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Whitney Houston, Beauty Icon

February 11, 2013 by afrobella 4 Comments

Whitney Houston, Beauty Icon

  Do you remember where you were, when you found out? I do. I was standing backstage at Texture On The Runway, such a fabulous New York Fashion Week event. I was waiting to be interviewed by Corynne Corbett for Essence, when Dickey of Hair Rules came backstage and said five words I won’t ever…

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Filed Under: Featured, Life, Pop Culture Tagged With: beauty inspiration, Black Beauty, black beauty history, Featured, full-pic, icons, Pop Culture, RIP, whitney houston

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

Jody Watley On Life, Music, Beauty, Billy B and Being an Icon

May 18, 2012 by afrobella 15 Comments

Jody Watley On Life, Music, Beauty, Billy B and Being an Icon

When you think of Jody Watley, very specific visuals might come to mind. Sleek hair. Bangin’ brows. Hoop earrings. A matte red lip. When I visualize Jody Watley, I always envision her in an all black ensemble. And for me that’s entirely because Jody Watley was one of my earliest beauty icons. Her Eighties hits…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Featured, Hair, Makeup, Pop Culture, Skin, Style Tagged With: Beautifully Aging Bellas, Beauty, beauty advice, beauty inspiration, Billy B, Featured, full-image, icons, Jody Watley, Reviews, Style

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

The Woman Behind the Icon

March 1, 2007 by afrobella 39 Comments

The Woman Behind the Icon

I have been meaning to write this post for weeks now, but I figure better late than never. Just because Black History Month is officially over doesn’t mean that we move back to the present day and forget all about honoring our predecessors for another year. Black History Month should be every month, in my…

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Filed Under: Issues, Pop Culture Tagged With: beauty inspiration, icons, Josephine Baker, Pop Culture

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