Hey B&B friends. I attended 2016 Behind The Chair Color, Cut & Style Awards and it was EVERYTHING! You migh have seen some of my live coverage on my Instagram stories. Be sure to follow me @beautyandthebeatblog! This event is all about celebrating beauty professionals and their amazing work through education with celebrity stylists, runway…
Hey B&B friends! I don’t know about you, but when it comes to my daily personal care routine, I rarely change my essential go-to beauty essentials like soap, toothpaste or deodorant. When these items work well and give me my desired results, I pretty much stick with what I know. But, every now and then I’m introduced to…
Inez Laval is the smart and talented CEO/owner of the spa ZENii by Inez . She’s been an esthetician for 13 years and has transformed the idea that waxing has to be painful. You usually hear about ladies sharing spa experiences regarding waxing, but Inez’s clientele consists of men and women. The name of the business is…
I left sunny Florida and headed to NYC for some NYFW Spring/Summer 2017 backstage beauty coverage with CND (Creative Nail Design). I knew it was going to be a dope day in fashion because when I pulled up to Sixty LES, which is the uber-chic hotel where the CND Design Lab was, the first person I…
Nude lipsticks. For a while these were not the most appealing words to me. Once upon a time, I equated nude lipsticks to shades that were too pink, too peachy, too light, too ashy looking and pretty much not nude at all for my deeper complexion. But, times have changes and I’m no longer struggling…
#MACTaraji is coming soon!!! Actress Taraji P. Henson is like the cool big sister whose style is always on point. I’ve even interviewed her awesome on-set makeup artist for her hit show “Empire” to learn how to master her signature brows and gorgeous glow as Cookie Lyons, the queen of slayage. Tarji slays style from her head…
This past weekend, I took a business trip to Orlando, FL and decided to add some vacation vibes to the visit. Whenever I travel, I try to limit the amount of makeup products that I pack by bringing a single bottle of foundation, a few tubes of my favorite lipstick and other travel-sized items, when possible. Another way…
I. HATE. WASTING. PRODUCT. I’m the girl who takes the lid off of my lotion bottle and sticks my finger inside to scrape the sides or pounds the product out into the palm of my hand. I like to use my cosmetics down to the last drop! So, when I received a free sample of the…
This post has excerpts from a story I wrote for Clutch Magazine a few years ago called Love Your Stretch Marks. In the story, I talked about how I discovered my stretch marks and then I gave tips to get rid of them. I will not do that today. Instead, I encourage you to embrace your beautiful “natural tattoos.” This is why…
I’ve been smizing… I’ve been smizing … Cues the beat to Beyonce’s Drunk In Love B&B friend, I’m back with another beauty crush, and this time around I’m in super-duper, obsessive love! I tried products from the TYRA Beauty line for the first time ever, and I’m crushing pretty hard! Besides being created by one of…