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)…
The Best Reason(s) to Watch the NAACP Image Awards
I usually watch the award shows to check out the glam, the red carpet, who is hot and who is a hot mess. But when it came to the NAACP Image Awards on February 26, I found a whole new…
Budget Beauty Tuesday: My Luscious Lips
I am kinda sorta obsessed with lips. I’m always looking at everyone’s lips. I’ve even written about lips I love. I think I have the Goldilocks syndrome when it comes to lips. “Too big.” “Too small.” “Too pink.” “Too dark.”…
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Circumspect Sundays: Curvy is Hot!
I’m a curvy girl. Although I haven’t always been so happy with that blessing. My mom was 5’9′ and 122 lbs for most of her adult life. AARRGHH. And that’s not pirate talk. That’s frustration at being an hourglass at 12…
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…
Fierce Friday:Secret Weapon — Glow like Alicia Keys
Fierce Friday. Wow. I’ve covered so many ways to make it fierce that I was kind of stumped today. That was until I started scanning the hot ladies of fashion and beauty. One photo was of Alicia Keys from the…
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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…
Bad Hair Day? Rock a Cap!
So it's quite a relief to know that even hotties like Halle Berry and Rihanna rock a cap now and then. And with their signature hair cuts, we all know the cap is not really for a fashion statement. Does…
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Budget Beauty Tuesday: I’m Loving Olay
I know it’s Wednesday, but I have been sick for a very long time, and I lost my groove. So I’m playing catch up! I can’t believe it. I’m buying skincare products at the drugstore. I admit it. Me, the…
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