Gwen Stefani graces two covers of V Magazine this month. I completely forgot that she was pregnant with her second child. The spread is fierce, but what else do you expect with Gwen? (Images from popbytes.com)
Right up designer Briton Antonio Berardi’s a@@. It’s bad enough I’m having serious shoe envy right now because I’m still out of heels due to foot surgery(is it wrong to want to trip people in heels?) ….but then I have to be reminded that shoe designers out right must want women to walk around with feet that look like they have been busting up concrete all day with shoes like these.
If I see anyone in these shoes, I swear fo’ God I’m going to trip them just because.
The Daily Mail left an insightful(ahem…coughing….somebody must have gotten paid reealllyyy well to make up this bullsh#t) article stating “they are not dangerous because you would have to lean quite far back before you fell over.”
Yeah……..and leaving your kids with Michael Jackson is not dangerous because they have to be boys and real young for him to touch them….but does it still make it a good idea? I think not.
Should we visit Victoria Beckham’s feet to be reminded why certain shoes need to be left alone?
If don’t need anything distracting you from being productive, I do not recommend visiting TheOnion.com. It can easily waste a good hour of your day reading their “news stories”.
In honor of the never ending cold we have here in Chicago, I had to re-post this on Chicago’s ladies of the night. Click here for the full story. Below is one of my favorite parts.
“Managers, employees, and two custodians at South Side Automotive strongly recommend the hookers this season, claiming that in a series of “side-by-side” tests conducted behind their premises, cold-weather prostitutes outperformed regular prostitutes in every winter trial.
“More than any other prostitutes we’ve come across, there’s nothing these hookers can’t and won’t withstand, no environment you can put them in where they won’t do what’s required of them,” owner Mike Watlak said. “I give cold-weather prostitutes my and my company’s personal stamp of approval.”
Added Watlak: “One thing’s for sure: They can really take a beating.”~The Onion(image and article via TheOnion.com)
So I don’t know if I’ll have stones thrown at me for just finding out about Parisian jewelry duo Alex&Chloe or not, but for those that may be behind like me….check them out. Here are a few pieces that I need…like now.
KATE “THE ONLY MOSS IN OUR WOODS” $54
I almost fell backwards in my seat when I saw this one
Kate Necklace $48
Stephanie Necklace $48
Jessica Necklace $48
Chloe Necklace $ 48
Mixtape Necklace $ 54
The Bird Necklace $ 48
The Witch Boot $48
Paris Is Bleeding Necklace $52
Love Is Not Dead Necklace $ 52
This is just too brilliant……now you can send an e-card to the one you love for not getting you knocked up! No lie.
I love it, I think this site may take over my life. Someecards.com was created “on a dollar and a half-assed dream” and literally include topics on anything you can think of. And when I say anything, I mean there is one that says, “I will be your friend no matter what you put in your anus”. Ok….gotta go….I have a few people I wanna send that one too.
For the dirty bastard that doesn’t shout to the world his endearing love……
For your dateless friend that will die being known as the cat lady…..
They even looked out for Black History Month….
Encouragement for a friend running a marathon…..
For the friend racking in the “big bucks” after a raise….
I want to personally send this one to my friends for having to put up with me listening to “I Can’t Go For That” like its still 1986….
For your girl that no longer thinks Snoop from The Wire can get it and your guy friend that suddenly no longer thinks Noah from Noah’s Arc is kinda sexy………..
Swiss artist Comenius Roethlisberger “Dearest constellation,
sweetest invitation” installation at Paris boutique Colette plays famous logos of brands such as Gucci and Yves St. Laurent…….written with a mix of sugar powder and cocaine. Yes…..an art display mixed with that white girl….Christina Aguilera. I am sure Lindsay Lohan has hijacked a plane and is making record time to Paris as I write. Unfortunately, Amy Winehouse beat her to it and has depleted the entire display. SMH…no wonder everyone is in rehab! You can’t even shop without having cocaine all around you.
If that’s not enough…..next time your in LA and your glaucoma is acting up, grab a Pepsi and a doobie from the vending machine.
Yes…a vending machine. This is just as bad as the fact that at my Alma Mater, there is a drive through liquor store….right next to the damn DMV!
The vending machine will be available for those with glaucoma and cancer and have a prescription, get finger printed, and have a prepaid credit card specifically for the machine.
Well, any local crack head I’m sure will be able to get past all that with the use of a twig and chewed up piece up gum for the price of $10 and a bag of sunflower seeds.
“Make me over…I wanna be made over…I wanna be desirable, voluptuous, tantalising”~Tina Turner “Tina’s Wish“
When it comes to make-up application, blending is something I have yet to perfect, so I try to look for products that are easy to use and practically fool proof.
Not only that, but since I’m always on the go, I like to always have a few pieces that will give me a quick fresh, sexy look without having to spend a lot of time or having to carry a lot of products….so for those of you that are like me and use stop lights to apply a full face of make-up, here are a few products I swear by…..
MAC’s Studio Finish Concealer can be worn alone and works so well, it can be used to also hide tattoos.
