Brows have always been fashionable and are your prominent facial feature. Your brows make your face come alive. They accentuate the eyes, frame the face, communicates your thoughts and can pull your whole look together.
“There are a few common beauty blunders that can be corrected with simplicity to achieve brow envy. Brows, when done right, are powerful, confident, and … Read more...
Innovation and creativity are the cornerstones on which the African American entrepreneurial community has stood strong. In 1905, Madam C.J. Walker was noted as one of the country’s first enterprise minded women to produce a line of hair care products tailored to women of color. It set the tone—and left a positive message to future generations that if you identify … Read more...
Two of our favorite things in the same blog post!
Redeemed Ministries is a Houston-area nonprofit that helps women rebuild their lives after prostitution and sex trafficking. We love them for all that they do. We even followed the operations director, Desirie Dougall, earlier this year and compiled a short documentary of a day trip to Austin, TX for an … Read more...
Her trip had come to an end and it was time to say goodbye. As we made our way to the airport we made a strategic stop to one of my favorite stores.
The wig shop.
My friend squealed with delight. She went home a different woman and her husband was pleasantly surprised.
My philosophy on wigs, weaves and extensions … Read more...
In the west especially, we live in a maintenance culture. In the UK where I currently live, with the seasons changing there’s likely to be the flurry of visits to the DIY stores to decorate the house, new rooms or overhaul the garden. For the men, there is the constant maintenance of their cars…buffing the tyres and the shining body … Read more...
The 2015 Church Girlz With Curlz Freedom Conference is officially in the record books and what an experience it was!
There was lots of laughter, gorgeous hair and the fashion show! OMG!
The musical artists, speakers and dancers were top notch.
I learned so much from Ms. Leola Anifowoshe on the care of my natural hair. She also gave great … Read more...
Kandice Ewing is one wise ‘fisherman’ and obviously a woman who knows.
This author, mental health advocate and post abortion supporter uses the African-American natural hair movement to bring women together and show the love of Christ.
The Church Girlz With Curlz is hosting its third conference and this time it’s all about Freedom.
Free to be you.
Free from … Read more...
I really am a huge fan of Dove’s latest messaging.
This recent one on labels was especially insightful.
We humans like to categorize things…label things.
Sometimes the labels given to us were never true but we adopted them as truth.
What’s beautiful is that we all have choices and we can choose to redefine ourselves.
So given the choice what … Read more...
I went to one of her events and walked away with a wealth of information regarding my skin and how to take care of it. Kimberly Handy is the owner of GlammGirl Essential Skin Care and her products are for what I’m calling mature skin. The things that happen to your body, your skin after 40 can catch you by … Read more...
I had gone shopping and pulled out my bounty for my good friend to see.
She looked at it and without missing a beat, “Lees (short for Lisa)…that looks matronly.”
Trust me, matronly was not the look I was going for.
Even in my 80s and 90s I don’t want my attire to be labeled matronly.
I thought I had … Read more...
