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My 30 days "Natural Hair" challenge

2014-02-02T09:46:00.000-08:00

With the start of the New Year I decided that I was going to do things differently and challenge myself monthly. So, my first challenge for the month of January was to wear my natural hair for 30 days without any additions (i.e: wigs or weaves). This challenge came to me after straightening my hair "bone straight" or what we New Yorkers call "wash and set".

After that experience, I suffered from the most heat damage I ever encountered throughout my 21 months of being natural. That experience caused me to go on what I called "restore my curls" journey. The "restore my curls" journey, led me to my " wear your natural hair" challenge. For this challenge I basically had to wear my kinks and coils (what was left) for 30 days straight without any wigs, weaves, or braids.

Natural Hair before the Dominican Wash and Set

Another before Pic before the wash and set

After the wash and set. My hair is dull and lifeless.

Well, some may say "why would wearing your hair natural for 30 days be a challenge, if you've been natural for 21 months?" Well what I neglected to share was I'm addicted to the wig/weave life. I am a certified weave-aholic and wig-nista. I live for the wigs and the weaves and before this challenge I would not leave home without a snatched wig or weave. However, the natural hair challenge has allowed me to pay close attention to my hair and to understand what my hair likes and doesn't like. I'm glad I took the plunge and committed to the challenge and today I can say I have successfully completed with gradual improvements. My curls are not fully restored however, I am seeing progress and my hair is much healthier than it was last month. I have even observed hair growth. How an I attempting to "restore my curls?" check out my natural hair page on instagram: @naturalglamlife :-)

Week one (December 30, 2013-January 6)

Week one and two ( in-between hairstyle)

Week 2 (Jan 7-Jan 14)

Week 3 (Jan 15- Jan 22)

Week 4 my friends and I. I'm the one on the far right. ( Jan 23- Jan 31)

Cool Fall Night

2013-09-18T04:54:00.001-07:00

Cool Fall Night by fashionglamlife featuring crossbody handbags

Stampd white crop shirt
farfetch.com

Hollister Co jacket
hollisterco.com

Coast layered tulle skirt
$185 - coast-stores.com

Vans sneaker
$48 - harrods.com

Charlotte Russe crossbody handbag
charlotterusse.com

Cool Fall Night

2013-09-14T03:08:00.001-07:00

Cool Fall Night by fashionglamlife featuring Hollister Co.

Stampd white cotton top
farfetch.com

Hollister Co jacket
hollisterco.com

Coast tulle skirt
$180 - coast-stores.com

Vans shoes
$47 - harrods.com

Charlotte Russe studded crossbody purse
charlotterusse.com

Cool Fall Night

2013-09-14T02:54:00.001-07:00

Cool Fall Night by fashionglamlife featuring an embroidered jean jacket

Stampd cotton shirt
farfetch.com

Hollister Co embroidered jean jacket
hollisterco.com

Coast pink tulle skirt
$180 - coast-stores.com

Vans sneaker
$47 - harrods.com

Body Chains

2012-03-25T19:00:00.000-07:00

On the last episode of Basketball Wives we saw Evelyn Lozada wearing BCBG Max Azria Sheena Long Sleeve Leopard Print Dress and a one shoulder body chain by Mod Toast.

The body chain fashion trend was also seen on the Runway for Chloe Comme Parris SS12 runway, and Chanel SS12. If you are not sure what body chains are, take a look:

Chloe Comme Parris:

Chanel Body Chain:

Other Body Chains:

Do we like the body chain trend? Oh yeah or Oh no

Diane von Furstenberg for GAP Kids

2012-03-16T21:05:00.000-07:00

If you have a lil' fashionista at home you should be extremely excited about Diane von Furstenberg's collaboration with GAP. DVF for GAP kids launched on March 15, 2012 and I'm sure by the time the store opened the racks were completely empty. If your interested in viewing what DVF for GAP looks like, here it is :

The Price ranges from $20.00 - $120.00. Will you be shopping?

