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My Beautiful Melanin Queens, the time is upon us once more. The time when the sun provides us with serotonin but strips us of all hydration. Makeup gets cakey. Edges no longer lay flat. Our skin gets darker with tan and lighter with ash.

Skin is amazing. It is our largest organ, covering about 18–22 square feet of the average-size adult. Our skin literally holds us together and provides a barrier between our insides and the outside world. It’s the first line of defense against pollutants, illness, and disease, making the health of your skin a priority for overall health. While it does protect us, skin also absorbs what it’s exposed to into the bloodstream—like some of the toxic ingredients in skin-care products. That’s why healthy skin is so essential for looking and feeling great.

Titled “PAPERWORK”, Off-White has officially launched its debut beauty collection. Off-White has described it as a “blank canvas in a new realm” and a “creative platform of visionary elements that celebrates color across fragrance, makeup, and nails.”

Musical icon and multi-hyphenated artist Gwen Stefani unveils her first-ever beauty brand: GXVE. GXVE is anything but ordinary. Pronounced “give,” it represents Gwen’s passion for makeup. From her signature sharp brows and bold red lip, Gwen‘s obsession with makeup started at an early age, when she was a makeup artist in Orange County, CA, working the department store beauty counters. Before the music, there was makeup—makeup to get her ready for a show, date night, or even the carpool line.

Nyasia Ashford is an upcoming fierce model from New Jersey creating her divine wave with her effortless beauty and hustle. Modeling has become a turning point for Nyasia as she embarks on a journey of self-revelation and new ways of creativity.

It is tempting. It seems convenient to fall asleep with makeup on after a tiring day. But this habit is not great for your skin. Most doctors and skincare professionals will say the practice is not a good idea.

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Portrait painting of empress Elisabeth of Austria (1854)Public Domain, Source: Wolfgang Sauber/Wikimedia Commons. I agree, each one of us is beautiful just the way we are, yet some people are born pretty — and I don’t mean lovely soul or a pretty mind, I am talking about a pretty face, like the one that makes you reconsider looking at your reflection in the mirror for days.