Archive - Studio Symoné

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& available online.

Feb 19 •

January 2025

This Week In Beauty: I’m Going to Stop Lying to Myself

And here's what I am going to start doing.

Jan 29 •

December 2024

2025 Guide: Gifts for Yourself That Make Sense Right Now

Gift others. And here's why you should gift yourself this holiday season.

Dec 21, 2024 •

November 2024

This Week in Beauty: Who Is Really Disillusioned?

Something fun as I’m working on a longer piece.

Nov 20, 2024 •

This Week in Beauty: Resilience, Real Talk, and Rebellion

My crème de la crème.

Nov 11, 2024 •

October 2024

This Week in Beauty: Girls Are Robbing Banks

Important: paid subscription back on!

Oct 28, 2024 •

May 2024

Beauty News: An Eyelash and a Bleach Blonde, Bad Built, Butch Body, Apparently.

Plus: Johnson & Johnson and its billions, Mary J. Blige and her boots, Janet Jackson is still that girl, Glossier goes back, and Richard Christiansen is…

May 25, 2024 •

Janet Jackson’s Worn-In Braids Have the Most to Say in 'Poetic Justice'

What Janet Jackson's era-defining braids in Poetic Justice communicated

May 21, 2024 •

On newsletters + perfection

I'm practicing not feeling the need to have all of my thoughts perfectly organized, categorized, and communicated seamlessly.

May 6, 2024 •

Beauty News: 'So Is That Your Real Hair?'

On Beyoncé, Spelman's news cosmetic concentration, and braiders in Louisiana

May 1, 2024 •

November 2023

Beauty News: My Man, My Man, My Man!

Closing with a beauty recc and music 🎁

Nov 22, 2023 •

September 2023

Thoughts on $ubscription$

Darian Harvin of Studio Symoné breaks down why she's passing on subscriptions.

Sep 21, 2023 •

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