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The Black Beauty Hub
big reads
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When AJ Odudu spills her beauty secrets you listen up
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Why Black women need some scalp TLC
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Video vixens taught me to love Black beauty
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What I've learned from my big chop
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Black UK singers are over 'marketable' beauty myth
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EYNTK about braids
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We have so many options now for styling textured hair, why is relaxer popular again?
the wash-day line-up
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Just all the best Black beauty recs, NBD
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no gatekeeping
From our go-to hair salons to product faves, here's our little Black beauty book
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EYNTK about laser hair removal on Black skin
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Unpacking what 'beauty' means as a Black woman
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