Sophy @ Trump

Photos: Marley Kate

Styling: Jessica Bobince

Tags: Marley Kate, My Work, Test, trump

DYNASTY ELECTRIC!!!

DYNASTY ELECTRIC video directed by Kareem Black KAREEMBLACK.COM , styled by Valissa Yoe VALISSAYOE.COM , Make up by Jillian Villafane JILLIANVILAFANE.COM , Audio Sweetening by Kat Diehl for Meowmix Productions MEOWMIXPRODUCTIONS.COM

Dynasty Electric “TURN IT ON” from kareem black on Vimeo.

Tags: Dynasty Electric, Kareem Black, Kat Diehl, Music Video, Valissa Yoe

Stila Loves the LA Lakers…Seriously?

Hmmm…

I can’t sleep, so I’m perusing the web and visiting all my favorite sites…

I go to the Stila website, and this GIANT image pops up:

I immediately think this is weird (Although I suppose it’s a great marketing idea, even if it seems like a rather strange collaboration), and I am dying to know if they actually wear this set.

Since I still can’t sleep, I did a little google search and came across this next picture:

OK…I will resist the urge to comment on their outfits, even though the outfits are even more of a quandary to me than the fact that Stila gave them their own cosmetic set.

Now about that make-up…

I am completely positive that they are not all wearing the ‘Stila Loves the Lakers‘ set.  This just isn’t possible.  However, what is possible is that they are in fact all wearing Stila cosmetics since it seems that Stila is the official 2009 make-up sponsor.

In any case, even though they might not all be wearing the colors and products featured in the set – It retails for only $36.00 and does have some great items (I love Stila smudge pots and convertible color) – So, maybe you should try it out anyway.

Tags: Lakers, Stila, Strange Collabo, Value Set

Slutty Spam: STOP

When I made the decision to update this blog regularly with content that might not always be about beauty, I have to admit I was a little nervous.  Sure my life is interesting, and I have a lot to say about a lot of random things…But, in the back of my mind I couldn’t help but wonder if I might run out of things to write about at some point.

40 thousand unique visitors come to this site every month (Not too shabby considering I maintain this site by myself) – Hundreds of you visit every single day – So, there is definitely a lot of pressure to be interesting and witty and, basically keep you coming back for more.

Blogging is a little bit like dating:  You want to be yourself, and as open and honest as possible…But you also want to make sure you’re appealing to the person that you’re communicating with.  And since 40 thousand of you are having a love affair with my blog, the pressure to keep it real and still be endearing is HIGH.

The only negative about maintaining a popular blog, is that the amount of spam in the comment section also increases…And in this particular case I think it’s gotten out of hand.

When I first started getting comment spam of the Viagra variety, I shrugged it off.  Shit happens, and someone in Mexico or Canada with way too much time is trying to make a buck and let the world know that they’ve got some low price, street market Viagra for sale.  I get it.  These are hard times – No pun intended.

But lately, the spam situation is out of control.  Not only are people leaving full on Romance Novel style entries in the comment section – But, they’re leaving them in OTHER LANGUAGES.

As someone who has always wanted to go international, this is not exactly what I had in mind. It’s also thoroughly annoying.

I thought I had a spam filter on the site, but apparently it’s not really doing anything and I’m not sure what else I can do to stop it.

With so many visitors I am getting tired of moderating each and every comment that comes through because it becomes hard to differentiate between the real comments and the spam when I’ve been clicking for 20 minutes on comments and marking 75% as spam.  After a while it becomes inevitable that I end up deleting a legitimate comment.  This is bad, because I really want my readers to be involved and feel like they’re part of the conversation.

If any of you have any ideas on how I can combat this, please leave your suggestions in the comment section…

Thanks!

Tags: aggrevation, Blogging, spam, Traffic

CHA-CHA-CHA-CHANGESSS!

So this blog is about a year old.  The new site isn’t quite at the year mark yet (Not until October), but the blog is (I migrated it over from blogspot).

I’ve decided going forward that I’m going to be blogging about anything and everything that I want.  As much as beauty is my passion, I’m also equally passionate abut my own life.  And if I’m going to be able to continue to update this blog regularly, I’m going to have to start including other content that isn’t always related to beauty.

And seriously, with every girl out there being a product whore, beauty blogs are a dime a dozen.  Sure my advice is ACES – I mean, I am a legit professional – But, why would you come here to read about the same products you could read about somewhere else.  Sure, I am way more interesting and entertaining than they are – But, I don’t like being like EVERYONE ELSE.

There will still be blogs about beauty.  It’s my job, it’s my passion, it’s the thing that pays my bills.  But, my love of beauty has been influenced by so much more than standard product reviews.  My life IS my work, and it’s in every single face that I create.  So why not write about the life experiences that have shaped the artist I’ve become?

I hope you’re not mad.

If you’re apprehensive about the switch, let me give you a few reasons why this change is going to be a GOOD thing:

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Tags: Changes