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19 Apr

Made to fade? Two years later my Ephemeral tattoo

Ephemeral promised tattoos disappeared – but a number of years on, many purchasers are discovering that nothing is as impermanent as we predict Six months after I got my Ephemeral, a latest brand of tattoo that was designed to vanish in nine to fifteen months, it began fading. After which, the fading just type of stopped. It’s been 25 months since I showed up on the brick-and-mortar shop in Williamsburg and got a Joan Miró monster on my left bicep, and a yr past its expiration date I’m still taking a look at a splotchy, faint outline. Some lines are nearly gone, while others remain darker and more defined, and I’m left with...
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12 Apr

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Star Rina Sawayama Is not

Rina Sawayama is bleaching her eyebrows and considering purple contact lenses for her movie premiere, John Wick: Chapter 4. For a lot of humans, these decisions is likely to be a bit… eccentric. But for the model turned pop star turned motion movie assassin, anything goes to shape the glamour, the moment, the look. She is willing to take risks: It’s how she came, in spite of everything. Hours before she hits the red carpet, I sit down together with her to catch up and watch the glam team transform her from beautiful to goddess-like in a matter of moments. “John Wick is a miracle movie to me,” she says. “I’ve been doing auditions and self-tapes within the background of...
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8 Jan

‘Makeup Is not Real’: Keke Palmer Addresses “Ugly” Comments

Keke Palmer has been trending since she announced her pregnancy on Saturday Night Live. She took a moment out of the excitement to deal with commenters who considered her ugly.  “I actually need y’all to get the assistance y’all need because makeup isn’t real,” the Nope actress wrote on Twitter. “I’m beautiful in real life, due to who I'm, not what I seem like.” Palmer has been very open and vulnerable about her struggles with pimples but still has exhibited high self-esteem.  “I wish I could bottle how I feel about myself and sell it,” the True Jackson, VP alum continued. “Because some people take comments to heart, and these ppl just say anything.” She concluded, “Truly, it’s insane to say anyone is ugly,...
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29 Dec

R&B Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Different Now – Essence

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s take a look at the past, present and way forward for rhythm and blues. On this piece, author Imani Mixon takes on the “R&B is dead” debate. While fulfilling my duty as maid of honor in my cousin’s Memorial Day wedding, I set out to pick the form of songs you play at a marriage — the entrances, the exits, the primary dance, the toast. I quickly realized that current R&B wedding playlists were crammed with the identical songs that played in my parents’ 1999 wedding video. Faith Evans’ “Never Let You Go.” Eric Benét and Tamia’s “Spend My Life With You.” Case’s “Happily Ever After.” Much of our modern understanding of traditional R&B is...
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