Author: TARA'S FASHION ADVICE

ONE THING I NOTICED IMMEDIATELY, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, THAT THE TYPE OF HAIR, YOU HAVE IN YOUR BLACK HOUSEHOLD, OR COMMUNITY, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, TO HOW YOUR PERCIEVED ETHNICALLY, AND RACIALLY, AND HOW YOUI ARE PERCIEVED TO SATAN’S IMPOSSIBLE BEAUTY STANDARDS. I’VE ALWAYS HAD MY HAIR, COMPARED TO FAMILY MEMBERS, AS BEING INFERIOR, A BAD GRADE OF HAIR, THAT HOLDS WATER, NAPPY. THAT WAS TO MUCH MAINTENANACE, AND THAT IT DIDN’T REQUIRE SELF WORTH, OR ATTENTIVENESS, IN CARING FOR IT. IT WAS SOMETHING OF A BURDEN, TO HAVE DONE, SOMETHBING THAT I WAS ASHAMED OF, AND THEN PEOPLE AND PEERS WITHIN YOUR RACE, FROM GRADE SCHOOL, COMPARING THEIR HAIR, AND INSULTING YOURS. AND IT REALLY MAKE YOU FEEL, LIKE LIFE JUST SUCKS IN YOUR WORLD. AND ITS NOT RIGHT, IN THE EYES OF GOD, VERY DISPLEASING, DISGUSTING CONCEPTS. ITS SPITEFUL, ITS EVIL, TO THINK, AND LIVE UP TO THESE CRITIQUES, OF HOW WE PERCIEVE, WHO IS BEAUTIFUL? WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL? THE DIFFERENT RANKINGS, OF HAIR TYPES, THE DIFFERENT RANKINGs, OF WORDS, TO EXPRESS BEAUTY, OR SOMEONES ETHNICITY, WITH ASSUMPTION, OF JUDGEMENT FAIR AND LIGHTER COMPLECTED TO DEEP AND DARK COMPLECTED. THIS WORLD HAS REALLY ALLOWED THE ADVESARY, TO BE VERY PROMINENT, IN NEGATIVITY, WORSHIPPING THE WORDS AND IDEALS OF SATAN. ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND OTHER RACES OF COLOR. SO TAKE A MOMENT, AND THINK ABOUT, WHATS BEING DISCUSSED, AND REFLECT IN THINGS, YOU HAVE SAID TO OTHERS, OR WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID TO YOU, AND YOU ASK YOURSELF, HOW WOULD GOD, A MAN OF ALL ETHNICITES, FEEL ABOUT THE IGNORANCE?

HERES WHAT GOD EMPHASIZES TO ME, THAT WELL RATHER GOD, HAS TAUGHT ME, THROUGH PRAYER. TO BE MORE ATTENTIVE, AND GENTLE, AND CARING, TO MY HAIR, DESPITE WHAT OTHERS SAY, OR HAVE SAID, OR WHAT OTHERS PERCIEVE AS PRETTY OR UGLY OF ME. BLOCK ALL OF THAT OUT AND RECOGNIZE, THAT YOUR HAIR IS A SPIRIT. DON’T HURT IT INSULTING IT, OR HATING IT, BECAUSE OF WHAT SOMEONE HAS SAID TO YOU. THEY ARE NOT THE BEING OF GOD, WHO CREATED YOU, OR YOUR HAIR, OR YOUR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, AND SKIN, BELONGING TO YOUR CULTURE ETHNICITY, OR RACE. GOD IS INDEED, ON HIS WAY BACK, AND ITS REALLY TIME, FOR SO MANY IN THIS WORLD, INCLUDING MYSELF, TO REFLECT ON THINGS, THAT FEED OUR SPIRITS POSITIVITY, AND LIGHT, AND NOT HATE, IGNORANCE, NEGATIVITY, AND DARKNESS, OF THE ENEMY.

YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY OF GLASSES, THERE ARE IN THE WORLD, AND THEY JUST ALL FEEL THE SAME. I HAVE MANY GLASSES, PINK GLASSES, AND BLUE GLASSES. BUT IF I COULD SAY OUT OF ALL MY GLASSES, THAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE ME, WOULD HAVE TO BE, THESE BARBIE PINK CATEYE GLASSES. THEY INCORPORATE, ONE OF TWO OF MY FAVORITE SHADES, OF BARBIE PINK. THE MAKE ME FEEL PINKY, I SHOULD SAY, AND GIRLY, AND GOD REMIN DER THAT THEIRE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH WEARING GLASSES. I ESPECIALLY, LIKE TO PLAY AROUND, WITH DIFFERENT PINK HUES, AND SHADES OF THE DEEPEST OF MAGENTAS, OF PLEATED TURBAN HEADWRAPS, PICTURED FIRST, TO THE FAR LEFT. TO HOT BARBIE PINKS, AND BRIGHT BARBIE PINKS, PAIRED WITH MY GLASSES. GOD IS TEACHING ME, THAT BEAUTY ISNT ALL ABOUT, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR, AND WHAT YOU THINK, OF YOUR OUTER APPEARANCE, NOR WHATS BEEN TOLD, AND SAID ABOUT YOU. ITS ABOUT WHAT MAKES YOU, FEEL LIKE YOU, AND EMBRACING THE THINGS, YOU LEARN TO ACCEPT, ABOUT YOURSELF AND BEING ATTENTIVE, TO THAT. GOD IS TEACHING ME, TO EMBRACE MY DARK BLACK HAIR, WITH MY COLORED OMBRE BLONDE. RATHER THAN RETOUCING IT UP, WITH BLONDE. I AM GOING TO EMBRACE MY DARK HAIR, AS THE BLONDE GROWS OUT, AND LEARN TO EMBRACE, THE CARE OF IT, AND THE CULTURES BEHIND IT, FROM MY AB’BAH.

THIS IS DEFINITELY AN OUT OF THE ORDINARY LOOK, FOR MIROSLAVA DUMA. ITS A DRESSED DOWN, EDGY, TOMBOY OUTFIT, THAT I ALSO AM VERSATILE, AND FAMILIAR WITH. LET’S DISCUSS, WHAT SHE IS WEARING. MIROSLAVA DUMA IS WEARING A BLACK GRAPHIC 2PAC HAT, WITH A BLACK DISTRESSED LEATHER JACKET, THAT SHE STYLED OVER A GREEN, WHITE, AND BLACK COLORBLOCK HOODIE, WITH BLACK LEGGIINGS. IT IS UNSPECIFIED, WHAT SHOES, SHE IS WEARING, I’M THINKING MAYBE SNEAKERS. FOR HER ACCESSORIES, AND JEWELRY, SHE PAIRED A BLACK LEATHER MINI BAG. I DECIDED TO RECREATE THE LOOK, OF THE HAT PAIRED WITH THE DISTRESSED BIKER LEATHER JACKET.

I PAIRED A BLUE AND BLACK, LA SNAPBACK, WITH ETSY CHROMATIICATHANDMADE, IRIDESCENT SEQUIN CHANDELIER EARRINGS, THAT I PAIRED WITH AN ACNE, DISTRESSED BIKER JACKET, OVER A MAGENTA-PINK BALENCIAGA HOODIE, WITH BLUE LETTERING, PAIRED WITH BLUE TONED PURPLE JOGGERS, BLUE AND WHITE THIGH HIGH SOCKS, WITH BLUE AND LAVENDER PURPLE, NIKE HIGHTOPS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND JEWELRY, I PAIRED A PURPLE WOOVEN, MARNI LOGO HANDBAG, WITH ETSY ALBUQUERQUEDESIGNS, TURQUOISE, AND CORAL STONE CUFF BRACELET.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS OUTFIT, FROM MIROSLAVA DUMA, NAILS IT FOR ME. I LOVE HER STYLE, OF DRESS. I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE ALOT OF SIMILARITIES, OF HOW I STYLE FASHION, THE WAY MIROSLAVA DUMA DOES. LET’S DISCUSS WHAT SHE IS WEARING. MIROSLAVA DUMA IS WEARING, A BROWN BELTED BLOUSE, WHITE FLORAL PRINT DRESS, WITH WHITE PUMPS. FOR HER ACCESSORIES, AND HER JEWELRY, SHE PAIRED A TAN BROWN, CROC-EFFECT HANDBAG, WITH DIAMOND DROP EARRINGS. I DECIDED TO RECREATE THIS LOOK, OF A WHITE PRINT FLORAL SKIRT. ITS MY FAVORITE FEATURE OF THIS DRESS. I LOVE THE BROWN FLORAL PRINT DETAIL, AGAINST THE WHITE PUMPS.

