"She Did That." Detroit Film Screening

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Last week I went to the screening of the “She Did That.” Film screening, which I have been wanting to go to one of the tour dates since last year but I just never got the chance. So I finally got the chance to go, I had found out about the screening about a week prior but didn’t buy my ticket until the day of, but it was definitely worth the money and the time!

The “She did That.” film is a documentary created by Renee Bluitt who has been a PR professional for more than a decade and created the “In her Shoes” Blog years ago. In both her PR career and on her blog she wanted to create a voice for black women business owners and entrepreneurs because she felt that the demand was there but not the support from bigger brands and news outlets. With this documentary her mission was the same but she wanted to do it on a larger scale. The film talks about black women owning businesses and how we are the largest group of people starting and owning business and thriving at a fast pace but how we lack support in funding, and the support of banks and bigger corporations to scale our businesses. It showcased how black women prevail and continue to work hard no matter what many different hats we wear and the circumstances we have to overcome. The film interviews many different women in business as they speak on their journey in their business, the bumps in the road that occurred, the problems of scaling, life/family etc. The women featured were: Lisa Price of Carol’s Daughter, Melissa Butler of The Lip Bar, Tonya Rapley of My Fab Finance, Luvvi Ajayi of AwesomelyLuvvie.com and author of ‘I’m Judging you’ and many other amazing black women. Seeing this film was very inspiring and motivating to keep pushing forward to your dreams and never give up.

After the film screening there was a panel discussion and Q&A that featured four black Detroit women business owners all in the beauty industry and Renee Bluitt herself and it was moderated by Kimberly Dobine creator of Posh and Popular. The women on the panel were: Gwen Jimmere owner of Naturalicous Natural Hair Products, Melissa Butler of The Lip Bar, Kelli Coleman and Anika Share of The Ten Nail Bar. The panel questions consisted of what made each of them decide to start their businesses, why did they choose their home of Detroit to start, what are some of the harder things they had to handle being black women in business etc. the entire panel discussion and Q&A after were so amazing. It was great just to be in the room, I saw so many beautiful connections manifesting during this event. There’s this stigma from others that black women can’t get along and that’s not at all true, and I saw that especially while being in this room.

I would suggest that everyone watch this film because I will definitely be watching it again. The documentary will be available to purchase and stream everywhere on August 20th for the first time! Click here to see where it will be available

Three Ways to Wear Black Without looking Basic

So many of us love to wear black and love to wear all black, but a lot of the time it’s resorted to black pants and a black top, and I’m here to tell you that you can still wear black without looking plain or basic and we can also wear all black but still add a little bit of color. So I’m going to tell you to how to wear all black without being basic and adding a little bit of color with the black.

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Turtleneck: Forever 21// Pants: Forever 2// Jacket: Forever 21// Shoes: Forever 21// Bag Nordstrom// Earrings: Shein//

With this look I added some white into the black, I stuck with the black top but using a turtleneck to make the look more chic, also adding some white to spice it up. I chose stripped black and white pants to add some contrast because remember we aren’t being basic with our black right now. I stuck with the all black for the shoes and purse to tie everything all together and still keep it simple with accessories. The biggest thing I did to spice up my black was this black and white coat! This coat was the perfect piece to add to make this outfit a perfect way to incorporate different colors into your black look. This red lip was the perfect lipstick because a red lip is perfect with any outfit especially with black. This look is perfect for work or after work dinner because it is very professional, includes black but is definitely NOT basic.

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Dress: Forever 21// Kimono: Leyton’s// Bag: Zara// Shoes: Boohoo// Sunglasses: Forever 21//

With this look we stayed all black but we added a bomb third piece to spice it up and to make the look far from basic. Y’all know I talk about third pieces all the time and I hope y’all listening because I’m telling the truth and they can really make or break an outfit. I chose a plain black tank dress as my canvas, added a black a sheer black kimono and short black boots with snakeskin detail. With black it’s always great to add a pop of color or a popping piece even if it’s an accessory, so I chose to add this brown and black snakeskin bag with a bamboo handle. Although this look was all black I added dimension by adding a cute colorful bag, adding a jacket with detail and structure and adding shoes that were black but detailed with a cute silhouette. This look is perfect for a night out with your girls or you can change the canvas to black pants and a black top but keep the third piece and cute accessories and wear this look to work. Overall this isn’t your basic all black outfit and you didn’t even have to do much.

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Jacket: Thrifted// Top: LOFT// Overalls: Forever 21// Shoes: Ego Official// Earrings: Shein//

With this look it was all about the layering but we still kept it all black . This look is perfect for work, happy hour, a weekend with the girls, and brunch which is why it’s perfect. We grabbed a black silk blouse That has a keyhole button and is fitted at the wrists we layered that under sleeveless overalls (Because we love pieces that are multi-seasonal) and we added a corduroy jacket over our shoulder with tied booties that matched, This look again was simply just adding a third piece and cute accessories. Taking Black from boring to basic isn’t that difficult when you really think about it

If all black is your wardrobe of choice and you aren’t interested in adding color not even neutrals then invest in you some amazing third pieces and call it a day but make it fashion never boring or basic.