I grew up in a pretty well-off nook of Trinidad. I didn’t have the same complexion as many of the friends I grew up with in my neighborhood. I remember many a sunny Saturday spent lounging in the pool, when two of my light-skinned or Trini white friends would play a game that I’ll call…
Skin
Experiencing Iman
This past May, I had the celebrity encounter of a lifetime; following a wee article I had written about Iman coming to Miami to promote her makeup line (specifically her new Second to None Stick Foundation), I was invited to dinner at the Setai with the one-named beauty icon. I can’t begin to tell you…
Ask Afrobella
I’ve been getting a lot of reader mail, so I’m starting a new semi-regular feature, Ask Afrobella. Now I am not calling myself an expert by any means. I have never been to cosmetology school (although I always yearned to be a beauty school dropout), I was so frustrated with the painful rigors of relaxing…
Hangover Helper
So I had quite a holiday weekend. We had visitors come from Chicago, and enjoyed four days of blissful overindulgence. But all of that boozing, dancing, and Cheesecake Factory goodness took a toll on me. Your girl faced Tuesday looking and feeling a wreck. My eyes were bleary, I got a wicked breakout on my…
No Surprises Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17fEy0q6yqc The recent remake of the infamous 1950’s “Doll Test” by an intrepid 17 year old filmmaker, Kiri Davis, has been making waves recently. Davis has been interviewed on CNN and many other mainstream news networks, and the reaction to her film always seems to be a variation on surprise. I found the results to…
Fade Away
If you’re a beautiful cocoa or caramel colored sister, then you already know all about this stuff. I guess the first time I used a fade cream was in high school. I don’t remember if my family turned me on to them, or if it was my school friends. I do recall that most of…
More on Minerals (avoiding pancake #31, redux)
The New York Times published an excellent article about mineral powders this week, that somewhat related to my earlier post. I am primarily a cosmetics cheapskate, and I try to abstain from Sephora, simply because I always blow at least $100 when I go there. But Southpaw’s glowing reviews of Bare Escentuals (left in the…
Even Mary J. Blige gets greasy
Damn! I need to get on my hustle even faster! The fantastic peeps over at Concrete Loop posted photos of MJB at the Sephora event I attended yesterday before I even had a chance to upload my pics. I promise to do so over the weekend. But I just wanted to say that this photo…
Avoiding Pancake #31 (A Mineral Powder Review)
I’ve got a lot of respect for Little Richard. I mean, he’s a musical legend. He was fey and fierce back in the Fifties. One of his earliest bands featured James Brown, Billy Preston, and Jimi Hendrix. (That would be an awesome combo to see live! I’d love footage of their recording sessions, just to…