“Growth is the only evidence of life,” – John Henry Newman. When I turned 33 years old, I had many plans about what I wanted to achieve, and with COVID-19, it just became more and more difficult for any of these things to come to life. Growth has always been significant to me; being stuck…
There is nothing I wouldn’t say I like more than a black woman speaking about their natural hair in disgust. I love every kink and coil of my hair, and I believe we have been taught for so many years that our hair isn’t beautiful enough. Many believe it. The truth is, there are quite…
I am a natural hair advocate. I have encouraged my friends to appreciate their natural mane. But do I think the natural hair community can be toxic? Unfortunately, yes, and here’s why. Firstly, let me say I was inspired to write this after seeing a tik tok of a woman saying that the natural hair…
It’s finally here – Jo. V Beauty Rejuvenating Scalp Serum. The back story! Growing up, I had always had eczema of the scalp; if I am honest, I had it everywhere. As I grew older, I started to do my research. What can relieve eczema, and what stimulates growth. My hair was always long, but…
Omg, I did it! I did something that I never imagined doing ever, bleaching my hair! My hair has always been something that I expressed myself through. I wanted to do something dramatic but too shy to do it, so I cut bangs. I wanted to feel mysterious; I dyed it jet black. I wanted…
“There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in” ― Leonard Cohen. Right now, many people are breaking in some way or another. We have been touched by either one or more of these losses during the pandemic, loss of freedom, loss of income and loss of loved ones. Even the best…
Nothing could prepare me for contracting COVID-19. Not the news, not the article; no website nor anyone’s experience. It would be something I never forget or want to relive. So here is an asthmatic’s COVID-19 story… mine. It started with a cough and slight wheezing. I believed that it was my asthma that was creeping…
Luxe Beauty Loft was borne out of Laurie-Ann Jones love of seeing beauty in everyone and helping women who might feel a bit insecure finding their light. The 23-year old opened her beauty loft on February 2nd 2019 as Luxe Lashes. Then in December 2019, she rebranded into Luxe Beauty Loft. “I can say that…
“Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart,” Owner of DSM Events and Clip to Fit Deandra Matherson explains, but the truth is she would not have it any other way. Entrepreneur Beginnings Clip to Fit was her first entrepreneurial venture, a shoe accessory business. Her mom was the inspiration as she needed…
Watch What You Say!
Watch what you say! One of the first reprimanding that we get from our parents. But as we become adults, we feel that we are given more free will, and we deserve to say what we think. But even as an adult we need to watch what we say, especially when one is grieving. Someone…
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