YESHUA AND TARA'S FASHION ADVICE 101

THERES SOMETHING, ABOUT HIJAB MODESTY, THAT REALLY SHAPES THE WORLD, OF FASHION. AS BEING MOST TRENDY, MOST VERSATILE, AND A TAKE ON HIGH-CLASS. THE BEAUTY IN MODESTY, OF FASHION. MODEST FASHION, WILL ALWAYS BE A VIBE, AND WILL ALWAYS BE A MOOD. EVEN THOUGH MY FATHER IS JEWISH, WHOM I’VE LEARNED, MY CUSTOMS FROM. EVEN THE JEWISH FAITH, CALLS FOR A TAKE, ON MODEST FASHION, SACRED MODESTY, FOR THE WOMEN, AS WELL, AS THE MEN STARTING AS A CHILD. I LIKE THAT YOU CAN PUT, PRETTY MUCH ANY ACCESSORY, OR STYLE, IN THE EQUATION, OF EVERYTHING. AND IT JUST NEVER, GETS OLD, AND NEVER WILL IT, EVER BE PLAYED OUT. WHEN THERE’S A MILLION WAYS, TO WEAR FROM ARABS, ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WHEN THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL MORALS, FAITHFUL REASONINGS, TO HAVE THE PRIDE TO WEAR, IN A COUNTRY, THAT DOES TEND, TO BE A LITTLE BIASED, AND JUDGEMENTAL, OF IT, WITHOUT KNOWING THE PAGES, OF THE BOOK.

SO HERE I STYLED, A WHITE HIJAB, WITH MILKY, CUPCAKE FROSTING, WHITE PEARLS, MY FAVORITE BARBIE GLAZED PINK LIPGLOSS, AND FOR A POP OF COLOR, MY HOT BARBIE PINK NAILS. FOR THE REST, OF THE JEWELRY, I CHOSE PIECES, THAT REMIND ME OF, THE JEWISH CULTURE, MY FATHER’S INTERPRETATION. I PAIRED IVORY-STONE, AND BED, AND MILKY, WHITE PEARL BRACELETS, STACK, AND MY NATURAL-TONE TOMS. I ALSO PAIRED, MY FAVORITE ACCESSORY OF THIS OUTFIT. MY BAG, THAT I CALL MY JEWISH TARA’ANANKORAH.

AND AS AN ACCESSORY, OF COURSE, I DIDN’T FORGET, THAT TIES THIS LOOK ALL TOGETHER, WOULD BE MY WHITE ROUND, CATEYE GLASSES. THE BRIGHTNESS, OF MY IVORY GLASSES, LEAVES ROOM FOR EVERY DETAIL, TO BE SEEN, TO BE ANALYZED, ON WHAT EXACTLY, IT IS DOING, AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS, WITH THIS OUTFIT, PIECE BY PIECE.

THIS HAS TO BE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE HEADWRAPS, OUT OF ALL THE HEADWRAPS, I HAVE.

SIMPLY BECAUSE, ITS BARBIE PINK, FLORAL ASIAN BARBIE PRINT, AND MATCHES EXACTLY, WITH MY FAVORITE, NERDY, BARBIE-PINK FRAMES. AT FIRST, IT WAS NO QUESTION, THAT I WAS GOING TO B, PUTTING SOME TRENDY GLASSES, WITH THIS OUTFIT, WHETHER THAT BE CATEYE FRAMES, (PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN MY POSTS) TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH HIJABS AND HEADWRAPS, OR SOMETHING SOFTER, IN PASTEL LIKE COLOR. I DECIDED TO RISK IT, AND DO THE OBVIOUS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES, PLAYING IT SAFE, DOING THE OBVIOUS TREND, ISN’T ALWAYS A BAD THING. IT MEANS, YOU KNOW YOUR PRINTS, AND COLORS, AND FASHION, DO’S AND DON’TS VERY WELL, ENOUGH TO PLAY IT SAFE. SO HERE WE GO:

