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Beyonce Pregnancy Instagram Photo Hits 10 Million Likes

Arianne SuggsUpdated on February 7, 2017February 7, 2017Leave a Comment

You know that feeling you get when you post some heat on the Gram and those notifications are sprinkling in from your followers like they’re Salt Bae? Well, Beyonce is getting love on that level and then some. The Grammy award winning singer and style icon will now add yet another accomplishment to her stellar career. One that has never ever happen before in the history of Instagram. Don’t ever underestimate the BeyHive ladies and gents. The fans, friends and family have spoken… Beyonce Pregnancy Instagram Photo Hits 10 Million Likes!

Beyonce Pregnancy Instagram Photo Hits 10 Million Likes

While the rest of us mere mortals pop our collars over 100 likes, Bey over here getting literally 100,000 times that! The frenzy all began when Beyonce quietly announced to the world that not only was she preg but she was also expecting twins. She did so by taking to SM and posting a delicate photograph of herself caressing her bump.

The result was Bey-pandemonium! The news spread faster than a speeding bullet. In seconds every social platform was consumed with the Beyonce announcement. Nevertheless, are we really that surprised? Uh, of course not! They call her queen for a very good reason.

The Bey Pic That Started It All

Moreover, that very day Bey released the pregnancy photo it collected over 6 million likes beating out Selena Gomez’s Coca Cola pic which had held the record for most likes. Gomez currently still holds the number one slot for most followers on the Gram. Therefore, it’s safe to say both ladies are killing the social game.

Beyonce Pregnancy Instagram Photo Hits 10 Million Likes -Go Girl!

Nevertheless, 10 million likes is nothing to shrug off. Plenty of brands and celebs would love to command that type of engagement. In this era of tech everything has changed. For instance, the music industry has had to revamp and rethink how to count or view record sales. It’s not about just pure sales anymore, now streams are just as important.

Moreover, with social media now we base stardom on who achieves and garnishes the most numbers. It’s not about having the complete package just the right aesthetic or following. So then, it’s nice to see someone from the ‘old school’ and pre-Insta era that is still being a boss.

We also got a kick out of all the sisterhood shown this past week. Many celebrities reposted Bey’s pic or left a sweet congratulatory comment. Fellow fashion icon, Rihanna, wished Beyonce and her big bro Jay Z the best with their growing family. Which shows there’s no beef and if there is, it can always be worked through. Let’s continue to support each other, congratulate each other and just be plain happy for one another.

Its a beautiful thing and doesn’t cost a penny. Major congrats again to Bey and Jay. Also, to her hive for demonstrating some more of that black girl magic and racking up ten million likes! Do not see anyone breaking that record any time soon.

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Fashion

Halle Berry Wears White Faux Fur Coat By Nicole Richie

Arianne Suggs December 28, 2016December 28, 2016Leave a Comment

Flo Rida would be proud, Halle Berry is looking all good with the “boots and the fur!” Well, she has the fur at least. We spotted our fave X-Men member and Bond girl in a white faux fur coat by reality star turned designer genius, Nicole Richie and we’re loving it!

Halle Berry Wears White Faux Fur Coat By Nicole Richie

Slay our life Halle! Berry’s white faux fur coat is one of the hot trends of the season. Faux fur pieces add a nice luxury feel to any ensemble. Everyone from Naomi Campbell to Draya Michele has been spotted getting all furry.

Nevertheless, the particular coat that Halle rocks is the Marisa Faux fur coat by House of Harlow. Singer Lionel Richie’s daughter, Nicole Richie, is the founder and creative mastermind behind the House of Harlow 1960 brand. The clothing line produces designs that are very “It Girl” chic.

Coat From Behind

Halle Berry Wears White Faux Fur Coat

If you have been following Halle from the start on Instagram you know she recently changed up her aesthetic. From dark and moody to a more light as well as airy feel. Which is why her white faux fur coat fits right in. What sparked the change? Berry hit a major SM milestone… one million followers. Regarding the accomplishment she said,

“Wow, I woke up high key excited this morning to see that there are officially ONE MILLION of you here with me. Engaging, connecting and commenting and not just with me, but with each other! I’ve only been here a short while and I have to say this social media platform is all that it’s cracked up to be. This is so much fun and I enjoy it more and more each day.

Thank you for your support, your kind words and your respect in allowing me to do my thing my way! In honor of this milestone I’ve decided to shake up my dark moody vibe for a minute. I hope you enjoy these up coming LIGHT DAZE.”

We are definitely feeling the light vibes. Want to shop her House of Harlow Marisa Faux Fur Coat look? It is available now at Revolve stores.

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Lifestyle

Instagram Adds Zoom in Their Newest Update! Help!

