Tag: Beauty

The Essential Gift Guide for Your Favorite Makeup Artist!

The Essential Gift Guide for Your Favorite Makeup Artist!

| December 17, 2011 | 8 Comments

If you have a professional makeup artist in your life, consider yourself BLESSED, bellas. Professional MUAs work so hard for the money. The makeup artists I know and respect take their craft SO seriously. They will spend all day on their feet at a shoot to get the right look. They sometimes have to sacrifice [...]

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Meaningful Beauty — My Fave Things About Cindy Crawford’s New Skincare Line!

Meaningful Beauty — My Fave Things About Cindy Crawford’s New Skincare Line!

| December 16, 2011 | 3 Comments

Beauty is about so much more than just the surface. Yes, layers of carefully applied makeup can help to improve the appearance, but the definition of beauty goes beyond that. When I first heard the name of Cindy Crawford’s new skincare line, I felt immediately attracted to the name, the concept, and of course the [...]

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5 Holiday Gifts for the Beauty Obsessed!

5 Holiday Gifts for the Beauty Obsessed!

| December 15, 2011 | 6 Comments

Christmas is almost here, and if you haven’t completed your shopping yet….what are you waiting for? This weekend at the stores will be CRAZY! Lucky for YOU, Afrobella’s friendly makeup vlogger and reviewer Sherry Blossom (that’s @MsSherryBlossom on Twitter) is here with a truly helpful gift guide. Get into Sherry Blossom’s holiday gift guide for [...]

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Naturally Professional — Marisa, Reliability Engineer

Naturally Professional — Marisa, Reliability Engineer

| December 7, 2011 | 4 Comments

It’s been a long time since we left you with a Naturally Professional to step to! Or something like that… Bellas, the monthly series dedicated to inspiring women in the workplace to wear their hair in the style which makes them feel most free, confident and comfortable is officially BACK on both Afrobella.com and CurlyNikki.com! [...]

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All Pumpkin Everything – Beauty Items With the Flavor of Fall

All Pumpkin Everything – Beauty Items With the Flavor of Fall

| November 30, 2011 | 6 Comments

Now that the feast has been served and the leftovers have been put away, I hope you’re not sick of the flavor of the season! Pumpkin is everything right now, and the orange gourd-like squash is being incorporated into body and bath products, home fragrance and hair products because of its many astounding properties. Pumpkin [...]

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5 Foolproof Ways To Wear Red Lipstick

5 Foolproof Ways To Wear Red Lipstick

| November 15, 2011 | 35 Comments

Bellas! In the interest of always giving you beauty, style, and hair inspiration you can relate to and learn from, I’d like to introduce my newest Afrobella contributor. Sherry Blossom is a freelance makeup artist, mom, FDNY EMT, native New Yorker, and beauty blogger/vlogger. I first became aware of Sherry via Twitter, she’s super friendly [...]

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Vote for Me and I Could Work The Red Carpet at the People’s Choice Awards!

Vote for Me and I Could Work The Red Carpet at the People’s Choice Awards!

| November 14, 2011 | 19 Comments

Bellas, I don’t enjoy asking for votes or being the kind of blogger who is continually asking for outside support – but I’ve got a major opportunity in front of me, thanks to the CVS Beauty Club and the People’s Choice Awards — click here to check out out and vote! I was challenged to [...]

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My Amazing Beautylish Beauty Social Experience

My Amazing Beautylish Beauty Social Experience

| October 26, 2011 | 25 Comments

To quote John Lennon, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Let me give you some backstory of what’s been happening with me. This week, I was scheduled to go to India with a team of people from Aveda, to see how their charity money is spent and where their [...]

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Home Devices vs. An Expert Esthetician — Which Do You Prefer?

Home Devices vs. An Expert Esthetician — Which Do You Prefer?

| October 25, 2011 | 8 Comments

For Glam.com When I was a teenager, I had awful acne issues. Blackheads, whiteheads, cystic bumps…you name it. The solution at the time was to send me to regular appointments at the esthetician for facials using their specially prescribed cleansers, potions and pastes. I remember the esthetician using old school tools (like this scary thing [...]

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New Looks for Fall Beauty, from the Glam Beauty Board!

New Looks for Fall Beauty, from the Glam Beauty Board!

| October 21, 2011 | 8 Comments

Spring is pretty and Summer is fun, but Fall is the season where it’s all about impact. It’s the season that sees a resurgence of rich colors and eye catching patterns, boots and blazers and unrestrained beauty. It’s about animal prints, luxe metallics and darker nailpolish, and decadent lipstick and eye makeup. As you can [...]

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Makeup Must Haves — Cover Girl’s Foolproof 5

Makeup Must Haves — Cover Girl’s Foolproof 5

| October 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

Tweet Expert post sponsored by Glam Media.

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Summer Into Fall Skincare Faves!

Summer Into Fall Skincare Faves!

| October 20, 2011 | 7 Comments

Bellas! Fellas! My favorite MUA Meagan Shea is BACK with a fresh post that will help you keep your skin soft and smooth and lovely for the changing seasons. Take it away, Meagan Shea! Summer Finds that are now officially Autumn MUST HAVES! Hello there my lovelies! Well, Summer is officially gone and it’s now [...]

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Makeup Inspiration – Beyonce’s Countdown and that Yellow Cat’s Eye

Makeup Inspiration – Beyonce’s Countdown and that Yellow Cat’s Eye

| October 11, 2011 | 7 Comments

Despite whatever anyone may say about Beyonce — you can never say that she’s boring, or anything less than fabulous. From the moment I caught a glimpse of her video for Countdown, I automatically liked it — not just for the myriad references to 60′s fashion and style but also for the MAKEUP. There are [...]

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Afrobella Art — Nastassia Davis

Afrobella Art — Nastassia Davis

| September 28, 2011 | 28 Comments

Bellas, I’d like to present a new monthly series. Afrobella Art will feature images that inspire and celebrate our unique beauty, and the people who create them. First up, Nastassia Davis. Nastassia is a New Jersey based artist and photographer specializing in fine art portraiture and conceptual photography. Her fascinating self-portraits include this stunning image [...]

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Spa Week’s a-Coming, Time to Book Those Appointments!

Spa Week’s a-Coming, Time to Book Those Appointments!

| September 19, 2011 | 8 Comments

The beautiful thing about Spa Week is the affordability factor. Spas and salons that typically offer $90 facials and $100 massages slash their prices so that hardworking women who deserve a spa treatment — like you and me — can enjoy a spa treatment. In my humble opinion, that truly makes it the most wonderful [...]

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