Archive for October, 2006
Big respect to all international bellas!
Afrobellas and other bellas (and fellas!), I just want to show you all some love. I come home tired and dejected to an inbox full of comments and it just lifts my spirits like nothing else. You keep me going, and I appreciate that! In recent weeks I have gotten e mails from Portugal and [...]
Khoret Amen is not for me
I was sent some Carol’s Daughter products by a very nice PR lady about a month ago, and I have taken my sweet time trying them and reviewing them. Finally, I’m ready to come clean with my true feelings about the products I tried. Bellas, I love what Lisa Price has created. More power to [...]
A Tribute to Beautifully Aging Afrobellas – Diahann, Ruby, and Chaka
When I originally conceived of this tribute to aging Afrobellas, I envisioned highlighting five brilliant women and ending with a big interview. But so many other afrobellas who have influenced me kept coming to the forefront. It became stressful to choose just one more. Then I realized I don’t have to choose one, I can [...]
Tea Amo
If it’s Monday morning and you’re reading this, odds are I’m hustling to get ready for a stressful day at work, and I am drinking a strong cup of tea. I believe I made mention of my love for tea before, but bear with me while I gush for a moment. There are few beverages [...]
Afrobella Of The Week – The one and only Jill Scott
Alrighty, I know calling this Afrobella of the Week is a total misnomer for two reasons. 1. I run out of gas by Friday or wind up too busy, so it really winds up being Afrobella of the Fortnight. But that doesn’t have the same ring to it, now does it? and 2. Jill Scott [...]
Afrobella, Interviewed!
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hairdresser Horrors!
Bellas, I got an e mail that made me laugh out loud this week. Dear Afrobella, I love your website. Thanks so much for taking the time to care about beauty, hair and other issues that related black women. I’ve been looking for a site like this for a while and am glad to have [...]
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! [...]
Treat Your Tresses
After a ridiculously long and debauched Saturday night at a local landmark bar, my hair stunk like an overflowing ashtray on Sunday morning. Not only did it smell like the Marlboro Man threw up on me, but my curls were crunchy and hard and knotty. Ick. I spent my Sunday afternoon in beauty treatment rehab, [...]
A Tribute to Beautifully Aging Afrobellas – Tina Turner
Before I launch into my tribute to Tina Turner, full disclosure. What’s Love Got To Do With It is one of my all time favorite films. Angela Bassett is beyond fierce in that movie! I wore my hair in long, straightened spikes through most of my college years, leading one of my enemies to mutter [...]
Mea Culpa
Ladies, this week has been a butt-kicker. I’ve got so many reviews and articles and ideas backlogged, and not enough time to write them. So as a small token and a teaser to the big stuff I’ll be writing on the weekend, I humbly offer this fierce video of Tina Turner doing Proud Mary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1uPhj_T0X4 [...]
Excuse Me Mo
Afrobella is a generally positive site, but every now and then I just need to be real and speak my mind as frankly as possible. So y’all need to excuse me for a minute. I need to address Mo’Nique woman to woman. Mo, I love you. I think you are a hilarious and beautiful woman [...]
Simply the Best
Every month, around what I will refer to as my Super Magic Girl Time, I start breaking out like crazy. I know I’ve expressed major skin concerns recently, but this week I woke up to discover a horrific constellation of zits stretching from my cheek to my chin to the dead-center of my neck improbably, [...]
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 [...]
