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• Live, From The Academy Awards!

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  Bellas and fellas — within the last three days I can’t begin to tell you how many celebrities Luvvie and I have met. From Thursday’s Essence Women in Film luncheon to Friday’s absolutely incredible Commander in Chic cocktail party and dinner hosted by Mikki Taylor, to Saturday’s Uptown Magazine 20th [...]

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• Oscar Weekend, Here We Are!

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  I grew up watching the Academy Awards. I remember sitting on the carpet in my parents’ bedroom, watching Billy Crystal sing and dance about every Best Picture nominated film. I remember that year with Rob Lowe and Snow White (definitely earns its place on this list of Oscars Most [...]

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• The Fro Fashion Week Fabulousness

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  From what I’ve seen in my travels, there are three natural hair meccas. Chicago (represent!), New York (specifically, Brooklyn!) and Atlanta. The natural hair scene in Atlanta is passionate. At events I’ve attended, the women come out in their numbers, dressed to slay, ready to learn and admire and buy [...]

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• It’s Carnival!!

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  Maybe you’re in Trinidad, and woke up at the crack of dawn to slather yourself with oil or mud to play j’ouvert in the darkness before sunrise.

  Maybe right now you’re sprinkling your skin with glitter before getting into that intricately adorned costume to palance and pose off in your [...]

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• Winter Hair Care and a Crème of Nature Argan Oil Giveaway!

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  Last week there were piles of filthy snow all over the place. This week the skies are bleak and the streets are shiny and wet because of the rain. Chicago’s weather doesn’t quite know what to do with itself, and neither does my hair.

   

  Look at that cold Chicago wind [...]

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• When It Comes to Products, What Kind of Natural Are You?

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  As your friendly round the way beauty and natural hair blogger, I get sent ALL KINDS of products to review. Some of them are totally the kind of stuff I’d buy myself, made with ingredients I know my hair will respond to favorably. Others…not so much. But I do my [...]

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• We Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston

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  I don’t want to write this post. I don’t want to write about losing Whitney Houston. I’ve written recent RIP tribute posts for Etta James and Don Cornelius, but this loss cuts deeper. It’s too sad. There’s an ache of deep, disappointed sadness that has been over my shoulders like [...]

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• Afrobella Art — Curating An Artful Eye

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  In the interest of furthering the Afrobella Art series under a knowledgable and well curated eye, I’ve turned over the reins to a new monthly contributor. Bellas, meet Veronica Marshall. She is a self-described interior design junkie, obsessed with all-things home dĂ©cor, antiquing, midcentury modern design, and collecting art [...]

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• I’ll Be In NYC During Fashion Week with Curls Unleashed!

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  Bellas, I can hardly keep up with myself this month.

  Last weekend I was in Atlanta for the truly wonderful Fro Fashion Week event at the Hotel Melia downtown. And this weekend, I’ll be in New York during all the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week madness, for two awesome natural hair related [...]

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• Nyssa Green Beat My Face to the Gods

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  From the moment I knew I was going to Atlanta to appear as the keynote speaker for Fro Fashion Week, I had three immediate concerns.

  1 – OMG I have to give a speech? And not just be on a panel with other people? Everyone will be looking at me [...]

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