SO I PAIRED, MY BARBIE PINK HEADWRAP, WITH BARBIE PINK GLASSES, AND BARBIE PINK TINTED LIPCOLOR BALM. I PAIRED THE OUTFIT, WITH A WHITE TOP, BURGUNDY HAREM PANTS, BALLERINA PINK TOMS, AND BARBIE-PINK TWO-TONE ACCENT NAILS, (THAT I MISS SO VERY MUCH RIGHT NOW.) SOMETHING ABOUT THE HEADWRAP, AND THE GLASSES, REALLY PULLS MY ATTENTION, IT MAKES THE SCARF, LOOK LIKE A PRETTY, BARBIE-PINK HAIR ACCESSORY, NOT ONLY FOR MODESTY, BUT WAYS MODESTY IS A PRETTY THING. AND THE GLASSES, HAVE THE AUDACITY, LOL TO PLAY THE ROLE, OF JEWERLY, WHEN THERE’S NO JEWELRY HERE. BUT MY PINK PEARL BRACELETS. BUT ITS FUNNY, HOW AN ACCESSORY, LIKE THAT BECOMES, AS SIMPLE, AS IF YOU ARE PAIRING, WITH JEWELRY. ALSO TAKING, THE PLACE, OF EARRINGS, LIKE THESE GLASSES DO.

TARA FASHION 101: ANOTHER THING, THAT’S GOING FOR THIS OUTFIT, IS THE FACT, I HAVE BARBIE PINK ASIAN FLORAL HEADWRAP, WITH ELEPHANT PRINT HAREM PANTS, CAN YOU SAY MIX AND MATCH. BUT NO SERIOUSLY, THE HIJAB AND THE PANTS, FORESHADOW, THE NEED, FOR SOMETHING SOFTER, TO BLEND THESE PRINTS, AND COLORS, AND HUES TOGETHER. AND THAT WOULD BE, THE PASTEL PINK TOMS. A SOFTER NOTE, THAT STILL SEEKS, TO BRING OUT, THE DETAIL OF THE PRINTS, PAIRED TOGETHER HERE, BUT ALSO SOFTENING, SO THAT EACH ELEMENT, GETS THE RIGHT PERCENTAGE, OF ATTENTION, TO PLAY A ROLE, OF DETAIL, AND HAVE A PLACE, AS AN ELEMENTAL ACCESSORY, IN THIS OUTFIT.

TARA 101: MAKEUP ISN’T JUST ABOUT TRYING, TO COVER UP THE FLAWS, THAT WE AS YOUNG WOMEN, PAY SO MUCH ATTENTION, OBSESSING OVER, OUR IMPERFECTIONS. WHEN OUR IMPERFECTIONS, IS WHAT SHINES, THROUGH THE MAKEUP, UNBEKNOWNST TO YOU. IT CAN BE THE FINISHING TOUCHES, AND POP OF COLOR TO YOUR OUTFIT AS WELL.

MY POINT WILL BE PROVEN, AS I GET INTO, WHAT I CHOSE TO GO WITH, MY FAVORITE, BRIGHT PINK FRAMES, THAT I PAIRED, WITH MATCHING HOT BARBIE-PINK NAILS. FOR THE LIPCOLOR/MAKEUP, I DECIDED TO PLAY OFF, THE WARM BRIGHT HUES, OF THE GLASSES, AND THE NAILS, AND GO WITH SOMETHING, A BIT HOTTER, THAN JUST HOT PINK. I WENT WITH A VERY HOT, HOT-PGIMENTED BARBIE LIPGLOSS, TO ADD A BURST, OF COLOR, AND TO BRING ATTENTION, WITH THE GLASSES. AND THE NAILS, BEING THE MAIN SOURCE, OF COLOR HERE, WITH A WHITE SHIRT, ADORNED IN MILKY WHITE PEARLS, AND IVORY WHITE JOGGERS. THE LIPSTICK, SETS THE STAGE, FOR THE GLASSES, TO BE ON DISPLAY. I THINK THAT’S MY FAVORITE PART, ABOUT THIS LIPGLOSS COLOR, PAIRED WITH PINK, IT MAGNIFIES, ANY COMPLIMENTARY ELEMENT, AGAINST THE OUTFIT, SO A MUST HAVE.

