This past weekend I had the pleasure of spending time with many of my cousins. On Friday, I drove to New Jersey and enjoyed an afternoon including a facial, my first hot stone massage, and a fish & chips lunch with my cousin, This and That co-writer, Jasmine Ratliff. It was fun sharing a much-needed…
Just a touch of love…a little bit. Just a touch of love… So begin the first lyrics I ever heard from the Dayton, Ohio-born/New Jersey-bred funk band Slave. Those of you who know me well know that I am a fiend for the music I grew up with…sang along to…danced to…roller skated to. I was…
Just a touch of love…a little bit. Just a touch of love… So begin the first lyrics I ever heard from the Dayton, Ohio-born/New Jersey-bred funk band Slave. Those of you who know me well know that I am a fiend for the music I grew up with…sang along to…danced to…roller skated to. I was…
25 years ago this week, my mom died from Hodgkins’ Lymphoma. I was nine years old, but with my sister’s birth 2 years earlier and between the wonder of a new baby and mom’s multiple visits to the hospital I really only got 7 good years with her. Specific memories are vague but I do…
Please welcome Guest Contributor, Leilani Yizar, who agreed to share her thoughts on the 2012 Hair Revival, sponsored by Doris New York Hair Care Products and SistahGirlfriends, Inc. Is Natural Hair a Movement or a Trend? Can the way you wear your hair affect your getting a job? How does a man like his woman…
Earlier this week a colleague circulated a story that concerned me. I sat on it for about 4 days, deciding whether or not to write about it here. But finally I think it’s time to say something. The reason I sat on this article is because I try very hard to keep my personal and…
NYC Hair Divas-we will be raffling off a SOFISTAFUNK skirt at tonight’s Hair Revival in Brooklyn. IT’S ON TONIGHT!! http://ow.ly/8ByDM
My favorite beauty regimen is exfoliation, which involves using some lightly abrasive material or fabric to slough off, or remove skin cells from the outermost layer of skin. It is healthy for the skin because it moves aside the dead skin cells to make room for newer skin cells to emerge, allowing the skin to…
For Christmas this year my husband gave me a Crock-Pot cookbook. For some women any kind of cookbook as a gift from her husband would result in one of the following questions: “Wait, does this mean you don’t like my cooking?” “So what are you saying…I don’t cook often enough?” and so on. But since…
Attention beauties of the NYC area! Its about to go down in 2012!! Doris New York Hair Care Products and Sistah Girlfriends, Inc. sponsor our first Annual Hair Revival! We are excited to launch our inaugural event as a salute to ALL hair types. Join us for an enlightening and thought-provoking panel discussion featuring: Winsome…
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