Beauty & Style

In the Black Panther movie’s fictional African country, Wakanda, I am the beauty standard. What saddens me is that it took 44 years for me to finally see myself reflected on the big screen. I saw myself in General Okoye (played superbly by Danai Gurira), leader of the all women army, Dora Milaje. …

A.J. usually wears whatever we buy him. No muss. No fuss. Now that he’s almost eight years old, he’s becoming more opinionated about what he wears. When I told him we were doing a kids light up shoes review, he wasn’t immediately excited. Then I showed him the styles and …

I’ve rocked my natural hair since I got married in 2009. Along the way I’ve learned a lot about my texture, styles that work and ones that don’t.  I’ve gone the do-it-yourself route with hair color, especially to cover my grey hair, but learned to use the cutting to the …

This post is a partnership with Misook, featuring on-trend fashions for women and classic career looks. I’m already expecting the New Year to bring a bounty of opportunities.  More travel. More speaking at conferences like NY at She Summit. More work as a social media correspondent for events like the Motivated …

As he ate breakfast this morning our 7-year-old,  A.J.,  was inspired to sing “It’s the most wonderful time of the year….” The holiday commercials are on TV. We’ve already seen a few Santa figurines on display at the mall and we’re finalizing our plans to travel for Thanksgiving. Although A.J. …