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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.
ESSENCE4C Files: Going Gray
Life started moving incredibly fast when I entered my thirties. I gave birth to my son just a few weeks after turning 33. I was grappling with the end of a long-term relationship—and transitioning into what I hoped would be a smooth coparenting arrangement. I wasn’t being challenged at work and sought every opportunity to flex my creativity. It seemed as though the stress of life had manifested in rapidly growing silver strands.
Hair.comWorth The Hype?
Pin-curling and wrapping became my go-to techniques to maintain sleek and somewhat straight strands. Yet, I still couldn’t escape having dry, frayed hair within days. My haircare routine desperately needed a makeover so that I could achieve smoother hair. So when I was gifted the Shu Uemura Art of Hair Ultimate Reset Overnight Hair Serum, I couldn’t get to bed fast enough just so I could wake up and see if this product was worth the hype.
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.”