I PAIRED ETSY SCHMUCKTRUHE, RED CRYSTAL AND PEARL CHANDELIER EARRINGS, WITH A BLUMARINE, PINK CHIFFON BLOUSE, PAIRED WITH A DOLCE AND GABBANA, WHITE FLORAL PINK PRINT SKIRT, PAIRED WITH PINK TIGHTS, AND METALLIC ROSE-PINK ANKLE STRAP PLATFORM PUMPS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED A BAMBOO, NUDE PINK HANDBAG, WITH ETSY FASHIONCROWNSTORE, RED LACE TIE, BEADED CUFF BRACELET.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT LOOK, FROM MIROSLAVA DUMA. I LOVE THE COLOR, AND THE SHIMMERED GLITTER. LET’S DISCUSS, WHAT SHE IS WEARING, AND WHAT MY FAVORITE PIECE IS. MIROSLAVA DUMA IS WEARING, A BLUE PLAID PANTSUIT, THAT SHE PAIRED, WITH A MATCHING BLUE TURTLENECK TOP. SHE ACCESSORIZED, HER OUTFIT, WITH HER FOLDED STRUCTURED, BROWN CROC- EFFECT HANDBAG. MY FAVORITE PIECE, OF THIS OUTFIT, WOULD HAVE TO BE THE TURTLENECK SWEATER. IT MAKES A SIMPLE PANTS SUIT LOOK, SO CHIC.

I DECIDED, TO RECREATE THIS, OF A BLUE PANTS SUIT, AND A TURTLENECK TOP.

 I PAIRED A WHITE AND LAVENDER, BRIMMED FEDORA HAT, WITH ETSY ILONITI, LAVENDER DROP CHANDELIER EARRINGS, WITH A PEACOCK/TEAL, BLUE SUIT JACKET. THAT I PAIRED CLOSED, OVER A WHITE RIBBED TURTLENECK. AND A BROWN GUCCI MONOGRAM, WHITE BUCKLE BELT, AROUND THE TORSO. I PAIRED THE OUTFIT, WITH MATCHING PEACOCK/TEAL PANTS, SOFT BLUE TIGHTS, AND WHITE PATENT PUMPS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED A WHITE MINI HANDBAG, WITH AN ETSY BOURNEELITEJEWELRY, LAVENDER CRYSTAL JEWELED BRACELET.

THIS IS ANOTHER OUTFIT, BY MIROSLAVA DUMA, THAT I LIKE. IN FACT, I THINK I RECREATED THIS LOOK, IN A PREVIOUS POST, I COULDN’T REMEBER, SO I DECIDED TO RECREATE IT AGAIN. I LOVE HOW MIROSLAVA DUMA, DRESSES WHEN ITS PARIS FASHION WEEK. LET’S GET INTO WHAT, SHE’S WEARING. MIROSLAVA DUMA IS PICTURED, WEARING A BELTED FLORAL COAT, THAT SHE IS WEARING AS A DRESS, SHE PAIRED THIS BEAUTIFUL COAT, WITH ORANGE SUEDE PUMPS. SHE ACCESSORIZED HER LOOK, WITH BLACK BRACELETS, AND GOLD STACKED RINGS.

MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS LOOK, IS THE DETAIL, OF THE COAT, THE COLORS, PAIRED UP AGAINST THE ORANGE. I DECIDED, TO RECREATE THIS LOOK. 

I PAIRED PURPLE SUNGLASSES, WITH ETSY LITTLEBRILLINTBITS PEARL CHANDELIER EARRINGS, WITH A PIERRE LOUIS MASCIA, BLUEPRINT BELTED COAT, THAT I PAIRED, WITH BLUE TIGHTS, AND WHITE, PATENT PEARL EMBELLISHED PUMPS. FOR THE REST, OF THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED ETSY JETCOUTUREJEWELS, PEARL CHUNKY VINTAGE BRACELETS, THAT WILL BE WORN TOGETHER, ON ONE HAND.

WHEN I THINK OF BODYCOLOGY SCENTS, THEIR BODY CREAMS, FRAGRANCE MISTS, I AUTOMATICALLY THINK OF MY FAVORITE STORE, BATH AND BODY WORKS, BECAUSE THEIR THAT STRONG, AND FRAGRANT, AND ALL-DAY MOISTURIZING, LIKE THE BATH AND BODY WORKS SCENTS. MY FAVORITE SCENTS, FROM BODYCOLOGY, WOULD HAVE TO BE:

1. WHIPPED VANILLA
2. PINK VANILLA WISH
3. STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE

MY FAVORITE BATH AND BODY WORKS SCENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE

1. SWEET PEA
2. PINK SUGARPLUM
3. WHIPPED BERRY MERINGUE
4. VANILLA CONFETTI SPARKLE
5. CREAM PEACH PROSECCO MACAROON
6. WILD BERRY TULIPS
7. ICED SUGARPLUM
8. CHERRY BLOSSOM
9. RASPBERRY AND SWEET MINT
10. PINK CHIFFON
11. VELVET SUGAR

AND BASICALLY, THESE BODYCOLOGY SCENTS, REMIND ME OF, MY BATH AND BODY WORK FAVORITES.

OKAY YOU READY, FOR THIS. HERE GOES NOTHING. THIS OUTFIT, THIS OUTFIT, THIS OUTFIT, THIS OUTFIT, MIROSLAVA DUMA IS WEARING, RANKS NUMBER 1, OUT OF MANY OUTFITS, I HAVE RECREATED, FROM HER. AND OUT OF MANY OUTFITS, I ADMIRE OF HER’S. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID LET’S GET INTO DISCUSSING WHAT SHE IS WEARING. 

MIROSLAVA DUMA IS WEARING, A PUFF SHOULDER, BLACK FELT COLLARED, GREY WOOL MINI DRESS, THAT SHE PAIRED, WITH BLACK THIGH-HIGH BOOTS.  FOR HER CHOICE, OF JEWELRY, SHE PAIIRED PEARL EARRINGS, WITH A MATCHING PEARL RING. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, THE DETAIL, OF THIS DRESS, ESPECIALLY THE FELT TEXTURE AND COLOR OF THE BLACK COLLAR UP AGAINST THE GREY WOOL. I LOVE IT SO MUCH, I WOULD ACTUALLY, WEAR AN OUTFIT LIKE THIS. BUT THIS DRESS, IS SO FUNKY, IT’S SO VINTAGE, AND IT’S SO CHIC. WHICH IS WHY, THIS IS MY FAVORITE NUMBER 1, OUTFIT OUT OF MY LIST OF OUTFITS, FROM MIROSLAVA DUMA 

LET’S GET INTO HOW I RECREATED IT. I PAIRED ETSY GLAMDUCHESS, CRYSTAL CLEAR DROP EARRINGS, WITH A SOFT BARBIE PINK LIPSTICK, PAIRED WITH A GLAMDUCHESS, SILVER CRYSTAL, JEWELED CHOKER NECKLACE. THAT I PAIRED, WITH AN CRYSTAL, EMEBELLISHED, BLACK PUFF-SHOULDER VELVET DRESS. THAT I PAIRED, WITH BLACK TIGHTS, AND SILVER ANKLE-STRAP, PLATFORM SANDAL HEELS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, I PAIRED A SILVER GLOSSY CLUTCH BAG. 

