BlackBeautyArchive @BLKBARCHIVE
Archiving, Preserving, and Celebrating the History of Black Beauty Culture 💄Curated By Archivists + Beauty Pros🗞 Oprah Daily, InStyle, CNN & HollywoodReporter BlackBeautyArchive.com New York, NY Joined May 2020-
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Just a few slides from this awesome and informative thread by @BLKBARCHIVE (via instagram) on the Black history of nail art 😍
The Johnson Publishing Company Archive sheds light on key moments and figures in the history of the United States, and Ebony and Jet magazine were driving forces of culture for Americans. [THREAD]
#NYC join us this Thursday at @nyuniversity's @Hemisferico for an informative and empowering conversation titled "How Did We Get HAIR? Black Hair, Artistic Practice & The Performance of Citizenship" Click the link below to register! link🔗 hemisphericinstitute.org/en/events/how-…
Have you signed up for early access to Black Beauty Archive yet? Discover the history of our beautyand gain access to hundreds of digitized primary sources! Our collections spans from 1941-present day. Visit BlackBeautyArchive.com for more info!
Sean Paul, Lil Kim + Beenie Man at the Dutty Rock release party at the Sound Factory, c. November 2002
Mariama Diallo as Iman
Close ups 🎃 #gracejones #simonetisci
Whitney Houston, Naomi Campbell, Janet Jackson, and Tina Turner by make-up artist Kevyn Aucoin, 90s/00s.
I just found over 20 packs of braiding hair in my closet. About 12 packs haven’t even been opened yet. Black girls who can relate, lemme hear ya! lol
The Wiz's Emerald City sequence. 400 dancers. 3 costume changes each. Designs by Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Mary McFadden, Ralph Lauren, Halston & Norma Kamali. 22 playback speakers. 385 crew members. 4 nights of shooting. 1 piano-playing Quincy Jones (The Wiz was the…
We don’t talk enough about these three black creatives who were behind some of the iconic looks served by Lil’ Kim and Mary J. Blige This is a thread of appreciation for the ORIGINAL Glam Squad before the term even existed. Nzingha Gumbs, Misa Hylton and, Dionne Alexander
I am Kellon Deryck born in Boston, Mas and this is my ART!
I am Kellon Deryck born in Boston, Mas and this is my ART! https://t.co/0TonCrCgtE
Makeup looks by Pat McGrath for John Galliano’s Dior were one of the greatest moment in fashion history 1. Dior Couture fall 2003
appreciation tweet for hairstylist janet zeitoun creating a custom red color for janet jackson named “scarlet heat” during the velvet rope era.

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