Arianne SuggsUpdated on August 31, 2016August 31, 2016Leave a Comment

Instagram has done it yet again, adding a brand new feature in their latest update. What could be the worst nightmare of any girl on the Gram? How about the ability for people to power zoom into all your photos? The horror has begun, Instagram adds zoom capabilities in their most recent update.

Instagram Adds Zoom in Their Newest Update

As we sit checking out this new feature and sipping our cafe mochas we can’t help but think that stalking is about to go to a whole other level. Let’s face it everyone does it. We all have ended up on someone’s friend of a cousin second removed ex-boyfriend slash niece profile. Yet such researching has never allowed anyone to get a close range scope of a photo.

Now every zit, imperfection, fashion malfunction and over-edit will proudly be on display. Plus, we are sure the thirst will be at an all time high as users zoom in to get a better view of any lady bits. Also, shall we forget those who may wish to zoom in to see who all made up the squad, even the person all the way in the back.

Nevertheless, if you thought the addition of DMing was bad this feature should be a real riot. Just wait till some dude is up at 4 a.m. dissecting your lip shape. God speed dolls, god speed.

Instagram Adds Zoom -Why?

The fact that Instagram adds zoom to their app highlights a few things. One, they really know their consumer. They know there are those who are all over people’s pages and want to see every last detail. Also, IG recognizes they need to innovate to keep up with the big boys.

With Snapchat gaining more and more popularity Instagram has obviously felt the sting of competition. Moreover, that pinch is probably what led up to their kinda sad imitation of SC stories. Instagram Stories was met with buzz but many simply aren’t using it. Instagram started as a photo sharing app and it will die that way.

Jeez, that was morbid. Anyway, the point is IG wants to keep users guessing and on their toes. Its like when soda companies try out a new flavor. Its all done to keep consumers buying into their product and their products alone.

Instagram really does not need to worry about a single thing. We all love the freaking app. It’s fun, creative, a good way to market and a nice shot of confidence every now and then. All the additions and extras are not really necessary. How many times after there is an update you hear someone say, “Man, I miss the old Instagram!”

When it comes to the Gram we are all simple creatures. Apply makeup, select bomb outfit, set lighting, snap photo, filter and photoshop self till slightly still recognizable then post to stunt on all the Hoes (LOL). Well, maybe not all of that but you get the point. Happy zooming everyone.

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Fashion

Leslie Jones Called Christian Siriano Ghostbusters Premiere

Arianne SuggsUpdated on July 10, 2016July 9, 2016Leave a Comment

Who you gonna call? If you have an issue with Casper then it’s the Ghostbusters. However, if it’s fashion related you better hit up a designer genius! That’s exactly what happened this week. When no one else would answer the call, actress Leslie Jones called Christian Siriano to help a sista out at the Ghostbusters premiere.

Leslie Jones Called Christian Siriano Ghostbusters Premiere

Leslie Jones overcame a girl’s worst nightmare. Having absolutely nothing to wear! The biggest premiere of Jones’ career and not one single designer would dress her.

Consequently, Leslie voiced the issue loud and clear. In the very movie Leslie stars in (Ghostbusters) people call on her character for help. Ironically, now it was Leslie’s turn to do the same. Would anyone answer before time ran out?

Christian Siriano Saves the Day!

Project Runway’s breakout star, Christian Siriano, is the hero in this dramatic and voguish story! On the show Christain became known for his speedy hands. He could quickly bang out an exquisite design that look liked it took days.

Nevertheless, that speed came in handy. Siriano dressed Jennifer Hudson for Ciara’s wedding this week while juggling his own wedding plans! Plus, he still needed to get Jones ready for the premiere. Yet, Christian got it all done and Leslie transformed into a sassy Lady in Red!

The Ensemble

That dress though! Christian Siriano shut it down with a red off the shoulder dress with high thigh split. The gown is sexy without being vulgar. Sophisticated, sultry, luxurious and flirty are a few more adjectives that came to mind.

This is a dress that girls and women would want to get their hands on. Furthermore, it proves that women of all shapes and sizes can look Hollywood glam! Thanks for showing the industry a thing or two Christian.

Leslie Jones Called Christian Siriano Ghostbusters Premiere – The Accessories

As any gal knows accessories can make or break a bomb fit. Leslie Jones’ stylist, Brian Mcphatter, hit the nail right on the head. Brian paired the Christian Siriano red design with Dannijo jewels and a Judith Lieber handbag. Jones heels were by Vince Camuto.

Want Leslie Jones chic accessories? They’re from Neiman Marcus! Head to a mall near you and get shopping!

Fan Reaction

We always love to see how others feel about fashion. Instagram, yes THE actual Instagram page was definitely feeling Leslie tonight! Instagram posted a moving picture of Jones via the Boomerang app.

Leslie is seen dancing in her gorgeous Christian Siriano gown. You could just tell she was loving life and feeling herself in her amazing look. In just 5 hours Instagram’s post had over 2 million views! Here are a few other thoughts from fans:

“Omg”

“Gorgeous!!!”

