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Da Brat for Vibe Magazine

Is that Da Brat? The rapper, who first rose to fame in the 90s, was recently featured in a shoot for Vibe Magazine. With a head full of curly locks, light makeup and defined brows, Da Brat is an undeniable beauty. The fashion adds to her new softer, more Bohemian look with maxidresses, ivory-hued tunics and…

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Kelly Rowland for Rouge Magazine

Tomorrow’s the release date of Kelly Rowland’s new album, “Here I Am,” and as such, the gorgeous songstress is going heavy into promotion mode. Her latest push is an editorial spread for Rouge Magazine. With her signature bangs and long raven tresses flowing down her back, Miss Kelly Ro works pose after pose for the…

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Nicki Minaj Named The New Face of MAC Viva Glam

Beauty giant MAC Cosmetics just named Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin the newest MAC Viva Glam spokesmodels according to The Glamazons. The Latin crooner and Young Money rapstress are shooting ads today with famed photographer David La Chapelle and the campaign is slated to debut in February 2012. With a successful lipstick deal for Pink…

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Quick Bite: Spinach and Hummus Wrap

Eating out is pleasure and pain; it’s convienient, fun…yet taxing to both the wallet and the waistline. Even seemingly healthy dishes can be loaded with sodium and fats that you can’t readily discern. I’ve made it a point to cook most of my meals in the name of saving money and keeping my body right…

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Will Obama’s Pro-Gay Policies Alienate African-Americans?

From The Grio – The instant President Obama set foot in the White House gay groups relentlessly hounded him to dump the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy in the military (and anywhere else) and drop his support of marriage being exclusively defined as being between a man and a woman. There was never much doubt that he…

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Womanspeak: What Women Really Mean When They’re Talking

From VIBE Vixen – An old adage advises us to say what you mean and mean what you say at all times. No disrespect to the wise one who said it, but I’m positive this person didn’t live on planet Woman. And, frankly, in our little world, that rule just doesn’t apply to “Womanspeak”–the thing words…

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Morning Motivation: Around The Next Corner

The do to list. If you’re like me, its better title would be “The Ongoing List of Things Renewed Daily That Will Never Cease To Exist.” And yet, we need it to keep track of all the different duties and goals we have from day to day. For many of us, it’s crowded with tasks…

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When Dumpster Diving in America Meets Famine in Somalia

From Frugivore – In 2009, filmmaker Jeremy Seifert released Dive!, a documentary that explores America’s ongoing problem with wasting food. Following the lives of Seifert and his dumpster diving friends, we’re taken to the back alleys of Los Angeles supermarkets in which tons of edible food are left for garbage disposal. Cited in the documentary, 96 billion…