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Forget Tickle Me Elmo and Cabbage Patch dolls. The Ava Duvernay Barbie doll is the hottest toy in existence at the moment. Everyone wanted to get their hands on an Ava Barbie this week. But if you didn’t click through to the “Submit Order” button online quicklu enough, you’re out of luck for now. According […]
So excited to honor @Zendaya with a one-of-a-kind doll as she encourages girls to Raise Their Voices and to #BeSuper! pic.twitter.com/GEtTR9bayC — Barbie (@Barbie) September…
Frustrated by an inability to find a doll that highlighted her three daughters’ beautiful African-American features, Angelica Sweeting created one of her own. Sweeting, 27,…
Mattel has turned Ava DuVernay into a Barbie doll. According to reports, Barbie revealed that they’re honoring six “Sheroes–” women who inspire girls by “breaking boundaries and expanding possibilities for women everywhere.” DuVernay is the poster child of breaking boundaries. She is the first Black female director to be nominated for an Academy Award for […]
Queens Of Africa a Nigeria-based company has released the latest line of pretty Black Barbies and they’re hugely popular and have impressively surpassed the sales of iconic Barbie. We all know that as a little girl, a Black Barbie was probably best thing we could’ve ever clutched out of our toy box. Since those days, other brands […]
The good people over at Mattel are set to create entrepreneur Barbies to encourage young girls to have bigger dreams than just being glamorous girls of leisure, as that’s what Barbie’s beautiful image has been for decades. Mattel CEO, Bryan Stockton admitted earlier this year that Barbie sales made a staggering 13 percent drop. Hopefully […]
Natural hair Barbie dolls are officially a thing! California mom, Karen Byrd grew weary of seeing all types of Barbie dolls on the market with straight hair only, so she decided to start her own company, producing customized dolls with natural hair styles of all types. Natural Girls United takes straight-haired dolls of different skin […]
One of my favorite train wrecks Frankie has been out and about speaking to families and telling her story about how she has stayed clean for almost three years:
FROM BV ON BEAUTY: Perhaps you may have noticed that hot-pink lips are popping up everywhere these days–and we’re not just talking about Amber Rose or Nicki Minaj. Fashion designers have jumped on to the trend as well; sending models down the runway sporting shades of hot-pink. You can get in on the action too […]
