A Blaze of Color for Summer

With a sizzling summer approaching us we need colors that are sexy, chic and most importantly bright. Colors such as fuchsia, bright red, electric orange, baby doll pink, bright berries and purples are the trending lip colors this season. On a shopping trip Around Town I discovered some colors and shades from many different makeup lines that are affordable, sexy, stylish and, most importantly, perfect for every skin color.

Cover Girl has a line of colors that are summer ready. Their colors will transform your day and most importantly your lips. The top summer lip colors from Cover Girl are in the Pink to Roses collection. They have a lipstick that gives you pure lip perfection; the colors are soft but also very light and come with names like Sweetheart, Temptress, Siren, Delight and Enchantress. These colors can be paired with anything and when you wear them it gives a very flirty feel to your smile.

Revlon lip color is super lustrous and has 82 fabulous shades to choose from. Their lip colors are infused with mega moisturizers that will leave your lips very smooth and soft. Revlon’s summer colors range from many oranges and pinks such as Kiss the Coral, Fuchsia Fusion, Apricot Fantasy, Siren and Coral Berry. These colors will put you and keep you in a fashionable state of mind.

At Sephora, this store brand’s most popular line captures this season’s most sought after trend, bright orange, and offers three colors that are summer ready; Sweet Rhythm, Sweet Embrace and I’ll Lead.  With just a quick swipe you’ll feel seductive and even more stylish than before. These colors will bring a boldness to your lips that your summer crush will love.

The uber-popular MAC brand offers a variety of beach and summer ready colors. MAC had teamed with famous pop artists to promote MAC’s VIVA GLAM line of cosmetics. The rap star Nikki Minaj has a limited edition lipcolor – VIVA GLAM NIKKI, described as a bright yellow pink. This soft pink makes you feel girly but also flirty. Cremesheen lickable, Amplified, Girl About Town and Vegas Bolt are other top MAC colors you would want to take with you on a summer getaway. These colors range from hot pink to vibrant but gorgeous oranges.  Every dollar from the sale of VIVA GLAM cosmetics goes toward helping women, men and children living with and affected by AIDS/HIV.

While the sun is sizzilng hot let your lips turn up the heat by showing off any of these  trendy colors. Think outside the box and bring your summer in with a touch of color.

Playing on the Side

What exactly are the official rules of playing on the side or what our generation may say the side chick/male? Is it making sure that you don't call him or her after a certain hour; is it making sure you know and respect your role; or knowing that you won't be the number one priority?

Being on the sideline is never a good option. When you are on the side you get all the bad deals; lack of respect and you don't even get recognize. There are so many women and even men that have played these roles all their lives and have settle for what they think is right.

Does being on the side make you self-conscious? Does it lack self-respect? The main question is Does being on the side make you happy?

Playing that role can get old and it can lose its expiration date. Are you going to get tired of only getting half of that person, are you going to get tired of calling around a certain hour, or are you going to get tired of meeting up at places that people won't go too.

Love is all over the world and in order to find that love people can't just settle for anything. When you settle for playing that role of being on the side you will always get everything on the side. No matter how people may think that it is right for them to be playing the side. In the end the only thing that is going to change is the way your heart hurts.

So to all the people that may be playing that role stop asking yourself these questions: Why do I like him? Why do I like her? Why do I think I love him or her? Why is the sex so good? Why is he with her? Why is she with him?

Keep Calm And Go Shopping!!!

So as summer slowly approaches us fashionistas are looking for that one particular item that we know will start our summer wardrobe off on the right foot. Some people feel that online shopping is the way to go because you can get pieces that other people are not mostly likely to have. In my personal opinion I think that everyone should try different stores, don’t just go to that same regular store to purchase items.

So with that being said let me introduce a new and up and coming online boutique named Primp &Proper. The creator of this brilliant idea is a girl named Whitney Lane who is a native of the Washington DC Area. She is a 2010 Alumni of Temple University. Her eye for fashion is just remarkable; she can put any print or pattern together and make it look flawless. Many would say when they see her that she is very outlandish with her fashion and she is what people would call different. Whitney has that eye for fashion and she would find herself helping other fashion forward women look just as beautiful.

Her boutique offers everything that every girl can imagine. With the help of her seamstress she designs every piece with love and compassion.

Whitney's ultimate goal is to one day open up a few stores in the Washington DC and then make her business into a small franchise. She has been planning this franchise for about two years and everything is finally coming together. But no worries for you fashionistas she will be launching her store on bigcartel.com on the first week of June and her official website will come shortly after.

While Whitney  is all about  serving all nationalities she wants to make sure that her business are African American owned she wants to build her team in that fashion. With her franchise she also wants to showcase other up and coming artists, designers, photographers, models and etc. As of right now she has all women apparel but in the near future she plans to showcase other people’s merchandise and accessories on her website as well. So I highly recommend going to her site as soon as it launches and just Keep Calm and Go Shopping.

Vintage Heaven… Mila and Fire

What is Vintage? Is it those new Missoni jeans? Or is it the funky feeling you get when you wear a printed blouse? Two vibrant, fashion forward young women started every vintage lover’s dream. They started their own online vintage shop.

Mila and Fire are two friends that grew up in Washington, DC who always had a flair for fashion; their style is very unique and untouchable. Their online vintage store started very small at first, with pieces just for women and they sold them off eBay for little of nothing.