Benefit’s Get Even Powder does exactly what it says it does, it evens out your skin and gives you a perfect complexion.
It even works all day to keep you looking greasy like Jermaine Jackson.
I’m obsessed with having a year long bronzed glow, so I love NARS blushin Taj Mahal. It’s the color of a copper penny and gives the perfect golden bronze, just left Miami look.
To finish off a golden bronzed glow, I love MAC’s iridescent loose powder in Golden Bronze.
Think Jennifer Lopez…..
For the eye, I love Too Face because the colors pop and glide on easily so if your not good at blending or using more than one color on the eye, you can still get a dramatic look. Plus, any brand that has a product called Label Whore is alright with me.
For a more subtle eye, or for the easiest to apply eye liner I have used, try Sephora’s jumbo eye crayon that is only $5. They come in a variety of colors from violet to a teal blue.
If you only wear one thing, Tarte’s Lights, Camera, Lashes is all you need. It makes you look like you have on fake lashes and works to give length, volume, and separates the lashes. To me, it works just as well as Christian Dior’s Diorshadow.
For lips, I like it simple with a hint of color. For those blessed with lots of lips like me lol, you need something that stays on longer than 5 minutes.
Stila lipglaze gives the perfect subtle hint of color and lasts for a long time. I’m always trying to find something that is the perfect shade of pink or the perfect nude, and found Stila has a huge range to chose from.
If you have not already picked up Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah:Part One 4th World War…..RUN and go get it now! I went out and got this cd, as well as Janet Jackson’s Disciplinecd yesterday, and have not stopped listening to Erykah yet.
The album artwork alone is worth the 5 year wait from Erykah’s last cd, Worldwide Underground.
To me, each of Erykah’s albums have a new flavor and sound, and this time around with production from Sa-Ra, Taz Arnold, Roy Ayers and 9th Wonder, each song has a different sound, going from 70’s soul to classic hip hop to an ecclectic, trippy sound laced with jazzy instrumentals. Her always insightful lyrics range from politics to Hurricane Katrina to a tribute to late, great producer J Dilla.
I hate to say it, but it was hard for me to go from listening to a nastalgic sounding masterpiece to really appreciate Janet’s Discipline.
Discipline serves its purpose of giving classic Janet and making up for her last 2 cds, but at the same time, didn’t bring anything new to the table.
Considering the fact that Janet is no longer the same age as many of the women that have come after her like Beyonce, Rihanna and Ciara, I wished that instead of playing it safe with lyrics that are more fitting for the 25 and under artists, that she instead gave more complex lyrics that pushed the envelope more than she did.
I think she may feel pressure to keep up with the “competition”, while forgetting that when your Ms. Jackson, the “competiton” should be trying to keep up with you!
If your getting ready to go out with your girls, there are songs that serve the purpose. If you are looking to set the mood with your boo, there are songs that set that purpose. If you are looking to crack the code of what the hell Janet is mumbling, there are songs that set the purpose….but as I said before…she gave classic Janet, and that includes mumbling.
Since I am beyond tired of snow…..I decided to look for some bathing suits although at the rate we are going here in Chicago, by the time I can even get into a bathing suit I’ll be right back to looking for fall jackets!
Of course 2 piece swimsuits are always in demand, but this year…..try something different with a one piece swimsuit.
To get that old Hollywood, pin-up girl look….try these….
Retro One Piece from Victoria Secrets for $158
Lux Retro Solid One Piece from Urban Outfitters for $ 88
Solid Boy Short One Piece from Delia*s $ 39
Marilyn Monroe Styled One Piece $ 72
La Blanca by Rod Beattie Plunge One Piece $117
If you don’t want a full one piece, try a cut-out swimsuit like this one for only $39
Or this two piece that has a serious old Hollywood feel for $80
And of course you need some cover-ups…..
Split-Sleeve Cover-Up Tunic $38
Goddess Cover-Up $68
Paradise Kaftan from French Connection $98
Janet Jackson spoofs Sweet Sixteen, A Shot with Love, The Real World, Rob &Big and Making the Band for MTV’s Artist of the Weeks 52 Bands/52 Weeks. MTV actually put their ass in something and did something creative. They could have kept it going. I would have loved for her to do…..”And that’s when I knew…..Frankie was a cutter” from the Real World Austin. Or she could have done Sarah “My voice is a gift from God” from Making the Band.
Munchkin rapper Plies whose name rhymes with flies is recruiting chicks to flock to his sh*t by calling an audition for his reality show, Bust it Baby. If this doesn’t look like a sketch from Dave Chappelle I don’t know what does. Plies has found a way to make the girls auditioning for Flavor of Love auditions look classier than a Claire Huxtable.
I saw this a full 24 hours ago and it took me that long to close my mouth and process my thoughts to even make sense of this. The verdict…….we are in our last days. Now excuse me while I go rock in a chair in my housecoat and hymn to a scripture, I’m giving up anything secular because this is where I draw the line.
