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Dana Oliver has over 15 years of experience as a journalist and beauty expert. She has held senior-level positions at influential media outlets, including AOL, The Huffington Post, and Yahoo, and led diverse teams in crafting engaging multimedia content. 

Carol’s daughter x CosmopolitanMy Thairapy Diary

Wash Day: a day dedicated to loving on my curls, and most importantly, myself. I had the pleasure of documenting “My Thairapy Diary” using the Carol’s Daughter’s Wash Day Delight collection for Cosmopolitan and Hearst.

Alexis bittarStrong As A Mother

I know that social media fuels the myth that motherhood is glamorous. Trust me, I know this job is far from picture perfect! I’ve got my Alexis Bittar bejeweled ears, hands and arms full with mothering, managing content at StyleSeat and producing projects that I’m really passionate about for Beauty For Breakfast, but I’ve also got a mighty village that lifts me up.

BustleTaking Up Space: The CROWN Act

Take up space! Black people are tired of adjusting to Eurocentric beauty standards to live, work, and exist without microaggressions or discrimination. DOVE is committed to The CROWN Act—legislation that seeks to make race-based hair discrimination illegal at the federal level.

THE FEMALE COLLECTIVERedefining Yourself

How do you create new self-love habits that allow you to embrace yourself as you evolve and grow? In partnership with @jonesnewyork, I sat down to tackle this subject.

YAHOOMy Beauty, My Way: Tracee Ellis Ross

The award-winning actress and producer shares in an exclusive interview with Yahoo Life that she was “sort of navigating as a young girl an industry and a standard of beauty that didn’t seem to make space” for her.

SUPERGOOPHow I SPF (Stay-At-Home Edition)

A mom-on-the-go routine with Dana Oliver.

Former Yahoo! Lifestyle Beauty Director, Dana Oliver, shows us how she gets ready in the morning with Superscreen & Shimmershade.

AQUISUnfiltered: Mother’s Day Edition

AQUIS Unfiltered is a series of honest conversations with strong women who share how they’ve evolved and come to embrace transformation in their bodies, their careers, and their lives.

BUILDLaverne Cox on the Power of Makeup

While some people may see highlighting powder, eyeliner, and false lashes as just makeup, Cox has always used these products as tools for “self-expression.” She said, “It’s been about integrating my insides and outsides.”