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My Fitness Journey, Part 1! Moving Beyond “You Have A Pretty Face” (Diary)

My Fitness Journey, Part 1! Moving Beyond “You Have A Pretty Face” (Diary)

Passionista Principle: “Make your future dream a present fact by assuming the feeling of a wish fulfilled.” ~Neville Hey Rockstars, Let’s talk “real talk” about body fat and fitness. This year instead of resolutions I set intentions. My main “New Year’s... xo Continue reading »

My Great Engagement Giveaway!!

My Great Engagement Giveaway!!

   Yes, that is correct, I am engaged!  I am such a happy girl.  =)  This happened on February 3rd and I've been keeping it a big secret in order to announce it with a celebratory giveaway.  It has been a busy week!  I suppose this also counts as my 200-follower giveaway, since I have a few lovely girls... Continue reading »

The disappearing artist

The disappearing artist

Have you seen Cecilia Paredes' awesome take on the self-portrait? The Peruvian artist absorbs herself in her work (literally!) by painting herself into flower-pattern wallpaper in her new series Landscapes. She leaves her head unpainted, which is usually the only clue that there's a person amidst those colorful... Continue reading »

Love & Happiness: How to Reboot Your Relationship by Amy Spencer

Love & Happiness: How to Reboot Your Relationship by Amy Spencer

Exciting New Book on How to Be Happy in Your Relationship and Love Life (Guest Post)Hey Rockstars! I adore Amy Spencer. The former Senior Editor of Glamour Magazine, Amy’s previous book “Meeting Your Half-Orange: An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match” made my heart sing.... Continue reading »

Soho House Soiree Photo Diary: NYFW Dinner With Glam Media in The Library!

Soho House Soiree Photo Diary: NYFW Dinner With Glam Media in The Library!

Hey Rockstars, My fashionable partners at Glam Media always know how to kick off New York Fashion Week with style and class. Last week they invited me along with some of my favorite blogging sisters to Dinner With Glam at Soho House.  Soho House is a private and very well known members only hot spot in Manhattan’s... Continue reading »

BEDROOM KANDI Exclusive! “Housewives” Kandi + Sex Toy Advice With Abiola (VIDEO)

BEDROOM KANDI Exclusive! “Housewives” Kandi + Sex Toy Advice With Abiola (VIDEO)

Kandi Burruss from “Real Housewives of Atlanta” tells me all about her Bedroom Kandi Oh Mi Bod sex toy line at Babeland… Sex Toy Mavens Kandi Burruss and Abiola Abrams at Babeland in NYCHey Rockstars, My passionate living web series “Abiola’s Kiss and Tell TV” premiered in 2008 as “The Planet Abiola... Continue reading »

Get The Look: Marilyn Monroe

Get The Look: Marilyn Monroe

If you follow me on Pinterest, you’d know that I’m more than slightly obsessed with Ms Monroe. As I recently re-vamped my blog categories, I thought it would be timely to do a celebrity Get The Look post and who better to be inspired by than Marilyn? My favourite pictures of Marilyn are when she looks happy. If... Continue reading »

Unemployment + Love Sucks! 4 Reasons Unemployment Causes Relationship Problems

Unemployment + Love Sucks! 4 Reasons Unemployment Causes Relationship Problems

Unemployment sucks. We agree. Now what does being out of work mean for your love life?Hey Rockstars, If you’re unemployed I’m sure that you don’t need me pointing out new things that might suck about life. At any rate, many people around us have now been dealing with multiple years of unemployment. If this is... Continue reading »

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15 Photoshopped Transformations of Celebs and Models

15 Photoshopped Transformations of Celebs and Models

If you’ve ever wondered what people really look like before being Photoshopped, a new software tool developed by researchers at Dartmouth College reveals the answer. The tool rates photographs based on how much they have been digitally altered — in an effort to shed light on the truth to advertising. This... Continue reading »

Black Girl Gone WILD! Fun, Passion, Scandal. Bombshell Handbook (VIDEO)

Living With Fun & Passion; Bombshell Academy Day #20 Passionista Principle: Always Dance Like No One Is Watching! A woman enjoying her life is scandalous. Hey Rockstars! It's Day 20 of Abiola's Bombshell Academy. Your official Girl Gone Wild, here. We are talking about the... [[ This is only a summary. Click the... Continue reading »

