Contests and giveaways are a lot of fun aren’t they?  I enjoy hosting them almost as much as I enjoy winning them.  Hot Mama Daily’s latest giveaway was for a gift pack of Soft & Beautiful StyleProtect products including:

Soft & Beautiful StyleProtect Spritz 
Soft & Beautiful StyleProtect Hair Gloss
Soft & Beautiful StyleProtect Sculpting Gel
Soft & Beautiful StyleProtect Nighttime Dry Wrap Mousse 

For a chance to win, I asked Hot Mama Daily readers to tell me the woman of color they think has the healthiest, most stylish, and overall best hair?  Drum roll please. And the winner is: Tracey Byram, 49, of  Birmingham, AL.
 
 
Tracey, …read more

When I passed by the newsstand and saw Jada Pinkett-Smith on the August cover of Shape magazine, I did a double take.  The petite mother of two looks so ab fab that my immediate thought was, “How does she stay in such great shape?” I also wondered if she’s had a little too much Botox, but I’ll save that discussion for another post.
In the Shape cover story, Jada admits she is lacking in one area: “I can’t cook!” she says.
“It’s genetic. My grandmother can’t cook, my mother can’t cook. I was raised to believe you eat because your body needs fuel …read more

Let’s face it, we don’t really watch the Academy Awards to see who wins.  We watch to see what the stars are wearing.  So here’s my take on some of the Oscar-night fashion:

Far be it for me to criticize Beyonce if she enjoys looking like a mermaid at every red carpet affair.  But I wish the young and beautiful singer would step out of her comfort zone and find a stylist who can give her a more contemporary look.  Sorry B, but this couch cover-reminiscent dress from your own House of Dereon collection was not hot.

Alicia Keys was stunning in this …read more

 
I’m so proud of fellow Baltimore native Jada Pinkett Smith.  She snagged one of the richest, cutest, and most talented men in Hollywood, and she’s an accomplished actress in her own right.  Jada is also a proud hot mama, and her kids — daughter Willow and son Jaden — are following in their parents’ footsteps.  Above, the beautiful Smith family is pictured at the premiere of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (opens Friday), starring hottie Keanu Reeves and co-starring little heartbreaker Jaden.
 
In this close up shot,  the 37-year-old stunner flaunts her flawless skin accented by a smoky gray eye …read more