Smooches

As I got dolled up for my date night, I went to apply the Red Lipstick I had in my makeup bag. Right before I could put it on my husband came in and said, “I know you’re not wearing that?”  I of course looked at him like he was crazy. “Nicole Black women shouldn’t wear red lipstick” I again looked at him like was crazy and applied it anyway. (And of course looked great) I thought about what he said the next day only to realize that there was a small amount of truth to what he was saying. Should black women wear Red lipstick? Of course, if it’s your thang you could wear blue lipstick if you want. It’s just that Red lipsticks depending on the color base shouldn’t be worn with every skin tone.

Women who have a Pale or Fair Skin tone should stick to A red Lip that is an orange or yellow base. Brown Skin or darker shades (Like Myself) should use a red lipstick is blue based.

A couple of other tips on the red lip are:

DEEP REDS-Deep reds make your lip look small so if your lips are already thin maybe go with a lighter shade

Concealer -So that lipstick isn’t running everywhere put some concealer around your mouth

EYESHADOW-Now some people say if you’re going to do a red lip because it’s so dramatic don’t play up your eyes. Other say a dramatic Smokey eye is a great match. I’ve seen both done right and think they look great so it’s really up to your own style and of course skill when it comes to eye shadow

Kiss- After you apply the lip kiss a tissue to get off any excess.

At the end of the day the worst thing that could happen is you wipe off start again. All you have to do is ask does it look good on me. Doesn’t matter if that shade looked good on your friend, sister moms, or a celeb, everything is not for everyone. Make sure it is a good fit for you and only you can be the judge of that.

Be Glamorous !

Can't Keep a Secret

Hey Beauties,

 This is actually less of a "How to funk it up" and more of a “Is this trend funky?" So please leave comments opinions and all that....lol... I truly want to know what you think. Now my “Day Job" is at Victoria's Secret and a lot of the new products and marketing that we have, and are still getting,  have been of women in Tops or Dresses that show the bra or the corset. The clothes that we have, the tank tops and some of the t shirts, the pits of the arms are cut low enough so that you can see the bra  or even the entire side of the body.

 After I saw this at work I paid a little more attention to this trend  and realized its everywhere. A lot of pieces are cut like this. Now this isn't my style, but that doesn't make it wrong. I mean I would say it’s something for a younger generation but we see Jada Pinkett Smith in this and that sista got some years on me...lol .So my question is would you wear this? Is this the direction we are going in as women? I felt with clothes getting tighter bust lines getting lower hems getting higher there wasn't much left to show. But I guess the next step would be the only thing that we still have hidden, “Under Garments” Or is it not that serious?  Am I being a prude? Or is there truly something to leaving some stuff to the imagination?

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Basics to the Funk

“It’s Saturday Night. You’ve had your outfit picked out for the past 2 weeks. You know you’ll look amazing in the dress and the shoes are to die for. After makeup, hair and clothes are on, you take a final look in the mirror only to realize you don’t have on any jewelry and throw on some studs or hoops, and your everyday purse and walk out the door.”

                There is nothing like having the right outfit and utterly destroying it with the wrong shoe scarf or way too much or too little jewelry. Even a wrongly placed belt can go from giving you a great waist line to simply making you lumpy. Now the statement above is nothing against hoops or studs. Anyone that knows me knows you can find me in a pair of hoops  ( I love them!)  but its about the complete effort of the ensemble. Not many know that the amount of thought that goes into the outfit itself also needs to go into the accessories which ultimately bring the outfit to the next level.

Accessories are the icing on the cake, the outfit completer, the polishing of a look.   I personally love wearing a classic look and spicing it up with a funky shoe bracelet or ring, or just the opposite a funky outfit with simple accessories. It’s the fun of watching someone look you up and down and once they see that little piece( whether it’s the ring the earrings purse or shoe)  starring at that piece a little longer. It’s the little unexpected pieces that make you stand out.

What you want to do when you accessorize is let it play the supporting role to the amazing pieces you have put together. Along with that   create Harmony within the pieces of accessories you have on. You want your pieces to flow together complementing each other, not battling  it out for attention with each one crying for the lead.

 You want to have one major statement piece.

- You don’t want to wear a Big Necklace with Big earrings. That is a lot of look in a small space.

Accessories don’t have to match color wise with your outfit

-          Feel free to be free with colors. You don’t have to wear all black to wear colored accessories. You could easily wear red with tan colored accessories Or Turquoise with a hot pink pump. HAVE FUN

Patterns

-          Just because you are wearing a leopard ring does not mean that you need to wear leopard earrings bracelet and necklace. Let the pattern piece, no matter how small, be the Statement piece even if it’s not the largest piece.

BELTS!!!

-          Be careful with the placements of belts. The last thing those of us who carry weight in our midsection want to do is put the belt right in the of that. You want to place your belt right underneath your bust which many times is the smallest place on your body. It might sound like a weird placing for a belt and may even feel weird but it will give the illusion of an hour glass figure even If that’s not what you have.

Have Fun and express who you truly are.

-          At the end of the day have a good time and express who  you are. I can write all these do’s and don’ts but if you want to break them because they are not authentic to your style than don’t follow them. There are enough carbon copies in the world, be free to be the authentic you.

Style and accessorizing is all about Showing the inward beauty of one’s self to the world.  You’re beautiful! Let everyday be a catwalk, and make every person a fan of the Flyness of U

Love ya Beauties,

Nik