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Fashion Play the Vegas Way

2012-08-02T09:30:00.000-05:00

Las Vegas is famously known for it’s casino life but one of the best kept secrets is it’s fashion IQ! Megasize stores from your favorite brands are hiding out in Las Vegas along with some of the most luxurious shopping available. There is not question Las Vegas is filled with hits and misses and it’s important for the fashionizer to be on the hitting side of things. If all goes

2012-06-26T01:10:00.000-05:00

Hair Candy… It’s Fashion! Since I could remember I have been sporting hair candy. Now of course we weren’t calling it hair candy back in the day. However, the beedy-balls, bows, barrettes, ponytail holders, and beads that your mom and grandmother used to adorn your hair with… was hair candy! Some of it I loved… others…ugh… not so much. I remember waking up with the imprint

Recycling is Fashionable: Where Do We Start?

2012-06-01T09:30:00.000-05:00

Eye for Recycling There is no retreat one can conjure up to escape the looming and ominous cloud of abuse. Not animal abuse, not child abuse, but yet another deadly type....planet abuse. I reached a point recently where I became utterly disgusted in myself and all the plastic water bottles I was throwing away. My quest to drink more water daily coincidentally increased the amount of water

Jessica Simpson Poses Pregnant Belly Nude for Elle Magazine

2012-04-09T13:09:00.000-05:00

Exploitation or Celebration? It's Getting a Little Murky One naked pregnant woman doing a magazine cover seems radical...two naked pregnant women doing a magazine cover becomes trendy...now we are up to at least ten naked pregnant women posing for magazine covers and it's starting to make me uneasy. Twenty years into this trend and it feels contrived, duplicated, redundant, forced,

Is Kanye West Jumping the Gun into High End Fashion?

2012-03-24T09:00:00.000-05:00

Well we knew it was only a matter of time before our lovely, bratty, and creative fly guy turned rapper Kanye West mosied over into the fashion world. But the two collections he's released thus far has caused many to ponder whether or not this is the right time. DW Kanye West is the official name of his line that debuted last October 2011 during New York fashion week. The clothing

Best Natural Hair Leave-in Conditioner

2012-03-23T08:00:00.000-05:00

I've been a natural hair girl for five years now. However, I've always handed the responsibility of taming my mane to my hairstylist...until recently. My new found desire to care for my hair myself has opened the door to so much knowledge I didn't even know existed. It has been my goal to share what I am learning in regards to products, techniques, and styles with the rest of the world. I've

Fly11 Goes Thrifting for the First Time

2012-03-22T08:00:00.000-05:00

It was a spur of the moment, taking the rent-a-son to have fun kind of day when I happened upon a "Goodwill" store sign near our destination. Serendipity? Probably not but I figured going into the store might be worth a try; especially considering the probability that this place was a benefactor of the nicER side of used clothes. Prior to that day, I had never truly shopped for ANYTHING inside

Yes to Man Bags; No to Murses!

2012-03-07T08:00:00.000-06:00

Suspended question marks, jumbled thought bubbles, silent gavel clangs, and distressed eye contact all abound at the mention of the term "man bag." If this compound word were a color, it would exist as a murky shade of gray...gray for the confusion it has spurned in the male heterosexual community, murky because it's difficult for most to see through.The reality being that before the birth of

My Style Icons: The Prodigal Daughter Returns

2011-12-21T15:13:00.001-06:00

MY STYLE ICONS: THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER RETURNS STYLE ICON(n): A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING THAT SYMBOLIZES STYLE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER(n): A FEMALE WHO HAS LEFT HOME AND WANTS TO RETURN. Ever try tiptoe-ing back into a relationship with someone when you know you *bleeeeepppped* up? Hey, it's me, and I'm tiptoeing :-/. Typing on eggshells here hoping not to receive the thrashing I deserve for

A CALI COMEUP: GO 'HEAD & PUSH MY BUTTONS!

2011-11-20T00:21:00.002-06:00

New random obsession I have in acessory land is .... button earrings.I honestly think when you go natural (About 2 yrs in now) you start to explore withyour personal style. Post type earrings were always seen as a no-no to me… atrue child of the 80’s big hoops craze. (see my Bamboo earrings from my MAMA! http://bit.ly/rhelsk )I picked a random shop on Etsy and clicked purchase… then……LOVE THEM!!

The Hair Chronicles! To Be Continued...

2011-11-06T11:40:00.021-06:00

Hello all! It has been 5 months since the BC(big chop) and I've really just been going with the flow. However, now that winter is almost here, I know that I need to work on my protective styles. I have been rocking my fro all full and free for the last couple of months, so last night I decided to go head and... twist. I hadn't twisted my hair since the summer, probably because it is so time

"Too Pretty for Homework..." T-shirt Uproar Shuts Down Sales

2011-09-01T17:46:00.000-05:00

Being a feminist in tranistion to a womanist, my natural inclination was to shoot out copies of my 4.0 gpa graduate school transcripts to every JCPenney store in the United States upon viewing this "I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother does it for me"t-shirt that was being sold online by the company. The message crosses a multitude of lines beginning with female oppression and reaching

The Hair Chronicles! Curly Nikki MeetUp

2011-08-14T17:07:00.041-05:00

Curly Nikki STL MeetUp The energy in the building was electric! I honestly did not know what to expect for this event. All I did know was: nine months ago I decided to go natural, 2 months ago I did the big chop, and a month later I went to rsvp for this Curly Nikki event. I did not know much about Nikki, before my big chop, but right before I cut my relaxed hair out of my head…

Cali's Got Sole: It's Ok If You're Flat!

