TARA 101: IVORY CREAM PINK NAILS ARE A MUST.

WHEN IT COMES, TO MY NAILS, I AM NOT ONE FOR CHANGE. THE ONE THING ABOUT BLOGGING, MY NAILS, IS IT HAS ALLOWED ME, TO ACCEPT THAT CHANGE, IS ALRIGHT. ITS OKAY, TO PLAY, WITH A DIFFERENT SHADE OF THE SAME COLOR AND FOR ME THATS PINKS AND BLUES, AND PEACOCK BLUES. WHATEVER COLOR, THAT YOU PICK, CAN BE STILL IN RANGE, TO STAYING TRUE, TO YOURSELF, AND YOUR PERSONALITY. I KNOW ME, BETTER THAN ANYONE, AND I KNOW, ONE THING ABOUT MYSELF, I’M SURE OF, I LOOOOOVE BARBIE-PINK.

 I FEEL, LIKE THE DIFFERENT SHADES, OF BARBIE-PINK, BEST REPRESENTS ME. AND IS BOLD, AGAINST THE COMPLEXION, OF MY SKIN, SO MUCH, THAT I LOOKED, AT LIGHTER SHADES, OF BABY-PINK, PASTEL-PINKS, UNMEASURABLE, THAT I DON’T GIVE A SECOND CHANCE. 

THESE PICTURES, PICTURED ABOVE, ARE OLD AND NEW, I WORE THIS BEAUTIFUL BALLERINA MILKY PINK, ONE TIME BEFORE, AND NEVER WENT BACK, TO WEARING IT AGAIN, BECAUSE I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE, IT WAS BARBIE ENOUGH. FAST FORWARD, TO A COUPLE, OF DAYS AGO, GETTING MY NAILS DONE, AND I RAN ACROSS, THIS PRETTY SHADE OF PINK, AND THAT’S WHEN I REALIZED, THAT BABY PINKS, AND PASTEL PINKS, ARE NOTHING, BUT LIGHTER SHADES, OF BARBIE PINKS. THEY ARE BARBIE PINKS TOO. INSTEAD OF GIVING, OF A BOLD PIGMENTED LOOK, IT GIVES OFF, A BOLD, BRIGHT, SOFT COLOR LOOK.

 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I REALIZED, THAT ALL SHADES, OF PINK, REPRESENT, TO BE CLASSIFIED, AS BARBIE-PINK. WHEN I THINK ABOUT, THE BARBIE DOLL, BARBIE WEARS ALL SHADES, OF PINK. THE COLOR PINK ITSELF, IS JUST BARBIE PERIOD. SO I DECIDED, TO GIVE THIS COLOR, A CHANCE, AND NOW I WANT, IT ON MY NAILS, FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, BECAUSE I LOVE THAT ITS BOLD, AGAI.NST MY SKIN BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS SOFT BARBIE-PINK, KNOWS HOW TO CATCH YOUR EYE, AND ATTENTION. BECAUSE BABY-PINKS, ARE BEAUTIFUL TOO!

TARA 101: THIS GIRL WILL ALWAYS ROCK AALIYAH AND SELENA MERCH. MY TWO FAVORITE SINGERS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. COMMENT YOUR FAVORITE AALIYAH SONG AND LOOK THAT THE FASHION ICON WORE.

SO TO WRAP UP MY LATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, OF WHAT ALL I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS 2024. AND FINALLY FINDING THE TIME TO BLOG IT. I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS BARBIE PINK AALIYAH GRAPHIC TEE. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SHIRT! AND HOPE TO FIND MORE AALIYAH MERCH. MY FAVORITE AALIYAH SONGS IS “ARE YOU THAT SOMEBODY” AND “ROCK THE BOAT.” I WAS SO LITTLE WHEN SHE WAS POPULAR AND LIVING. I JUST REMEMBER LOOKING UP TO HER AS A LITTLE BLACK GIRL AND NOW REALIZING REPRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING. AND I FEEL THAT AALIYAH AND SELENA ARE SO ANGELIC AND SWEET ROLE MODELS.

TARA 101: UGGS WILL ALWAYS BE THE IT SHOE FOR FALL AND WINTER HANDS DOWN. COMMENT YOUR FAVORITE UGG BOOTS, SHOES, ETC. LET’S VIBE.

THERE’S SOMETHING SO VERSATILE, ABOUT THE MANY STYLES, AND COLORS, OF UGGS. (WHETHER THAT BE UGG BOOTS, MULES OR SLIPPERS) THEY ARE PERFECT FOR THE FALL AND WINTER. RIGHT NOW IM, ROCKING UGGS CLASSIC SHORT IN BARBIE-PINK. COMMENT WHAT STYLE OF UGG SHOE YOU ARE WEARING FOR THIS FALL/WINTER SEASON. LET’S VIBE.

TARA 101: JULY 21ST BABY OH AND BARBIE-PINK PURPULAH.

ONE THING ABOUT ME, I’M SURE OF, IS MY LOVE FOR PINK. AND MY HATE FOR PURPLE. I HATE THE COLOR PURPLE. I’VE ALWAYS HAVE. THE ONLY SHADES OF PURPLE, THAT I LIKE, THAT I CONSIDER, PINK-PIGMENTED BLUES, AS PLUTUVAH IS LAVENDER AND LILAC. SO, WHEN I CAME ACROSS, FLIPPING THROUGH SWATCHES, AT THE NAIL SALON, THIS PARTICULAR, SHADE OF PINK, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, AND EAGERNESS, TO TRY IT. I KNEW I HAD A NEW SHADE, OF BARBIE-PINK AND BARBIE-LAVENDER, THAT I BECAME OBSESSED WITH. 