 They offered every type of vintage clothing you could think of, from outlandish prints, nice form fitting trousers for the average working girl and amazing vintage accessories. I was there number one client every week. Whenever I wore some of their pieces all eyes were on me. People would be amazed at the prints I was wearing and how they stood out.  Shopping at my favorite vintage boutiques in Georgetown, did not feel the same.  Mila and Fire vintage had my heart! Their pieces show your true personality, along with making you feel like a true fashionista.

These two fashionable women are filled with a lot of talent and they have revamped their online store to a more modern up to date site, they have also open their fashionable minds to vintage men clothing  and are doing a fabulous job.

 I can see many vintage lovers traveling to U St or even Georgetown to visit their boutique one day because these two women are beyond talented. Mila and Fire has managed to bring the global vintage fashion industry to our homes.

So if you are ever searching the web for local vintage boutiques I recommend going online to www. Milaandfire.com and check out some of their amazing pieces and I guarantee you will find something that will bring out your fashionable side.   

Should Reality TV Be Boycotted?

Every Monday night the world waits for the drama to unfold. Monday Night TV is not like it used to be all you see now is drama and more drama.  From Basketball Wives, Bad Girls Club, Love and Hip Hop and many others to follow I don’t know which one is worse. When the show Basketball Wives was first introduce to the world many thought that we would see some of the beautiful and intelligent wives of famous basketball players but we were wrong. The show actually consists of women who were either left at the altar or who were in a process of getting a divorce.

From the first season on down to the season that is airing now the drama has got to the point where it is just right ridiculous. We are seeing grown ass women arguing over who is the flyest, who said this and who is not my friend. Even though some of the things they are arguing about are some true factors that most females face when they growing up it shouldn't be shown with women who are over the age of 30. Yeah we as the viewers know that this is just reality TV but what we really don't know is why this women or even men sign up for the drama. Could be because they are money hungry? Could it be because they need and want the attention? Could it be because they are trying to get their husbands back? Could it because they are trying to get their wives back?

I don't think the show producers actually think about how these women will be portray in the limelight. I think all they are thinking about is how many more zero's they can add to their bank accounts. Can we just say that only our African American Women are the only ones that are acting crazy and childish? I don't think so, the Caucasians and the Italians are acting just the same. Women of the reality TV world need to know that they have many young kids that are watching and enjoying them to the fullest but are they watching them for all the wrong reasons. What happen to the parental controls they used to have for the computer software? Do we need that for TV?

Yes money may rule the world but can money buy you pride, integrity, intelligence and self empowerment. Yes if Reality TV was boycotted we may not have anything left to watch, but at least these women and even men that are on these shows will have their true character, true personality and even better they will have their integrity.

Does Being On A Social Network Define A Realtionship?

What Defines a Relationship? Is it Love? Is it having a family together? Is it having a status on a social network? In my opinion I feel that some people feel that having that status on Facebook makes their relationship. It makes some people feel that their partner loves them and also it makes them think that their partner is telling the world that they are taken.

Why would you allow a social network to define a relationship? Why should your relationship be defined by a few words on a social network? Some people use social networks to try and prove something to their selves. If you are in love and happy why should it matter what other people feel and think.

A social network is suppose to be just what it sounds like, people have made it into more then what it was develop for. It feels like now when you logged on to these sites it looks like it is a competition for attention. Some people feel that when you are in a relationship you shouldn't be on a social network, because it can cause problems within the relationship. The question is why bring your relationship on to a social network? Why allow that social network to define your relationship? Why let that social network determine the amount of trust you have with your partner?

Is it possible that people can allow the social networks to be what it is suppose to be? Is it possible that being in a relationship can be normal again?

Are We Just Ordinary People??

We're just ordinary people, we don't know which way to go, cuz we're just ordinary people. As we sing this famous John Legend song do we stop and think what does the lyrics really mean. Even though to John Legend he may be talking about love could this song have two meanings behind it. In my opinion I believe that the song can talk about us as Black People are we just ordinary people? With so many issues that have occurred in the past week we have to realize that we are nowhere near being just ordinary people. Being a Black American is very hard it is really a struggle; even though our ancestors and famous leaders fought for equal rights racism is still alive and current here today.

Even though as children we are taught to see no color but most parents teach their children the total opposite and their hearts are filled with so much hatred that they teach their children to hate other children because they are not the same color as them or even because they are just ordinary. When we go back to last year sometime around November we all came together to get Bush out of office and we wanted and dreamed for a person to be in office that looks just like us. When we finally stood in lines for hours and when we finally took and place our votes we finally got our Black President. Having a Black President caused so much turmoil because people showed their hate even more. Is this because they feel that President Obama is just a ordinary person? What is an ordinary person? Are blacks considered to be just ordinary people? Was Trayvon Martin just an ordinary kid going to the store? Is wearing a hoodie ordinary?

No one is just ordinary not even God. But the way society is going down and the way politics is sparling downward, we as blacks may stay ordinary people for awhile if we don't stand up for what we believe in. Our famous leaders and ancestors fought for many days and even years to have equal rights now it is left up to us the young generation to try and take a stand for equality. Let's learn to be intelligent leaders not followers, let's learn to stay to the front of the bus not the back, let's learn to voice our opinion no matter what the situation may be, let's not be afraid to walk into that all white bar cause we are the only blacks, let's not be afraid to say that we are African Americans, let's not be afraid to VOTE for our first black president and let's not just stay Ordinary People.