RIck Ross, Wale, & Meek Mill

2012-03-13T17:58:00.000-07:00

If you had the unfortunate luck that I had & was unable to purchase Rick Ross, Wale, & Meek Mills concert at the Hammerstien Ballroom in NYC, you can watch the happenings here:

Watch live streaming video from hot97 at livestream.com

Nike Air Yeezy 2

2012-03-11T08:33:00.000-07:00

The first images of the Purple colorway for Nike Air Yeezy's 2 (made specifically for Kobe Bryant for the All Star Games) were released on March 9, 2011. There has been a lot of talk about when the Black colorway & Zen Gray colorway would be released but many have speculated it's some time next month.

Purple colorways:

Black colorway:

Zen Gray Colorway:

What are your thoughts?

That Rihanna Regin Just Won't Let Up

2012-03-11T08:00:00.000-07:00

Back in July 2011 Rihanna was named the newest face to take part in Armani's ad campaign making this her second appearance for Armani. Rihanna, follows others such as David Beckham, Victoria Adams, Megan Fox, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafael Nadal.

In the latest Armani jeans ad Rihanna gets down to her bare essentials leaving very little to everyone's imagination. Clearly she was serious with her versus on the Birthday Cake Remix with Breezy.

You can here it here:

In the minute long black & white sultry video, Rihanna is seen tossing and turning in bed restless and moving about the place all in her underwear as she reminds herself with the steam from the bathroom about heading to the airport at 6 a.m. Right before she leaves Rihanna throws on a pair of Armani jeans and a leather jacket.

I don't know about my Glamies but I want those jeans, not because their hot but because Rihanna did a good job. Rihanna looks haute!!!!

Here is the commercial:

Here are the still shots:

Red Bottoms Spring/Summer 2012 Collection..Haute!

2012-03-08T17:36:00.001-08:00

Glam Men get ready to fall in love with what Christian Louboutin has in store for you this Spring/ Summer 2012.

Take a look:

No Limit Men’s Flat

Louis Strass

The Mickael Flat

Spring 2012:

Louboutin's most popular sneaker for men: Louis Men’s Flat Spikes

Louis Men’s Flat Spikes

Louis Men’s Flat Spikes: multicolor metallic leather

Will you be shopping Christian Louboutin Spring/ Summer Collection?

In attendance...Snapback Hat

2012-03-08T17:12:00.000-08:00

Last night Jay-Z attended the Nets vs. Clippers game wearing his usual uniform black t-shirt, gold chain, khaki denim & oh yeah those Air Yeezy's you can't get anywhere yet (rumor has it they will be out in the spring). Jay-Z switched up the look a little by wearing a $40 Diamond Supply Co. Brilliant Snapback Hat but still has black in it.

You can buy the Diamond Snapback Hat at:

www.diamondsupplyco.com

Air Yeezy:

Release date: TBA

Pricing:????

Here's what Jay-Z looked like at the game:

Will you be shopping this look?

Say What You Want About Yeezy...He has style!!

2012-03-08T16:19:00.000-08:00

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, was the debut of Kanye West's Ready-to-Wear Women's winter/autumn fashion line in Paris, France for Paris' fashion week. The line consisted of leather, biker jackets, lots of fur, knee high boots, suede dresses, and what's a Kanye fashion show without vests!

Last year Kanye's line was criticized by fashion editors who stated, 'Ye's clothing line was "Givenchy-esque." As a result, guess who wasn't invited to the fashion preview this year? The press, according to Publication Fashion blog Kanye reported he was treated unfairly by the press last time, so why would he invite them to preview his show.

This year appeared to be much better than the last. 'Ye brought out all his homies such as: Alicia Keys, Cassidy, P. Diddy, Common, and of course Kim Kardashian rocking 'Yeezy's Kayne for Guiseppe Zanotti heels from last season.