I THINK EVERY GIRL, SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 3 TUBES, OF DIFFERENT BARBIE LIPSTICKS, AND DIFFERENT SHADES OF BARBIE LIPGLOSSES. IF YOUR WANTING, A SUBDUED GLOSS, OF DIFFERENT SHADE, OF BARBIE, HOT-PINK, AND JUST BARBIE-PINK MIN GENERAL, IS A MUST, HAVE IN YOUR MAKEUP BAG. TARA 101: POINT PROVEN!

SO THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, I DID SOME JEWELRY SHOPPING, AND SHOE SHOPPING, AS WELL, AS BROWSING, AT TJMAXX, AND I FOUND, THESE MULTI-COLOR BEAD, GREEN AND PINK, GOLD BANGLE SET, AND IT IMMEDIATELY, MADE ME THINK, OF JUST A LITTLE GLIMPSE, INTO SOME, OF THE INDIAN JEWELRY, I KNOW, AND THAT I BLOG WITH. SO I HAD TO HAVE THEM. AND IVE BEEN INSEPERABLE, OF THEM SINCE. I PAIR MY MINT TINT NAILS, WITH THEM, FOR THE PERFECT COMBO, AND BURST OF COLOR. ONE DAY, I WANT TO HAVE INDIAN BANGLES. I KNOW THAT, INDIAN GOLD, IS VERY DARK, IT LOOKS REAL, UNLIKE THE GOLD, OVER HERE IN AMERICA. SO IM PRACTICING, WITH THESE BANGLES. MY MINT, PASTEL GREEN NAILS, REALLY BRING OUT, THE COLORS OF THE BANGLES. THIS COLOR, IS A MUST KEEP, FOR THE REMAINDER, OF SUMMER, MAYBE A DARKER GREEN LIKE TEA PICTURED ABOVE FOR THE FALL.

WHEN WE OFTEN THINK, OF OUR BIRTHDAY ONCE, YOU HIT YOUR TWENTIES, YOU THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE GROWN STUFF, PARTIES, THAT SATISFY, YOUR WISHES, AND EXPECTATIONS, FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY. BUT WHEN MY AB’BAH GOT ME, THE THINGS, I ENJOYED MOST, IN MY CHILDHOOD. IT MADE ME REALIZE, WHILE I ACTUALLY, HAVE A FATHER, THAT WANTS TO KNOW, WANTS TO GIFT ME, SENTIMENTAL THINGS, WANTS TO BE NICE, TO ME, AND BE A FRIEND. AND ALSO WANTS ME, TO KNOW, THOUGH I BE OF AGE, IN MY TWENTIES, AB’BAH WILL ALWAYS SEE ME, AS WHAT I ONCE WAS. AND THAT I SHOULD, SEE THAT SAME REFLECTION, IN ME, AND NOT COMPLETELY, LET THAT GO. SO THAT’S WHEN I REALIZED, ITS THE LITTLE THINGS, IN LIFE, WE DON’T SEE, AS THE BIGGER PICTURE, THAT ARE THE KEYS, TO PEACE, AND HAPPINESS, AND LOVE. AS WELL AS RECOUNTING YOURSELF, AND YOUR REFLECTION. YOU SHOULD, IN A WAY, STILL BE THAT KID, WHERE THE THINGS, THAT INTERESTED YOU, WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, GIVES YOU NOSTALGIA, AND REMINDS YOU EVERYTHING, YOU EVER LOVED ABOUT, THE LITTLE THINGS, IN THE PAST. THEY CAN BE WITH YOU, IN THE PRESENT. AS WELL, AS THE FUTURE. SO NOW LET’S GET STARTED, ON WHY THESE GIFTS, MAKE ME SMILE, AND EMOTIONAL. MY FATHER KNOWS, HOW MUCH I LOVE FASHION, CLOTHING, COSMETICS, BATH AND BODY, AND MAKEUP. SO THE BACKPACK, HAD ALL OF THESE THINGS, IN THERE, FOR ME TO OPEN, WITH A CARD, FROM MY ABBAH AS WELL. THIS IS THE BAG, A LINE OF MANY STYLES, THAT MY FATHER, KNOWS I LOVE. AND I AM EVER SO GRATEFUL, HE KNOWS MY TASTE, TO HAVE PICKED IT OUT FOR ME. NOW HERE’S THE EXCITING PART.

