Brilliantly basic.
If you’re into the beauty community in any way shape or form then you know the tea has been piping hot lately. Whether it’s Tati Westbrook & James Charles falling out, Jeffree Star being accused of racism for the 100th time, Jackie Aina (heeey aunty Jackie) being accused of Illuminati induction post her Essence cover,…
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I remember being a kid and hearing my mom and Nana sitting in the kitchen discussing my grandmother’s hands and all the pain she was having. How she couldn’t grip things like she once could, the disfiguring of her knuckles, her need for a cane that transitioned to a walker and finally to a wheelchair.…
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Hair care has become of great importance to me as of late. With age, and health issues, everything about my body has changed including my hair. I’ve been taking a vested interest in making sure I’m taking care of my hair the best way I can. If you’re not new to my blog or any…
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Recently I wrote a blog article about what a beach body was; encouraging my readers to go to the pool/beach and give it the body you’ve got! I meant every word I said in that blog; so much so I’ve decided to face one of my fears head on this summer. What might that fear…
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If there is one consistent theme along my journey with style, fashion and navigating my life in a plus body; it is being comfortable. I love being stylish, I love getting dressed up but I my absolute must and non negotiable rule of thumb is comfort. Often times I find styles that look good but…
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May is Mental Health Awareness month for those of you who don’t know. Across social media; informational posts and testimonies are being shared in solidarity with normalizing mental health and ending the stigma. Because I write so much about mental health on this blog; I was going to skip writing an official Mental Health Awareness…
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I remember a time when finding fashion if you were over a size 12 was a hard thing to come by. Growing up as a teen, I was between a 14 and an 18 at any given time. While today it’s nothing to go into a store and find a Large or a 1x; that…
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If you’re on social media of any sort, then entrepreneurship is all the buzz these days. Everywhere you look, there’s an ad being sponsored that guarantees all the successful tools to being a boss for a nominal fee of [insert fee here]. There are smiling faces plastered with hashtags of #BossBabe #entrepreneur surfacing everywhere. There…
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I can almost bet my bottom dollar that when you read this title you scratched your head with wonderment. Don’t fret! I’m here to explain it all! But in order to get the Take Up Space event we need to take it to the creator and give you a little background. Allow me to introduce…
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When I first set out to blog, I didn’t know that being a fat body would become a conversation. However, as I began to share more about myself and my life; there was no way not to discuss my experience in a fat body because that is how I’ve navigated thru the majority of my…
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