Cristina Montemayor

What it’s like to build a beauty brand as a Black founder: ‘You get ghosted a lot.’

I remember the countless times my skin broke out and how each round of self-experimentation left it worse off. I remember traveling internationally specifically to buy skincare products, with no evidence that my purchases would help solve anything. I remember sitting in my apartment watching a YouTube video of a...

40 Black influencers and creators you should be supporting

The beauty industry is in the midst of a reckoning. Last week, beauty influencer Jackie Aina asked brands to pull up or shut up. She echoed the message of Pull Up For Change [https://www.instagram.com/pullupforchange/], an Instagram account curated by Uoma Beauty [https://uomabeauty.com/products/say-what-foundation?...