Of course nobody means to have a mug shot taken, but any card can play when you’re screaming ethnic slurs at undercover cops. Which reminds me: Well played, Kelis. Just when your fans thought you were bossy but classy, you keep it street and manage to end your night of fabulous South Beach clubbing in…
Eyes
One of the many beautiful things about being a black woman
We can wear the most glorious and bright colors, and totally pull them off. I found this photo of the gorgeous Liya Kebede on Supermodels NL, a comprehensive site of model news, business, and fabulous photos. I’ve been mining it for makeup inspiration since always-knowledgeable afrobella Coffy suggested it as a good link for makeup…
Besame Mucho!
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and word to the fellas, your girl doesn’t want a Whitman’s Sampler or that played out diamond pendant that’s in every JC Penney ad. If you want to delight the bella in your life on this most commercial of faux-holidays, I’ve got some brilliant suggestions. Starting with Besame Cosmetics….
Ask Afrobella – Advice for the Makeup Newbie
I’ve been letting the Ask Afrobellas stack up to a frightening level, and now it’s reckoning time. This question came from a real life friend o’ mine, WLRN jazz DJ and sagacious sistren Tracy Fields. Lovers of straight-ahead jazz and women with soothing, melodic speaking voices can give her a listen on Weekend Jazz, every…
Fun With Eyeliners
It’s been getting kind of heavy around here – which I like, but I gotta switch it up on y’all today. I have a backlog of products to review, so get ready for a lot of that in the coming week. The good people over at drugstore.com and beauty.com sent me some cool new eyeliner…
Drag Queen Makeup – Viva Glam
This website is primarily dedicated to women, but this post is all about boys who wanna be girls. If you got a problem with that, feel free to click elsewhere. From a very early age, I have had a fascination with drag queens and drag queen makeup. I guess it started with the John Waters…
A Belated Happy New Year, and My Fake Eyelash Hell
So sorry for the mysterious silence, bellas. 2007 hit me like a Mack truck. Coming back from a blissful vacation to a new job with bigger responsibilities, an immediately pressing deadline, no food in the house, and a husband out sick with the flu has been a tad overwhelming. Unexpectedly, one of my most major…
The Best of 2006
Greetings from sunny Trinidad and Tobago! The temperature here is 30 degrees Celsius. I guess that’s in the 80’s, in Fahrenheit speak. Our vacation is flitting by in a blur of family, friends, cocktails, and fabulous food. I’m collecting quite a bit of material to write about when I return, but I have hardly had…
Ask Afrobella: Mama Bella on Fake Eyelashes
Heyo! I got an e mail from Davina, with a question that made me laugh. “How do I put on/apply false eyelashes? I’ve always wanted to wear them but just haven’t because I didn’t know how. I am going to a Christmas party and want to do something extra to my look.“ Davina, thanks for…
What’s Your Holiday Look?
‘Tis the season, bellas! I have two holiday parties to attend in Miami (sad to say, both on the same day. Every year, both of our office parties are on the same day! So we have to go to one first, then spend the rest of the night at the other. So annoying) and at…