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Honored By Essence Magazine!

Honored By Essence Magazine!

| April 22, 2013 | 10 Comments

  Maybe you already saw the news online, or read it in print – but I was finally able to get my hands on a copy and now I’m honored to announce it here. Essence Magazine has honored me in their latest issue, in the Best in Black Beauty Awards 2013! Click here to read [...]

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My Target Inner Circle Essence Black Women in Hollywood Experience

My Target Inner Circle Essence Black Women in Hollywood Experience

| February 27, 2013 | 8 Comments

  The closest thing I can compare this feeling to, is the end of the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy re-awakens in her bed in the black and white world of Kansas. She opens her eyes and sees the people she remembers from Oz, and says “…it wasn’t a dream. It was a place. And [...]

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My Personal Highlights of the Essence Music Festival Weekend

My Personal Highlights of the Essence Music Festival Weekend

| July 19, 2012 | 6 Comments

I promise you that this is my last Essence Music Festival recap for 2012. It was SUCH a big experience, I had to break it into three blog posts!  Like I told you, I had Nothing But FUN! There were SO many epic moments at EMF, photographer Chuck Olu-Alabi took more than 1500 photos. I [...]

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On My Way to New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival!

On My Way to New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival!

| July 6, 2012 | 7 Comments

Bellas, by the time you read this I should be in the French Quarter!! I’m going to the Essence Music Festival! This will be my first ever time at the popular annual event and I’m covering all of the happenings thanks to my awesome sponsors, Nothing But hair products (follow them @nothingbuthair). I’m traveling with [...]

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The Coolest Celebrities I Met at the Essence Fifth Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon

The Coolest Celebrities I Met at the Essence Fifth Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon

| March 5, 2012 | 21 Comments

From the very first day that I landed in Hollywood, it was like being in an alternate universe. One where I was surrounded by celebrities, and not only were they friendly…but every so often they knew who I was and expressed love for my blog. I can’t tell you how honored and humbled I was [...]

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Afrobella on Essence.com!

Afrobella on Essence.com!

| December 10, 2010 | 21 Comments

You know when you’ve got big awesome exciting news and you wanna share it, but it isn’t the right time, so you keep it inside yourself and it kinda feels like you’re holding your breath? That’s how I’ve been feeling for oh, a couple of months now. And finally I can exhale and tell you [...]

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