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You Oughta Know…Gugu Mbatha-Raw
I’m sure you saw her face or heard her name in the coverage of the Primetime Emmy Awards that aired last Sunday. Maybe you cannot pronounce her name but you need to know who she is. Here’s the backstory on British star Gugu Mbatha-Raw, the co-star on the buzzed about J.J. Abram’s spy drama Undercovers.
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Respone To Clutch Magazine: Black Women Have Thorns, too!
[Caveat: There really should not have to be one but since people are going to try and insinuate that my comments are laced with acrimony like a drink from those little old ladies in Arsenic and Old Lace: This piece is not for everyone. I don’t hate black men. I don’t hate men. I don’t hate anyone, not even stupid people. Not even the Bene Veira or Clutch Magazine.com. Don’t send me hate mail or hate comments, you won’t like my response. I’m just replying to an article written on their site. And, yes… I have a man.] I know I’m going to end up burning bridges with this one…
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Eat Pray Love Fashions For Less and Movie Review
[Mini Review of Eat Pray Love: I’m going to try and give a review about the movie “Eat Pray Love” based on the book by Elizabeth Gilbert. I went into this film with such absurdly high expectations. I really thought that this would be a major contender for an Academy Award because of the success of the book. When you have a book that is so impressively good it seems only natural to translate a story like this into a format that can easily be consumed by the masses via a feature film. All the director and writer had to do was follow the book! The book was an entire…
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2010 Shape of Beauty Awards
Shape magazine released their issue of the best beauty products in the industry in this month’s issue. I just so happen to have the sneak peak of which products made the list. To view the complete list buy the September 2010 issue of Shape, feature Kristen Bell. Here it is Facial Cleansers
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NB2010: The Doubts and My Pony Puff Tale
The Doubts Hey everyone! New Beginnings 2010 here. As you can see from the title of my post, I’ve been having transitioning doubts. Of course, there are doubts about transitioning for those of us who have had relaxed hair ever since they can remember. I’m one of those people. The doubts started in the form of excuses: “I never got to reached my original goal of bra-strap length,” or, “Being relaxed is easier and I know how to do it,” “Detangling is too hard,” and let’s not forget, “I look better with relaxed hair.” Yes, I said it! It’s a mentality that’s not easy to let go of.
