Get Your Life: Tips & Tricks for Cleaning and Organizing Your Music Library -Spring Cleaning
…. Quite possibly the most annoying pop-up message from any piece of technology (aside from that 10% battery warning of course). Being a hoarder is not ok; I mean have you seen the show on TLC?! The majority of us keep our house, room, desk, bathroom, and all of our daily spaces’ clean, strong emphasis [...]
Food For Thought: Sex & Spirituality – Views On The @EssenceMag “Single, Sexy & Saved” Article
(I apologize in advanced for the length , but it had to be talked about) Um yes. You read that title correctly. I was recently drawn to this article written by Charreah K. Jackson in the March 2013 edition of Essence Magazine by a small but noticeable title on the cover that read “Yes, You [...]
The Savage Digest: Rihanna & MAC Will Be Unapologetic To Our Wallets, Rachel Roy On Her Fall 2013 Inspiration Playlist, & The Benefits of Coconut Water
Beauty -{WWD} Haven’t been getting enough of Rihanna? Obviously not! It’s being reported that the “Unapologetic” singer will also NOT be sorry for raking in the coins that we throw to her new MAC Cosmetics collection. Properly named “Riri (hearts) MAC” the cosmetics collab we’ve been waiting for will include not only just lipsticks & lipglass, [...]
The Savage Digest: Simple Tips To Brighten Under Eyes, TV show “Girls” Gets Real On Body Image, And Style’s Split Second Previews Of Fashion Week Collections
Beauty -{TheBeautyDepartment} Bags, if you can jump in the ones under your eyes and live there then this one is for you! The Beauty Department gives you their “oh so simple” technique on how to conceal and brighten the under eye. {WWD} If you’re loving our recent mani & nail art addition to the color crush [...]
Beauty Crush: Jada Pinkett Smith Attending New York Fashion Week Fall 2013
Hey Savages! Happy hump day. We’re going to start this thing off right with a proper Beauty Crush. Jada Pinkett Smith is a gorgeous woman there’s no debating that. One look and you could never guess her age correctly! She recently was spotted attending the shows of New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2013 glowing like [...]
Sounds & Visuals: “Water Runs Dry” – Boyz 2 Men
While we give our wonderful Culture curator Krystal a well deserved break …I decided to hit y’all with an oldie but goodie. Yes yes y’all real R&B , not that “urban contemporary” stuff that the Grammys was hollering on Sunday. Um, who else do you know that can sing and harmonize in a barren dry [...]
The Savage Digest: Defeat Winter Chapped Lips, Life Lessons from “The Devil Wears Prada”, and Justin Timberlake & Tom Ford Team Up For “20/20″
Beauty -{Allure} Chapped Lips? Dry Skin.. the many plagues of the wonderful season we call winter! Please, for all of our sakes fight off your cracked lips and regin victorious with a moisturized pout ANYONE would want to kiss. Use the info graciously laid out by Allure to do so. {TheGrio} Once and for all let’s [...]
Food For Thought: Is Code Switching a Cop-out On Culture?
It’s the oldest trick in the book for those of us out there who have to consciously balance our ratch…I mean, not so professional ways and “proper” dialect in the 21st century — code switching. Oh!, so y’all want to act like y’all don’t code switch? Growing up we called it using our white girl [...]
The Savage Digest: Tips To Lose Holiday Weight, An Understandable Fiscal Cliff Breakdown, Sales Galore – The Best Time To Buy
The Savage Digest is a weekly feature that drops every wednesday with interesting and informational links to articles found around the net . This post is in essence a collective of links, a mini RSS feed of sorts, that we share concerning Beauty, Culture, Style and/or Health. Beauty/Health -{Allure} The holidays are over, sadly. What [...]
Fast Forward: D’Jango Unchained
The long awaited film feature your favorite actor’s favorite actor, Jamie Foxx finally dropped on Christmas day. D’Jango Unchained is….different from most films that we see about slavery. Only Quentin Tarintino, given his movie track record, could get away with something like this. The movie puts a new point of view on one of the [...]
The Savage Digest: Top Makeup Trends of 2012, Mass Murderers and Race, and A Study Reveals Blacks Buy To Suggest High Status
The Savage Digest is a weekly feature that drops every wednesday with interesting and informational links to articles found around the net . This post is in essence a collective of links, a mini RSS feed of sorts, that we share concerning Beauty, Culture, Style and/or Health. Beauty -{Essence} Purple eyes, Nude lips, and [...]
Weave Files: Lace Closure Install- Pics,Tricks, & Tips
Hey Savages! I know I’ve been promising this for the longest, even teasing instagram with pictures of the progress. I finally got around to putting together the post , so here it is a lace closure 101… from the savage perspective. I was put on to lace closure via the lovely hairnistas of [...]
