Both Black History Month and Juneteenth have passed but the fact remains—I'm still Black and proud as hell of it.
My melanin isn't a fleeting fashion or a passing trend, and I think I speak for every Black woman reading this when I say I've never needed designer clothes to be fly—my skin my logo.
Be that as it may, I never pass up an opportunity to represent my heritage and show the world that my ancestors don't play about me. Whether that means rocking a #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor t-shirt or rocking a fresh set of melanated nails, I put on for my culture every damn day and this skin tone-inspired nail trend will empower you to do the same.
Bringing a new meaning to the phrase "send nudes", here are 13 images of melanated fall nails that will have you struggling to pick just one shade.
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However, it wouldn't be a Saweetie video without humor. Throughout the video, she shared hilarious stories from her childhood, including using lip liner instead of an eyebrow pencil to fill in her eyebrows.
Check out the rapper's ASMR makeup tutorial for InStyle below.
Lips
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Saweetie reveals that she likes to start with the lips and draws her lip pencil over her cupid's bow for a rounder appearance.
Highlighter
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She takes the highlighter and dabs it on the side of her finger first before applying it to her face. "Take it slow," she says.
Contour
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Next, she uses the Z palette to contour her face. "I like to mix a dark brown. This, with a hint of blush," she says. She proceeds to "tap, tap, tap" the brush all over her face.
Bronzer Over Foundation
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"I'd rather do bronzer than foundation 'cause once that flash hit your face, you gotta be able to really identify the features," she explains.
"If I don't have no contour, I'm gonna be looking like a blow up doll."
Eyebrows
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Saweetie is very serious when it comes to the brows. "We don't like a blocky brow, trust me I used to be that girl. Matter of fact, I used to do my eyebrows with lip liner and nobody told me about it," she reveals.
She shares that it took her watching a makeup tutorial to realize that eyebrow pencils even existed.
Setting Spray
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She ends her tutorial with the Saweetie-approved setting spray from Benefit Pore-fessional.
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