Amara La Negra's Beauty Tips

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Ever since she rose to fame, Diana Danelys, better known as Amara La Negra, has been recognized for her explosive personality and also for her exotic beauty. The Dominican singer has taken charge of showing off her natural hair, allowing her afro to become her hallmark and for what many know her today. The freshness of its skin have also become one of its best attributes. That is why many die to know what is the beauty routine of the 27-year-old who this year adorned the cover of the 50 most beautiful People in Spanish. To find out her secrets, we interviewed her for our August edition where, apart from her homemade recipes, she also told us about her favorite products and the new projects she has on the doorstep.

It has been an important year in your career. You released your first official single, "Insecure", and plan to record an EP. How are you assimilating success?

Well. I believe that all my life I have prepared for this. I started at 4 years old on Sabado Gigante, it was not a coincidence. I always knew what I wanted to do. I have prepared myself in different facets as a television presenter, as an announcer. My goal was always my music, I love what I do and I feel happy.

You have enviable skin, how do you take care of it?

I never thought I had beautiful skin until people told me. I like to make scrubs with brown sugar, olive oil and honey.

Your look is part of your charm. How has your relationship with beauty been over the years?

I always remember that since I was little I liked to put on my mom's heels, lipstick even on the cheeks. I was always very flirtatious and conceited. I felt pretty, even though I looked ugly [laughs]. Fearlessly I wore wigs and [her] dresses. I was always very show.

How did you decide to wear curly hair?

As a girl all my life I used curly hair. My mom ripped it off because [there is] the concept that to be pretty you have to have straight hair. It burned my skull, I spent some awful moments to see myself well. At 16 I started educating myself a little more about African American culture, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, people who had the courage to stand up and say no. Then I felt: 'Am I smoothing my hair and am I going through this whole mission [job] to look good for society?' [For] society is never going to be enough, so I decided not to straighten myself anymore because it wasn't me. I appreciate the moment I made that decision because after that I have been extremely happy.

How do you take care of it?

My hair is naturally an afro, but I do use extensions to add volume. I tell you a secret … I just let my mom do my hair for me. I don't go to the living room, I don't like anyone to put their hand on my head. I feel that my head is my crown, my energy and I don't feel that everyone has to touch my space. I use natural products, avocado, mayonnaise, everything my mom invents. They are magic masks. None will be like the one my mom makes. How corny I am, but it's true!

Do you prefer natural ingredients?

Everything you put on your skin is absorbed. If you can't eat it, you shouldn't put it on your skin. Many of these creams I do not say do not use them, but I prefer organic things because the creams help you for [one thing], but [harm] you for others.

Who have been your style icons?

Tina Turner because I like strong, powerful women. Same Olga Tañón, Lupita D'Alessio, Celia Cruz, women with a presence. They are women who do not make clothes for them, but they make clothes.

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Do you think the entertainment industry is more open today to the concept of diversity?

It is not that people are accepting us, it is that we are forcing the system to accept us. Representation is important not only for women like me, but for girls who have no one to admire. I feel like it's a big responsibility.

In addition to being a singer, you are a businesswoman. What projects are coming in that field?

A book, a small line of shoes … it will take time, but I am a business woman! I'm working on a program called Girl Talk for the [US] market and on another project that touches my soul, which is a line of dolls that all girls can identify with.