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It’s like a broken record isn’t it? Pretty much every year an African American or two is up for an…

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Black women are some of the most beautiful women on the planet, with God-given curves that some go under the…

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Picture this: You are awakened with soft and gentle kisses from the glistening rays of the Saturday morning sun peeking…

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Mane & Chic is not your ordinary natural hair blog – it’s an eclectic mix of hair and fashion. Don’t get…

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It’s hip. It’s hot. It‘s totally fab. All the cool kids are doin’ it….going VEGAN, that is. And, one of…

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For my sisters in the struggle, my fellow prayer warriors who bum rush altar calls and wait, who bombard clergy…

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Have great fear. Tiger Text is here.

As if practicing fidelity wasn’t hard enough, somebody saw fit to create an mobile…

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My mother always taught me to pace myself…

Yet like the ticking of a clock, I hear the urgency in garnering…

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Ding, ding.

The Tavis-Sharpton on air fight over whether or not President Obama was going to have a black agenda started…

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You don’t need to survey five or six of your girlfriends and listen to their opinions. You don’t need the…

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My mother and my grandmother are like the father and mother I never had – my mother being the father,…

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I recently had the chance to sit down and watch Spike Lee’s 1986 film, She’s Gotta Have It. The main character,…

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It’s always interesting to see how power-deprived respond to new-found power or opportunity. If a group of people fought for…

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If there is any industry that has dominated Twitter’s public timeline, it is the world of fashion. Industry insiders from…

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Actress Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to win an Academy Award, winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing…

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Whether by the flicker of the television screen or the saturating effect of being broadcast as front page news, the…

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What to Do When You are Thinking about Turning Back to the Perm…

We all have been there – sometime…

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Meet The Baddest Brothers in Fashion

Look up “booted and suited” in the dictionary and, nine times outa  ten, you’re…

Beauty Products

April 1, 2008

Big Spring Beauty Issue: Makeup

Sets:
bareMinerals Get Started: Eyes, Cheeks, Lips – Tan-To-Deep ($49, bareescentuals.com) An eight-piece bareMinerals color collection customized for tan to deep complexions.…

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Big Spring Beauty Issue: Hair

Hair:
Metropolis S-Nano Ionic Ceramic Brushes ($9.95-$19.95, metropolistechnology.com). This line of brushes will truly revitalize your hair just in time for spring.…

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April 2008 Beauty Q&A

Q: I bought my first home and I plan to move in at the beginning of Spring. They are remodeling…

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Big Spring Beauty Issue: Skin & Body

Nails
Shimmery Shades Lippman Collection ($15, lippmanncollection.com) Winter was all about dark dramatic nails. Now that spring is rolling around its…

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