Lisa a la mode

Jackie Aina has had an eventful August 2019. She celebrated her 32nd birthday. released her much-coveted eyeshadow palette collaboration with Anastasia Beverly Hills, and last but not least, got engaged to Denis Asamoah in a dazzling surprise engagement in Mykonos, Greece. All of the aforementioned was, of course, done in the glittery, luxe, doing-the-absolute-most fashion we have come to expect…
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What to Pack in Your Hospital Bag My advice to all soon-to-be mommies is to pack your hospital bag around the 29/30 week mark. Certainly, you can pack your bag as late as the day you go into labor, but I think the earlier the better. Obviously, you don’t want to do it too early, however, packing your bag closer…
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43 Braid Hairstyles For Little Girls With Natural Hair I have yet to meet a black woman who did not regularly wear her hair in braids as a girl. Certainly, we got relaxers and hot-combed to death for church and special occasions, but our go-to styles for every day wear always involved braid hairstyles of some sort. From cornrows to…
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“I’m writing for black people…in the same way that Tolstoy was not writing for me, a 14-year-old coloured girl from Lorain, Ohio.” The first black woman to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature, Toni Morrison, has died at 88 years old. I am still processing this fact. In the midst of my processing, I do not want to…
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