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Moments of Black Beauty History – Grace Jones Island Life Cover Photo

February 4, 2013 by afrobella 11 Comments

Moments of Black Beauty History – Grace Jones Island Life Cover Photo

The woman is in her 60’s and still nobody does it better. The one and only Grace Jones has aged like only the most high quality wine. Today, let’s look back to one of the images that made her an icon. The album cover for Island Life. Grace is GORGEOUS. Sinewy. Sleek. Her skin is…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Body, Featured, Pop Culture, Randomness, Style Tagged With: beautiful black women, Beauty, beauty inspiration, black history month, grace jones, icons

Moments in Black Beauty History – Our Makeup History

February 3, 2013 by afrobella 14 Comments

Moments in Black Beauty History – Our Makeup History

This month, I will feature snapshots of black beauty history. Expect to see images, products, tastemakers, artists, models, and films that have shaped our world in terms of fashion and beauty today. Most casual students of black history know about historical hair product impresarios and entrepreneurs – women like Madame C.J Walker, Annie Malone and…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Featured, Makeup, Randomness Tagged With: black beauty history, black history month, Featured, full-pic, history, makeup

28 Moments in Black History. Roxanna Floyd’s Impact

February 2, 2013 by afrobella 4 Comments

28 Moments in Black History. Roxanna Floyd’s Impact

Before the advent of prominent beauty blogs, back when it was possible for makeup loving consumers to remain blissfully unaware of the celebrity artists behind the scenes, creating the iconic looks others would emulate – there was Roxanna Floyd, working tirelessly behind the scenes and paving the way for a new generation of makeup artists of…

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Filed Under: Featured, Issues, Makeup, Pop Culture Tagged With: black history month, celebrity makeup, celebrity makeup artists, Featured, full-pic, makeup, Queen Latifah, RIP, Roxanna Floyd, whitney houston

28 Moments in Black Beauty History. Josephine Baker’s ZouZou

February 1, 2013 by afrobella 5 Comments

28 Moments in Black Beauty History. Josephine Baker’s ZouZou

Today is Februrary 1, the official beginning of Black History Month. Every day this month, I will feature a snapshot of black beauty history. Expect to see images, products, tastemakers, artists, models, and films that have shaped the world of fashion and beauty today.  I can still remember like it was yesterday. I may have…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Featured, Issues, Pop Culture Tagged With: beautiful black women, beauty icons, beauty inspiration, black history month, Featured, full-pic, Josephine Baker

Black History Month, On The Fashion Tip

February 4, 2011 by afrobella 71 Comments

Black History Month, On The Fashion Tip

Black History Month always brings out so much creativity, and I always find so much inspiration online. From facts to fashion, bloggers online are celebrating and commemmorating the struggles and experiences, the highs and the lows of our people. I think it’s a beautiful thing. But I realize not everyone feels the same. I’ve read…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Pop Culture, Style Tagged With: Black Beauty, black history month, icons, inspiration

How I Celebrated Black History Month

March 2, 2010 by afrobella 27 Comments

How I Celebrated Black History Month

Every year we talk about Black History Month, what it means, should we still celebrate it, how do we celebrate it…the debate goes on. This year, instead of just talking about it — I got the chance to BE about it. For Black History Month I was invited to speak at the University of Notre…

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Filed Under: Beauty Tagged With: Absolutely Afrobella, Becoming AfroBella, black history month, dawn okoro, notre dame, shades of ebony

Afrobella of the Week: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, rock n’ roll pioneer

July 2, 2007 by afrobella 17 Comments

There’s something so undeniably bad-ass about a woman wielding a guitar. There have been many, many cool Caucasian bellas who have made their mark behind the axe. To wit — click here for Outside Left’s Top 12 Hottest Female Guitarists Ever, which includes the one and only Joan Jett, Poison Ivy from The Cramps, and…

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Filed Under: Jams, Pop Culture Tagged With: Afrobella of the Week/Month, black history month, music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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