My question is, is there anything Amanda Diva can’t do? She can rap. She can sing. She can spit a mean spoken word verse. She’s a blogger and a cable television personality, and an internet television personality and an artist. She’s a hip hop diva with Caribbean roots who isn’t afraid to blaze her own…
Blog Sister Love
Guess Who’s a Glamour Magazine VIP Beauty Blogger?
Yours truly, bellas! My blog sister and Twitter amiga Spoiled Pretty let me know that we’re being featured by Glamour Magazine! Click here to read the “10 Hair, Makeup and Skin Glam-up Tricks From VIP Beauty Bloggers”. I’m in fantastic company, with the stunning Julia Coney of All About the Pretty, the amazing Amber Katz…
5 Biggest Fashion Week Makeup Trends
I couldn’t make it to this month’s New York Fashion Week, and reading the resports and reviewers from my beauty blog friends did make me turn an unflattering shade of green, I must admit. Turns out my jealousy might just have matched one of the hot beauty trends my blog sisters spotted at the tents…
What I Wish I Knew (Before I Went Natural)
I saw this brilliant feature over at YMIB, and LOVED it. YMIB Circle Sister NaturalReign’s, list of the 20 things she wished she knew before going natural made me think of a few things of my own. — I wish I’d known that the mysterious hairstyle I’d been looking for all my chemically-relaxed life, the…
Even More Tips to Stay Fly on The Cheap
Bellas, I found myself in excellent company when I was included in this article on hot new blog In Her Shoes. Renae Bluitt’s blog is all about fly female entrepreneurs and she features inspiring information and interviews. For the staying fly on a dime post, she interviewed yours truly, Najwa Moses, singer/songwriter Lizz Fields, Candace…
Valentine’s Day, The No-Buy-Month Way
So far I’ve been a very good bella with my no-buy-month pledge. The one big expense I was concerned about for the month of February? Valentine’s Day! It’s traditionally been a time of bounty for beauty product junkies like myself. And I know V-Day is a commercially-created creation, but I’m in love with love. I’ll…
Good Hair, According to Chris Rock
Thanks to my friends at Palacinka and Bellasugar, I heard about a hot new documentary that sounds like a must-see for any Afrobella. By Chris Rock? Really? You heard right — Chris Rock’s documentary, Good Hair, has entered competition at Sundance. It’s getting great reviews, and according to the description, it sounds amazing and inspiring…
Beautiful Black Bloggers – Zandile Blay
I’m a girl who clicks around the Internets, and I’ve noticed something — whenever there’s a list of “bloggers we want to see in bikinis” or “most beautiful bloggers,” there’s a distinct lack of melanin in the women featured on the list. What’s with that? It’s noticeable to me because I am part of a…
I Love Clutch!
One of my favorite online magazines — OK, my FAVORITE online magazine, is Clutch Magazine. When I was just a new blogger on the block, the editor Dede saw potential in me and featured Afrobella on their site. It meant the world to me and the lovefest is mutual – Clutch has been tremendously supportive…