“The Inspiring Women Project,” an exhibit on view at YWCA NorthEastern NY, highlights the accomplishments of women, as well as some of the many reasons people have recently turned to making art. Some, like Krystal Einarsson, turned to photography during the pandemic to reflect on the beauty around […]
Women
Dewy, uncreased 20-somethings have long been held up as the essence and ideal of womanhood in popular culture. But you know the mania for youth has reached new heights when glossy magazines allow no more than three wrinkles on the faces that grace their covers, and when selfie-editing apps — […]
Syracuse, N.Y. — When Amaya Finklea-Guity glances at the paintings plastered on the walls of her bedroom, she sees different versions of herself. Whether it’s the fierceness of her favorite singer and entrepreneur, Rihanna, the fashionable style of Teyana Taylor, or even the amount of detail in the braids displayed […]
Any psychological thriller worth its weight in mind f*cks knows that strategic plot twists matter, but like an existential Carrie Bradshaw, I can’t help but wonder: does a character’s haircut, too? If so, surely there’s a reason behind the one common denominator I keep noticing with all the strong women […]
A WOMAN wowed people as she showed her epic $1300 beauty haul at Ulta for just 26 cents. The beauty fanatic showed how you can score your own haul, too – with coupons and Ulta’s reward system. 7 TikToker Vikki Brown wowed people when she got a $1300 haul for […]
Kristen Noel Crawley wants Black women to not just lean in to the beauty industry, she wants them to disrupt it entirely. Starting last year, the KNC Beauty founder, known for her cult-favorite lip, eye, and face masks, and essential Supa Balms, partnered with Revlon to provide completely free virtual […]
It’s one of those wedding horror stories. Amanda Timm saw it first online late last year: a woman opened her keepsake bridal dress box, only to discover someone else’s gown inside. “And in the back of my mind, I said, ‘I need to check my box,’ ” Timm recalled. And […]
Throughout the last 50 years, Black History Month celebrations have taken shape, internationally, in unique ways. Nationally recognized for the first time in the mid-1970s, February serves as a reminder of the richness, diversity, and power held throughout Black history. Here, in Hudson County, we too join the nation in […]
CANTON For every Martin Luther King Jr., there’s been an Amelia Boyington — a woman few have heard of, but one who was instrumental but unheralded. Too often, the annals of history have been “his” story. It’s no different with Black History Month. Locally, Canton has benefitted from the work and sacrifices […]
Women look a bit different than when the pandemic began. Loungewear for skirts, slippers for heels, bare faces for painted ones. Some of us are hairier, too. Andrea DeWerd, 33, of Brooklyn, New York, works in book publishing and says “I’m never wearing makeup or blow drying my hair for work […]
For Boucheron‘s latest high jewelry collection, Histoire de Style, creative director Claire Choisne delved into the brand’s extensive archives from the Art Deco period, spanning the ’20s through the ’40s, to turn out jewels fitting for a modern-day Daisy Buchanan. But this time around, the pieces are meant to be […]
Mama (Beautiful Skin), Hunts Point, The Bronx, July 26, 2017, 77 F Ruben Natal-San Miguel/Courtesy of Ruben Natal-San Miguel & Postmasters Gallery hide caption toggle caption Ruben Natal-San Miguel/Courtesy of Ruben Natal-San Miguel & Postmasters Gallery “Mister! Mister!” she yelled. “Take my photo!” A demand, not a request. Mama had […]