I LIKE THE TONES OF LAVENDER, AND LILAC, THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH DIFFERENT ANGLES, AND THE DIFFERENT SHADES, OF PINKURPULAH, IS THE NAME, I CALL THIS COLOR AND PLUTUVAH. BECAUSE IT’S AS CLOSE ENOUGH, FOR ME TO HAVE A REASON, TO EVEN LIKE PURPLE. 

I LIKE THAT THIS COLOR. NOT ONLY MAKES ME THINK, OF BARBIE. BUT MAKES ME THINK, OF EVERY SUGARY, PASTRY, AND SWEETS OF CANDY. THAT IS THIS COLOR, INFUSES OF RADIATING, LIKE CUPCAKE FROSTING. I LIKE THAT THIS PINK, IT COMBINES THE BEST HUES, OF LAVENDER, AND LILAC, TOGETHER WITH PINK. TO WHERE IT CAN BE, CLASSIFIED AS ARE YOU READY FOR THIS: BARBIE-PURPLE. THAT WAS HARD, FOR ME TO SAY LOL. BARBIE PINKURPULAH. BARBIE-LAVENDER. LOVE THIS COLOR, SO MUCH. I LIKE THAT IT COMBINES, ALL THE SHADES OF EVERY PINK, I LIKE, FOR A DYNAMIC DUO, WITH THE BEST, OF THE SOFTER PASTEL, OF PURPLE.

TARA 101: GOD’S WORDS ARE THE ONLY WORDS THAT MATTER.

TARA AND YESHUA 101: LET GOD’S WORDS, BE THE WORDS, THAT DEFINE YOU AND OVERRULE YOUR IDOLS. ALLOW YESHUA AND ALLAH TO BREATHE LIFE INTO YOU.

MY JEWISH FATHER YESHUA, (JESUS) IS THE REASON, WHY I AM NO LONGER ASHAMED, OF MY HAIR. AND WHY I ENJOY CARING FOR MY TEXTURED, GRADE OF HAIR. WHAT LITTLE I REMEMBER, OF MY CHILDHOOD, MY HAIR WAS ALWAYS AN EMBARRASSING, ATTRIBUTE, WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND MY FAMILY, BECAUSE IS WASN’T CONSIDERED, IN MY MOTHER’S WORDS: GOOD GRADE OF HAIR, MANAGABLE, THE RIGHT TYPE OF HAIR, THAT SHOULD BE PERMED, AND NOT NATURAL, LIKE COUSINS, AND MY MOTHER, AND AUNT, WHO ARE MIXED WITH NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE.

MY DAD IS THE ONE, WHO TOLD ME ENOUGH, OF HIDING MY HAIR, IN TWISTS AND BRAIDS, AND CHEMICALLY PROCESSING MY HAIR. THAT IS WAS TIME FOR ME, TO FACE THE UGLY TRUTH, THIS BEING THE SECOND TIME I WENT NATURAL. BUT THE TRUTH, OF IT ALL, THAT MY HAIR, MY NOT BE ACCEPTED, OR CONSIDERED “GOOD HAIR”, “BEAUTIFUL HAIR”, BUT IT WAS TIME TO LOVE IT ANYWAY, AND CARE FOR IT, WITH PRIDE AND COMPASSION.  

SO, ALL BLESSINGS, TO THE HIGHEST ALLAH, GOD WHO IS MY FATHER’S FATHER. I NOW ENJLOY MY NIGHTIME HAIR ROUTINE. AND I DONT ALLOW MYSELF TO THINK, OF WHAT OTHERS WITHIN A CERTAIN RACE, OF ETHNICITIES, THINK OF MY HAIR, OR SAY ABOUT IT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY DAD BREATHED LIFE INTO ME AGAIN, TO LOVE IT, AND CARE FOR IT, LIKE I DO FASHION, AND TAKE PRIDE IN HOW I DRESSED IN JR. HIGH, AND HIGHSCHOOL. AND HE USES TERMS, WHEN DESCRIBING MY HAIR AS PRETTY, SOFT, THICK AND FINE. AND AS LONG AS GOD, HAS AN OPINION OF MY HAIR, IT OVERRULES EVERYONE ELSES. TARA 101: THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD SAYS ALLAH, YESHUA, JESUS, NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO BEAT YOURSELF DOWN, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN.

TARA 101: SIGNATURE BARBIE PINKS, I ONLY ALLOW MYSELF TO WEAR. CHECK IT OUT.

TARA 101: HERE ARE THEIR PICTURES OF CERTAIN PINKS, I ONLY ALLOW MYSELF TO WEAR. I BELIEVE THERE ARE SEVEN SHADES OF BARBIE PINK RANGING TO THE HOTTEST AND BRIGHTEST TO THE MORE PIGMENTED AND LIGHTER, AND CREAMY-PIGMENTED BALLERINA BARBIE-PINKS. I AM VERY PICKY WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING OUT PINKS, AT THE NAIL SALONS. IF ITS NOT BRIGHT AGAINST MY DARK SKIN ITS NOT THE RIGHT PINK. IT HAS TO BE A PINK THAT I CAN LITERALLY TAKE MY IMAGINATION TO WHEN I USED TO PLAY WITH BARBIE DOLLS AS A CHILD. A PINK THATS SO PRETTY THAT I’M DRAWN TO WHERE I’M CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT MY NAILS, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, NOW THAT’S A BARBIE-PINK.