Welcome to Beauty In A Tik, where each week we put TikTok’s viral beauty hacks and innovative trends to the test. As we go full speed ahead into summer, TikTok’s beauty enthusiasts are moving away from full coverage everything. Handy concealer tricks are replacing the need for all-over foundation and […]
Black women like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Mama Thornton, and Betty Davis were the vocal bibles for rock and roll. These Black women, along with others like The Shirelles and Lavern Baker established the foundation of the genre. Their vocal Blackness and swagger were emulated and duplicated by white rockers […]
‘Tis the season of the big blow out wedding, and not only are our diaries feeling it, our wallets are too. The search for a wedding guest outfit can be mega fun, but also a stressful and expensive experience — especially with the sheer amount of weddings happening this time […]
Ask any single person and they’ll tell you, straight up, that dating sucks. These days it’s mainly done online, with singles perusing through a sea of endless profiles in hopes they’ll find the one. For the past decade, dating has relied on technology as the number one tool used to […]
Let’s face it: sunscreen used to be one of the most boring skincare products. Formulas were sticky, left a white cast, stung our eyes and didn’t sit well under makeup. Luckily for us, they’ve come a long way since then. Fast-forward to 2023 and sunscreen is a staple skincare product […]
To sleep, perchance to dream? While plenty of us leave our chances of a pleasant nighttime adventure — the kind that makes you rush up to the first person you see and exclaim, “I had the most amazing dream last night!” — up to fate, others prefer to take matters […]
From the ‘bottleneck’ bob to the ‘butterfly’ haircut, it’s hard to keep up with the many hair trends that flood Instagram and TikTok on the daily. Even the banana clip is back with a bang. But if social media is anything to go by, one hairstyle is currently reigning supreme […]
If you were to take a look at your Instagram feed right this second, it’s likely that you would see at least one set of cowboy boots — if not more. Since last summer, the Western kicks have exploded on TikTok, but they’ve arrived in even fuller force this year. The […]
Since Beyoncé dropped her highly-anticipated album Renaissance in July 2022, fans have eagerly awaited to celebrate along with the Grammy winner live at a concert. Yet, as with all things Beyoncé — whose knack for fashion has involved collaborations with Balmain, her own line with Adidas, and pop culture-defining red […]
Worrying that people don’t actually like me is one of the more persistent thoughts I have on a daily basis. I’ll walk away from interactions with people — from new friends to passing acquaintances — re-playing everything I said or did, over and over. I’ll constantly think, “That was so […]