“Beautiful!!”

“Gorgeousness! Christian Siriano knows how to design dresses that flatter and accentuate best features.”

“Christian Siriano you did GOOD!!! Love that gown!”

“You look gorgeous Leslie!”

Leslie Jones Called Christian Siriano Ghostbusters Premiere – All Love

Fashion is an expression of self and personal preference. A person should feel great in clothes. Tonight anyone who laid eyes on Leslie Jones could tell she felt like a queen. How did she feel about Christian Siriano coming to her aid? She said,

“I want to thank my baby Christian Siriano for making me this fabulous gown and for my wonderful stylist for putting this look together!”

Great job by all involved in Leslie’s Hollywood premiere ensemble. She looked fabulous! Hopefully this is only the beginning in fashion. Maybe more designers will answer the call and make couture for the 90% of women in the world who are not a size 0-2.

Posted Notes: Christian Siriano is helping to change the fashion industry. This year he collaborated on a collection with Lane Bryant. Therefore, just another reason Leslie Jones looked drop dead gorgeous. Christian understands women with real bodies and knows exactly how to design for them. Go Christian!

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Beauty

Instagram’s Sassy J Shutdowns Her Beauty Shamers!

Arianne SuggsUpdated on April 13, 2016April 13, 2016Leave a Comment

Like many places, Instagram is not always the fun, pleasant locale for entertainment. In a world of views, comments, likes and dislikes many Igers feel free to say and express themselves in any way they desire. Even at the expense of hurting other’s feelings. Makeup connoisseur Jenae Toney aka Sassy J has experienced both sides of the Instagram coin. Basically, the good, the bad and the oh so ugly.

Jenae Toney “The Power of Makeup” Before and After

Sassy J is known for her dramatic beauty transformations and amazing makeup insider tips. Nevertheless, despite all of her gorgeous beauty contributions some have chosen to treat Sassy J quite cruelly. Everything from verbal insults to rumors as to her condition have all been spread due to the release of her before and after photos. Jenae is a very confident woman who will not to let any Instagram beauty shaming get the best of her. With one post Sassy J shutdown every single shamer for good! She stated,

“People spend a great deal of time assuming the worst when it’s not even as bad as people make it seem. Just to clarify I DO NOT have Alopecia, but what I do HAVE is ECZEMA which I suffered from growing up and even had it on my face quite bad to the point of not having brows. So there’s the TRUTH. Some of you have said such cruel things about me, some even said I have some type of cancer when I don’t. There’s things I can’t help and having brows is one of them.

I don’t want to get them tattooed either and I PREFER to draw them on, it’s a SELF PREFERENCE and I wish more people would respect that. With all the mean comments I get on my before/afters you’d think I’d fold under the pressure but I don’t. I’ve used it to my advantage and have used my Instagram platform for good and positivity.

While I always get bashed for simply being true to myself, some of you be so quick to praise the fake and that’s ok. But no matter [how] much negativity I get, I take the positivity and use that to allow me to flourish and continue to do what I do. I’m my OWN TYPE OF BEAUTY, I’m no IG BEAUTY and I’m happy that I’m not. No, that does not make me better because I believe we are all equals but know I do ME and that’s how it will ALWAYS BE.”

Very well said Sassy J! Jenae Toney is an inspiration to all girls and women who have ever endured negativity on any social media platform. Jenae has made the decision to be the beautiful, confident being that she is regardless of what others may perceive or think about her. A very wise, classy and sophisticated move. As she mentioned we are all equals so there is really no reason to put each other down. Instead lets embrace the beauty and talents that we all possess and be possitive. Life is short and misery loves company and who really wants to sit a table with people like that?

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Beauty

India Westbrooks Flawless Turning 20 Photoshoot Makeup

Arianne SuggsUpdated on March 12, 2020February 3, 2016

India Love aka India Westbrooks has become famous for her fab style and sassy photo shoots. India Westbrooks helped start the trend of being “IG famous” and truly making a career from social media. She has now amassed a whopping 2 million fans and her influence is only growing. India Westbrooks and her fashionable sisters were even tapped to have their own show, The Westbrooks, on BET network which helped solidify them as an unstoppable family of strong businesswomen.

With a quick glance over her photos on the Gram it is clear that India is beautiful even without makeup, but of course we love when she decides to get a little more fancy with it. Recently, India Westbrooks was apart of a major photo shoot to help her celebrate leaving her teens behind and turning 20. Yes, it is hard to believe that India Westbrooks is only 20 years old given all that she has accomplished. Nevertheless, we have to face facts that one of our favorite baby girls from Instagram is all grown up. We’ll dive into her furry fashion for the shoot in an upcoming post but for now lets just talk cosmetics!