Here's what the show looked like:

I was everything from this ready to wear line, especially Kim's shoes! What do you think you Yeezy's line?

Let's "Nail" Trip! OPI's Spring 2012 Collection

2012-02-13T19:19:00.000-08:00

If you ever wanted to visit Holland OPI is giving you the chance, well you nails at least. This season OPI is taken your nails on a world tour; a direct flight straight to Holland. Here's what the tour looks like:

A Roll in The Hague

Did You ’ear About Van Gogh? (love Nude is so in this season)

Dutch ’Ya Just Love OPI? (we sure do)

Gouda Gouda Two Shoes

I Don’t Give a Rotterdam!

I Have a Herring Problem

Kiss Me on My Tulips

Pedal Faster Suzi!

Red Lights Ahead…Where?

Thanks a WindMillion (Fave)

Vampsterdam

Wooden Shoe Like to Know?

The collection became available Feb. 8, 2012. Which shade will you wear?

Can you "Navigate Her"

2012-02-13T17:47:00.001-08:00

Pastel is all the talk in nail couture for spring 2012 and if you're wondering what colors you should be sporting this spring Essie has provided us with swatches.

Essie's spring 2012 collection is named Navigate Her it's an accolade to ambitious women who take action. According to Essie the collection is for women who take risk, it for the women who knows how to take charge in the office and in the field. Essie states its for the women "in both fashion and finance, she ready, willing, and able to strike out and try something fresh and new."

Here is the Navigate Her Collection:

Navigate Her (love)

Orange, It Obvious (fave)

Ole Caliente

Tour de Finance (haute)

Buy or Not To Buy

A Crewed Interest

I'm Attracted to My Polish

2012-02-12T20:11:00.000-08:00

If your over the shattered look on your nails (which you should be at this point) you may want to try the newest nail polish trend to hit the United States, Magnetic Nail Polish! Magnetic Nail Polish, is old news in the UK for quite some years now; but has only hit the streets of the United States since October 2011.

What's great about magnetic nail polish is the magnetic particles mixed in the polish. This allows each nail to have a special effect once the magnet is hovered over the freshly polished nail.

Check out the How to video uploaded by Sephora for Nail Inc.

Let's all yell No Mo Shatter!!!!!!!

Minx for your Lips?

2012-02-10T05:12:00.001-08:00

Clearly Fashion GlamLife, is late with this news but I'm sure many of the Glamies out there are just as late. The other day I blogged about Violent Lips, but apparently there is also a brand of Minx for your lips (foil appliques) named "Glitzy Lips" by Athena Elliott of Minx Houston. Athena Elliot is known for being the nail tech to the stars such as: Keri Hilson, and Estelle. Ms. Elliot's Minx empire is now expanded to glamour for the lips or as she states "a kiss of glamour"!

"Glitzy Lips" hit the streets back on May 23, 2011, with eight different shades in the "Glitzy Lips" collection. The original collection consisted of: PinkRosa, WineMeOva, ZunigaBlue, & CoCoGoddess. You can now order: Don't CopperMe, PinkCouture, ReddyOrNot, RainbowDar, and SmokeySliver.

PinkRosa

WineMeOver

ZunigaBlue

CoCoGoddess

Don't CopperMe

PinkCouture

ReddyOrNot

RainbowDar

According to Athena "Glitzy Lips" are made out of water soluble foil. It doesn't dry out the lips and can be removed with a baby wipe. Just like Violent Lips, "Glitzy Lips" doesn't require gloss as the finishing touch. Each "Glitz Lips" are $29.99 each and comes with 5ft GlitzyFoil, 1/4 ounce GlitzyStick and can be applied 20-25 per kit.

Minx Lips

Packaging

Will you be Glitzing your lips?

Is A "Rose" Still A "Rose" By Any Other Name?

