Since I positioned myself as the go-to bella for random beauty questions, I’ve started to get questions that are sometimes out of my league. When a particularly difficult one came my way, I just had to ask The Makeup Girl. And in her quest to find the best answer, she deferred to her friend Avin…
Eyes
Ask Afrobella – Holla! Great Beauty Buys for Under Five Dollars!
One of my new MySpace friends wrote in with a very valid point. Hey Ms.Afrobella! I love your blog especially your tips and spotlights (my favorite so far is your Eartha Kitt one). I would actually try some of the products but some of them are so expensive! I need to get a job ASAP!…
HIP HIP Hooray!
A few weeks ago, I was having a particularly bad morning when unexpectedly, the door rang. It was the Fed-Ex man, bearing a slender box. My day quickly did a complete 180. The good people at L’Oreal HIP sent me a package of makeup, ready for review! Suddenly it was the best morning ever! I’ve…
Ask Afrobella – Avoiding Eyeshadow Creasing
I discovered a new product that I’m itching to try to help with eyeshadow creasing! It provides an answer to a recent question one of my readers asked. So here’s another Ask Afrobella for all y’all. rkj asks: I have an eye shadow question. How do you keep the color from creasing? I’m new to…
Hot Fall Trend: The Jeweled Eyelid
I was logging out of my hotmail account the other day, when this picture caught my eye. I simply had to find out more. The photo accompanied this MSN article, that declares jeweled eyelids as in for fall. My question is: Did jeweled eyelids ever go out with the seasons? I think some beauty looks…
T.B.S
In high school, we had a tall, gangly comedian for a math teacher. When he graded an especially horrendous page of problems, he would sometimes write T.B.S on the bottom of the page. We asked him what T.B.S meant. He laughed and said “Try Better Still.” Later we got him to confess that it meant…
Pretty in Purple
Purple has been my favorite color for as long as I can remember. From lavender to aubergine, it doesn’t matter the shade. My purple passion hasn’t faded with age. When I was little, my parents dissuaded me from having a purple bedroom. Recently, my husband talked me out of choosing a purple car. Every autumn,…
Like a Star, Reincarnated
Is it just me, or does Corinne Bailey Rae look alot like Josephine Baker? They both have wonderfully expressive eyes. Love Josephine’s eyes in this photo. I. Want. Corinne’s. Hair!!! The chic site 55 Secret Street has a styling suggestion for twist outs, and a brush with the chanteuse herself. I love Rae’s delicate songs,…
Josephine Baker, beauty eternal
When I was sixteen, I went through a phase where I wasn’t into makeup or looking pretty. I felt unattractive compared to all of my friends, I was desperately insecure. My way of dealing with it was to rebel against my mother’s wishes; go out all night, dress in jeans and teeshirts like a dude,…