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Budget Beauty Tuesday: Get Beyonce’s Cat Eye, Red Lip Look for Less
Chameleon Beyonce’ has changed her look yet once again. I love it. I live vicariously though this young woman. The exaggerated cat eye and red lip look Beyonce’ sported at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards on…
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Circumspect Sundays: Baby Girlz Magazine — Created to Survive. Destined to Thrive.
The virtual world is amazing. Since I started blogging, I have “met” some awesome people. By way of my blogger friend Ron, who authors Anything Urban, I met Traci Lee, author of Beauty in Rare Form. After reading Traci’s blog,…
Fierce Friday: Secret Weapon– Easy Breezy Style
Have you ever seen that girl that just looks like she rolled out of bed looking sexy? Not all done-up sexy. But easy breezy sexy? I think Joy Bryant has that look. Like she’s not trying. And in my book,…
Budget Beauty Tuesday: Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Swivel Stick
I know it’s Wednesday, but for some reason, I couldn’t write yesterday. I think the word I can use to describe myself was frazzled. So I’m a day behind. Again. At any rate, I’m back at it… I was slathering…
Monday Means Makeup: My Lust List
It’s pretty much a sickness I have. I can read about makeup and get all worked up. I can be in the deodorant aisle of Walgreens and find sheer contentment. But I really get excited about newness. Makeup that just…
San Francisco CBS Consumer Report: I’m a Beauty Expert!
I taped a segment for our local San Francisco CBS affiliate a few weeks ago and it finally aired yesterday. Click here to see the video. Tips To Selecting Drugstore Anti-Aging Products Reporting Sue Kwon E-mail SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5)…
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Fierce Friday: Get Banged
Get your mind out of the gutter. I’m talking hair. I’m talking about rocking ferocious bangs. It’s Friday so change it up. Get fierce. Rock some bangs. While I’m not one to follow trends (I pride myself on doing my…
Gettin’ Curvy With It: Vogue Curvy
I love all things Italian. Shoes, wine, food, men, clothes, cars, architecture, coastline, pennichella (aka siesta, nap time) Vogue Italia (particularly since their first all black issue) and now Vogue Curvy. The Curvy Fashionista reported today that Italian Vogue has…
Budget Beauty Tuesday: Tinted Moisturizers — Be a Mixologist
Yesterday I expressed my love of tinted moisturizers. And a reader a couple comments came up about do-it-yourself tinted moisturizers and less expensive versions. Both of which I planned to address today on my Budget Beauty Tuesday post. How do…
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Top 5 Tinted Moisturizers
How many times have you gotten up a little late and prioritized applying makeup to the end of your to-do list? Unfortunately with so many demands thrust upon us as professional women, we have to make those choices — what…
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Fierce Friday: Secret Weapon — Classic Beauty a lá Sade
I have a girl crush. I admit it. It started in the '80's when I laid eyes on Sade. I emulated her look as closely as possible. My lipstick of choice became MAC Russian Red. I wore my hair in…
Ciara’s Hot Look at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards
I recently became Director of Glamour at Mahogany Butterfly and I’m get to work with some awesome makeup artists and writers. My friend Nalo Jones wrote a piece about Ciara’s pretty look at the Grammy’s and I thought I would…
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Budget Beauty Tuesday: Get Even with Black Opal Brightening Mask/Scrub
I looked at my daughter the other day and had a worried thought because her skin was just glowing. Mind you she is a college student — a senior at Cal Berkeley. So I banished my premature thoughts of being…
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