Fast Forward:The Beyonce’ HBO Documentary
runs around the blogsphere franticly shouting ‘KING BEY’, Slowly and calmly sets Beyonce’ stannery aside and takes four deep breaths WHEW. The current Queen of EVERYTHING… slaps stannery back into place The current queen of pop is bearing all come Feburary 16, 2013. Soon after Beyonce’ serves up a fresh meal of fierceness at the halftime [...]
The Savage Digest: The Worst Word Of 2012, Baby It’s Cold Outside is A Date Rape Anthem?, and Why ‘Curvy’ is Becoming The New Wolf Cry
The Savage Digest is a weekly feature that drops every wednesday with interesting and informational links to articles found around the net . This post is in essence a collective of links, a mini RSS feed of sorts, that we share concerning Beauty, Culture, Style and/or Health. Beauty -{Allure} If you’re the one who [...]
The Savage Digest: The Luxe Therapy Scalp Soother, Jay-Z Celebrates His Birthday With A Barclays Center Documentary, Victoria’s Secrets 2012 Fashion Show Bras, and Insight on How Rejection Breeds Creativity
The Savage Digest is a weekly feature that drops every wednesday with interesting and informational links to articles found around the net . This post is in essence a collective of links, a mini RSS feed of sorts, that we share concerning Beauty, Culture, Style and/or Health. Beauty -{EHow} With the sudden changes in weather, [...]
Culture: R.Kelly Trapped In The Closet Part 3 ( Chapters 23-33 )
Let me start by saying YASSSSSS! … Just in time R.Kelly is back with Trapped In The Closet Part 3! I won’t over saturate this post with text because I know you’re anxious to watch the saga continue , but I definitely want to inform you on some specifics about this drama and where mastermind [...]
Fast Forward: Lincoln
Happy Monday! I hope you all are well and anticipating the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday with your loved ones! In my family a tradition, we sort of shared after waking up from the itis-induced naps, we head to the movies.This Thanksgiving make sure you include new flick, Lincoln, on your must-see list. Lincoln’s main plot focuses [...]
Food For Thought: Society’s Acceptance of the Side Chick
The Side Chick — it’s a loaded term. Some side chick relationships are complex, extremely complex. Some are simple, . What does it even mean anymore? Nobody really knows, but when the head of the CIA is out here getting caught up behind The Side Chick we have to questions how it got here. Scandal, [...]
Vivid Images: Kerry Washington Covers Women’s Health – Revealing Her Body Scrubbing Secrets
Vivid Images is a post designed for mainly photographs of intriguing magazine spreads and cover photos from an array of Entertainment, Fashion, Beauty, Culture, and Health Magazines . The Scandal star ( female Denzel Washington in my eyes) Kerry Washington covers Women’s Health for their healthy and sexy issue. Serious respect for Kerry is due! This role [...]
The Savage Digest: Protect Your Hair Edges, Mellissa Harris Perry On Black Poverty in America, and Nas & his Dad for Gap 2012 Holiday Ad
The Savage Digest is a weekly feature that drops every wednesday with interesting and informational links to articles found around the net . This post is in essence a collective of links, a mini RSS feed of sorts, that we share concerning Beauty, Culture, Style and/or Health. Beauty -{Black Hair Media} Naomi Campbell is the [...]
Fast Forward: Lindsay Lohan Takes On Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick
….. (brief pause) Say what now? You mean to tell me that “They Tried to Make Me Goto Rehab x 100″ is actually portraying the iconic Elizabeth Taylor?? I’ve got to see this! Yes, believe it folks to add to the Lifetime network’s resume of movies is the biopic “ Liz & Dick “ scheduled to be on [...]
Vivid Images: Alicia Keys Covers Complex – Unlocking Alicia
Vivid Images is a post designed for mainly photographs of intriguing magazine spreads and cover photos from an array of Entertainment, Fashion, Beauty, Culture, and Health Magazines . sigh, I really don’t have much to say about Dear Ol’ Alicia except, I miss dear old Alicia …. Check out some of the pics from the [...]
Food For Thought: The Top 20 Excuses For Obama Not Winning
Food For Thought is a cultural post designed to ease your Friday mornings & ignite thought and dialogue . These posts will highlight “Real Talk” sessions curated by the Savagely Yours writers or feature articles from an array of websites. Check back every Friday and occasionally on Wednesdays for a laugh, to voice your opinion, [...]
Music: Gucci Mane, What’s Really Good?
Okay! Look I dont really do this , but I post on what I love or like alot…. and Gucci Mane happens to be one of the rappers I LOVE. I recently took to twtter after rumors broke out that one of my favorite rappers was dissing everybody and their Mom ( source:AllHipHop) , pleading [...]
Fast Forward: Flight
Denzel Washington….drops keyboard and exits stage left Just kidding! — But honestly with a reputation such as Denzel Washington’s, we don’t even have to explore the depths of any new movie hitting the screens with him involved. Because we KNOW it will be amazing! I expect nothing different from his new movie, Flight. Denzel takes the role [...]
