Winged Eyeliner

The winged eyeliner look has been around for centuries first made famous by Cleopatra of course. But this look has been reinvented time and time again and worn by women from Audrey Hepburn to Beyonce Knowles. Ms. Knowles herself has been the latest foxy lady to rock the look for her for 2009 alter ego album Sasha Fierce. Since the single ladies video I've wearing the hell out of the look personally. Trendy to woman of the 60's the look has been used to make eyes appear larger and longer. I would recommend the look for anyone willing to try it!!!

The Teen Vogue Handbook

About a year ago I was flipping through my favorite magazine (Teen Vogue) and I saw the ad for this book called The Teen Vogue Handbook that covers every nook and carry about careers in the fashion industry. Everything from designing clothing to being a beauty editor for a magazine. It goes as far to show the supplies needed for the job to interviews with people like fashion writer Robin Givhan. Designers like Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, and daughter of Beatles singer Paul McCartney, Stella McCarthy. Each designer tells their story of success and tips for upcoming and aspiring designers. Me personally the book showed me how the hooks and screws of the fashion world work. The "Editors" section is my favorite of course displaying fashion bloggers and magazine editor and chiefs like Anna Wintour (American Vogue). I keep this book in my purse so I take it with me every I go. Next to my cell phone it's the other thing you'll always see me with it. I read it to get both motivation and inspiration when I'm feeling discourage about my future. It's the little thing that helps keep me going in the path of fashion journalism. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves fashion and hopes to pursue a career in it.

White Button Ups For Spring

Today I was check my email during class and got a new fashion update from STYLE.com. The trend for designers this spring was to bring back classic sportswear including white button-ups. Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren included oversize shirts in their collections as an updates to this fashion essentials. Designer and judge of Project Runway Michael Kors took the look a little further by playing with just simple white tee shirts paired with sheer looks, colorful separates and tan beige accessories. This staple warobe piece could be found in almost everyone's(those with a job of course). This versatile piece can be worn with countless looks from evening wear to lunch out with the ladies. The key to wearing this look is size and proportion. Finding one thats fits properly is what keeps this look together. A button up can also be worn with other S/2011 trends like lace and 60's inspired silhouettes.

Weave over natural hair and racial mix ups

Since the age of 12 I've been wearing weaves. I began wearing them because my mother noticed how much my hair was falling out due to perming and obsessive flat ironing. Though I wasn't bald headed or anything I've have always been insecure of my natural hair. My mother began perming my hair at the age of 4 and this caused a lot of hair damage. To me wearing my natural hair my made me ugly . Being interracial I always felt like my dads side of the family (who were mostly white) had better hair then my mom's side who are mostly black. Growing up with mostly white friends I loved how long their hair was and even the black celebrities I looked up to like Beyonce and Tyra Banks always had long hair. While watching the last season of the Tyra Show, she dedicated a entire episode to convincing black woman to be proud of their hair. I began thinking to myself if only I had the balls to do that. While hanging out with my friend Breeoon during the new years I thought of the idea of rocking my natural hair for an entire year. After some well convincing I cut off all my tracks and began working a new look. I proud to say that now I actually like wearing my good old naturally nappy hair. It's brought me a whole new batch of confidence as a young partly black woman.