Yesterday, beauty brand Ami Colé’s founder announced in an article on the Cut that come September, it will be winding down operations. It’s news I don’t want to be true. Ami Colé’s lip treatment oil — ...

As I write this, scrolling through Ami Colé’s website feels like a dream for beauty obsessives like me—Black, chronically online, and armed with a wallet awaiting their next purchase. The beloved Lip ...

Ami Colé is shutting down. Founder of the beloved makeup brand, Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye, announced this week that the brand won’t be providing perfect shade matches or slick lips anymore. In an essay ...

Entrepreneurship is no joke. Black founders, in particular, have been saying this out loud for years. This week, that truth hit home in the beauty world with news of Ami Colé’s upcoming closure in ...