Steve Harvey wants us to Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, Ralph Banks says we should “marry out“, and now the latest survey conducted by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation suggests that we are hyper-career driven workhorses who don’t prioritize marriage. It seems that everyone and their mom has an opinion regarding the so-called plight of the Single Black Woman. When did finding (and keeping) a companion require the help of so many “experts”? It’s no wonder some of us have simply adopted an I-Don’t-Need-A-Man mentality. But for all the PhDs and Relationship Gurus, I found that the most refreshing and no-nonsense gem came from none other than controversial rapper, T.I.
In a recent episode of Vh1′s T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle, the couple is discussing T.I.’s upcoming appearances, an unfinished album and many other obligations he needs to meet in an attempt to get his post-prison career back on track. Although clearly stressed, T.I. calmly turns to Tiny, mother of his children and wife of 18 months, and says, [click to continue…]
Welcome back to Makeup 101. Today’s topic, how to amp up your makeup. We’ve got the basics covered in parts 1 and 1.1 [be sure to check them out if you have not just yet] but now it’s time to bring it all home and take it from day to night. Take your natural makeup from the office to hours de vours in a few quick steps!
You’ve started the day with a great moisturizer, primer foundation, blush and mascara now it’s time to boost your radiance with a sultry smoky eye, liquid eyeliner and a flattering pair of falsies.
have you ever been in the presence of women who label themselves everything but a lady? it seems to me that recently “a bitch” is the thing to be. i’ve seen it first hand on too many ocassions. they boldly, proudly and loudly proclaim their high bitch status by saying things like, “i’m that bitch!” as they throw their arms up in the air as their head, hair and hands wildly wail about and puff their chest up as bodldy as a dodo bird. it’s a site to see, let me tell you. i’m always left wondering, the bitch of what? the bitch of york, the first lady bitch? oh wait that doesn’t go together. the bitch of insanity, your own imaginary island? what?
i don’t take kindly to calling myself or other women socially oppressive names in jest or as a proud badge of some sort, nor do i find it appealing to hear other women label women they may not like as bithes and hoes.
anyway, recently i was in the presence of someone who happened to be singing along to a nicki minaj song. i’m not the biggest minaj fan but i love her quirky fashion sense. let’s put it this way, i know more about what she wore last week than what she sings.
taking me completely by surprise, she proceeded to loudly sing along to the verse of nicki’s new song, “stupid hoe”, that goes a little something like, [click to continue…]
Whilst waiting at the bus stop on a cold raining night, minding my own business praying my preferred mode of transport would arrive already, that is when it happened when I spotted the most amazing Afro, atop a
picturesque face mounted on a model figure…little did I know I had just been Julia Sarr Jamois.
Julia Sarr Jamois is the effortlessly cool editor of Wonderland Magazine, the 23 year old is a regular at fashion week, often shot by street style bloggers, Stylist and sometime model.
The London based fashionista rocks a curly fro, that she insists she has worn this way since the age of fourteen, the low maintenance style icon uses very little products in her hair, telling vogue.com: [click to continue…]
Hello lovelies. It’s your Fairy Model Mother here broadcasting live from a photo shoot.
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I get a lot of questions from aspiring models who want to know how to get their foot in the door. Since it’s the beginning of the year and we’re all starting anew, I figured a quick refresher is appropriate. Today’s question comes from kinky girl Jasmine who says:
“I wanted to know in your experience with modeling, what advice can you give for a young woman trying to get in the industry? What should be my first step?”
There’s not an exact science to getting started in this industry. Some models have been scouted in malls while others went to open calls. For me, after years of trying to get into the business, I was finally “discovered” in a coffee shop. It’s all about timing and persistence if you’re really serious about modeling.
right now i’m in ny for work and am heading back to cali in a few days but that stay at home won’t be long. in about a week, i’ll be right back in ny prepping to attend fashion week. i’ve been frantically looking online for clothes to wear and styles to wear my hair in because despite the chilly ny weather, fly on deck is my motto for fashion week.
i’m so excited and can’t wait to take it all in and see the city in a way that i’ve never seen it before. this is much bigger than hopping the g train and slurping italian icees, all the things i did in ny as a kid while watching the fashion world freenzy take place around me like a blur. this is one of the mama mia events in the fashion world and i’m ecstatic to be smack dab in the middle of the goings down. i’ve already started to load up on moleskin inserts because walking in four inch heels is NOT about to interrupt the show.
it’s cold outside and the winter is settled in for at least a few more months. you’ve gotta go out because going “out” takes to you work and to school and to play so the trick to the cold is to mix it up. take in a play and dinner date or even better up [...]
(5/5) last month, i had the unfortunate experience of falling asleep and not wrapping my hair which i also lamented about on facebook. like the dry heat gods always do, they wreaked havoc on my tresses leaving me with a little more than my share of mats to deal with. my hair is very, very [...]
We are taking our beauty routines seriously this year. You’ve already got your list of goodies to buy from part one of our 2012 beauty plan series, where I covered all the bases from one of my favorite foundations for women of color to bronzers, blushes and mascara. But before we go any further, we [...]
Wendy: “If you have a baby with him the baby will have good hair.” Brandy: “Yes.” recently, i watched one of my favorite entertainers of all times sit down to have a chat with wendy. i love me some brandy and know almost all of her songs by memory. [sings] “i ain’t even gonna front…i [...]
Lets go back, way back….well to 1967, when a curly haired, soon-to-be supermodel in the making was spotted by Vogue in New York City. Pat Cleveland went on the reinvent the runway walk with her signature strut, extreme poses and amazing curls. She ruled the roost throughout the 1970′s after making a name for herself [...]
Ok I’m about to come at you from a different angle than may have previously been offered here in the natural hair community…and to the topic at hand, my answer is simple: Who am *I* to judge? From circumcision to ear piercing to nail painting – a few things, of purely cosmetic nature, that parents [...]
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