Beauty

(From shine.com) Easter is a highly anticipated holiday for kids. After going through Lent with out any treats, Easter would deliver a basket of goodies and a sugar high that caused a crash reminiscent of the 1929 stock market disaster. When I became a mom, I realized the calories in those Easter treats were not […]

(From shine.com) Just because you don’t have the money to purchase a pricey gym membership doesn’t mean you can’t get the 60 minutes of daily activity recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This is the first in a four-topic series that covers specific skin issues. Today, it’s all about clearing your skin with the help of the right facial cleanser.

(BlackDoctor.org) — The importance of annual physical exams for African American adults cannot be stressed enough. Regular exams can very often help uncover risk factors and problems before they become serious. Plus, if a disease is caught early, treatment is usually much more effective. Ultimately, having regular doctor’s visits will help you live a long […]

(From blackdoctor.org) Getting healthy doesn’t necessarily mean turning your whole life upside down. There are simple adjustments that can be made to your daily routine to get you trucking down the road to a healthier, happier you.

Via The Louisiana Weekly: WASHINGTON (Special to the NNPA from the Howard University News Service)  — A woman pokes and pinches her face in front of a mirror, wondering if a smaller nose and thinner lips will boost her confidence. A patient stands in a gown as her doctor draws surgical lines on her body, […]

(From blackdoctor.org) Fat-free is the healthiest choice. Don’t eat after the sun goes down. Eat a low carb diet. We’ve all been exposed to various “diet tips” over the years and, accurate or not, many of us still live by them. It’s time to demystify six of these outdated and unhelpful rules once and for […]

(From blackdoctor.org) You’ve finally gotten off the couch and into the gym. Now instead of spending hours in front of the television, you’re spending hours at the gym sweating off pounds and conditioning your body. But how are you feeling?

(From apartmenttherapy.com) Although we love the kind of clutter clearing that takes all weekend, produces car loads of donations and gives us the satisfaction of everything being sorted and resolved we don’t normally have time for that very often, so in the meantime we try to do a little each day.

(From Zenhabits.net) Diet is the biggest component to losing fat — you can burn 600 calories (for example) in a workout, but you can easily eat 2-3 times that much in one sitting if you’re eating junk food. As they say, you can’t out-exercise a bad diet. I’d still recommend getting active and burning calories […]

I can’t believe that after all these years I had no indication of this. How could I have been so clueless to something that directly affected me. I was/am an emotional eater.

Head Shot Photo Credit: Seth Kushner / Makeup: Lasonya Gunther A self-described fan of bohemian-couture, the soulful songstress, Maya Azucena is the real deal in my book. As a performer who tours the world over, Maya knows the importance of looking her best on stage and in pictures as evidenced in this Billie Holiday-esque shot. In a recent interview with […]