Three Tips to Help you Live Radiantly this Summer.

During the summer, some of my brightest head-turning colors come out to play while my heavy foundations go into hibernation. I’m a Leo so by nature summer is the time when I really start to bloom and my personality shows, however, no lioness wants to be walking around her pride with her makeup melting off in the hot summer heat. So how do you continue to #LiveRadiantly and let your true colors show without letting the  intense warm weather and humidity beat you down? 1. Go Light on the Foundation. While I don’t skimp on color in the summer I do…

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How Getting out of Debt is Helping me to Lose Weight

A couple of weeks ago I shared with you my results from one round of the 21 Day Fix. I’d dropped 6lbs and over 5 inches. After the 21 Day Fix was over I decided to continue doing the workouts, but instead of following the eating plan to letter I threw in a couple of cheat meals here and there. You know, because I’m human and all. Here we are 5 weeks later and the weight is still coming off and the inches melting away. I didn’t realize how far I’d come until I was browsing through some older photos…

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Why the Droid Turbo is the one Accessory to Help you Stay on Trend.

For most fashionistas, the most important pieces of an outfit are the accessories. The secret to creating the perfect outfit is to start off with a base article of clothing, this could be your favorite jeans or a favorite t-shirt. Once you’ve chosen your base you can then decided what look you’re going for. Is it playful and flirty, workaholic glam, or modern chic? Pairing heels with your favorite skirt will make it modern chic, but if you trade in those heels for retro sneakers and now you’ve created an outfit with a hipster feel. Kind of like the way I styled…

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Ten Cruelty-Free Natural Hair Companies You Should Be Trying

Going Natural is a huge transition. Women go natural for many different reasons with one main reason being to escape the damage that was caused relaxers and heat styling tools. The first time I went Natural, back in 2009 was due to the fact that wearing my relaxed hair was not conducive to my gym rat lifestyle. I’d find myself skipping out on workouts because I wanted to prolong the life of my touch-up. [ad name=”In Content Responsive Ad”] As if going natural wasn’t enough, now you have to find out which products work best for your hair. I was…

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Michael Todd True Organics SoniClear Review

Skin care isn’t something that I talk about often on the blog however, it is something that I am very big on. The reason why you won’t see much skin care on Being Melody is because it takes me a while to really sit down and review skin care lines. It’s an actual process where I have to stop using my current skin care regimen, give my skin at least a three-week break and then start trying out the new skin care product.  The reason for this is that skin renews itself every 21-28 days and so I can’t give…

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