Black girl magic Archives

Beauty

From Addiction to Skin Lightening to Embracing Her Natural Complexion: Makeup Artist Tenny Coco is Such an Inspiration

Posted on May 11, 2020June 15, 2020
bymoremi

In a world where we are constantly bombarded with both explicit and implicit messages that “lighter is better,” it is truly refreshing to increasingly see dark-skinned women of colour embracing…

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3 min

Soulfood

Y’all Started Smashing Your New Year Goals or Nah?…

Posted on January 30, 2020January 31, 2020
bySeyi Showz

Hey Queens, it’s a new year again and I know a lot of you walked into 2020 all pumped up and ready to go. If you didn’t, then girl you…

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2 min

Career

Dr Patrice Harris Makes History As First Black Woman to Be President of American Medical Association

Posted on July 6, 2018July 6, 2018
byMoyosola

Dr. Patrice Harris is totally giving us #BlackExcellence goals right now. This ambitious doctor who hails from Bluefield, West Virginia in the United States of America, will serve as the…

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2 min

Entertainment

Tiffany Haddish Becomes first Black Woman to Host MTV Movie Awards

Posted on June 20, 2018June 25, 2018
byMoyosola

It’s been one swell year for funny woman and Girls Trip star, Tiffany Haddish, and we’re not mad. From bagging major gigs to being included on TIME‘s annual list of the…

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5 min

Soulfood

3 Times Issa Rae Was Just Like You and I as She Sprinkled Black Consciousness all Over GQ

Posted on May 24, 2018May 29, 2018
byMoyosola

As I read through the GQ Magazine interview with Issa Rae, I found that I was even more taken by the film creator, than I already was… (and trust me, I’m a…

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1 min

Beauty

Black is Beautiful! Check Out These Amazing Images by Spotlight Photography

Posted on April 5, 2018April 5, 2018
bymoremi

Permit us for re-stating the obvious. But damn! African women sure are stunning. Nigerian photographer, Emmanuel Arewa, of Spotlight Photography, has a wide portfolio that includes some stunning headshots and…

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7 min

Career

She Quit 9 to 5 Work for a DJing Career! Meet Beejoux

Posted on March 24, 2018January 16, 2019
bymoremi

Often times as Nigerian women, we find ourselves being pressured to live our lives the way society and family dictates we should live it, according to long-held cultural norms and…