When it comes to investing in something that you wear, one of the best things you can put your money toward is fine jewelry. When cared for properly, it lasts forever, and you can wear it on a daily basis, so the cost-per-wear makes the price much easier to swallow. But the last thing I want to do is spend a significant amount of money on a piece of jewelry only to find the trend out of fashion in a few years or even seasons. The best way to avoid this is to familiarize yourself with the jewel...

The BET Awards honors the best of the best in Black culture's entertainment, and the show's red carpet is routinely the best place to spot self-expression through beauty at its finest.Singer Lizzo hit the carpet in Black sartorial greatness with cascading waves down her back that featured 1920s-inspired finger waves and Josephine Baker-Esque curled baby hairs. Pose star Billy Porter commanded attention with high shoulder pads, smoked-out eye makeup and a high braided ponytail. Many moments from ...

Remember a couple of years ago, when the hair color rule of thumb was the ashier, the better? Now, icy tones are out, and warmer shades are on the rise. In the grand scheme of things, the rise of warmer tones in hair makes perfect sense—and it's much more low-maintenance than trying to keep hair cool. "All hair, no matter what shade, has warm tones naturally underneath the shade that we see on the surface," says Shvonne Perkins, master colorist at Madison Reed. "Warmth usually reveals its...

I remember being really inspired when Alicia Keys announced that she wouldn't be wearing makeup anymore. It really got me thinking about my own makeup-wearing habits and where I could potentially scale back on the number of products I was using, too. Even now, years later, I still find myself subscribing to the "less is more" philosophy and prefer to keep things simple.To my excitement, her beauty line, Keys Soulcare recently launched a Color Collection. Basically, it's a medley of Keys's ski...