Hannah Grunden has a thing for pastels, sparkles and fluffy faux furs,

STYLE

January 11, 2018

Colorful and Quirky: Hannah Grunden Takes Us Into Her Stylish World

Hannah Grunden Stylist

She’s a student, model and activist with a killer sense of style and a commitment to social justice. Guyanese American beauty Danielle Mareka Murray moved from small-town suburbia to New York City to attend NYU, but outside of school she’s got a great set of extracurriculars. You can find her modeling for brands like MILK Makeup and […]

CULTURE

November 23, 2017

Danielle Mareka Murray Wants to Change the World

Danielle Mareka Murray

How the DJ, talent booker and event organizer who masterfully merges music and ambiance.

CULTURE

November 8, 2017

How Music Maven Lhaga Koondhor Discovers the Next Big Thing

Lhaga Kondhoor

She talks to us about her podcast and why she’s fighting to see more brown girls in media.

STYLE

September 6, 2017

Why Shivani Persad Is Way More Than a Model

Shivani Persad Naïra NYC

It’s always fun to explore beauty stores in other countries and on a recent trip to China, I treated myself to a full haul of goodies. I purchased most of the products at Miniso, a Japanese retailer, but also found some cool products at Chinese department stores. Of course I bought a variety of sheet masks […]

BEAUTY

August 19, 2017

Asia Beauty Haul: The Good, The Bad and the Weird

Asia Beauty Haul

Brooklyn-native Latasha is famous for her ruthless rap takedowns, kaleidoscopic graphic designs and mind-blowing gigs.

CULTURE

June 15, 2017

Latasha Alcindor on Art, Attitude and Her Afrolatina Roots

Latasha Alcindor

Meet Kimberley Cowans founder of SKIMDO, a revolutionary seven-day hold curl styling product.

BEAUTY

March 20, 2017

Kimberley Cowans: Queen of Curls

Kimberly Cowans Skim Do

Storyteller and activist Kettie Jean will make you rethink your preconceived cultural notions with work which can be seen on VICE and HBO.

CULTURE

February 17, 2017

How Kettie Jean Champions Haiti and Standing Rock

Kettie Jean

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