Being the First Lady of the most powerful nation on the face of the earth cannot be easy, with the eyes of the world on your every move – but does being the First Black First Lady come with additional…
Category: Black Women
It’s Me! Black beauty & hair (@BlackBeautyMag ) magazine’s Blogger of the Month!
The latest issue of the UK’s ‘best selling Black magazine’ , Black beauty & hair, hit the shelves today….. ….. and yours truly is the blogger of the month! How cool is that??!! 🙂 Thanks to all of my followers,…
Rock of Ages #agelessbeauty
I was flicking through the latest issue of Grazia magazine yesterday and was thrilled to see that yet again Grazia has used a beautiful black model for the main beauty feature! The feature is not colour specific, but focuses on…
Afro’s & headline fashion shows AW12
Afro’s & headline fashion shows AW12. A great follow up to my post Afro-tising! If you are not following Afroblush, you should be! Enjoy!
Product Review: Ideal Flawless Invisible Coverage Foundation by Avon
In its 125th anniversary year Avon announced the launch of the new Ideal Flawless foundation range last November, whilst simultaneously announcing that Alesha Dixon would be the brand’s Beauty and Empowerment Ambassador. According to Avon, Ideal Flawless boasts “an exclusive…
Afro-tising
I was browsing through the current issue of Marie Claire magazine and I came across the latest Marc Cain  SS12 campaign ad. The model’s afro-esque hair style really caught my attention. The next day I travelled to central London and as I was…
Black and Blue
On the 27th February, the singer Elisabeth Welch (1904 -2003) was commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque in south-west London. She is the second black women to have received this hounour (the first was Jamaican born nurse, Mary Seacole). Born…
GloCal Beauty – Jamaica on the Map
The leading Jamaican newspaper,  the Jamaica Gleaner (of which I have fond memories, my mum used to order her copy  from the local newsagents every week… back in the day!) announced earlier this week that  four of the island’s most well-known women have been…
It Matters…Because You Matter
 I have just started to listen to a new audiobook called ‘ Start Something that Matters’ by 34 year old entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie. In 2006, Blake founded TOMS – a company that would match every pair purchased with a new…
Product Review: Teint Idole Ultra 24H by LancĂ´me
A few posts ago I was enthusing about the newest foundation launches with shades for dark skin! I will reviewing some of these new offerings over the course of the next few weeks, letting you know my thoughts based upon…