2012-02-04T09:08:00.000-08:00

Vanessa Simmons now known as Vanessa Jean is set to Launch a collection of sexy lingerie called "Rose" by Vanessa Jean. Ms. Jean has three lines within the collection "Naughty Lil' Princess" for (the chick who is a timeless classic) ,"Rock Your Sexy" features (corsets and items that help slim and shape a woman’s figure), & "Vintage Chic" (inspired by the glamorous bedroom wear of the past). There is talk of lots of rhinestones, lace, and frills.

Here is the "Rose" Vanessa Jean's pic & video by Vimeo below:

Vanessa Simmons Announces Rose by Vanessa Jean from Rose by Vanessa Jean on Vimeo.

Should be interesting!

What's Lala Anthony's "Motive"?

2012-02-04T08:13:00.001-08:00

These days every celebrity has a side hustle to their side hustle and Lala Anthony is no exception. Lala announced she would be teaming up with Motive Makeup by Lauren Ridinger to debut her line of custom cosmetics. Lala's Motive line will consist of colorful lip glosses, lipsticks, eyeliner, mascara, blushes, foundation that will match all ethnic skin tones, eye shadow and shimmers.

Colorful Lip Glosses:

Lipsticks:

Eyeliner:

Mascara:

Blushes:

Will you be motivated to shop "Motives"by Lala Anthony?

"E" by Evelyn Lozada

2012-02-04T06:38:00.000-08:00

With all the conflict between Reality TV stars Evelyn Lozada & Jennifer Williams of Basketball Wives, Evelyn still manages to be the creative mind behind her new cosmetic line "E" by Evelyn Lozada, write a new book, and most recently model for Maxim magazine.

On twitter Evelyn tweeted: "Makeup line 'E by Evelyn Lozada' Coming SOON!" The cosmetic line should hit stores in March, but Evelyn will be wearing "E" throughout Season 4 of Basketball Wives. According to Evelyn her makeup line will be affordable, and range in colors that will compliment all skin tones.

Evelyn is not stopping with makeup she also plans on releasing her first book Inner Circle: The Wives Association on June 5, 2012. The book is loosely based on her life as a "Basketball Girlfriend" and according to Amazon the book will depict Evelyn Lozada's life off-camera through her alter ego "Eve Inez". Similar to the reality show Basketball Wives, Inner Circle reveals everything athlete's wives live through and nothing is held back"!you can pre-order Evelyn's book now at amazon by clicking on the link.

On the set shooting the cover for Inner Circle: Wives Association

When Evelyn is not working on her make up line, writing book, or putting Jennifer Williams on blast she's busy modeling for Maxim Magazine. Just in time for Valentine's Day Evelyn is giving the Glam Men something to look at!

Glamies, February 20 will be here soon so here are a few sneak peaks of Basketball Wives Season 4 Promo Pics with two new cast members Kesha Nichols and Kenya Bell:

Looks like Fun!

Zara Men Spring / Summer Collection

2012-02-03T06:01:00.000-08:00

Glam Men Zara has released their, Zara’s Men Spring/Summer 2012 collection and this season it's about light colors, prints, and of course jeans. See the lookbook here:

Drum Roll......Zara's Spring / Summer Collection Unveiled!

2012-02-03T05:32:00.000-08:00

Glamies, Zara's Spring / Summer collection is coming to a store near you, are you ready? The collection will bit hitting the store sooner than we know it. If you want to know what you are shopping for Fashion GlamLife will get you ready. This Spring / Summer collection modeled by Saskia de Brauw features mixed florals bold prints, pastel colors (used for color blocking), high slits (leaving some things to the imagination), jeans, baggy silhouettes and mesh. Here are the looks:

Zara's Summer Collection:

Will you be Shopping?

Unspoken African American Hero: Constance Baker Motley

2012-02-01T19:27:00.000-08:00

Born in New Heaven, CT to her parents who emigrated from the Island of Nevis, W.I. Constance attended Fisk University until she transferred to New York University where she received her B.A. in 1943. Constance later went on to obtain her law degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1946.

