recently, the lovely blaynista afrobella did a profile on me for a piece on "beautiful black bloggers." i'd just like to thank her, and direct all my blaynista's to her fabulous blog! she gives amazing beauty and hair care advice for woman of color.
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2 comments:
Are you already connected to Oroma and the Pop Africana magazine? I imagine so, just wondering though...
http://oromaelewa.blogspot.com/
acey, NOT AT ALL! lemme check it out. thanks for letting me know.
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