While many people will claim that how a woman looks should be the least of her concerns while pregnant, I rebuke that message. Once I got beyond the morning sickness of the first 16 weeks, spending a little time adjusting my beauty routine to support a healthy pregnancy has been really therapeutic for me. I like to look my best,…
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Youtube Sensation, Jackie Aina, Covers Essence Magazine Jackie Aina covers Essence and we are here for it! Also, I’d like to go on record by declaring that we, and by we I mean me, little ole Lisa Jean-Francois from Boston, MA, interviewed Auntie Jackie two years ago when she first hit her first million subscribers on Youtube. You can read…
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Best Sunscreen for Black Skin Everybody needs sunscreen year round, but when summer hits many of us spend more and more time outside. This means it’s time to step up our sunscreen game. For many years I didn’t bother with sunscreen because I was tired of the white cast they all seemed to leave on my skin. Also, let’s be…
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Everything You Need to Know About Juvia’s Place’s Foundation Juvia’s Place Launches New Foundation Juvia’s Place Discount Code: ‘LISA’ to save 10% When Juvia’s Place founder, Chichi Eburu, first began wearing makeup, one of her early makeup-buying experiences included being unable to find a foundation shade that perfectly matched her deep skin tone. She knew then that one day she…
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I’ve been married for seven years, a mother for almost 6 of those years, and yes, being a wife and a mother is incredibly difficult. I often find myself looking fondly back on my days in New York City. Back then I shared a huge pre-war apartment in the North Bronx (not a hip area, but I loved it), with…
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