Summertime is in full swing and it’s all about wearing your cutest sandals and letting your fingers and toes do the talking! I love the season, and it’s the perfect time to take risks with your safe, typical mani/pedi. Of course being a bella on a budget, you might be giving yourself a lot of […]
Bellas at the BET Awards!
June 30, 2009 by 7 Comments
Before I give tribute to the many, many famous and beautiful black women at the BET Awards last night, first a word to their publicists. Where ARE you? Holla at a blogger! It seems that whenever a cast member of Gossip Girls sneezes, I get a press release. If Paris Hilton strolls through a boutique, […]
Calling All Beautiful Black Women in NYC!
May 4, 2009 by 4 Comments
My Week Without Deodorant
May 4, 2009 by 49 Comments
Like practically every other bella, I like a deodorant that’s “strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.” Meaning it has to step up and keep me respectable through the most oppressive heat and my body’s funkiest hormonal swings. The ideal deodorant would glide effortlessly onto my armpits and leave absolutely no trace, […]
Nails of the Season
March 13, 2009 by 17 Comments
Ever since The Makeup Girl shared her New York Fashion Week trends, I’ve been on the hunt for green nail polish. But here’s the rub — I can’t yet find the “British racing green” she described! Not Stateside, not yet. So in the meantime, I’ve been discovering some other gorgeous greens in shades that range […]
As Seen On Etsy — The Headband Edition
February 25, 2009 by 44 Comments
What I Wish I Knew (Before I Went Natural)
February 18, 2009 by 45 Comments
I saw this brilliant feature over at YMIB, and LOVED it. YMIB Circle Sister NaturalReign’s, list of the 20 things she wished she knew before going natural made me think of a few things of my own. – I wish I’d known that the mysterious hairstyle I’d been looking for all my chemically-relaxed life, the […]