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE, OF MY FAVORITE LOOKS, FROM MIROSLAVA DUMA, THIS OUTFIT, IS SO UNPREDEICTABLE, AND THAT IS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT. LET’S GET INTO WHAT MIROSLAVA DUMA, IS WEARING. MIROSLAVA DUMA IS PICTURED WEARING, A WHITE AND NAVY-BLUE STRIPED SHIRT, THAT SHE PAIRED, TUCKED INTO, A YELLOW CREPE SKIRT, WITH NAVY-BLUE TIGHTS, AND HER SIGNATURE BLACK CORK PLATFORMS. FOR HER ACCESSORIES, AND JEWELRY, SHE PAIRED A GREEN, CHANEL BOX CLUTCH. 

I DECIDED TO RECREATE THIS LOOK. THE STRIPED TOP, WITH AN OUT OF, THE ORDINARY, COLORED DETAILED SKIRT.

I PAIRED ETSY ALASKADAISY, BLUE IRIDESCENT CRYSTAL CHANDELIER EARRINGS, WITH A FRAME DENIM, WHITE AND BLACK CREWNECK SWEATER. THAT WILL BE TUCKED INTO, A BROWN LEATHER HIGH-WAISTED MINI SKIRT, WITH SLITS, ON BOTH SIDES, OF THE SKIRT. THAT I PAIRED, WITH BLACK, BLUE-TONED TIGHTS, AND METALLIC-BLUE ANKLE STRAP, PLATFORM PUMPS.

 FOR THE REST OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED A METALLIC BLUE, CRYSTAL EMBELLISHED CLUTCH, WITH ETSY NEWJEWELSHOP, TURQUOISE MARBLE BLUE CUFF BRACELET, ON ONE HAND. AND ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED ETSY 925USA, TURQUOISE STONE CUFF BRACELET.

I THINK MIROSLAVA DUMA, JUST PROVED, THAT THIS CLASSY, EDGY PRINT, JUST NEVER GETS OLD. LET’S DISCUSS, WHAT SHE IS WEARING, SHALL WE.

MIROSLAVA DUMA, IS PICTURED WEARING, A BLACK CROPPED SHIRT, THAT SHE PAIRED, WITH A PLAID TARTAN SKIRT, AND BLACK SANDAL PLATFORMS. FOR HER ACCESSORIES, AND JEWELRY, SHE PAIRED, A BLACK HANDBAG, AND A BLACK BRACELET. 

I DECIDED, TO RECREATE THIS EDGY LOOK, OF THE PLAID, TARTAN PRINT, OF THE SKIRT. I PAIRED BLUE SUNGLASSES, WITH ETSY HEYSPARKLY, BLUE SAPPHIRE CHANDELIER EARRINGS, UP AGAINST A FREDERICK ANDERSON PASTEL GREEN TWEED JACKET, WORN OPEN OVER A PACO RABANNE, LEOPARD PRINT CROPPED TOP. THAT I PAIRED, WITH A ROBERTO CAVALLI, RED TARTAN PRINT, AND LEOPARD PRINT SKIRT. I PAIRED IT WITH SOFT MINT-GREEN TIGHTS, AND JERSEY-KNOT ANKLE-STRAP POINTED TOE PUMPS. 

FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED A GREEN SICILY HANDBAG, WITH A MULTI-COLOR PRINT SCARF, AROUND THE HANDLE, OF THE BAG. THAT I PAIRED, WITH ETSY CREATIVEGEMSTUDIO, BLUE SAPPHIRE, BEAD STACKED BRACELETS.