Eat, Pray, Love: Movie Trailer 2010

I remember when I first read it Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I couldn't get enough. My life was in transition This book has two sides: people who love it (like me) and those who vehemently hate it. I can bring up this book to 10 women and it's always the same response (half love it/half hate it).  [...]

12 Days of a Pretty Christmas: Rescue Your Nails by Ji Baek – Day 10

I used to be really good about doing my own nails.  I spent almost every weekend painting Mama Dear's and my nails on our weekly visits to Louisiana. Yes, we went to Louisiana every weekend when I was a kid and I loved it. Mama Dear had the most amazing nails – natural, super long, [...]

Reading Pretty: Hollywood is Like High School with Money

I've been working crazy hours over the past few weeks. It's one of those things where I'm enjoying being super busy, but the site is suffering because I just don't have the energy to focus once I get home. I needed some home time.  Time to spend on my couch, wrapped up in a blanket, [...]

Reading Pretty: Makeup Makeovers: Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations by Robert Jones

Review by AATP Intern: Makeup Makeovers: Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations by Robert Jones is a great refresher course on all the different types of makeup and what works best for your individual skin tone and texture. It explains in detail the differences between finishes in detail to help you make the best decisions for [...]

Reading Pretty: Carmindy’s Get Positively Beautiful

Review by AATP Intern: Carmindy's Get Positively Beautiful is a book that I've read a few times and always find more tips each time. It feels like Carmindy is talking directly to you and wants to raise your self-esteem and help you to make yourself as beautiful as possible by taking the time to pamper [...]

Teen Vogue – November 2009

I'm addicted to Teen Vogue. My niece and I devour each issue and chat about it.  Look how cute Chanel Iman and Jourdan Dunn look on the cover.  This comes at such a great time because I'm trying to get her to commit to writing for the site while she attend the Teen Vogue University [...]

AATP Featured as One of the Top Online Black Beauty Bloggers for Essence.com

The saying is that good things happens to those who wait.  I have waited over 20 years to be featured in some aspect of Essence Magazine.  I'm so happy to have been featured as one of the Top Online Black Beauty Bloggers for Essence.com.  Many of you know that I have loved Essence Magazine since [...]

The Teen Vogue Handbook

One of my teenage nieces happens to be obsessed with fashion and beauty..  Aunt Ju-Ju will definitely have to give her The Teen Vogue Handbook:  An Insiders’ Guide to Careers in Fashion edited by Amy Astley, Editor-In-Chief of Teen Vogue. The book has photos and interviews with Marc Jacobs, Bruce Weber, Patrick Demarchelier, and many [...]

Reading Pretty: The Towering World of Jimmy Choo

This year's fashion-business-tell-all is The Towering World of Jimmy Choo by Laura Goldstein Crowe and Sagra Maceira de Rosen.  It's an exhilirating read on how the the successful luxury shoe brand came to fruition and how it's putting luxury shoes in another fashion realm.  It is a fascinating read not only on the business of [...]

Glamour Magazine April 2009: All About the Pretty Quoted

It was just a dream when Glamour.com featured me as one of their VIP Beauty Bloggers.  But then, it happened.  I'm in print – on page 83.  A huge thank you to Glamour Magazine and all the wonderful ladies from Beth to Fiorella to the entire team that has made this possible.  When I started [...]

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