The Other Beauty Conversation
Remember this one? It was a classic on EBONY.com. Yesterday, while leaving the gym, another guy called me “chocolate” in his loudest, most obnoxious voice. When I asked him politely to never call me (or really any other dark skin woman) that again, he asked why. I told him to check out BB! But, just…
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Who else saw the Blackish Bloopish episode tonight? Oh, y’all were watching Empire? Whatever. It took me a while to actually love the show, but now I can’t get enough, and it’s all because of one fabulous little lady: Marsai Martin a.k.a Diane a.k.a the cutest little girl on TV right now. First of all,…
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Chock-full of different shades, hues and ethnicities (some of the time), Glam Belleza Latina is probably a magazine that most women of color have either a) never heard of, b) wouldn’t have a clue of where to “buy”, or c) have heard of, but didn’t feel compelled to read because, well, the name of the…
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Welcome to BeautifullyBrown.com It was only a year or so ago that I thought about how tired I was of not seeing ample information on the internet about black women and beauty. Yeah, there were many black beauty vloggers, bloggers and influencers that were creating amazing content for black women to absorb. But there was…
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That Time I Was Featured on Pretty Period. Dr. Yaba. Blay. Know the name. Remember it. Recite it. No, but seriously. Meeting this woman was beyond one of the most impactful times of my life. Her sincere focus on reminding Black, brown skin and dark skin women that we are not “pretty for brown/dark girls”,…
Read MoreI went to an event today, sponsored by the amazing brand African Pride, in D.C. It was a last minute attendance that I wasn’t expecting, and really had no true knowledge of what it would be about. Muffled within a call about the event, were the focuses of Black women who are striving to overcome…
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