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Upcoming Films You Need to Know About

Upcoming Films You Need to Know About

| April 4, 2013 | 1 Comment

Just as with the weather, there are seasons in cinema. There’s awards show season in the fall and beginning of winter. There are the winter doldrums in January, where the terrible movies the studio wants everyone to forget about come to the theaters out of obligation (for example, Movie 43). There’s summer blockbuster season. And [...]

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My Biggest Fitness Inspirations

My Biggest Fitness Inspirations

| March 28, 2013 | 10 Comments

CBS Sunday Morning is one of my favorite shows, and I set my DVR so I can watch it AND sleep in every weekend. It’s such a great show that covers so many topics. This last Sunday, there was a feature on ubiquitous fitness personality Jillian Michaels (click to watch it if you want to). [...]

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Life Lessons From Jane Pratt

Life Lessons From Jane Pratt

| March 15, 2013 | 6 Comments

  I’ve spoken about my influences here on the blog before, and I’ve mentioned it in my TEDx talk too — one of my biggest early writing influences was Sassy Magazine. My classmate’s cousin would send down her well thumbed, slightly tattered copies in care packages alongside mixtapes featuring artists I’d never heard of at [...]

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7 Things I Learned At My First SXSW

7 Things I Learned At My First SXSW

| March 14, 2013 | 12 Comments

I just got back from Austin last night, and my voice is doing this Lindsay Lohan/Harvey Feirstein thing that is simply not the business. I’m still basking in the afterglow of my first ever SXSW. I got to Austin on March 9, and stayed till yesterday – and I’m sad I am not there for [...]

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DIY Smoky Eye With Target and Napoleon Perdis!

DIY Smoky Eye With Target and Napoleon Perdis!

| March 11, 2013 | 3 Comments

Quick – off the top of your head, name an eye makeup look besides a smoky eye or cat eye. Did you come up with anything immediately? Kinda challenging, right? The smoky eye has become THE look for both makeup newbies and makeup junkies. It can be intense and sexy when paired with a red [...]

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The 25 Best MAC Lipsticks for Women of Color

The 25 Best MAC Lipsticks for Women of Color

| March 4, 2013 | 30 Comments

  Because of my history as one of the chosen ones for the 2011 Bloggers Obsession collection, I’m asked about MAC Cosmetics often. Mainly it’s two questions. This post will aim to answer both of them, with a little help from an expert!     Question #1 – will they EVER bring back All Of [...]

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5 Best Parts Of the 2013 Academy Awards Ceremony

5 Best Parts Of the 2013 Academy Awards Ceremony

| February 26, 2013 | 7 Comments

  Crass, contrived humor and misogyny aside – the 2013 Academy Awards did have its entertaining moments. I’ve been watching the Oscars every year since when I was little – and I’m old enough to remember being thoroughly confused by that Rob Lowe/Snow White moment in 1989. A few moments of this year’s ceremony reminded [...]

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