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• Quest for the Oscar Dress

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  If you’re curvy and fabulous, you already know – fashion made to fit and flatter can be hard to find under the best of circumstances. It’s hard to find the right outfit for a job interview. It’s hard to find a super cute dress for a party or fashion show. [...]

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• You Deserve–Mario Badescu Enzyme Cleansing Gel

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  In my line of work, products come and go. Sometimes you find one you really like and you keep it in the arsenal. More often than not you find products that are practically interchangeable. And every so often, once in a blue moon…you find one of those holy grail products [...]

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• Why I Rock The Red Pump Today and Every Day

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  It’s one thing to look at a charitable group from the outside and want to support them because their ambitions seem noble. It’s another to know the founders of that charitable group, to know their hearts and minds and ambitions are truly in the right place, and to support them [...]

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• Winter Skin Quick Fix

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• Tracee Ellis Ross Takes Natural Hair Uptown

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  Bellas! Have you seen the March cover of Uptown Magazine? Tracee Ellis Ross looks GORGEOUS. Regal. Self possessed in her beauty.

  I got my first glimpse at the Uptown Magazine 20th Anniversary of Boomerang party – the room was festooned with Tracee’s blown up cover shots. And [...]

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• Uptown, Saturday Night – Uptown Magazine’s 20th Anniversary of Boomerang Celebration

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  In Chicago I am quite the homebody. You’re unlikely to catch me clubbing – at most I’ll go with my husband to a concert, or out to dinner. I don’t get out often when I’m in my city, but when I’m out of town? It’s non stop activity. This last [...]

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• Your Best Winter Haircare Tips – Creme of Nature Giveaway Winners!

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  Another up and down, topsy turvy weather week in Chicago! This weekend, literally, it was snowing sideways. And today the sun is shining and the sky is blue. Go figure!

  Finally I’m settled down enough to go through all of your amazing entries for the Creme of Nature Argan [...]

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• The Coolest Celebrities I Met at the Essence Women in Film Luncheon

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  From the very first day that I landed in Hollywood, it was like being in an alternate universe. One where I was surrounded by celebrities, and not only were they friendly…but every so often they knew who I was and expressed love for my blog. I can’t tell you how [...]

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• Oscar Hair, Makeup, and Fashion–Our Red Carpet Looks!

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  For most special events and occasions, I feel comfortable doing my own hair and makeup. But certainly NOT for something as momentous as the Academy Awards! An occasion like that calls for full hair, makeup, exquisite garments, the whole 9 yards!

  To put together the perfect Oscar look, we [...]

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• Who’s Going to see Fela! in Chicago?

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  The first time I heard the music of Fela Kuti, I was a college student visiting Chicago.

  My then-fiance-now-husband, our dear friend Carol (check out her hilariously named food blog!) and I were driving around downtown with a hilarious, gregarious cab driver. He was blasting Fela Kuti — [...]

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