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26 Sep

90 Years Of Grace: A Look At The Life

by Beauty Tips
What's The Tea, Featured
Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Sidney Poitier used every instrument available to him to inform stories of Black excellence in his 94 years on this earth. The actor, director, philanthropist and father died on January 7 and left behind a legacy that modified the trajectory for Black actors coming up behind him perpetually.  He was dashing, commanding, and graceful at a time when Black men weren't expected or permitted to be. On the screen, behind the camera and within the media he worked to raise and expand the concept of Blackness within the minds of the general public.    As a stern but empathetic educator in To Sir, With Love and a realistic but passionate suitor in Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner Poitier completed...
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10 Sep

Make-up artist Grace Ellington is finished with boring beauty

by Beautifaire101
Beauty, Featured
With make-up that's playful, joyful and expressive, Polyester’s beauty editor is just having fun From digital artists to photographers, body sculptors and hair stylists to make-up and nail artists, in our Highlight series, we profile the creatives tearing up the rulebook of their respective industries. “I do think that make-up isn’t really a serious thing,” says Grace Ellington. “But that’s really liberating because in case you remove the pretence and lower the stakes you'll be able to just rejoice with it.” And that’s exactly what she does. The south London make-up artist’s work is stuffed with color, energy and the type of off-the-wall looks that come out of creative freedom and joyful experimentation. Ethereal butterflies...
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