Celebrate Your Journey Sistah! Terri Lomax May 5, 2016 This month's theme on the Mocha Girls Pit Stop blog, is Celebrating Your Journey. If I had to take a guess, you and I have a lot in common. We have dreams, goals, ambitions and we simply want to be happy. Oh and of course, we desire to make a positive impact on the world. And if you're anything like me, once you achieve that goal that you've been chasing so fervently. Continue reading here...
29 Quotes About Black Women That’ll Make You Proud of Your Melanin Terri Lomax February 6, 2016 2 Comments It brings my heart great joy to see black women embracing their blackness, natural hair, distinctive features and beautiful brown bodies! You should be proud of your melanin. When I was younger I didn't want a thing to do with my melanin. I equated beauty with light skin, long hair, pretty eyes and good hair (come on somebody, what the hell is good hair?) Continue reading...
New Experience Diary: Pimple Face, Acne Scars & My First Chemical Peel Terri Lomax May 30, 2014 8 Comments Up until my junior year of high school I had the clearest skin you ever did see! I mean seriously my face was blemish free and smooth as a baby's bottom. However, my senior year of high school I was plagued with acne (I know I'm dramatic)... and I mean bad acne. Continue reading...
Self-Esteem Booster of the Week: Speak Slowly Terri Lomax May 12, 2014 Such a simple thing, but it can have a big difference in how others perceive you. A person in authority, with authority, speaks slowly. It shows confidence. A person who feels that he isn’t worth listening to will speak quickly, because he doesn’t want to keep others Continue reading...
Mocha Girl on a Mission: Shawnna Williams Terri Lomax September 30, 2013 I am a Mocha Girl on a mission for: healing, wholeness, empowerment, confidence and self-assurance within myself and other Mocha Girls alike. I am looking to break the stereotype of the low self-esteem, reliant, under achieving, self-blaming black woman. Continue reading...
Mocha Girl on a Mission: TaNisha Fordham Terri Lomax September 23, 2013 When I was running to be Miss A&T State University I realized, for the first time, that people thought I was fat. I realized that some people didn't think I was pretty. I realized that what I had always worn as a badge of honor. Continue reading...
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder: The Emergency Room, Colored Contacts & Insecurity Terri Lomax September 22, 2013 3 Comments When I was in high school, I was sort of obsessed with colored contacts; gray and brown were my favorite colors! Every once in a while my sister and I used to buy them from the hair store around the way. Continue reading...
