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5 Apr

MakeUp HerStory: LYS Beauty’s Tisha Thompson Secures Series A

MakeUp HerStory: LYS Beauty’s Tisha Thompson Secures Series A
Composite by India Espy-Jones Welcome to MakeUp HerStory. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ll be highlighting Black women in beauty who're taking the industry by storm and making history in their very own right. Each week throughout March, talent—everyone from rising beauty brand founders, to behind-the-scenes PR mavens—will discuss their profession journeys, biggest inspirations, and more. When Tisha Thompson launched LYS Beauty in 2021, she got down to challenge the norms of the wonder industry by mixing clean formulas with inclusivity. As the primary Black-owned clean beauty brand to debut at Sephora, Thompson knew the stakes were high—and the pressure to succeed was even higher. But staying true to her mission has been her guiding light. “For me, all of it comes...
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5 Jan

AFROPUNK Publicizes Lineup For Black HERSTORY Live – Essence

AFROPUNK Publicizes Lineup For Black HERSTORY Live – Essence
AFROPUNK will host its first-ever takeover of a performing arts center in Latest York City next 12 months. The music and media platform is partnering with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Black HERSTORY Live, a two-day multidisciplinary experience of music, art, poetry, dance, and performance art going down February 24-25. Held in Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall and Alice Tully Hall, performers will include singer-songwriter India.Arie, actress and playwright Sarah Jones, poet aja monet, artist Mereba, recording artist Kimberly Nichole, and choreographer Ebony Williams, together with rising talents UMI, Danielle Ponder, and Celisse. “Together, together with more talent to be announced in the approaching weeks, these Black women will create an immersive multidisciplinary experience that features music, visual art, poetry, dance, performance art, and...
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