Hi, my name is Clarice and I was one of the girls you talked to today on Skype from Greenville High School and I was unable to ask you a question but was wondering, in your opinion what is the difference between pretty and beautiful?
P.s by the way thank you very much for taking time out of your day to talk to us. It really inspired me and I was just very happy and glad I had the opportunity to see and listen to you talk. I was always… Read the rest

The DivaGirl’s Guide to Style and Self-Respect is a book that is long overdue!
When I look in the dictionary, I know that the meaning of a diva is a lead female singer, so when I think of a diva, I think of great women like Leotyne Price and Marian Anderson. These are great women and strong women that are worthy of their many accolades… They earned it.
Recently, we know divas to be women like Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey because they are known as women that are… Read the rest

Hi everybody! This is my first post on the blog…. I wanted to share this picture with all of you, is a collage of how I used to have my hair and how it looks now. Yes is really short but I cut it out for a very good reason, I donated my hair to a foundation that makes wigs for women with cancer… Is not much but I felt really good doing it.
I’ll like to invite everybody to do this, if you have long hair and want to… Read the rest

Last week, I had to say goodbye to a huge piece of my heart. My cat Misha, a gentle, sweet and loving presence in my life for almost 15 years, became very sick overnight and was taken from me in less than a day. Misha was not only a pet but a friend – the purest, most unconditional source of love in my life. I’m fortunate to have many people in my life that I love and who love me; yet like all relationships, these aren’t without stress and angst.… Read the rest

For months now, I’ve accumulated half-written posts that I abandoned because they didn’t seem inspiring, hopeful or positive enough to share on BE One. This community is so full of strong, beautiful people and I have profound respect for those who manage to retain a soundness of mind and soul during what is a rocky time for so many. I confess that I feared trivialising their many meaningful contributions with something that might seem trite or jaded, and I’ve struggled to find within me something uplifting that I could share.… Read the rest

I was one of the early users of the website-turned-obsession, Pinterest.com. For anyone unfamiliar with this website, it’s essentially another social media site, where one creates virtual pin boards with different themes to amass pictures of things they like. For example, I have a board where I pin pictures of food (if I click the picture, it takes me to the source link with the recipe). I also have boards for inspirational quotations, crafts, fashion, hair and makeup, and photography, to name a few.
I think part of Pinterest’s allure… Read the rest

I just completed the first challenge of the Spontaneity chapter of the Beauty Equation book. The challenge is to look at a photo and create a narrative of what is going on in the picture. I had so much fun writing the story of my chosen photo, that I thought I’d post it here as well. I wrote about Photo #2, which is the top photo on page 85 of the Beauty Equation book. It shows two models in a convertible: a woman in the driver’s seat leaning out the… Read the rest

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84. march fourth two thousand and twelve. 3:46 am – 4:02-4:13 am

in the crevasse of my journal in the dark:
she enters my mind, my being

andrea has furthered me in this livelihood and i hope she is aware of it. to my sister who completes these circles, my body begins. my sister completes me and has saved me in meant forms of this living, this experience. it is safe to say i have been continued by my sister. by her abilities. her existence. we work in… Read the rest