They truly saved the best for last after someones Momma got up there and said how…well, just watch. The little bit of prude I have has prevented me from even repeating what she said.
What in the Susan Summers is this mess Beyonce? She was spotted out yesterday wearing a wig straight jacked from some poor 3rd graders Barbie Style Head.
Or maybe she let Solange borrow one of her good wigs and had to make an unexpected run while she was waiting for her to bring it back and this was all she could find.
Or maybe Kelly Rowland just stole it to see if she could stand in as Beyonce for a day to go from Endorsing Sims games…..
to having her own phone.
It could have been worse though…..
This is hands down my all time favorite hip hop song of all time. Enjoy A Tribe Called Quest “Check The Rhime”.
BET is one step closer to setting black people further back than Nicole Scherzinger’s album release date now that they will be shown in the UK. I remember a few years ago having a conversation with a few Black Parisians that told me before they moved to the US, most of the phrases and words that they used so easily were learned through listening to artists (coughing..ahem…50 Cents, Ying Yang) that of course were some of the biggest characters and stereotypes in rap music you can think of.
While the Parisians stumbled on correctly ordering their food at restaurants, they had no problem sounding like they were long time residents of any hood you can name with their correct use of more curse words that I knew existed. A lot of the positive images that Black Americans are aware of were not even discovered by them until they moved here and learned that all black people were not doing the Chicken Noodle Soup on the corner pushing drugs with one hand and using the other to slap the ass of some random big booty girl standing on the street in the middle of the day in a bathing suit.
Now, this isn’t to say that this is how everyone sees us abroad, but with the launch of BET UK, I am assuming that we will be seen as a group that enjoys entertainment that says f$%k effort, dumb it down as much as possible since the name is Black Entertainment Television. I would hope that they would step their game up and attempt to live up to the name by offering a broad range of programing that truly shows how diverse black entertainment is…..but then again, this is the same channel that hired a got damn cartoon to host a long running video program, Cita’s World, so I’m guessing this idea went out the window…..mmmmm like after Video Soul went off the air.
Of course with talk of BET I have to post this clip from the Boondocks Hunger Strike episode which was banned due to it’s view points on BET. I think it should be the other way around, BET should be banned for it’s effects on viewers braincells after .005 seconds of 106 and Park.
“Viacom Inc’s BET Networks will launch in the United Kingdom next week as the Black Entertainment Network expands its global reach.
The entertainment cable network, targeted to African-American audiences, will make its debut in Britain on February 28 to more than 8.8 million digital satellite homes, with a roster of U.S. shows.
It will offer shows including “106 & Park,” a music and variety show, “College Hill,” a reality show about students, and “American Gangster,” a documentary series about notorious criminals.
Over time, the channel is expected to court British programmers to develop shows, executives said.
“For the UK version of BET, we will be giving BET’s U.S. content a regionalized look and feel that reflects the UK marketplace, and as we grow and develop the channel, we look forward to partnering with the UK creative industry to give BET an even stronger British accent,” BET International General Manager Michael Armstrong said in a statement.” (Source)
Most kids are afraid of clowns, monsters, the dark and so on……but when I was little, it was Ronald McDonald(any man in white face and a James Brown wig just ain’t right), Thriller….and Grace Jones. She just seemed like she would eat kids for fun.
It wasn’t until I got older that I started to realize there was something kinda fly about the androgynous person with the piercing(crazy) stare. Then, after she repeated “p*$sy” in Boomerang, I knew she was alright with me. Then, the fact that she was banned from Disney World for showing her breast/chest..(I dunno whatever she has going on in there), I decided she was forever added into my list of bad b*#ches.
So while I can’t say I’m ready to get a Patrick Ewing box and start wearing chandeliers as headwear, I still respect Grace as a fashion icon for her fearless, I don’t give a f#%k attitude and always daring and gender bending style. You can call her a lot of things….crazy, scary, weird, strange…..but in the sense of a fashion icon….the one word that has to come to mind is fierce.
Giving that famous fierce stare while getting fitted by designer Azzedine Alaia…The King of Cling
One of her more softer looks that is still sultry and sexy
One of many edgy photos taken by photographer Jean Paul Goude, who made Grace his muse
Her Island Life album cover by Jean Paul Goude is one of her most famous
Another one of her many works by Jean Paul Goude that showcases her comfort with pushing the envelope
Giving that stare on her Portfolio album cover
Wearing her famous shoulder pads….as a child this is the exact look that scared the HELL out of me…but now its my favorite.
And obviously one of Erykah Badu’s who recreated the Nightclubbing album cover.
One of my favorite moments of Boomerang where Grace fittingly pushes her perfume, correctly named with the perfect name, Strange’.
So what current fashionista is channeling Grace? Although there are women that may follow in some of her footsteps such as Naomi Campbell who is known for her anger problems and Erykah Badu who is known for not being afraid to try new looks….there has yet to be a woman that has pushed the envelop of androgyny like Grace….which means that todays children can have sweet dreams unlike I did due to waking up in cold sweats after having a nightmare of her in the Private Life video.
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