IN THE BAG, MY FATHER, PUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE BRANDS, OF LIP BALM AND MY FAVORITE FLAVOR, FROM EOS, BESIDES STRAWBERRY SORBET, AND SWEET MINT, BIRTHDAY CAKES EOS, EVOLUTION OF SMOOTH, LIP BALM SPHERE, AND LIPBALM STICK, AND IT SMELLS, JUST LIKED BAKED CAKE, SWEET CAKE FROSTING SUGAR, AND VANILLA. IT SMELLS SO GOO, IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY LOL. OF COURSE, HE HAD THEM IN THEIR PACKAGES. I’M THE ONE, THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WAITED, AND TOOK A PICTURE, OF THEM, IN THE PACKAGES, I JUST WAS EXCITED, TO OPEN THEM, AND SMELL MY BIRTHDAY CAKE EOS.

NEXT IN MY BAG, MY FATHER TOOK IT WAY, TO THE WAY BACK, MY FAVORITE STORE, IN THE MALL, AND STORE IN NORMAN. MY FAVORITE STORE IN GENERAL, I’VE BEEN WITHOUT, SINCE THE WHOLE COVID THING: BATH AND BODY WORKS! PICTURED ABOVE, I’VE TRIED, MY FAVORITE NEW SCENT: VANILLA CONFFETTI SPARKLE, WHIPPED BERY MERINGUE, PEACH PROSSECO MACAROON, COTTON CANDY CLOUDS, BODY COLLECTIONS. HERE I JUST TOOK A PICTURE, OF THE PRODUCTS, THAT I GROUPED TOGETHER. LAST SCENT, WOULD BE BUTTERFLY, BODY MIST, SHOWER GEL, BODY BUTTERS, AND BODY CREAMS. MY NEW SIGNATURE SCENTS, THAT REMINDS ME OF BATH, AND BODY WORKS: RETIRED SCENTS: PINK SUGARPLUM, AND WILDBERRY TULLIPS, RASPBERRY AND SWEET MINT, AND PINK CHIFFON. OKAY SO THE FINAL THINGS, I RECIEVED FROM BATH AND BODY WORKS, WOULD BE ONE, OF MY FAVORITE PLACES, TO GET MY LIPGLOSS: LIPLICIOUS AND C.O BIGELOW MENTHA SHIMMER TINT-MAGENTA MINT LIPGLOSS, PEARL MINT LIPGLOSSS, AND BAREMINT LIPGLOSS. FOR THE LIPBALMS, MY FATHER BROUGHT ME, AN ALL PURPOSE BALM, WITH ROSE EXTRACT, ALSO FROM BATH AND BODY WORKS.

I THINK I FORGOT ONE MORE ITEM, TO DISCUSS, I WAS VERY SURPRISED, THAT I LIKE THIS ITEM, FROM BURT’S BEES LIP PRODUCTS, BECAUSE THEY DRY OUT MY LIPS, BUT THEIR LIP BUTTER WILD ROSE AND BERRY, I APPLY AT BEDTIME, TO AWAKEN, TO SOFT, SMOOTH LIPS, IS A 10 FOR ME. I NEVER THOUGHT, I WOULD LIKE ANYTHING, FROM BURT’S BEES. BUT I AM ENCOURAGED, FROM MY FATHER’S CHOICE, TO TRY OUT, THEIR OTHER LIP BUTTERS. OVERALL, VERY REFLECTIVE, RELAXING BIRTHDAY. I’M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, WERE NOT ALOT OF PEOPLE, KNOW WHEN MY BIRTHDAY IS, OR THAT IT EVEN EXISTS JUST A SMALL CIRCLE: MY MOTHER, MY ABBAH, AND MY OLDER BROTHER, AND THATS PRETTY MUCH IT. SO WHEN FAMILY, MAKES IT SPECIAL, IT MAKES IT SACRED, FOR ME AND PRIVATE. I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE, OF ALL MY GIFTS.

