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Jessica White Cosmetics – Forget Lipkits Its a Supermodel Takeover!

Jessica White Cosmetics

Can we please get a round of applause for black business? Supermodel Jessica White is adding her name to the ever growing list of WOC entrepreneurs. The talented beauty is going back “to her roots” with her very own makeup line, Jessica White Cosmetics.

Jessica White Cosmetics – Forget Lipkits Its a Supermodel Takeover!

White is no stranger to the beauty industry. Jessica made history early in her glamorous career by scoring contracts with two huge cosmetics brands. The first black woman in America to do it, thus paving the way for other black girls to have the same opportunities.

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Now she is tackling a whole new part of the arena. She is going from marketing another brand’s awesome products to showcasing her very own. Jessica admits that this something she has always wanted to do. She reveals,

“This is my dream come true! After being the first African-American to have two beauty contracts with Maybelline and Covergirl. I’m so happy to now have my own cruelty-free cosmetic line.

All I ever want to do is show women how beautiful they are. A cosmetics line complete with every shade of magic, because you’re magical. Jessica White Cosmetics pre-sale starting now. Check out the website for all your magical shades made with love!

Jessica White Cosmetics

Don’t her lip shade colors look divine? If you want to get your hands on some product now you can order them for $16 each, which is the pre-sale price. After pre-sale ends next month all products will sale for their respective prices. Check things out not by going here.

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Fashion

Throwback Thursday: Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Black Models

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We are so excited about the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show that will be airing next week we can barely contain ourselves! Every year we enjoy watching models strut their stuff in some of the most stunning and elaborate lingerie. We can’t wait to see some of our favorite models in wings, but until then we wanted to pay homage to the gorgeous black models who have been apart of television’s sexiest night. Without further adieu, scroll down to see the black supermodels who lent their beauty to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show!

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Fashion

7 Black Models Turned Actresses

Iman

Modeling Work:  Iman has worked with every high fashion designer and magazine in her illustrious career;  Including Yves Saint-Laurent, Calvin Klein, Issey Miyake and Donna Karan
Acting Sheet: Out of Africa (1985), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

 

Vanessa Williams

Modeling Work: Miss America 1984
Acting SheetEraser (1996), Soul Food (1997), Ugly Betty (2006-10), Desperate Housewives (2010-12)

 

Selita Ebanks

Modeling Work: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Victoria’s Secret Angel, Vogue, and opened for the Spring 2008 Christian Siriano show in New York
Acting Sheet: “Runaway” (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2011), The Game (2012)

 

Tyra Banks

Modeling Work: Tyra has walked for  Isaac Mizrahi, Todd Oldham, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld, Calvin Klein, Badgley Mischka, Michael Kors, and was the first black model to appear on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Acting Sheet: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993), Higher Learning (1995), Life Size (2000), Coyote Ugly (2000)

 

Jessica White

Modeling Work: Jessica has been the face for major campaigns for Maybelline and Jean Paul Gaultier and walked for top designers, including Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs and Tommy Hilfiger
Acting Sheet: Big Momma’s House 2 (2006)

 

Halle Berry

Modeling Work: 1986, Miss USA runner-up
Acting Sheet: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), X-Men (2000), Monster’s Ball (2001), Die Another Day (2002), Cloud Atlas (2012)

 

YaYa DaCosta

Modeling Work: Runner-up in Cycle 3 of America’s Next Top Model.
Acting SheetTake the Lead (2006), Tron (2010), The Butler (2013)