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Leila Noelliste
Blog: Black Girl Long Hair
Why We Love Her: The name of the blog itself drew us in. With long, beautiful, natural hair being such a rare sight in the African-American community, we couldn't help but scour the pages of BGLH. And what we found: Style icons that run the gamut of gorgeous natural hair textures and lengths, products that work so well, you'd buy in bulk and inspirational Instagram photos you wouldn't believe without the #nofilter.
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Tamara Floyd
Blog: Natural Hair Rules
Why We Love Her: She's a mommy, a wife and a natural hair blogger who shares DIY recipes for treating natural hair, and the cutest hairstyles worthy of their own pinboard. Her witty sense of humor shines bright with news sections like "What's Poppin," and she gives other naturalistas a voice by offering guest features, personal stories (or disasters) and sharing new mom tips like the best products to use for your baby.
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Gabby, Atima and Morgan
Blog: Beauty is Color
Why We Love Them: Aspiring young professionals, these three women cater their beauty advice to all women of color. With product reviews, hairstyle tutorials, yummy, healthy recipes and makeup specific to diverse skin tones, the content delivers a little bit of something for all minority women.
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Whitney Patterson and Alexandria Williams
Blog: Sporty Afros
Why We Love Them: If you didn't know sports and African-American hair are like oil and water, Whitney and Alexandria are here to throw down some knowledge on the subject. In addition to offering gym-proof natural hairstyles and DIY hair care tips, they recommend nutrition advice that makes staying in shape, and being healthy and happy just as stylish as a new curly hairstyle.
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Mattie James
Blog: Mattieologie
Why We Love Her: She flaunts the new pumps she loves, reviews the new lipsticks she raves about and has no shame in making her page a mecca of fashion inspiration and enviable street style photos. Providing monthly videos of her favorite things or giving you the best advice on how to keep your clothes looking new, Mattie makes jumping into her world more fun than watching "The Bachelor" Women Tell All" episode.
Sometimes, we beauty junkies can't help it. To get inspiration (or a time-consuming Friday distraction) we turn to bloggers for the coolest, most unique beauty ideas.
And we're not the only ones. Top beauty, lifestyle and fashion bloggers now make up a large percentage of "It" girls and industry influencers (and are even scoring front-row seats at NYFW). What makes them so compelling? Aside from exploring new niche categories and demographics -- offering advice to the curly-haired, Latin-inspired, curvy-sized and even long-hair-obsessed -- these bloggers get us talking.
They're relatable, and rather than giving us general tips on how to create ponytails, they share personal stories like their boyfriends' reactions to chopping off all their hair. It's these African-American and Latina bloggers' unique point of view that's so captivating, making it possible to lose an afternoon diving into their content. And since, well, it is about beauty, it's not procrastination -- it's research. After all, how else are we going to learn to do the fiercest orange lip or a mean cut crease eyeshadow?
We searched high and low to see who's on top in the world of online beauty blogging. What we found: Only the most informative, unique and insanely talented influencers with a love for sharing their fashion and beauty savvy. Whether it's tutorials on the latest natural hairstyles or uber-glam makeup looks for a GNO, these African-American and Latina bloggers are here to help.
They're relatable, and rather than giving us general tips on how to create ponytails, they share personal stories like their boyfriends' reactions to chopping off all their hair. It's these African-American and Latina bloggers' unique point of view that's so captivating, making it possible to lose an afternoon diving into their content. And since, well, it is about beauty, it's not procrastination -- it's research. After all, how else are we going to learn to do the fiercest orange lip or a mean cut crease eyeshadow?
We searched high and low to see who's on top in the world of online beauty blogging. What we found: Only the most informative, unique and insanely talented influencers with a love for sharing their fashion and beauty savvy. Whether it's tutorials on the latest natural hairstyles or uber-glam makeup looks for a GNO, these African-American and Latina bloggers are here to help.