MORE PICTURES, OF THE DAY, BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY, PLAYING IN MY FRENCHIE, PINK CURLY HAIR, AND BARBIE PINK LIPSTICK, AND BARBIE PINK CUPCAKE FROSTING NAILS. I EVEN MIXED FRENCHIE, WITH A LITTLE BIT, OF THE GREAT GATSBY RENAISSANCE ERA, WITH MY TURBAN, PICTURED ABOVE. SO WHAT, ARE YOU SUPPOSED, TO FEEL? WHEN YOUR LIVING OUT? ALL YOUR PINKEST DREAMS? I WANTED POSITIVE PINK VIBES. POSITIVE. AND SWEET PINK ENERGY, AND THAT’S EXACTLY, WHAT I GOT THE DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY, THANKS TO MY ABBAH. THE HAPPINESS, AND THE EXCITEMENT, OF PRANCING AROUND, CHANNELING MY INNER BARBIE. ANYONE WHOSE FAVORITE COLOR, IS PINK. YOU CAN’T LIKE PINK, WITHOUT ASSOCIATING, IT WITH BARBIE. AND YOU CAN’T LIKE BARBIE, WITHOUT ASSOCIATING HER WITH PINK, AND THE SWEET, BUBBLY, NAIVE PERSONALITY, THAT COMES WITH BARBIE. AND THE INNOCENCE, AND THE POSSIBILITIES, ARE ENDLESS, WHEN YOU HAVE PINK, AS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR. I FEEL LIKE FRENCHIE, WAS CHANNELING HER INNER BARBIE, AND HER LOVE. FOR PINK. IN GREASE. ALOT OF HER PERSONALITY, IN THE MOVIE GREASE, GIVES YOU BARBIE VIBES. THE SILKSTONE COLLECTABLE BARBIE VIBES.

GREASE IS MY MOM’S, FAVORITE MOVIE, EVER SINCE SHE WAS 8, OF COURSE I WASN’T BORN, IN THE ERA IT CAME OUT. I WAS APART, OF THE ERA, OF SOMETHING SIMILAR, HIGHSCHOOL MUSICAL. BUT WATCHING GREASE, A MILLION TIMES, WITH MY MOTHER. NOT ONLY ARE THE SONGS, CATCHY IN THE MOVIE. BUT SO WAS THE FASHION, AND STYLE, IN THAT MOVIE. AND ONE CHARACTER, I CAN SAY REMINDS ME, OF MYSELF, AND PERSONALITY, AS WELL, AS MY HAIR, WOULD BE FRENCHY. FRENCHY, HAS A VERY ANIMATED, PERSONALITY. ALMOST LIKE SHE’S HAD, 9 CUPS OF COFFEE, PERSONALITY. SHES BUBBLY, AND VERY SWEET, AND TRIES TO LOOK, ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, OF THINGS. I CAN DEFINENTLY SAY, THATS MY PERSONALITY.

