Imagine, for a second, that you’re a candidate for the United States Congress with the following profile: female, 28, minority, with a resume that doesn’t include any elected positions but does include bartender. Your primary opponent, meanwhile, is male, 56, white, has three decades of experience, and isn’t only the incumbent but one of the…
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Red lipstick has pretty much been my thing since high school. I couldn’t tell you precisely why or when that happened—it’s always represented my most authentic self. It makes me feel like me. And really, isn’t that what’s so empowering about makeup? Of course, not everyone feels this way. I think there’s a false tension…
Read moreAt what point did Rihanna become an icon? It feels like one of the only oral histories that doesn’t exist yet, and the world needs it. But until Rihanna gives us a memoir, the only thing we can do is sit back as she breaks every norm. First she took on the foundation world, upping…
Read moreLet’s get right to it, because this is breaking news of the highest degree. Rihanna just dropped word that a brand-new product is coming to us from Fenty Beauty, and while not much intel has dropped yet, we just got our first look. Right in line with the Fenty ethos, it’s another product that’s meant…
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PHOTO: Instagram / @maccosmetics There are countless tubes of lipstick in this world. There are 363 listed on ulta.com, 309 on sephora.com, and—we’d venture—at least five in any given woman’s bag. Another guess we’d put out there: more often than not, one of those lipsticks that gets plucked for action is a MAC shade. And…
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