March 30, 2017
What if I told you there was a resource available that you could access virtually anywhere that offered well-researched travel advice for a young go-getter such as yourself? Let’s call this...
March 22, 2017
I went to my high school’s senior prom as a Sophomore without getting my eyebrows done and barely wearing a drop of makeup. THAT’s how oblivious I was about what...
March 14, 2017
Every now and again I have an extraordinary wash n’ go and I celebrate it. I style it, I do my make-up, throw on some falsies (so you know it’s...
March 9, 2017
I once got into the minor Instagram beef with this guy who writes for the TheRoot.com after posting a picture of Ciara with her pregnant belly at the 2014 Grammy...
February 28, 2017
We’d like to know who is responsible for this crooked concoction of curls placed atop Halle Berry’s head for the 2017 Academy Awards ceremony! As a fellow curly girl and...
January 31, 2017
A couple of nights ago, I went to a Walgreens in Malden, Massachusetts. Malden is a town right outside of Boston and is currently where I live. I share this...
January 26, 2017
Welp, this about sums up January 2017. We’ve been forced to say goodbye to our beloved President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama, to usher in a twitter troll...
January 3, 2017
We’re in love with the newest badass on-screen detective who’s breaking ALL the rules! Detroit native, Simone Missick is the breakout actress on Marvel’s Luke Cage series on Netflix. Her character,...
December 29, 2016
Last year, I’d just launched The Level Up right before the new year, and wrote one of my earliest posts reminding us not to let our New Year’s resolutions turn...
December 20, 2016
If you’re missing Insecure and can’t wait for Season 2, here’s the next best thing to hold you over. Issa Rae and her team have just released the soundtrack to...
December 17, 2016
As fate would have it, three years of talking about my hair on social media finally landed me a spot on the TED stage. ALRIGHT, alright, so my journey to...
December 16, 2016
We’re all still recovering from how quickly 2016 has flown by, but it’s not over yet! The holidays are upon us and spending time with the ones we love is...
December 7, 2016
This week’s Hair Crush is none other than the young, vibrant Yara Shahidi. This Black-ish co-star has certainly been turning heads since the show launched. Yara plays Zoey, the popular,...
May 20, 2016
One is an industry mogul, one is a fictional character, and the other you may not have even heard of until a year ago. We’re mid-way through the year and...