#bodynoire

“Self-love is asking yourself what you need — every day — and then making sure you receive it.” This month we are sharing our #BodyNoire2 series in color. 📷 @shotbybank Makeup: Yetty Bames Creative Director: Abi Ishola Muse: @jezra_m #BeyondClassicallyBeautiful #BCB #Beauty #BlackWomen #BlackGirlMagic #BodyNoire #BlackBodies #BlackBeauty #Melanin #MelaninPoppin

“If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die.” - Maya Angelou This month we are posting our #BodyNoire2 series in color. Photo: Makeup: Yetty Bames Creative Director: Abi Ishola #BeyondClassicallyBeautiful #BCB #Beauty #BodyNoire #BlackBodies #Afros #NaturalHair #BlackWomen #melanin #Melanin Poppin

“God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.” -Ruby Dee This month we will post our latest #BodyNoire series in color. Photo @shotbybank Makeup Yetty Bames Creative Director Abi Ishola for BeyondClassicallyBeautiful.com Muse @saynattu #beyondclassicallybeautiful #bcb #BodyNoire #BodyNoire2 #BodyNoireInColor #Beauty #BlackWomen #blackbeauty #blackbeauties #blackgirlmagic

#BodyNoire "In music performance, there is a term called legato. When this is noted on sheet music, it indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected, and the player makes a transition from note to note with no intervening silence. When I think of my body, it is legato:agile, ever-evolving and connected." ____________________ For our Body Noire 2 photo series we photographed 6 beautiful women who share how they've come to love their bodies over the years. Read more of @shanikahillocks' story on BeyondClassicallyBeautiful.com. #beauty #blackwomen #blackbeauty #blackgirlmagic #blackbodies _____________________ Creative direction, Abi Ishola @aishola 📷 @shotbybank MUA, Yetty Bames

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#BodyNoire "At age 14, I was diagnosed with an auto-immune condition, known as alopecia areata, which causes your immune system to mistake hair follicles as bad cells, thus causing it to attack the hair follicles and causing the host to lose all or partial of their hair. For me, it was a very traumatic experience because the dermatologists had no idea what caused it or how to cure it. Shortly after being diagnosed, I had experienced cyber bullying behind me having alopecia and it caused me to go into depression. I was humiliated and embarrassed, so instead of expressing that emotion outwardly, I began to internally dissect all the things I didn't like about myself. I began putting on more and more weight until one day at age 21, I was diagnosed as a pre-diabetic with sleep apnea (skipping breaths while sleeping ) and it woke me up. I began working out and taking charge of my body. I was doing great until a few years after college, I had gotten into a very unhealthy relationship. It was an emotionally and physically painful experience, and I was blessed to have gotten out of it alive However the mental toll it had taken on me, was undeniable." _____________________ For our Body Noire 2 photo series we photographed 6 beautiful women who share how they've come to love their bodies over the years. Read more of @tajmahalll's story on BeyondClassicallyBeautiful.com. #beauty #BlackWomen #blackgirlmagic #blackbodies #baldie __________________ Creative direction, Abi Ishola @aishola 📷 @shotbybank MUA, Yetty Bames

We are still in countdown mode for our #BodyNoire2 event! Join us on June 11th at Jolie Studio in Brooklyn for a day of celebrating black beauty, black bodies, food, drank, and fun, as we unveil part 2 of our #BodyNoire photo series. Dana Oliver, one of our panelists, is the type of Black woman who enters a very white media space and douses the place with #BlackGirlMagic. We can't wait to chat with her about what gives her the nerve! Get your tickets at BodyNoire.Eventbrite.com! (Link in bio) #celebratemycurves #celebratemysize #blackwomen #blackbeauty

Our #BodyNoire2 event is approaching and we are so excited! Join us on June 11th at Jolie Studio in Brooklyn as we unveil our second #BodyNoire photo series celebrating black female bodies! One of our panelist and our event co-host is the incomparable Yetty Bames. She is a full service beauty artist who specializes in Hair, Makeup, and Fashion Styling. Her work has appeared on ELLE.com, Yahoo.com, Essence.com, and several other publications. Let's chat about us, let's eat, let's drink, and let's take in the beauty of black women! For tickets and to RSVP, visit BodyNoire.Eventbrite.com.