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Archive for September, 2009

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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Dorthy Dandrige aka Carmen Jones
Nov 9, 1922- Sept. 8 1965
from Cleveland, Ohio
the 1st African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award

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ELLA,ELLA,ELLA, A!

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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Lipstick Mixtapes is so excited about this and we want all our supporters to come out and join this wonderful event The E.L.L.A. Music Fest is going on this weekend October 1-4th. E.L.L.A standing for ELEVATE, LISTEN, LOVE, APPRECIATE
is “A Musical Celebration of the Florida Female Artist,” it is put on to showcase to the people of Orlando the wonderful and extremely talented women that grace our fine city and state. Its purpose is to help elevate the inner spirit of all artists who have not yet heeded the call to create; to support and listen to what we, as a community of believers and communicators, have to say; to love one another, and to help spread that love beyond the walls of our inner self; and to appreciate, and to show our appreciation of what has come from our home, before it goes away and never comes back. We believe that Florida has some of the strongest and most talented women in the world, and they deserve to be heard, viewed, and celebrated. By creating this festival, we want to make sure that they are.” E.L.L.A. organizers
E.L.L.A will kick off Thursday @ 6 p.m. with a block party at the Artzy Mama Studio downtown.
Friday music and vendors. Saturday will be all day events and VIP-after party,and Sunday the Best of E.L.L.A “RISING”.
Wow we’re I’m so excited about this we had the great opportunity to meet one of the organizers of this event at the Global Peace Film Festival Mr. Robert Johnson, it makes me so happy and proud that the arts and visions of Florida’s female artist are being celebrated in such an inspiring and energetic way.

ellamusicfest.org  for more details

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The Look- Birthday Diva!

Monday, September 28th, 2009

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Eva
Omg I had so much fun doing Eva’s makeup she came in for her birthday and told me she wanted smokey birthday eyes. Really just my specialty!
I BANGED IT OUT ! lol I love doing makeup!
Anyway so I did Smolder all over the eyelid, mixed with Dark Soul pigment (my fav for smokey it’s so rich an BLACK) I used another pigment fav Naked, umm hmm under the brow bone, with Texture in the crease can you say it I’ma a Di-Va! : p. The key to Smokey eyes and I tell this to everyone you must, you have to BLEND or yes you will look like you have a BLACK EYE not cute! So invest in really good brushes or make sure you have good size eye blending brushes.
On the skin to give her sweat proof protection, while she’s dancing her birthday butt off, I used Studio Fix Fluid, great for Oily skin and it covers EVERYTHING. On the lips Blankety again, what can I say I’m loving me some Blankety right now with Young Thing lipglass to seal in shine ummm Love it. She looks like Kim K right? gorgeous

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The Look is Soft Beauty

Monday, September 28th, 2009

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Samantha
Paradisco and Woodwinked on the eyelid
Folie, Handwritten, and Orange in the crease
Sable under the eyes
Woodwinked under the brow bone
Skin is luminous and natural with soft highlights of Mineralize skin finsih and Fleur Power on the apples of the cheeks for a perfect pink blush!
Who says brown girls can’t wear PINK?! well
Blankety lipstick, is a creamy pink with Spirited lipglass to seal the shine!
She’s absolutely gorgeous.
Hope you had fun Saturday nite ; )!

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Why so SERIOUS!?!

Friday, September 25th, 2009

So a few days ago Meagan B and I were driving in a parking lot and as we were pulling into the parking space  there was a lil girl and she was staring us down… like really mean mugging!  It wasn’t a problem that she was staring (which is rude) it  was more of  a mean glare like “ugh”! So we’re looking like Damn! What did we do to you?? lol. It was funny but it was also very disturbing because it was like  ” why so serious” little girl? What are you being taught at home??. We  felt like, what’s wrong with your life to the point that you look at  stranger with such a harsh and mean look  like we stole your bike or something?

One of  our goals with Lipstick Mixtapes is not only to teach and show how to be  beautiful on the outside, but first and foremost on the inside. In so many communities and profoundly our own, women and now young girls are sad, upset, and MEAN! We don’t know why, maybe something  happened that  caused this attitude, but one thing  we realize for sure is that it needs to stop and it has to start with GIRLS that’s right girls, they’re not lil women they are children, and they need role models in the home and commuinty to show them and be an example of how to be strong, confident and Pleaseant. I know we can’t solve all the worlds problem let alone every lil girl we meet, but one thing we can do is SMILE and show a child that it’s never  cool to be mean and rude.taffy

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