Serena Williams has ventured into the cosmetics industry with WYN Beauty, inspired by her passion for beauty and her experience of touching up her makeup for interviews after tennis matches.

“Those moments are the foundation of the brand,” Serena tells Byrdie. “After playing on center court in front of millions of people, I’d have to do press. There was a point where I was talking to the press every single day. I had to figure out how I wanted to show up, but I only had a few minutes after a match to do my makeup.”

With that in mind, she spent five and half years creating a line that features “smudge-, sweat-, and feather-resistant” products, convenient for those who have busy lives.

“I am not working out as much, but I am so active in my day-to-day life,” Serena shares. “For me, it’s about creating a collection that speaks to me, whether I’m on the tennis court or picking my daughter up from school … If I wake up late, I can quickly put on our skin tint, concealer, and lip and cheek tint and look fully made up all day. WYN Beauty wants you to understand you can be glamorous and active—and own it.”

She also hopes that WYN Beauty, which will “platform causes and initiatives that support maternal health” following her near-death birthing experience with daughter Olympia, will “make it easy” for people “to feel and look their best.” 

While Serena’s excited about the line and her accomplishments as a tennis star, she says her kids have brought her the most joy, noting, “I can’t say that a Wimbledon trophy holds a candle to volunteering at my kid’s school.”

WYN Beauty is available on Ulta.com and Ulta Beauty stores starting April 7.

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Anyone who thinks Paul McCartney isn’t happy that Beyoncé has covered The Beatles classic “Blackbird” on her album Cowboy Carter would be very wrong.

“I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird,’” McCartney shares on Instagram. “I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place.”

He adds, “I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!”

Bey’s version of the song, retitled “Blackbiird,” includes acoustic guitar and foot tapping by McCartney, taken from the original backing track he recorded back in 1968 for the Beatles’ self-titled album aka The White Album.

McCartney also reveals in his post that he had a FaceTime conversation with Bey about the song, noting, “[S]he thanked me for writing it and letting her do it.” He says, “I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song.”

McCartney also shared his feelings about the song still being so relevant today.

“When I saw the footage on the television in the early 60s of the black girls being turned away from school, I found it shocking and I can’t believe that still in these days there are places where this kind of thing is happening right now,” he continues. “Anything my song and Beyoncé’s fabulous version can do to ease racial tension would be a great thing and makes me very proud.”

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