Isaiah Mustafa: Old Spice Hunk on Nappy Hair (Apology) & Relationships (AUDIO)

Isaiah Mustafa Apologizes for Nappy Hair Comments (AUDIO INTERVIEW) FULL MAGAZINE STORY MONDAY Passionista Principle: Communication is the salve for the world's ills. We all have a foot in mouth button. Isaiah Mustafa, the Old Spice commercial sex symbol and new "Charlie's Angels"... [[ This is only a summary. Click... Continue reading »

What to Wear On A Date? Fashion & Dating Advice at House Rossil (VIDEO)

What to Wear On A First Date? Dating Advice at House Rossil; Video below. Photo: Abiola Abrams in House Rossil. Passionista Principle: "This is my last year to fool around. Then I'm going to settle down and marry a rock star." ~Modern Girls Hey Rockstars! Spring has sprung and love is... [[ This is only a summary.... Continue reading »

MTV 'MADE' Ladies Man: Austin & Abiola in Atlanta; Full Episode (VIDEO)

MTV MADE Ladies Man - Austin Broughton in Atlanta & Coach Abiola Abrams; Season 11, #31, Full Episode (VIDEO)Passionista Principle: We do the best we can with what we have and when we know better we rock it!Yay! Finally the full MTV 'Made' Ladies Man video episode where Austin in Atlanta wants... [[ This is only a... Continue reading »

Malik Yoba Gets The Abiola Abrams Interview (VIDEO)

Malik Yoba Gets The Abiola Abrams Interview (VIDEO)

Hey Rockstars, New Yorker Malik Yoba has been entertaining us for a couple of decades -- from cop drama New York Undercover in the 90s to Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married. We sat down in Fort Greene Park of Brooklyn New York to talk about movies, life and inspiration. This was a good time PLUS I was having a good... Continue reading »

Told, "You Are Representing Every African American Young Woman In America,” One Girl Kept It Clean [Standing In, Standing Up]

Told, "You Are Representing Every African American Young Woman In America,” One Girl Kept It Clean [Standing In, Standing Up]

But writer and filmmaker Abiola Abrams asks, "So who was having all the fun while I was upholding the honor of my race and gender?" The "sluts," whose failures and successes weren't attributed to their race, gender or behavior. [AbiolaTV] More » Continue reading »

Passionista Printable:  4 Positive Affirmation Cards for You (FREE GIFT)

Passionista Printable: 4 Positive Affirmation Cards for You (FREE GIFT)

Passionista Printable: 4 Positive Affirmation Cards - Beauty, Love, Power, Freedom; Free Gift for YOU! xo"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high & falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." ~Michelangelo A free gift for you... Hey Rockstars, I pride... Continue reading »

How to Make a Lychee Lotus Gin Martini at Native: Bombshell Cooking (VIDEO)

How to Make A Gin Martini Cocktail: Bombshell Cooking Video; Abiola at Native Restaurant in Harlem Abiola Abrams at Native Restaurant in Harlem, USA. (Video below.) Abiola busted checking out Ary the sexy bartender. (Video below.) The Lotus Martini - yum! How to Video with recipe... [[ This is only a summary. Click... Continue reading »

Best Break Up Lines: Breakup Humor (VIDEO)

Best Break Up Lines: Hit the Road Jack! Luckily this is me with my friend Patrick - and we're not breaking up! Passionista Principle: “Success is the SWEETEST revenge.” Yeah!! ~Vanessa Williams Hey Rockstars, Recently I shared my top 41 Break Up Lines created just for you at Yahoo... [[ This is only a summary.... Continue reading »

Just Checking In…

You may have noticed that I haven’t posted in a while… but rest assured that I have not abandoned you! I will be back to my regular posting schedule very soon (within the next week or so) so fret not my pet, LOL! I have plenty of reviews, update of my natural hair, new products, pics of some of the items I’ve... Continue reading »

On the NightStand: DARE by Abiola Abrams

On the NightStand: DARE by Abiola Abrams

I first heard about DARE by Abiola Abrams through an interview by journalist SabaInk shortly after its release. I was already familiar with Abiola long before she added author to her resume from her work on BET J and was geniunely interested in checking out her debut book. Since her book release and my birthday... Continue reading »