Welcome to Afrobella’s Obsessions, a new (hopefully monthly) column where I share ALL of my latest favorites. From hair, beauty and bath to fashion, travel and tech – my top recommendations of the month will be collected in one spot! If you’re looking for something new and awesome to enhance your life, stay tuned. Check…
Beauty
Your Face Deserves Better. 4 Things Your Moisturizer Needs To Do
We’ve all made the mistake before. You go to the drugstore or the department store and you pick up a daily moisturizer that someone told you about. Maybe you read about it in a magazine, maybe your favorite celebrity is endorsing the product, or maybe the helpful store employee directed you towards her favorite…
How I Put My Face To Bed At Night
The Aveeno and Glam #healthyskin challenge continues! We’ve discussed healthy food for inner and outer beauty, and we’ve discussed a few of my favorite Aveeno products. Now allow me to share a skincare confession. Now that I look back, I realize that I took absolutely horrendous care of my skin when I was in my…
S.O.S Save Our Skin – Ways to Take Care of Your Body’s Biggest Organ
In your 20’s your skin is going through all kinds of changes. I think of it as a kind of second puberty. As you transition from 20 to 30, your skin is going through everything from the last throes of teenage acne, to the beginning of thirtysomething concerns such as fine lines, wrinkles, dark…
Beauty Confession- I Think I Wear Too Much Makeup (Sometimes)
It’s so funny when I look at old bios I wrote for myself for this blog. I first started it back in 2006, and I have changed so much in terms of where I am in my life and what I’m like as a person. Back in 2006 I still felt like a girl. I…
Add These To Your Grocery List – Healthy Foods For Stunning Skin
By now the basic tenets of any healthy dietary plan should be known to one and all. Avoid fried, highly processed foods and sweets. Drink water. Eat salads, and increase your whole fruit and vegetable intake. All of these things. You are what you eat. Yadda yadda yadda. But did you know there are…
Chicago! Come And Get Beautifully Connected With Me at Walgreens!
Finally the weather is righteous, people are out in the streets in shorts and skirts and cute dresses again, and flowers are blooming all over beautiful Chicago. What’s better than summertime Chi? Nothing! Summer is finally here, and I’d love to usher in the season by introducing you to some of my favorite beauty finds….
Inside My BET Awards Weekend 2013 Experience With Cadillac!
This past week just whizzed by me in a total blur. I’m now playing catch up from all the fun I had. I can blame it all on the fabulous weekend I enjoyed in Los Angeles. Thanks to my friends at GM and Cadillac, I returned to the BET Awards for the second year in…
No Products Necessary – 4 Ways to Get Healthy Skin On Your Own
So often the skin care advice you read on blogs and in magazines boils down to products, products, products. Today we’re going to discuss something else that begins with the letter P. It’s called personal responsibility. Of course there are amazing skincare products for your face and your body that can help to improve…
Make Your Skincare Work For You With These 5 Amazing Oils
Commercials can be so persuasive. Tell me if this has ever happened to you. You see an ad or an infomercial for a magical moisturizer that promises to cure your exact skin issue. You buy it, you use it for a while, and…it’s aight dawg. It doesn’t rock your world like you thought it would. And…