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The Best Beauty Deals to Shop at Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale 2020: Skin Care & Makeup 

The trees have been lit, presents opened, and stomachs stuffed, but the fun’s not over yet because our favorite retailers are hosting huge after-Christmas sales — and Nordstrom’s Half-Yearly Sale is one of the sales you can’t miss. The shopping giant always has a robust beauty sale selection we’re constantly scoping out, but there’s even…

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McDonald’s Gives a New Car—And Golden Arches—to Family Whose Autistic Son Draws Them Continuously

[ad_1] The owners of a Florida McDonald’s restaurant have given incredible Christmas cheer to a local family whose 15-year-old autistic son has been prolifically drawing the golden arches since he was a child. Tim and Tracy Johnstone met Devon two years ago after Hurricane Michael destroyed their McDonald’s building in Panama City. Devon’s mother, Tiffany…

Hair Care

Toxicity in Hair Care Products

By Jenna Brooks Black hair care is a giant industry, with sales in the hundred millions each year. However, with so many different products and a massive audience, not all brands are trustworthy and not every product that states it’s marketed specifically for black women’s hair is natural and safe to use.  There’s actually a…

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Global Nonprofit that Trains African Prisoners to Become Lawyers is Featured on 60 Minutes

[ad_1] America’s most popular television news magazine show this week shared an inspiring story about a group called Justice Defenders. The nonprofit organization trains individuals, and prison staff, in nearly 50 prisons in Kenya and Uganda to become paralegals and attorneys who provide legal services for themselves and others. 60 Minutes reporter Anderson Cooper traveled…

Hair Care

The Importance of a Great Comb

By Jenna Brooks Whether or not to comb your hair and how frequently you should be doing it, have spun some controversy in the natural hair community. While some say you should come every day, others say every few days, and some say no combing at all, many disagree on the comb’s role in their…

Beauty Trends

Why Body Acne Is on the Rise

And just because you get facial breakouts doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll also see bumps elsewhere on the body, and vice versa. “Body acne can be completely separate from acne on the face,” explains Engelman.  Why are you breaking out all of a sudden? From the emotional to the physical, pandemic-related issues are contributing to the…