Shannon, of the informative and honest beauty blog A Girl’s Gotta Spa! contacted me for an interview about ethnic beauty. I was more than happy (and honored) to oblige, and you can read the results on the Pierce Mattie site, as well as on Makeup Minute. Shannon also interviewed Lianne, the expert behind the incredible…
Becoming AfroBella
AKA Snake Oil
I think I cracked the code to making a successful product for the African American hair care market. Y’all ready? Name your product “African Magical Miracle Organic Super Gro Oil” and it will fly off the shelves. The contents don’t matter. You can just mix together a bunch of chemicals that don’t do your hair…
Fabulous Happenings
Your skin looks tired. You’re stressed out. You totally need a facial, pedicure, and massage, stat. Lucky you, beautiful bella – it’s Spa Week for the East Coast and Midwest, so if you live in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Chicago,Dallas, Minnesota, or Miami, you can snag a fabulous spa treatment…
What I Like About Me
One of my worst habits is comparing myself to other people. I did it so often in high school and freshman year of college. “I wish I had long hair like Jolie. Or was skinny like Sharon.” Or, “If only I could look like so and so.” The realization hit me on my way home,…
Giving Credit Where It’s Due
I know I’m a little late to the party, but I want to show Angie Stone some love. She got over her defense mechanism and realized her teammates were trying to help her. I was so proud of her by the end of Celebrity Fit Club. Even though Angie didn’t lose as much weight as…
Island Remede
“Flawless.” That was the word my mother used to describe my skin the last time I saw her (last December, for a too-brief window of time just before Christmas. I miss you, mom!) I would never describe myself in such glowing terms, but she was right – I had nary a blemish, and my breakouts…
A Most Favorable Comparison
My friend and former co-worker, the witty and wise Rebecca Wakefield, wrote a wonderful article about Afrobella on Category 305. It’s a new online magazine that offers artistic, cultural, and social analysis about this spicy sancoche of a city we have here. In the article, she compares my post The Blacker the Berry with a…
Pissed Off
This is the Angie Stone I love best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcHMBJ5tEqw She’s so real and strong and bad-ass in this video, with her fabulous fro, henna rinse, and leather skirt. “Brotha†is one of the best music videos out there in my opinion. Mahogany Soul is one of my favorite albums, and I’ve listened to Stone Hits…
The Blacker the Berry
I want to take a moment today to show my dark skinned sisters some love. So often we say “black is beautiful,†but that cliché doesn’t seem to mean much in communities where beauty is still ranked according to shade. It’s so obvious when you look at the videos on MTV and BET; the caramel…
No Surprises Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17fEy0q6yqc The recent remake of the infamous 1950’s “Doll Test” by an intrepid 17 year old filmmaker, Kiri Davis, has been making waves recently. Davis has been interviewed on CNN and many other mainstream news networks, and the reaction to her film always seems to be a variation on surprise. I found the results to…