Allanah Dykes

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Allanah Dykes is a freelance writer and her work has been featured on Elite Daily, Levo League, Popsugar, Complex, Gurl, The Kitchn, HelloGiggles, Revelist, and Food 52.

Allanah Dykes is a freelance writer for Celebribody. Her work has been featured on Hunker, Matador Network, Elite Daily, and PopSugar, among others. Most of her day is spent writing, but she loves to garden and incorporate dance workouts into her weekly workout schedule when she has the chance.

Allanah Dykes is a contributing writer for Leaf Group and a freelance writer with work featured in Elite Daily, NPR, Feet in Two Worlds, Levo League, Popsugar, Complex, Gurl.com, The Kitchn, HelloGiggles, Revelist, and Food52. If you asked Allanah what her Patronus was, she would say Samantha in Sixteen Candles, but truly she was raised on Biggie and Bach, New York Italian ices and slices.

Alfonso Verdis' first job was selling vegetables on the streets of Tlapa in Guerrero, Mexico. He was 9 years old, trying to support himself after his mother's death.
"It was hard for me," he recalls. "I decided to come to [America] for that reason. I didn't want to be doing that my whole life." Six years later, at age 15, Verdis arrived in New York City, but food remained his livelihood.
At first the only people he knew were his two sisters, but they were busy supporting their own young famil...

Black brides can get overwhelmed choosing a natural hair wedding style because it's easy to get used to styling our hair one way. Fret not! Whether you want an edgy, elegant, or quirky hair look for your wedding day, these styles will have you covered if you don't know how to upgrade your everyday natural hairstyle.
Although this up-do looks complicated, and you may be worried about your hair unraveling, using braiding hair to form the faux-French braids will take the stress out of this uniqu...

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