Beauty Articles Archive
View our articles from previous months, and enjoy inspiring stories, beauty tips and other helpful information.
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Back-to-School Beauty: Eight Tips for Moms and Daughters
The school year is drawing near — send your daughters off with eight tips in mind to help them look, feel and do great!
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Feel Good and Look Fabulous This Summer
4 Ways to Bring Out Your Natural Beauty
Fashionistas always strive to look their very best. Whether you’re a straight-hair lover or a natural-hair aficionado, make your hair a reflection of fun this summer with hairstyles that are simple, sexy and chic!
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Look Good While Working Out
Thinking about hitting the gym this spring to firm up? Don't let "gymtimidation" stand in your way! From stylish workout wear to boosting your confidence rocking the right lip gloss, it's a snap to look your best while working out. Here are some simple tips to help you navigate the gym with ease and accomplish all of your personal workout goals.
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Star-Studded Spring Beauty
Whether you're attending a concert, enjoying a backyard cookout or hosting a family gathering — rock out your true African-American beauty this season with these award-winning must-haves!
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A Collective Embrace: How Black Women Celebrate Their Heritage
Black History Month is more than a celebration of the great achievements of African-Americans throughout U.S. history — it’s a chance for Black women to explore different ways to commemorate their culture, share their stories and to pass on traditions. This month, get inspired by these tips and honor your heritage with your loved ones, friends and community.
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A New Year, A New You: Make 2012 a Year to Remember!
Celebrate new ways to renew your inner and outer beauty. From getting your creative juices flowing to getting rid of excess baggage, explore 12 exciting tips to start the new year off with a bang!
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The Colder, The Better — Discover Winter’s Hot Trends in Makeup
Give your face a luscious drink of beauty this winter. Discover how some of this season's hottest trends are all about how you wear your makeup. Cosmetics in this winter collection offer a myriad of colors to help you enhance your natural complexion and create a strong, yet delicate, sensual appeal. Get ready to mix sass with sweetness with these tips to help you bring out your true feminine beauty.
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Sisterly Love: Give Thanks for Your Gifts
This is the season for giving thanks. As sisters, you have learned to embrace the value of your beauty and cultivate the gifts that have been passed on to you. This month, celebrate four personality traits — your attitude, sense of humor, self-esteem and self-love — that help to make you an extraordinary sister, friend and Black woman.
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Start a Pink Movement: Discover 6 Ways to Help Prevent Breast Cancer
Pink is the color of beauty. It can symbolize strength, empowerment and sisterhood. October is Breast Cancer Awareness, and it's your chance to be a part of our pink movement. Discover six ways to help prevent breast cancer and share your knowledge with your sisters, your friends, your family and yourself.
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Get Inspired: What Makes You Feel Beautiful?
Beauty is as beauty does. So, go ahead, eat chocolate 'til you smile, curl up on the sofa with a great book, and accept that compliment from a complete stranger! African-American beauty is more than a work of art — it's a movement! Bring out your inner beauty and discover your passion in life with these 10 inspirational activities to help you live, laugh and love — beautifully.
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Your Mother Told You What? 8 Beauty Tips Examined
It's not easy being beautiful. As little girls, we hung on to every beauty secret our mothers and grandmothers told us. You know: the ones about chocolate giving us acne, hair growing back thicker and cocoa butter preventing stretch marks. But did you know that some of these beauty tips were beauty myths?
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The "it" List: 5 Must-Have Summer Products
This summer, safeguard your true African-American beauty! Whether you're sunbathing on a beach, grilling in your backyard or celebrating at a family reunion, protect your beautiful shade from the dangers of the sun with these five must-have products no sister should be without!
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Stay and Play: Be a Tourist in Your Own City
It's a great time of the year to take some time off, relax with the girls, escape with your family or just plan some "me" time. If a vacation isn't in your budget, plan the perfect "staycation." Staycations are mini vacations within your city without the hassle of flying, lugging baggage, renting a car and in many cases — leaving your home.
Uncover what you and your family can do locally with these five activities that will help you enjoy the ultimate staycation.
