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I’m Looking Forward to the Ebony Fashion Fair Auction. Here’s Why!

May 21, 2015 by afrobella 3 Comments

I’m Looking Forward to the Ebony Fashion Fair Auction. Here’s Why!

I was never lucky enough to actually attend the legendary EBONY Fashion Fair — Eunice Johnson’s historied fashion event traveled the world from 1958 to 2009, the year I moved to Chicago. When Mrs. Johnson passed in January 0f 2010, there was that burning question  – what would happen to all of these gowns? All of these amazing…

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Filed Under: Events, Style Tagged With: Black History, ebony, Events, fashion, Fashion Fair, Style

“Say Yes” to Ava DuVernay And Fashion Fair!

October 29, 2013 by afrobella 7 Comments

“Say Yes” to Ava DuVernay And Fashion Fair!

  How amazing is Ava DuVernay? In the dazzling span of her film career, she’s blazed a trail and changed the game. She was the first African-American woman to win the Best Director Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, for her film Middle Of Nowhere. Her first feature film, I Will Follow was critically acclaimed…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Featured, Makeup, Pop Culture, Style Tagged With: Ava DuVernay, beautiful black women, Beauty, beauty inspiration, celebrity makeup artists, Fashion Fair, film, makeup, movies

Fashion Fair’s 40th Anniversary Collection — All Pink Everything

April 30, 2013 by afrobella 8 Comments

Fashion Fair’s 40th Anniversary Collection — All Pink Everything

  For 40 years, women of color have known and loved Fashion Fair Cosmetics. The venerable beauty brand based in Chicago was a staple in my formative years and I know I’m not the only one who remembers that familiar pink marbleized compact being on their mother’s dresser. The brand has been through so many…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Makeup, Pop Culture, Reviews Tagged With: Beauty, beauty history, Black Beauty, black beauty history, brand history, Fashion Fair, legacy brands, makeup

The Foundations in Rotation

November 14, 2012 by afrobella 13 Comments

The Foundations in Rotation

What are your current foundations of choice? I thought it’d be fun to show you mine! These are the latest that match my shade of beautiful the best. Counterclockwise from the top — Cover FX total cover cream in N90 MAC Matchmaster 6.0 Fashion Fair True Finish Foundation in Joyful Caramel Lisi Silk Veil foundation #109…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Makeup, Reviews Tagged With: Benefit Cosmetics, black makeup, concealer, Cover FX, Fashion Fair, Featured, foundation, full-pic, Lisi, MAC, mac cosmetics, makeup, Nuance, Urban Decay, Valana Minerals

I Found My Match With Fashion Fair’s New Foundation

August 15, 2012 by afrobella 10 Comments

I Found My Match With Fashion Fair’s New Foundation

Every now and then I’ll find myself at an event so special, it makes me reflect on my life and marvel at the company I’m surrounded by. That happened last week, when I attended a shade matching event and launch for Fashion Fair’s newest foundation, True Finish Refining Mineral Foundation, at the home of Desiree…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Events, Featured, Makeup, Pop Culture Tagged With: beautiful black women, Beautifully Aging Bellas, Beauty, cosmetics, Events, Fashion Fair, Featured, foundation, full-pic, makeup, Pop Culture

Favorite Products, Back on the Shelves

May 7, 2012 by afrobella 7 Comments

Favorite Products, Back on the Shelves

The New York Times just did a lovely little piece on products brought back by popular demand. Social Media Breathes Life Into Shelved Products featured the stories of women who have been stockpiling their favorite products via Amazon and Ebay, and the brands who are bringing their most popular products back according to Twitter and…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Featured, Makeup, Reviews, Skin Tagged With: Beauty, bobbi brown cosmetics, carol's daughter, Fashion Fair, Featured, full-pic, MAC, makeup, Prescriptives, Reviews, sam fine

Travel Beauty — Makeup That Came With Me To The Caribbean

January 24, 2012 by afrobella 17 Comments

Travel Beauty — Makeup That Came With Me To The Caribbean

I travel a fair amount, so I am well familiar with the ins and outs of beauty on the go. When I pack my makeup bag, I tend to go for flat eye shadow palettes, multi-use products, and anything that comes in pencil form. I’ve got an always packed makeup travel bag, so at the…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Featured, Makeup, Reviews, Skin Tagged With: Beauty, beauty advice, beauty essentials, Benefit, coach, Cover FX, cover girl, drugstore beauty, Estee Lauder, Eyes, eyeshadow, Fashion Fair, lip gloss, lip liner, Lips, lipstick, MAC, makeup, mally beauty, Mario Badescu, Proactive, secret deodorant, The Balm, Urban Decay

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