Beauty Archives - Wine'ing Momma

CoverGirl Features First Model with Vitiligo

March 1, 2018 by Alisha 13 Comments

If you’ve been with me for awhile you’ll recall when I first shared that Morgan had developed vitiligo. At the time I was mad, confused and felt guilty like it was something I had done. We all know how people can be sometimes by staring and asking questions in a very rude manner. I decided to educate myself more about vitiligo and I made sure that my main focus would be on celebrating how unique my daughter is and not harp on her differences.

Morgan

Over the last 3 years not only has her self esteem not wavered, I feel like she is so much more outgoing (and definitely more outspoken). From the beginning, I wanted to make sure that Morgan was able to see other people from all over the world just like her! And can you believe that as big as the vitiligo community is it only makes up 1-2% of the world’s population. Thanks in part to Instagram I’ve had a chance to “meet” some pretty amazing people.

A little over a week ago one of the people I follow shared an image of Amy Deanna. This beautiful young lady was just named as the first CoverGirl model with vitiligo! Can I just tell you that I screamed for joy like she was family?!?! For over 20 years CoverGirl’s trademark slogan had been “Easy, breezy, beautiful…CoverGirl!” Last fall they released their new theme I Am What I Makeup. This new branding is meant to evoke confidence, power, inclusivity, and self-expression. [Read more…]

Welcome to Wine’ing Momma!!!

March 2, 2016 by Alisha 14 Comments

First off…welcome!!! Thank you all so much for joining me today as Wine’ing Momma makes her debut! This has been a long time coming and I’m so happy that my new look and name have finally happened! Now it wasn’t easy and there were many days along the way that I was looking like the image below! But I survived!!! Thank gawd for wine! LOL

I kept thinking about how I wanted it to look and what type of vibe I wanted to give to all my fun readers. There are so many “experts” out there in social media and after a while I swear they all started to sound like the adults on Charlie Brown. Do this…don’t do that… -_- [Read more…]

Restore the Luster to Your Hair with Living Proof Timeless Collection from Ulta

February 29, 2016 by Alisha 2 Comments

*Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Ulta as part of a Blog Blast Activation for Influence Central. I received complimentary products to facilitate my review.*

As much as I would like to tell Father Time to let Sybil (my hair) and I just be great, I realize that is no longer an option. We constantly torture our hair in the name of beauty. As those pesky greys advance at an alarming rate, the gap between coloring our hair gets shorter and shorter and we find ourselves exposing our hair to chemical processes that strip our locks of their natural luster and splendor. We can enjoy the beautiful hair reminiscent of our youth, and protect our investment in it, too, using a regimen of products that cater to our hair’s current needs.

I’ve been coloring my hair for so many years that I didn’t realize how much grey hair I had until I started letting some of my purple hair grow out. Lawd!!! I had no clue all of that was hiding up underneath there. And I promise you as I get older, those hairs grow at a rate that is quite possibly faster than the speed of light…seriously!

Since I can’t reverse time or slow down the aging process, I can at least use products on my hair that will help combat some of the stress I put on my tresses. Available only at Ulta Beauty, the Living Proof Timeless Collection includes not only shampoo, conditioner and plumping mousse but it includes a pre-shampoo treatment as well. All of my naturals can definitely relate to a pre-poo! Even those with relaxed, naturally straight or multi-ethnic hair will love using a pre-treatment shampoo! I also love that it’s formulated specifically for color treated hair! [Read more…]

Sybil Gets Her 1st Sew-in!

January 27, 2016 by Alisha 4 Comments

Last month I had the pleasure of hanging out with talented Maria of The Maria Antoinette! Maria and I first “met” when she and LaQuisha of Corner Curl Girl over 3 years ago when they had a 30-day natural hair challenge. That’s the first of 2 challenges I’ve actually completed in the last few years by the way…LOL! I’ve had the chance to witness Maria’s business and following grow tremendously over the years and so happy to be able to call her a friend. Not only is she the bomb with hair and makeup, she is genuinely a nice person as well. Nothing worse than someone being pretty on the outside with a heart of stone!

You all know that I’m not for long hair, but what I’ve been wanting since I got my taper cut was for the top to have more length. Shrinkage is the debil and it didn’t help that my last 2 cuts totally jacked up the length on top. -_- I showed Maria a picture on instagram and we just knew we had to recreate that look. I’ve never had a sew-in before so this was all new territory for me. [Read more…]