A well-known image of a black girl and her hair during her youth: a girl sitting on a chair while her mother is trying to style and comb through her hair, sometimes in such a painful rush that the girl is sitting there close to tears because of the constant tugging on her hair and her tender scalp. Rushing…

I'm only in my mid-twenties, but I can honestly say that over the course of my life, I have become increasingly appalled at what is considered acceptable for young girls to wear today. In fact, I'll just go ahead and say that it creeps me out. If you watch me at the mall, you'll see me slightly cringe…

Written by: Cafe Belle's Beauty Guru

A Basic Facial Regimen to Keep Your Face Looking Great!

Your skin is the largest organ on your body so you want to make sure you take care of it. Your facial skin is particular need of TLC because it is subject to daily makeup, weather and environment effects (e.g., sunlight, pollution). As a…

Water!  “Ugh, it has no taste.”  “I hate the way it taste.”   “It makes me want to throw up.”  “It’s such a boring drink.”  I know we’ve all heard or made these excuses about why we don’t drink enough water.  However, recent studies in the medical journal,…

When I seen this all I could do is shake my head in disgust. First at the title of this video and more so the filthy things these little girls were saying. I think reality shows and most of the content and music videos on BET affects our kids behavior and mentality. I know the parents are to blame too but TV is becoming more garbage and poisoning by the minute.…

So, I have been working out pretty intensely at the gym for the past few months and have been dedicated to my cardio regimens with spinning and cardio kickboxing. I like how much fat I've been burning and how much more toned my body is, but I'm not thrilled with how slow my upper arms are shrinking and how slow my abs are toning up. I've been doing quite a bit of pilates at home and building my core, and I have been doing arm workouts on weight machines at the gym (pretty…

I'm incredibly disappointed with Google results when it comes to a particular search term: "black girls". I googled that term in order to find a particular organization geared towards young black women, only to find that the first several hits dealt with porn websites and disgusting, offensive language re:…

It's been quite a while since my last post. I haven't had much to report - I've basically been engaging in the same ol', same ol' routine. However, starting about a week or so ago, I began air drying my hair as much as possible. I've mostly been doing braidouts, but today I air dryed my hair straight. 

In order to air dry my hair straight, I pretty much let my hair hang down after shampooing/conditioning it with a moisturizing leave-in and Chi Silk Infusion in order to prevent…

My fitness game right now is seriously on point. I'm pretty happy about that. I've been very consistent with going to spinning about 2-3 times a week, and going to the gym an additional day for either a normal treadmill/stairmaster/elliptical/weight machines workout, or an intense cardio kickboxing class. Out of all…

If you have relaxed hair, it is very tempting to always use heat on your hair in order to achieve certain styles on a day to day basis. You may embrace the idea of not using heat on your hair, but you find it hard to achieve this approach because it is really hard to make the adjustment and change your hairstyle if…

I truly believe that too many people in this world are addicted to prestige when it comes to where they go to school or where they choose to work. While I highly value opportunities to receive a great education and opportunities to work at amazing companies, I've met so many people who became so depressed…

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Working out and losing weight seems like a daunting task for many of us. We’ve all walked into a gym excited by the prospect of getting in shape, only to be at a loss when faced with the scene of all of the available training equipment. Some equipment as simple as dumbbells and jump ropes and others look like…

It is nothing new that rappers today show very little respect for women. However, I haven't really noticed much push back from women listening to the lyrics over the past few years. I often see women in audiences dancing to and lip-synching lyrics that are obviously designed to diminish the value of a…

    Doctors have found that women suffer 3 to 4 times more tears in their ACL’s than men for a…

Some of you may be interested in finding a way to tighten your gluteus maximus and give it more of a toned look. These workout tip videos offer some great exercises to quickly tone up right on time for the upcoming spring and summer seasons!

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One of the main reasons why Cafe Belle was created was to encourage all women to celebrate themselves, inside and out. Oftentimes, we put the needs of others before our own and forget to treat ourselves because it feels selfish, or, that the time or effort to treat ourselves would be better used in pursuit of…