trend-report: playful baubles

Yazbukey brooches and necklace

Double dose─ when it comes to luck, its often expressed; three times a charm. Well in this report two times is delightful!. While doing some blog browsing, I scrolled upon a street style photo of a congenially chic women ─Michelle Harper─posing against a vehicle on two au courant blog sites, The Cut and StreetPeeper. But as customary, it wasn’t the probable. Most would ponder that I was obsessing over her mode approach, when contrarily this eye of the beholder found herself fastened at the picturesque necklace adorning Mrs. Harper’s neckline; while shadowing her peek-a-boo see-through mesh top. Fortuitously; photographer Phil Oh of StreetPeeper disclosed the designer(s) of the animated bauble─ Yazbukey─which put an au fait smile across my face.  The dynamic duo are sisters; Yaz and Emel of ‘Mehmet Ali Pasha, King of Egypt’. Presently dwelling in Paris; the decorative dual are constructing an assortment of whimsically quirky pieces. 

 Visit www.shop.yazbukey.com

beauty index: triple play



1. new Rimmel Lash Accelerator, 2. new Covergirl Lashblast Fusion, 3. newMaybelline Volum' Express The Falsies

Stay true to your natural lashes─ skip the glue, promote the growth. Give your pretty winkers a voluminous boost with three NEW marvelous mascaras, each formulated to promote longer, ample lashes without the falsely fuss.  Rimmel New lash Accelerator ─instantly elongates lashes up to 80% within a 30 day trial period; its strengthening technique elevates lashes up to 117% after 30 days. Maybelline Volum’ Express The Falsies─ is enriched with Kera-fiber, advancing 8x more volume minus the clumps, its singular wand is designed to divide each lash granting the look of 300% more lashes. Covergirl Lashblast Fusion ─is Covergirl's 1st Volume +Length mascara augmented with a fiberstretch formula; including a colossal brush fortified to produce lavish lashes. Now it’s time for a lashful game of true or false, which beauty preference will you choose?

minx, mani's & mimosas, oh my!



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designer update: october's own ' happy 21st birthday MW!

photo courtesy of www.sequinsofevents.com

Ambitious girl─within a year; with drive & dreams, your entire world can evolve, fashion designer/blogger Moneysha Walker- Moneyontherockks designs, is the epitome of revolutionary. I can recall the first time I met Ms. Walker , it was in 2008 through the former cyber hot-spot─ myspace.com, her profile photo at the time was a (self -designed) denim frock that hinted all things flirtatiously chic. We briefly chatted via inbox establishing a defined understanding of each other’s present aspirations. Threading forward─ in 2009 after viewing MW designs, Walker and I collaborated for an interview following the launching of beenalabella.com, it was my first feature designer ─April 2009 behind the seams: moneyontherockks. Poshly present─ Walker has clicked her 7 inch heels in a manifold of smart foundations, (grab a pen & pad aspiring fashion designers, time to take notes).

themagazine(ok) features beenalabella.com

Open publication - Free publishing - More fashion

beenalabella.com had the honor of being featured in the October 2010 issue of the monthly art/fashion webzine─ themagazine(ok), pg80-81; belle of the ball: blogger beenalabella breaks it down. It was an absolute pleasure being interviewed by the Editor in Chief/Creator of themagazine(ok)─Faith Bowman. I formerly met Faith at the Chictopia10 media tech summit in September 2010; when she snapped a photo of me during the event, her candid directorial is what inveigled me. She didn’t want the generic picture-ready guise, she opted for an effortless yet organic stance. I would like to thank the magazine(ok) once again for the amazing feature. To view the interview click on the page (above) and the article will enlarge, click on arrows to view next page.