Beauty...Natural Hair...Vibes
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Here is a review for a few Illamasqua products. I have been attracted to this brand since they debuted at Sephora in the US. I like their edgy, not-so-safe vibe. Their Fall/Autumn 2010 collection really caught my eye!!
Anyway as I mentioned here, their latest collection is the Throb Collection, in honour of Valentine’s Day and I have had the chance to review two items.
Succubus Intense Lipgloss – This comes in a slim, squeeze tube with a slanted applicator.
Succubus
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I just had to post this!!! My brother Konata‘s first music video!!!! Vibezzzz!!
Definitely puts me in the Carnival mood!!! Which reminds me, Carnival looks coming sooooonnnnn!!!!……
Check out the vid below! Carnival babies, lemme see yuh!!!!!
Also shout out to my other brother Chinua, my sis Effuah, Mum and Dirty Dozen J’ouvert!!!! Fire, Defiance, Mas!! Canboulay!!
Laters!!
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So last Friday, I went to the KBB after-work event. It was a great day in the Big Apple, nice weather, a taste of spring, so I was game to going. So I trekked over to my old nabe in Brooklyn and the place was packed! People spilled out onto the sidewalk. Lots of beautiful women, great natural hair, different textures, colours and styles.
KBB event, it was packed!!!!!
That’s always pleasing to see. I pretty much spent the time meeting other amazing people, bloggers, YTers, and chatting about different techniques and styles. There were some better known bloggers there like Jenell from KinkyCurlyCoilyMe, Yvonne from AfroCrownDiva, Zara from Leave In The Kinks, Milan from A Grl Can Mac, Yardley, Editor-In-Chief of The Coil Review, YTers Sweeteababy0427, Chery818, SumKindaWndrful and Taren916.
Since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, I decided to try the look from the Illamasqua Throb collection. I mentioned it here.
Image courtesy of Illamasqua
Of course you know that I omitted the white pancake makeup and made it more wearable. Application was soft. Cute. Soft cut crease. Pink cheeks. Here it is:
Hey guys!
So in 2008, Vogue Italia turned the fashion world upside down (at least for a few months), when they brought out “The Black Issue”. An all-black issue, cover to cover, featuring just about anyone who was hot or legendary at that time. The buzz was so great that the magazine sold out around the world in days! This is for a magazine printed in Italian! And it was in such demand that Vogue reprinted tens of thousands of copies in the U.S., U.K. and Italy. That had never been done before! I was certainly one of those that scooped up a copy. Of course, the chatter of ‘could black models on covers sell?‘ was raised to a crescendo. We won’t know for sure as still, in 2011, women of colour in major magazine are still very few and far between.
Anyway, they’ve come back in 2011 with the all-black photo spread ‘The BlackAllure’. Pretty much the who’s who of the black modeling world.
Image courtesy of Coco & Creme
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