Beauty and Fashion Resources on Twitter

Hi! This is Melanie from Mel, A Dramatic Mommy and I’m so excited to be part of the Chic Critique family! I’m honored to be in the company of these fashion savvy women. When Jo-Lynne asked if I’d consider contributing I was tickled and flattered. I thought it would be a great opportunity to step outside my comfort zone and write somewhere fun.

Then I freaked a little because, really? What do I know? And where will I find the time?! And who cares what I have to say? But then I took a deep breath and realized Jo-Lynne wouldn’t have asked if she didn’t think I had something to contribute. So here I am!

Women of color often have unique issues and challenges when it comes to beauty, makeup, fashion and skincare. I hope you’ll find my perspective helpful. I’m a work in progress and an open book. If you’ve got questions for me, fire away and I’ll do my best to answer them.

Since I’m a little anal I decided to do some online research to get the ideas flowing. Naturally, I turned to my internet lover, Twitter, and was amazed (but not surprised!) at how many resources the site has. I thought for my first post here I’d keep it short and sweet and share some of the people and companies* I’ve started following whose Tweets have been really useful and informative. If you have any to add please leave them in the comments. I look forward to getting to know you all!

BeautyAdvisor

BeautyBlogger

TheMakeupDivas

BeautyJunkies

Beauty411

Beautydotcom

dollmyface (video tutorials!)

TotalBeauty (from TotalBeauty.com)

Makeupdotcom

beautyurls (scours the web for great posts and articles)

Green4Health (organic beauty and green living)

YesToCarrots (skincare with carrots as the main ingredient)

BenefitBeauty (Benefit cosmetics)

SmashboxArtists

Sephorablog

askelf (ELF cosmetics)

BlissSpa (Bliss spa news and products)

UrbanDecay411

*Note: I’m also following a few MAC artists. It seems MAC is still trying to get it’s Twitter bearings because I have yet to see a useful Tweet from them. If they decide why they want to have a real Twitter presence and start intereacting I’ll let you know.