Pain, pleasure, love, heartbreak, trial, and triumph are words that describe the emotions one would sense while listening to the story Dawn Richard of Diddy Dirty Money tells in her first mixtape, “The Prelude To A Tell Tale Heart.” As a New Orleans, native displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Dawn has been through a tumultuous past [...]
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10 Steps to Stress Free and Beautiful Skin
This time of year, many of us are taking antihistamines for our seasonal allergies. Others depend on eye drops for relief of watery, puffy eyes. So what are we to do about itchy, sensitized, stressed out skin? If you are like many, you may feel your skin is sensitive to much of what is out [...]
Keeping Your “Betty” Happy
Lately we seem to have an obsession with our “Betty”, “Southern Girl”, “Little Sister” or whatever special name we give the ”vajayjay” (for the sake of this article we will use Betty). She gets “fried, dyed and laid to the side”. In the good ole days some of us went for the Nair down there, [...]
Dressing for your Body Type
Ever heard the statement, “Just because they make it in your size, doesn’t mean you should wear it!” or “She must not have any friends because they would have told her that doesn’t look good on her!” Ever thought somebody may have said the same thing about you? Well here are the things you should [...]
The Man Cave Speaks
Men virtually want their homes to be an environment that is stress free to facilitate their wind down time, their testosterone time with the boys, and most importantly to excite and ignite their love interest. Generally, a comfortable chair or sectional, an oversized flat-screen TV, and a banging (literally) sound system are a given. You can tell a [...]
To spa or not to spa…that is the question!
Should skin care treatments be considered necessity or luxury? During challenging economic times we have a tendency to tighten the belt, and take a hard look at the budget to quickly determine what is necessary versus those items that are dispensable. Before you move your spa treatments to the luxury column, consider the benefits a [...]
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