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9 Afro-Latina-Owned Beauty & Fashion Brands You’ll Love

Raquel Reichard

7 Skincare Products Experts Ditch Before Spring (& What They Use Instead)

This Peptide Moisturizer Is So Good, Our Editors Are Using It To The Last Drop

The 2025 SAG Awards Winners Were Everything & Nothing What We Exp...

Awards Season, we barely knew ya! The end of our favorite time of year is quickly approaching, with the annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) offi

by Katherine Singh

Is It Ever Okay To Refuse To Pay For Your Manicure?

A few years ago, while backpacking around Bali, I booked a so-called “luxury” hostel, lured in part by the promise of complimentary manicures for guest

by Katie Wright

The NAACP Image Awards Are The Brightest (& Blackest) Part Of Awa...

The NAACP Image Awards show is an essential night of Black excellence, initially debuting in 1967 to “honor outstanding film, television, music, and lite

by Alexandra Polk

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The 23 Best Matching Sweatsuit & Lounge Sets To Live In Year-Round

Here are stylish sweatsuit sets so comfy you won’t want to change out of them.

by Esther Newman

What Oscar-Nominated Brazilian Film I’m Still Here...

Loosely, fascism describes a populist political system that centers one group, usually the “mainstream” one, via oppressive, authoritarian power. You k

by Cristina Escobar

The Dismissed Sexual Assault Allegations Against Jay-Z (& His Den...

Content Warning: This article contains graphic details of sexual assault. UPDATE, February 17, 2024: The lawsuit filed against Jay-Z over the allege

Your Horoscope This Week: February 16 To 22

If you thought you were getting a break from the intense Aquarius energy after the new moon earlier this month, think again. The cosmos is doubling down on

by Dossé-Via Trenou

The 51 Best Presidents’ Day Sales To Shop Now

All linked products are independently selected by our editors. If you purchase any of these products, we may earn a commission. 2025 has been…rough so fa

by Mercedes Viera

21 Fashion Must-Haves R29 Editors Are Wearing The Rest Of Winter

by Victoria Montalti

Amandla Stenberg Defends Children of Blood and Bone Castin...

Fantasy has never been a genre I gravitate toward. I always joke that there’s too much going on and I’ve got no imagination so I can’t keep up. But C

by Susan Akyeampong

10 NYFW Fall/Winter 2025 Trends You Can Start Wearing Now

All linked products are independently selected by our editors. If you purchase any of these products, we may earn a commission. Without fail, every six mon

by Victoria Montalti

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Refresh Your Brand In 2025: 6 Design Hacks You Should Try

Running a small business or stepping into the world of solopreneurship often means wearing all the hats — marketer, accountant, CEO, and yes, content cre

by Laura Lajiness Ka...

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Held Up A Mirror ...

Last September, the NFL announced one of the most awarded rappers in GRAMMY history, Kendrick Lamar, as 2025’s Super Bowl halftime show headliner and

by Alexandra Polk

Your Horoscope This Week: February 9 To 15

The cosmic highlight of the week is the full moon in Leo, peaking on February 12th at 8:53 a.m. EST. The week begins with heightened emotions, as full moon

by Dossé-Via Trenou

“This Is Bigger Than Us.” Meet The Black Women Educators Behind H...

It all started with a casual introductory video uploaded to TikTok on January 20. The video briefly discussed the class structure and core syllabus for Dr.

by Fallon Brannon

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The Best Things R29 Editors Bought Last Month — All Under $100

by Karina Hoshikawa

5 Witchy Galentine’s Day Activities To Enjoy With Your Amiguis

by Yvette Montoya

7 Copenhagen Fashion Week Trends To Shop, According To Nordstrom&...

All linked products are independently selected by our editors. If you purchase any of these products, we may earn a commission. Last week, the fashion set

by Irina Grechko

23 Valentine’s Day Outfits That You’ll *Love*

by Patricia Karounos

Your Horoscope This Week: February 2 To 8

February kicks oﬀ with Venus spending its last few dreamy days in Pisces from until February 3rd, casting an ethereal glow over the week’s start. Even

by Dossé-Via Trenou