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PAMPER YOUR MOTHER: SPECIAL GIFTS FOR HER
This Mother's Day, honor the mother in your life with a gift that says "I love you" as it brings out her unique feminine quality. Shower her with rich skin moisturizers, make her lips sparkle and shine, and take a snapshot to capture the moment. Get inspired with these six budget-friendly gift ideas.
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Do Your Body Right: Eat Beautifully
Spring is in the air! Time for pedicures, a new do and a new you! Give your body a healthy makeover from head to toe by taking advantage of the numerous benefits found in ordinary foods. It's true, you are what you eat! If you want to do your body right — increase your energy, brighten your skin and enhance your quality of life — try these nine foods, and eat your way to a healthier, more beautiful you!
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Black, Beautiful and Single? 10 Exciting Places to Meet Men
You're a black, beautiful woman who happens to be single! Your first thought might be to grab your closest friends and travel to a place filled with nothing but successful, attractive, available men. While the possibility sounds nice, there's no need for extremes! Instead, explore these 10 exciting places to meet the opposite sex, and discover how altering your routine and enjoying a night without the girls can increase your chances of developing new friendships that might lead to romance.
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Get Organized: Live in Your Comfort Zone
Imagine clicking your heels to enter a place that speaks volumes about your personality and says, "Hello, beautiful," without saying anything at all. With these five easy tips, and great ideas from the "My Home Made Beautiful" insert in the March issue of "Ebony" magazine, you'll discover how you can turn your home into an organized sanctuary that invigorates your mood and simplifies your life.
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A New You
Make 2011 a year to remember! Celebrate new ways to renew your inner and outer beauty. From shedding a few pounds to getting rid of excess baggage, explore 11 exciting tips to start the New Year off with a bang!
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Fall Fitness: Five Tips for an At-Home Gym
Ladies, it's getting cold outside! And we all know chilly temperatures can promote hibernation. But, before you decide to curl up on the couch to watch your favorite TV show, try doing some jumping jacks, dancing to your favorite song or doing sit-ups during a commercial break. Who says you have to join a gym to get in shape? Spend a little time exploring these tips to create an at-home gym.
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Five Fall Products You Can't Live without
How do black women prepare for cooler weather? We discover new ways to look good in it! With summer behind us, fall is an invitation to enhance our natural beauty. Discover how you can celebrate cooler weather with mesmerizing eyes, radiant skin and fabulous hair! Change things up a bit with these five fall products no sista should be without.
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The Ultimate Pampering Party
All summer long you've worked hard, dedicated yourself to family and gone out of your way to please other people. Sounds like a good excuse to party! Get your best girlfriends together, set out the Egyptian cotton towels, crack open some bubbly and throw the ultimate pampering party!
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Break Out Your Beauty for Summer
Whether you're headed to the pool, an office happy hour or a backyard cookout, it's time to let your true African-American beauty shine! From glowing skin to perfectly polished feet, you can look and feel even more beautiful with these simple beauty tips.
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Time to Celebrate!: Your Guide to What's Hot This Summer
Don't let the summer months go by without a little fun! Get ready to party with family reunions, holiday celebrations and the ESSENCE® Music Festival®. Plus, keep your summer look hot with beauty must-haves and the latest health-care products.
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Colors to Complement Your Beauty
Want to add a little zing to your spring? Highlight your African-American beauty by adding some color to your life. Colors not only can affect your mood, but they symbolize something about you and your personality. Whether it's with a new eye shadow or a change in wardrobe — make a colorful statement about yourself that also enhances your true beauty.
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Beauty Smarts: Budget-Friendly Tips From Candace Corey
My black is natural. My beautiful is how I let it shine through. Enhance your natural African-American beauty without breaking the bank with these budget-friendly tips to help you stay looking your best. And remember, there's nothing more beautiful than a woman who's smart with her money.
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Women of Black History: What Makes Them Beautiful
Honor Black History Month by reflecting on the invincible spirit of black women throughout history. Whether paving the way for civil rights or becoming a role model for girls today, each of these women embodies the My Black is Beautiful movement with exceptional qualities that should inspire us all.
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