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Thank You, Miu Miu and Ava DuVernay

Thank You, Miu Miu and Ava DuVernay

| February 14, 2013 | 3 Comments

  The need for more diversity in fashion is so frequently glaring and so very frequently written about. Sometimes it seems like things are deliberately destined to never change. And every now and then there’s a shining breakthrough, that you hope heralds a new day in fashion and beauty and fills your heart with optimism [...]

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Inside Afropunk 2012

Inside Afropunk 2012

| August 29, 2012 | 15 Comments

I absolutely love living in Chicago, but if I had to choose somewhere to relocate…my next pick would be Brooklyn. Forget the fact that New York is expensive, stressful and I could swing a cat and hit a Trini I grew up with there – Brooklyn has a life, an energy and a flavor like [...]

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Bellas! My Second Vogue Black Post is Up

Bellas! My Second Vogue Black Post is Up

| March 5, 2010 | 28 Comments

And this time I wrote all about body scrubs for gorgeous skin. I gave a long overdue shout out to one of my besties in the beauty blogosphere, Julia of All About the Pretty. I’ll tell ya, I touched her arm when we were at Fashion Week in September…her skin is like silk and velvet [...]

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