The NEW BLACK Journal
The art of revealing yourself,
told in words and pictures.
Makeup advice, beauty routines, behind the scenes of the house: everything you need to know to enhance Black and Brown skin tones.
The complete guide
Makeup for Black and Brown skin: everything you need to know
Foundation, undertone, powder, blush, lips: our complete guide to a complexion that looks like you, without a grey cast or a mask effect. Reviewed by our makeup artist.
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Highlighter for Black skin: which colour to choose and where to apply it
On Black or Brown skin, a highlighter is chosen golden, bronze, copper or rose-gold, never white, silver or pale pink: cool shimmers look ashy instead of luminous. It goes on in touches on the high points…
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Back-to-work makeup for Black skin: the office routine after summer
September poses three precise problems for Black and Brown skin: the skin got deeper over the summer and June's foundation has become…
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Evening makeup for Black skin: wear, glow and colours that show
Evening makeup on Black or Brown skin goes up a notch on three things: wear (transfer-proof foundation, tinted powder, liner under the…
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Foundation for oily Black skin: matte and long-wearing, without a plaster or grey effect
On oily Black skin, the right foundation is velvet or matte, long-wear and transfer-proof, applied thin over a mattifying primer limited to…
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Nude lips for Black skin: finding the nude lipstick or gloss that suits you
The nude of Black or Brown skin isn't beige: it's the colour of your lips, a little warmer and a little brighter.…
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Makeup for olive and tan skin: the guide (complexion, blush, lips, eyes)
Olive and tan skin (Mediterranean, North African, South Asian, light mixed-heritage) almost always has a golden or olive undertone and a T-zone…
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Compact powder for Black skin: how to choose and apply it
A compact powder for Black skin is chosen tinted, in the shade of your foundation or half a shade deeper, and applied…
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Makeup for mixed-heritage skin: shades, undertones and mistakes to avoid
The challenge of mixed-heritage skin isn't depth but undertone, often strongly olive or golden, and falling "between two shades" in most ranges.…
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Lip gloss for Black skin: which colour to choose for luminous lips
On Black or Brown skin, a gloss is chosen first by its temperature: caramel, orange and mango on a warm undertone; plum,…
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