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2 Oct

18 Latest Books We Can’t Wait To Read This

18 Latest Books We Can’t Wait To Read This
As we enter the times of summer, lots of us are itching to get outside, but on those relaxing days once you just need to stay in, there are many stories for Black authors to set the mood. There’s nothing higher than book, and there are plenty of nice reads that shall be available in the approaching months. National bestselling creator Kiki Swinson is ready to release Playing Their Games later this month, Leesa Cross-Smith penned the highly anticipated novel Half-Blown Rose, which is able to drop in July, and Carolyn Ferrell introduces herself to the masses along with her first book Dear Miss Metropolitan, a finalist for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Along with those authors, there are several...
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4 Sep

Makeup Artist Min Kim Knows The best way to

Makeup Artist Min Kim Knows The best way to
Now I do editorials mostly. Basically, I actually have a really analytical approach to makeup. Between what I need and what is correct, the latter matters more. A variety of my work relies on sense and instinct since it's artistic. At a shoot for Bottega Veneta, the concept was to have pearlescent lips and body painting; all the pieces needed to shine. I dipped the model in golden pigment and finalized the lips with an additional layer of thick gloss. One other time, I cut off the wings of [taxidermic] butterflies and applied them symmetrically on the model's face. The wings created fast shadows that stood out far more than the makeup. And I recently did a shoot within the...
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