Constance, started out her career as a law clerk for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund under the directions of the U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall. Later in Constance's career, she moved on to be the first African American Associate Counsel to the Legal Defense Educational Fund, making her the lead trial attorney in a number civil rights cases(including working on Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Right case).

In 1950, Constance wrote the original complaint in the Brown v. Board of Education case. She was also the first African American Woman to argue a case in front before the U.S. Supreme court Meredith v. Fair ( which she won in 1962).

Accomplishments:

In 1964, Constance became the first African American woman to be elected to the New York State Senate.
In 1965, Constance became the first woman to become the African American woman
In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson named Constance district judge for the United States District Court Southern District of New York, making her the first African American Woman to become a federal judge court and Chief Judge until her death in 2005 of congestive heart failure

How "Violent" are your Lips?

2012-01-31T18:44:00.000-08:00

Christian Dior initiated the press on beauty trend and since then the trend has traveled across beauty lines to Violent Lips also known as lip tattoos. The trend has even caught on with celebrities! Each Violent Lips comes packaged with three single-use lip transfers. Violent Lips varies in price depending on the tattoo (there are Violent Lips for all occasions).

Kim Kardashian in checker board Violent Lips

Katy Perry in British Violent Lips

Fashion GlamLife Fav Kardash in Silver Violent Lips

Keyshia Colein Cheetah Violent Lips

Amber Rose in Blue Violent Lips

Kylie Kardashian in British Violent Lips

Snookie in Purple Violent Lips

GAGA in Dark Blue Violent Lips

Kelly Rowland in Cheetah Violent Lips

Kendal Kardashian in purple Cheetah Violent Lips

Jessie J in Silver Bling Violent Lips

Psssst....Will you be Trending this Spring?

2012-01-31T18:12:00.000-08:00

Although we're in the middle of winter we can't help but to think about spring with all the nice weather we've been having. So Glamies and Glam Men, we here at Fashion GlamLife want to make sure you are on trend when strolling through the concrete jungle.

Trend Watch:

Satchels:

Zigi Marley Rocking his Brown Cambridge Satchel

Kelis Rocking her Pink Cambridge Satchel

The Cambridge Satchels are luxury of satchel but down fear several other companies have created Satchels similar to Cambridge Satchel Company.

Trends Watch:

Cap-Toe Shoes

Glamies & Glam Men, cap-toes shoes are all the rage this spring:

Rihanna wearing Christian Louboutin Metallic Cap-toe shoe

Dev Patel wearing Burberry Dark Brown Cap-Toe

Color Trend:

Colored Jeans:

Kanye West in Green Colored Jeans

Jada in Bright Yellow Colored Jeans

Trend Watching:

Color Blocking:

Kim Kardashian Color Blocking & wearing Neon color!!! (Haute, look this look)

Ocho Cinco Color Blocking & rocking colored jeans ( Haute)

Wil you be trending?

Class: Politicizing Beyoncé; Section: 101

2012-01-26T19:00:00.000-08:00

Following in her husband footsteps, Rutgers University announces PhD student and lecturer Kevin Allred will teach a course on Beyoncé, called Politicizing Beyoncé. According to Allred the course is not designed to discuss Beyoncé's political engagement or the number of times she performed during the presidential inauguration. However, the course will focused on Beyoncé the artist, her music, and career. The course will look at American race, gender, and sexual politics."

The coursework will look at Beyoncé's music videos and lyric through the lens of distinguished women's activist and authors such as Alice Walker, Bell Hooks, our favorite Toni Morrison, and even Sojourner Truth. The syllabus will consist of topics relating to Beyoncé's performances: Are they empowering or stereotypical, and topics surrounding the control Beyoncé's over her image and career.

A similar course to Beyoncé's can be found at Georgetown University regarding Beyonce's husband Jay-Z, “The Sociology of Hip-Hop: The Theodicy of Jay-Z!” These course should be interesting.

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