. This means that you’ll find the 51 shades split up into six distinct “skin kins,” each made up of active ingredients meant to address the specific needs of each group. Straddling the lines of makeup and skin care, the deeper shades have ingredients meant to help with hyperpigmentation, while fair shades are packed with ingredients to address and calm hypersensitivity and redness. For my rich tan complexion, the shades within my skin kin had been formulated with ingredients like white tea and berry extracts to combat mild hyperpigmentation and oily/combination skin—two issues I’ve dealt with at length for years.

The best part about this for me (aside from, you know, the accuracy) was how easy this system made finding the right shade. After determining I fell within the Bronze Venus skin kin, I was able pick my perfect match out of a much smaller, hyper-nuanced shade range broken down by undertones. The color was spot-on. But as for the wear? I was skeptical.

Women of all skin tones for the Uoma Beauty campaign

I’m not a usual fan of liquid foundation (I hate the weighted feeling it leaves on my skin), even though this formula is adjustable coverage. But the Uoma Say What?! foundation ($39) really stays true to its claims of feeling weightless and breathable throughout the day, which allowed me to relish in all of the benefits of fuller coverage—blurred pores! softened fine lines!—while acting and feeling like a second skin.



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