“Skin Don’t Stop No Show” Burn Survivor Julie Saint-Fleur Shares Her Story, 6 Months into Recovery As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Open letter: When I got burned all my doctors would say is “a year from now you’ll get to do this or that again.” So, now that I’m halfway there I feel it’s only fair to share…
You Glow Differently When You See Yourself The Way Love Sees You – Go(o)d Mornings with CurlyNikki Go(o)d Morning, beautiful! Take a while to listen to today’s 9-minute-long check-in and reset from “Go(o)d Mornings with CurlyNikki”! Join our free community of Go(o)d Friends to deep dive into today’s practice with us! One step to REAL Self-confidence. Let’s go! Today’s Quotes: “You…
PHOTO VIA @MOMCRUSHMONDAY by Karen Shaw When I look in the mirror, I see a woman with a large head of hair. Sometimes it behaves and curls right, but other times it protests and does its own thing. Either way, I smile at my reflection and make nice with it, because it’s mine and here to stay. My 3-year-old daughter…
Sens Dessus Dessous Cast By Ta-ning Connai Matamba Kombila is not your average filmmaker. While most directors have the primary focus of creating stories to engage their audience, she takes it a step further with goals to impact her cast through a hair challenge aimed to build true self-esteem. Who in the world does something like that? Matamba did that….
Devian White By Mwabi Kaira Look at most young girls and they are busy mimicking the looks and actions of older women they see on social media. Everyone looks like the next girl; same hair, same make up, same clothes, and that’s why it’s so refreshing to see 16-year-old Georgia Peach, Devian White, so comfortable in her own skin! Continue…
By Kaila Boulware I am a 23-year-old African-American woman, and for the past ten years, I have been dealing with alopecia. My condition is one that is not uncommon, but given societal expectations of beauty, it is one that is rarely, or never talked about–and when it is talked about, it is demonized to the fullest. I mean really, who…
Cardi, Ri-Ri & B. By Erickka Sy Savané “You walk like a duck,” said my husband. “Excuse me?” I responded incredulously. He knows that I’ve walked runways as a model from here to London and Paris. Now it was some time ago, and Naomi Campbell and I never crossed paths, but walk, I can with the best of them. “Yea,…
You know how good you feel when you’re around that one friend? All of a sudden your uptight, awkward ass is funny, generous, adventurous, loving… goofy as hell. You actually LOL, til you cry or pee a little…you feel alive! You feel confident! You feel like… HER (aka the dopest version of yourself)! Continue That ‘you’ that you love so…