Regular posting will resume momentarily...with midterms, getting settled in from my Miami trip, being productive with work projects and beauty school 5 days a week I need to get back in the swing of things. In the meantime check out this hot pic of Solange. For once I'm loving everything...hair, Valentino dress and shoes. Damn I need a hot pair of nude platforms....
Remember Eugena who came up runner up to CariDee in Cycle 7 of America's Next Top Model? She is working it on the Cover of VAMPED magazines 2010 Suummer Beauty and Fashion issue. She's also graced designer runways as well as Project Runway finales. I must say I am absolutely coveting the hair. Fabulous.
Photo Credits: Styled by Jade Sykes and Beauty Photographer Karla Ticas
Cute impromtu photoshoot by Angela Simmons and her BFF Emichi. Reminds me how me and my friends would go out, somebody would have their camera and we'd have a photoshoot in a resturant, bathroom, movie theatre and damn near anywhere.
Muscles are sexy. And Serena is smoking in the December issue of Vibe.
For as long as I could remember Kimora was a mogul I looked up to. Her penchant for sky high stilettos and love for over over the top guadiness while still having the ability to run a fashion empire is hella impressive. Not to mention have time to spend with her two adorable girls and new baby boy. Some may call her too much but I just call her fabulous.
New baby Kenzo and her man Djimon joined her on the February cover of Ebony this month and talk about family, their relationship and life in the "not so fast lane". It's on newsstands now so pick up your copy to read the rest of the interview.
For high-profile duo beauty maven Kimora Lee Simmons and actor Djimon Hounsou, the term “marriage” is not defined by an official license. The two, who sealed their relationship during a “commitment ceremony” in front of Simmons’ daughters, Ming and Aoki Lee, while in Benin, Africa, said they are married.
Armed with their new baby boy, Kenzo Lee, the two say they feel very fortunate. In fact, Simmons says her ex-husband and father of her two daughters, Russell Simmons, is actively involved in her bicoastal life. “I feel like my life has fallen into the right place in a great way,” she said. “I’ve been very slow and deliberate, and I feel like it has paid off for me in ways that I could not have imagined.” (p. 68 in Ebony Magazine February issue)
Ultimate-Ciara.com has published photos from Ciara's photoshoot with French magazine L'Official. The shoot was photographed by Steven Gomillion and Dennis Leupold of GNL Studios and the collab resulted in a 90's futuristic theme.
Ciara has always had a smoking body and it looks like she's been logging in extra hours at the gym (or maybe it's all those choreographed backbends). She has just the right amount of muscle definition that allows her to look like a lady but still have the ability to kick someones ass if necessary. All of you MUAs out there can appreciate how sick this makeup is. The glow is outrageous. Looks like an ad for Mac. Um...where's Ciara's cosmetic contract?
Photography: Steven Gomillion and Dennis Leupold
While women everywhere are making resolutions to starve themselves to fit into thier size 2 jeans, these ladies are proving sexiness comes in many sizes. I always felt girls that wanted to be Kate Moss, heroin addict skinny were doing it moreso to impress other women. Frankly, I don't know many men that want to grab a sack of bones. Breasts, hips, booty...CURVES are what a bombshell is made of. Let's not forget the average American woman is a size 12 and we've been brainwashed by society to think the ability to count every rib bone is chic. It's not. In many cases cutting out complete food groups, not consuming enough carbs or sticking to a high fat Atkins diet can be as unhealthy as carrying a few extra pounds. Although I'd never promote eating junk food while sitting on the couch all day, there's nothing wrong with having a healthy lifestyle with a little extra cushion.
Contrary to popular belief you can be a voluptuous woman and eat right and exercise. (note: eating right does not mean restricting yourself with dieting!) As a former personal trainer I've seen firsthand curvy ladies that workout regularly and eat a balanced diet and are healthier and stronger than size 0 women that sit on their behinds all day and thinks a french fry is a vegetable. Bottom line..it's all about confidence and knowing what works for YOU.
Now work it.
PHOTOGRAPHY SØLVE SUNDSBØ
STYLING NICOLA FORMICHETTIMODELS - CANDICE HUFFINE, MARQUITA PRING, MICHELLE OLSON, TARA LYNN (FORD), KASIA P (CLICK)
Here's a snippet of a recent photoshoot of Naomi Campbell by photographer Giampaolo Sgura for Hercules Magazine.
Tell me this chick doesn't look like she's in her 20's? Whatever she's eating I need me some cause Naomi Campbell does not age! I remember being around 8 or so and cutting out pics of Naomi and taping them on my wall. I sooo wanted to be like her when I grew up (I'm getting there!).
source Giampaolo Sgura
Although chicks have been swagga jacking Nicki Manij left and right I still dig her style. The photoshoot below looks like something me and my photogerpher friends would do on the spur of the moment. Sexy but still classy (please no more Lil Kim poses mis Minaj). Her music is hot and if you havn't given it a listen you should get up to speed. Snippets of the interview below.
Nicki Minaj: This is the thing: I like being sexy when it’s time to do a show, but to be honest, I hate wearing high heels, and I hate wearing anything tight. People do get taken aback when they see me in person because I’m in the jeans and the little slippers. I think it’s cute when they see me transform, they see me go into my machine and come out as Nicki Minaj.
Nicki Minaj: Thigh-high boots or some real crazy pumps, some thongs, and curly hair, that’s it. [Laughs.] Nothing else—nothing less, nothing more.
Nicki Minaj: I feel like I’m a girl. The curly hair gives the impression that like, “Oh, I’m well-behaved,” but I take the trench coat off and boom! It doesn’t have to be too curly; it just looks like I did my hair.
I smell a big trend coming on with the Mickey Mouse ears. In addition to Rihanna rocking them in her newest video Chanel Iman dons them in a Minnie Mouse meets African safari theme for German Vogue. The two themes don't seem to go together but I'm loving how they mesh in this shoot.
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