Angela Simmons and her super cute baby bump presented and closed the Vipe Activewear fashion show hosted by Kia and Style360 at the Metropolitan West during New York Fashion Week on Tuesday.
Sat down with legendary Radio/TV personality Sway Calloway at the Viacom building in Times Square on Thursday (September 8th) to talk about his new BET talent series One Shot and how important it is to show support to those working their way up.
It was like sitting at a big dinner table with a bunch of your cousins waiting for your fabulous aunt to arrive with the goods: the good conversation, good insight, that good inspiration with a bit of history and ministry behind it.
Tuesday, August 30th – I had the pleasure of meeting one half of Dallas based production duo and real-life brothers Play N Skillz at a private dinner in their honor at Sofrito’s in East Harlem.
After a series of ‘heat advisory’ emails and start-time updates, the sweat was all worth it in the end to see Q-Tip, Pusha T, Desiigner, and Melly Mel.
The Knockturnal caught up with “Bazodee” cast and crew in Times Square’s Playstation Theater for the U.S. Premiere.
On the last leg of its seven-city tour, Tequila Herradura’s Casa Herradura made its final stop in New York City for a two-day media and consumer preview of Tequila Herradura for tequila aficionados.
With one day closer to Friday, it was a gifting experience at the ESSENCE and COLGATE OPTIC WHITE Best in Black Beauty 2016 Awards in NYC Thursday evening. Following a panel discussion with JASMINE SULLIVAN and ELLE VARNER, who spoke about their best beauty regimens earlier that day, other fabulous guests like actress TICHINA ARNOLD, TEYONAH PARRIS, and Fashion Bomb Daily’s CLAIRE SULMNERS dazzled on the red carpet at the carnival themed Awards celebration. The music was great, the carnival games were fun, and the shopping was the best. Attendees took home the trophies in the form of six personalized selections of a variety of ESSENCE Magazine elected winning beauty brands for hair, face & body, makeup and more.
ESSENCE, after awarding COLGATE OPTIC WHITE its “Easy Whitening Fix”, celebrated its recently released May issue at its annual awards event with specialty cocktails, cotton candy, an OPTIC WHITE photo installation where guests photos trended an Optic White photo-collaged wall with the #designersmile hashtag. The jerk flavored popcorn was a first for me at the Beauty carnival, but nothing as pleasant as my gift bag swag at the end of the night filled with all six items I chose from a list of over 30 hair, face & body, and makeup products. When added up, my swag bag could easily be worth more than a few hundred dollars with my selection of products. I tried not to indulge too much, but it was hard; hand-picked items essential for every feminine demand was on that list.
The KLEENEX FACIAL CLEANSING WIPES were my first try as I had to wait for my brand new TY-LITE (also in the bag) to charge before using – it was such a score and the wipes were pretty great at ridding my face of all makeup residue, even my mascara. Being the hair enthusiasts that I think myself to be, a BIO IONIC 10X PRO STYLING IRON was definitely on my list and also in my gift bag, along with the CHI ONYX EURO SHINE DRYER, and MORROCCANOIL TREATMENT. Trusting hair brands are hard to come by as a whole, let alone at inexpensive prices, better yet, free. A NYX OMBRE BLUSH, great for everyday and a box of COLGATE OPTIC WHITE toothpaste for that #designersmile. As an avid OPTIC WHITE user already, it was great to know that it was also an ESSENCE favorite. Other awesome brands like CAROL’S DAUGHTER, MISS JESSIE’S, IMAN COSMETICS and tons more were also on the list of giveaways, something for every woman.
Being one of the leading “lifestyle, fashion and beauty magazine for African-American women,” in 42 years, ESSENCE has stayed true to their motto when “speaking directly to a Black woman’s spirit, her heart and her unique concerns,” satisfying every category. For it must be said, being a black woman myself and woman overall, I am always looking for the next best beauty necessities – it takes a lot to maintain while taking care of business and making your dreams come true, and ESSENCE really delves into all that is necessary for a woman to move forward in every aspect of life.
Photo Credit: Terrence Jennings / terrencejennings.com
Swizz Beatz, Charli XCX, Hailee Steinfeld, Jimmy Napes, Emily King and more were all in attendance for the 20th Annual SESAC Pop Awards in New York City.
Ice Cube, Common, Cedric the Entertainer, Eve, and newbies Regina Hall and Nicki Minaj have the shop on fleek in its third franchise rendition, Barbershop: The Next Cut.