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Chrisette Michele OPI Spa Manicure
If you read Afrobella’s blog, than I’m sure that you know that Tacarra Sutton a.k.a. Spifster did Chrisette Michele’s nails at a “Beauty Bar” event hosted by Chicago’s Three Peas Art Gallery nearly two months ago. After reading Afrobella’s blog post on the fabulous manicure she received, I immediately started following Spifster on Tumblr. I also follow her on Twitter.
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Pink Lip Products I Love From Korres & MAC
FSee which pink lip products are in heavy rotation for October. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, I figured I take a moment and make a list of all the pink lip products that I’m loving now, including a tinted pink lip balm. Pink Lip Products from Korres USA Do you want to know that would make Korres Lip Butter in Jasmine a truly awesome product? If they repackaged it in a tube or a twist-up dome. I remember the first time I used this under Estee Lauder’s Pure Color Crystal Gloss in Pink Light. Korres’ Jasmine + Estee Lauder’s Pink Light = most beautiful, posh pink combination to grace…
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Mo’Nique Golden Globes Makeup
Editor’s Note: I am so thankful that Mr. Sam Fine is sharing what he used on Mo’Nique via Twitter. I wish more celebrity makeup artists would do the same! You can also follow him @SamFineBeauty! All pictures are from his Facebook account. It all started with a question. Amber from Brown Bombshell Beauty asked Sam Fine on Twitter what type of lashes he used on Mo’Nique for the Golden Globes. face. Sam Fine described Mo’Nique’s Golden Globes look as “classic glamour.” He sculpted her face with one of his favorite drugstore foundations for women of color, Black Opal True Color Creme Stick Foundation with SPF 8. Next, he dusted CARGO Bronzer and MAC Bronzing Powder on cheeks to achieve a glowing…
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Makeup and More in the Military: Operation Courage is Beautiful
Operation Courage is Beautiful, created by StyleSynch in conjunction with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3787 (a San Diego non-profit veterans’ organization) and the San Diego Armed Forces Armed Services YMCA, is a non-profit project which aims to “give a little joy and femininity” to servicewomen in Iraq and Afghanistan through care packages. The inspiration for Operation Courage is Beautiful was a Glamour article of the same name about women who served in Iraq.
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More Than a Vixen: Aaliyah Dana Haughton (1979 – 2001)
There will probably never be another Queen of Urban Pop, just as there will never be another King of Pop. It’s hard to believe that today, eight years ago, I was reading about her death in the overseas military publication, Stars and Stripes. I remember thinking that it was joke – that someone at Stars and Stripes just hated Aaliyah until I saw it on the news, on MTV, on BET…it was unreal. Music keeps me going so you can believe that Aaliyah’s music helped to inspire me…and keep on inspiring me. Like Charles Wade said, Aaliyah was “more than a woman” with the honeyed voice and the signature belly…
