Tyler Perry’s BET Awards speech last week really had a profound effect on me. As the movie director, writer and actor accepted the Ultimate Icon Award, he gave one charge to the people sitting in the room: “own your stuff.” In other words, take control of your life and get in the driver’s ...
Colour Crush: The Perfect Matte Lipsticks For Summer
I love me a good matte lipstick with one big caveat – it has to be moisturizing. I was a huge fan of MAC’s Ruby Woo lipstick. The colour was so retro and highly pigmented that it immediately reminded me of those ladies from the 40s. The problem is, it is very drying. I’ve bought it twice ...
Bahamas Power & No Light: Relief On The Way, But For How Long?
If ever we needed a reminder that The Bahamas is a developing country, we got it this past weekend after thousands of New Providence residents were left in the dark and forced to contend with the sweltering heat conditions due to Bahamas Power and Light’s (BPL) load-shedding. Residents were ...
Mary J. Blige Slays BET Awards
All hail the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. Mary J. Blige did the damned thing Sunday night during the BET Awards where she was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was most deserving. Mary - whose music has become the soundtrack for black culture, at least for my generation - did her own ...
Basketball Wives Is Back
The non-wives of Basketball Wives returned in grand style Wednesday for their eighth season on VH1 and boy was it an episode. Wait, I take that back – two of them are actual wives. Ok, so, who’s back: resident sh*t starter, Shaunie O’Neal, of course, “Linebacker Laquisha”, aka Malyasia Pargo ...
