Beauty

#Trending: Bright White

I find it quite interesting that each season has a staple color every single season. For example, Winter’s staple color is black. Fall’s s...
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Six Things You Can Do TODAY to Keep Yourself Looki...

On July 17, I’ll be 41 years old. Yet I still get carded for alcohol purchases, get mistaken as a student when I’m in the vicinity of a co...
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Spring Means Brown Girls Get Glowing…Makeup,...

Spring is all about embracing color. It’s all around you–the flowers and trees…all bursting with it. As a chocolate girl, I was once...
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#Trending: Pacifica SS 2014

Summer is fast approaching and the days have been heating up (unless of course you are on the south side of the planet below the equator). Being that ...
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3 Fantastic Trends re-introduced at the Met Gala

Last night all the stars were out in the glimmering glory, dazzling us anew as they strut the red gas stream known as the Red Carpet. Some were dresse...
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And People Wonder Why We Rail So Much About Colori...

You know what I’m thinking…   But folks steadily claiming we’ve overblown colorism in the black community…...
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Bow Down! BB&W Friend, Gigi Grows Mid-Back Le...

When I saw my friend Gigi’s length check after months of her hiding her hair in protective styles, I could hardly believe my eyes. In ten months...
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You Tube Star, African Export Talks BB Cream for H...

I love watching African Export’s advice on natural hair, because her hair how-to’s crush the myth that kinky hair can’t grow long, s...
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Save Some Major Money on this Five Minute Mineral ...

  I had an unexpected meeting this morning and didn’t have time to slather on a full makeup face. Lucky for me I was able to fake it with a...
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Abstract My Art: Closet Worthy Trends This Spring

This spring’s fashion trends are full of retro surprises. They give you many opportunities to flaunt your artistic nature on your clothes instea...
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Two Off the Runway trends that are so right now

As we settle into the spring months and we transition from fluffy sweaters to shorts and sandals, there are various trends happening in the fashion wo...
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Let It Fro. Let it Fro. Let it Fro…

What type of hair do you have? The answer doesn’t really matter since nearly all ethnic hair has some form of coil, curl or kink. Blacks are the...
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Star Talk: Winter Babies, what’s your power ...

We are finally at the end of the chart and figuratively in the winter of our lives in this part of the zodiac. Many people born under these three sign...
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This Mineral Fusion BB Cream for Hair Saved My Loo...

As many of you know, I was on featured on HLN/CNN last March for Swirlr–the first multiracial, multicultural dating show…ever. The folks o...
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