2011-08-04T22:46:00.007-05:00

In the words of my girl @Fly11 "Flats need personality!" NO we were not talking about breast size, but shoes. Flats are already at the bottom of the sexy totem poll. There is no heel to give your calves that good ol "I work out" look. No height to make all of your skirts a bit more risky so..... Flats need their own little bit of UMPH.Sunday I was summoned by the Shoe Gods to DSW..... to browse

What to Do When Your Heels Are On Crack: Tips and Treatment

2011-08-03T00:10:00.000-05:00

With the three hundred and twenty degrees temp's we've been experiencing this summer, you would think sweat could moonlight for lotion right? Maybe on some bodies but apparently not mine as a certain area seems to get drier during the months of hell's convention; this area is none other than my feet(which my mother says look like hands). Perhaps it's because we tend to bear them nudely during

Freaky Muscato Wine Tasting: Exclusive Interview with Kyjuan and Murphy Lee

2011-07-28T16:08:00.002-05:00

(Photo: Murphy Lee, Fly11, and Kyjuan) On Wednesday eve, the masterminds behind Freaky Muscato-a fastly growing brand of Moscato wine, hosted a private wine tasting at the Grand Marais Golf House in Centreville, IL. This event was geared towards alcohol distributors and media outlets in an effort to further expand the brands audience, which isn't hard to do if you have a good product.

Fashion Fair Snags Former Carols Daughter President As Their Own

2011-07-27T12:31:00.001-05:00

(Photo Credit: thestyleandbeautydoctor.com) The label which our aunts, grandmothers, mothers, and slightly older sister girlfriends have long clinged to since it's launch in 1973 is headed in a new direction. Young sophisticates such as myself, well, we have our M.A.C. stores to worship at but let us never cease to remember that Fashion Fair's existence helped birth many of the brands that

A CALI COMEUP: More Earring Finds

2011-07-25T23:50:00.022-05:00

LOVE LOVE LOVE EARRINGS! The simpliest hairdo or outfit can be set off just right with a fly pair of ear icing.Check out some of my unique favs- all were paid for. I write about stuff I actually like, no bribing/kickbacks here( and yes... the Bamboo earrings on the left are a pass down from mi madre....She has had them since I was 12 and I am __ yrs young now... every Fly lady should have a pair

Relationship Weekly: My name is _____ and I hoard……PEOPLE!

2011-07-18T23:16:00.005-05:00

Yup you read that right. Some of them like to think of themselves as the following: well liked, popular, a great networker or a good guy/girl. Truth is they are 1 part user and 3 parts selfish…….. They come in all shapes and sizes and in all walks of your life. There is a thin line between a People Hoarder and someone well connected. The difference lies in the motive……….. Walk with me for a secSo

The Hair Chronicles!!

2011-07-17T20:07:00.017-05:00

It has been about 20 years and countless jars of relaxer... But when it came to my hair... relaxed is something I didn't feel at all. The chemicals had to stop and finally the big chop! So I have been asked many times everyday... why did you cut your hair? Why the fro? Why go natural? The real answer, the truth... hm! I could say personal or religious reasons, it's due to hair breakage or hair

Seven Top Models of Color Series: Veronica Webb the Photogenic Writer

2011-07-12T11:09:00.002-05:00

Veronica Webb (February 25, 1965-) “She is extremely organized. Veronica knows what she likes and what path she wants to be on in life,” says designer Rachel Roy. (source: wjs.com) A timeless beauty and cool people scene cruiser, Veronica Webb continues to be an industry sweetheart who's used her beauty to open a multitiude of doors. Born to a working class, yet stable family in Detroit,

Five Under $50: There's a Pencil in My Skirt and I Like it

2011-07-08T14:23:00.000-05:00

When I was a child just yesterday ago, I loathed skirts and dresses as they kept me from sitting with my legs like this /\ or participating in the impromptu foot races the boys from the neighborhood might want to have. Obviously, I was a little late discovering my feminine charms ;), not at all the "girly girl" type. That was until I noticed a little leg goes a long way and I found myself in

Cali's Got Sole: I confess I am a STREAT walker!!

2011-06-26T21:41:00.005-05:00

So… if you ever wanted to combined a wedge/maryjane-ish/clog looking shoe… this is it!Not a “random” Cali find since you can get this at ALDO but they were noteworthy (I SWAAAH TA GAWD I have never had this much luck there in one year.. wierd) Check out the “STREAT”. The peanut butter color has more of a wood look in person that is super dope to me. I have been on a bohemian/natural kick lately

Footgasm Friday: The Ankle Manic Edition

2011-06-24T13:40:00.000-05:00

Summertime has arrived and feet are in the nude as pair after pair of scantily clad sandals come busting through doors. Despite the allure of dainty pedicures and smooth looking skin, I've always been most wooed by shoes that flirt with my ankles. Whether you are a slim trim ankle girl or a voluptuous ankle girl, the right style ankle sandal will compliment you well. This look conveys

Relationship Weekly: He Lies to Me

2011-06-22T13:23:00.000-05:00

Relationship Weekly: He Lies to Me Soft pink nailpolish is see-through, just like liars. There is though, a condition to this, you must look closely enough to see what lies underneath. I don't know which was stronger, my desire to believe him because of what I felt for him or my resistance to admitting I was dealing with yet another undiagnosed and untreated, compulsive liar. He has a range