Get the Look

Want to get her flawless photo shoot look? India’s MUA (makeup artist) for the shoot revealed all; here is the turning 20 beauty cheat sheet:

FOUNDATION: Becca Cosmetics in Tan

BROWS: Anastasia of Beverly Hills Dip Brow in Chocolate

EYES: 350 Palette by Morphe

HIGHLIGHT: Tarte Cosmetics Creaseless Concealer in Tan Set With Translucent Powder by Laura Mercier

GLOW: Opal by Becca Cosmetics

LIPS: Anastasia of Beverly Hills Sunset Strip

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Beauty

RHOA’s Porsha Williams Slays LA For Celebrity Apprentice

Arianne SuggsUpdated on February 4, 2016January 28, 2016Leave a Comment

Welcome to Los Angeles Porsha, happy to have you! Williams who is always about her business has come to LA in order to partake in a new project which is to be led by a former governor of the great state of California. Porsha has been selected to join sixteen other celebrities on the revived Celebrity Apprentice television show. Hold tight entertainment lovers we will have more details on the show later today!

For now we want to focus on all the slayage Williams has blessed the Golden State with this morning. Porsha indulged in white couture and absolutely flawless makeup. Immediately we took note of her dazzling eyes that popped and shined as bright as her red hot career. Moreover, if you love sparkle but don’t want to look like you went too far with stolen pixie dust from a Disney princess try a more muted approach with a glitter lip. Not only will your lips look seductively kissable but you will add a tiny bit of drama to your makeup look without going overboard.

Love her full set of voluminous and lengthy eyelashes? For her big Celebrity Apprentice debut Porsha donned Lilly Lashes in Miami. Miami is part of Lilly Lashes’ 3-D Mink Lashes Collection and retails for $29.99. Get yours now before its too late at www.lillylashes.com.

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Beauty

Late Night Beauty Call: Fantasia

Arianne Suggs December 5, 2015December 5, 2015Leave a Comment

As soon as we saw this gorgeous photo, all of our jaws dropped clear to the floor! Fantasia, excuse us Mrs. Taylor if you follow her on the gram, looked like a bag of money with eyelashes popping, eyebrows fleeking and lips on one like what! Truth Is we want to steal her look A to the S with an AP.

There was so much to love about this makeup look including how understated it is, yet still manages to exude drama. One thing that can always seem to bring a makeup application down is a lack of blending. However, Fantasia’s makeup was blended to perfection giving her an overall flawless look. Moreover, besides not having a blemish in sight we loved the hints of well-placed highlighter that made her glow like the queen’s Crown Jewels. Whew! Fantasia girl, you better work!

Our beauty’s Instagram: @tasiasword

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Ad Campaigns and Fashion Editorials

Model Alexis Primous Goes From Instagram to W Magazine Editorial!

Arianne SuggsUpdated on August 18, 2015August 18, 2015Leave a Comment

With the world becoming more visual and smaller due to social media many hopefuls hope to be seen as well as discovered. Our feature photographer was just mentioning how many times you will see IG bios including an email as well as the words, “Serious inquires only!” Moreover, what about the countless memes joking about males and females being models apart of the Instagram modeling agency?

Those scenarios and situations only highlight the dream of going from Instagram unknown to a major force to be reckoned with in the modeling world. Nevertheless, for one fortunate young lady that is exactly what happened! Model Alexis Primous took part in an Instagram model search that was conducted in behalf of IMG Models as well as W Magazine. The search turned out to be fruitful giving girls from all over the chance to show off their modeling abilities instead of having to go to cities such as NYC or Los Angeles. Alexis hails from Florida proving that a Instagram contest can discover talent in all places quickly.

Primous beat out hundreds of hopefuls in order to star in her very first editorial. Looking at the photos of her shoot will amaze you by her talent level rendering her a complete natural in front of the camera. Alexis poses like a vet so that it is so hard to believe that it was her first shoot ever.

Alexis Primous’ editorial is solidifying her as a promising new face in the modeling industry. Her editorial which can be found in the September issue of W mag is 14 pages deep. The shoot was styled by the fab Edward Enninful and lensed by Mario Sorrenti.

Editorial Notes:

Fashions Worn– Dior, Chloé and Miu Miu

Hair– Recine

Makeup– Yadim

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Lifestyle

Instagram Selfie Tip

Alicia Suggs June 29, 2015June 29, 2015Leave a Comment

We all have about a 100 selfies in our phone from that day that we thought we looked extra fly. Then we try to recreate that same amaziness and we just come out looking like something from outerspace. Well here are some Instagram selfie tips that will always give you that perfect shot.

To get that powerful picture just don’t look at the lens, but see through it. See what kind of makeup works best for you; make your eyes look big, fresh, and beautiful.
Bring about a spirit of playfulness to your selfie. The picture must be fun and not uptight.
A good selfie needs good lighting so search for the most flattering light