Beauty
Transitioning Skincare for Fall
With the change in temperature, and especially the change in humidity, your skin may need a little extra TLC.
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Category_Beauty
Ilona Hamer, The Queen of Cool
Ilona Hamer is what you’d call a fashion triple threat. She’s an incredible stylist, the Fashion Director of Unconditional—one of our favorite independent fashion magazines on newsstands, and is the...
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Category_Lifestyle>Culture
Love As A Kind Of Cure
I have two massive crushes on Magogodi oaMphela Makhene (pictured above) and Cleyvis Natera (pictured below). From reading their writing alone, one would develop a crush, but having met both...
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Beach
Clémentine. In Her Own Body.
On a balmy January morning in Miami, at five forty five in the morning, mind you, Clem picked me up in an Uber and we set off on our way...
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Category_Beauty
Michelle Buteau Makes Us LOL
Michelle cracks us up. Every time we watch her stand up comedy, see her in a movie or on TV, or just talk to her, we have tears of laughter....
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At home
At Home, Off Duty
Recently, during yet another quarantine-induced cleaning frenzy, I stumbled upon the magazine archives I kept as teen. Back in the early 2000s, I was a magazine junkie. I would buy...
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Category_Lifestyle>Culture
See in Black
Today is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day in America. It’s a celebration of the emancipation of the remaining enslaved African-Americans in the Confederacy, specifically in Texas, after the Emancipation...
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Category_Style>Shopping
For the Love of a Market Tote
I’ve never been shy about my love of a good market tote. One of my many feeble attempts at imitating the inimitable style of Jane Birkin is to wear mine...
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Category_Beauty
Clare V. Brings the Fun
Welcome, Clare! You probably already know Clare from eponymous fashion brand, Clare V., or maybe you’ve had a chance to catch her on a few episodes of Pardon My French....
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Category_Beauty>Hair
Letting it All Air Dry
I totally forgot how much I love my curly hair. Quarantine has reminded me of that because I have done absolutely nothing to my hair the past three months and...
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an ode to...
An Ode to Movement
I never really appreciated exercise. Although I’ve exercised my whole life, it was always begrudgingly. It’s not something I’m proud of but, for me, exercise has always been tied to...
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