I’VE BEEN TOLD, IM TOO NICE, AND OTHER THINGS, THAT MADE PEOPLE QUESTION, MY RACIAL IDENTITY, WITHIN MY RACE AND THOSE OUTSIDE OF MY RACE. AS WELL. IT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING, I SEEN AS A FLAW, UNLIKE FRENCHY WHO OWNS, IT. I AM ALSO VERY SENSITIVE, TO MY OWN PROBLEMS, AND THE PROBLEMS, OF OTHERS, OF THOSE I CARE ABOUT. WHEN I FOUND, THIS WIG, I (HATE CALLING IT THAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A CLOWN LOL) KNEW HOW I WAS GOING TO CHANNEL FRENCHY AND WHAT I WAS GOING, TO CHANNEL, MYSELF IN THE PICTURES. I WANTED MY PERSONALITY, TO SHOW, THROUGH THE PICTURES. AS IF A PERSON KNOWS, ME. SO I PAIRED, A HOT BARBIE PINK TURBAN, WITH BARBIE PINK, SILKY, CURLY HAIR, WITH CATEYE GLASSES (MY MAKEUP), BUBBLE GUM, BARBIE-PINK LIPSTICK, AND THE FACT THAT ANYONE, WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS I LIKE TO SMILE SHOWING, NO TEETH, WHEN IM BEING SILLY, OR SWEET, OR SHY, OR TIMID. I PRETTY MUCH, LOOK LIKE THIS, ON THE DAILY.

SAME, SAME, OLD SAME OLD TARA.

A FEW DAYS PRIOR, TO MY BIRTHDAY, I KEPT HOUNDING MY MOTHER, ABOUT DYING MY HAIR PINK, BEFORE OR ON MY BIRTHDAY. SHE SAID NO, LOL SO I CAME UP, WITH ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE, A NICE SILKY, BARBIE PINK, AND BLONDE WIG. I ALREADY, HAVE THE BARBIE PINK LIPSTICK, AND NAILS, TO MATCH. BUT BOY WHEN I TELL YOU! ONCE I PUT IT TOGETHER! I FELT LIKE HOW BARBIE WOULD FEEL!! INSTOPPABLY FIERCE! BRIGHT! AND BOLD! AND I FELT LIKE, I GOT INTUNE, WITH MY INNER BARBIE, THAT I NEVER THOUGHT, WOULD HAVE ME, IN THE SAME EQUATION. BUT NOW IT DID, SO I ENJOYED, ON MY BIRTHDAY, HANGING WITH FAMILY, PLAYING AROUND, WITH MY PINK HAIR, AND NAILS, AND LIPSTICK/LIPGLOSS, SINGING ALL THE SONGS, I HAVE THAT REMIND ME, OF PINK. THEN I REALIZED, PINK IS A SUMMER HAIR TREND, WE OFTEN SEE IN PARIS FASHION WEEK, PARIS FASHION WEEK STREET STYLE, TOKYO FASHION STREET STYLE, WHERE THEY PLAY AROUND, WITH SEASONAL HAIRCOLORS, ANIMATED HAIRSTYLES THAT CELEBRITIES COPY. I THINK IT’S SOMETHING, VERY PRETTY ABOUT MATCHING YOUR SUMMER NAIL COLOR, WITH A BRIGHT SUMMER HAIR COLOR, IT CAN BE THE SAME COLOR, OR BE A COLOR, THAT COMPLIMENTS YOUR NAIL COLOR, IN A METALLIC, OR SHIMMERY CHROME LOOK. TARA 101: EVEN THOUGH SUMMER, IS WINDING DOWN. YOU CAN STILL DO THIS TREND, IN THE FALL, PLAYING AROUND WITH DARK FALL BLONDES, HONEY AND CARAMEL BROWNS, REDS, MAGENTA PINK, PLUM PURPLE AND GOLD ORANGES.

TARA 101: THE PICTURES ABOVE, ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES, I TOOK OF THE BIGGEST, LIFE CHANGING THING, I HAD EVER DONE, THAT IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SINCE IVE BEEN NATURAL WITH MY HAIR AMD THAT WAS DYING IT HONEY BLONDE. NO JOKE. IVE WORN BLONDE TWISTS, BLONDE SENEGALESE TWISTS, BLONDE BOX BRAIDS, BUT DOING THIS, TO MY NATURAL HAIR, DOESN’T COMPARE, IT OPENED YOUR MIND TO POSIBILITITES, AND TEACHES YOU, HOW UNIVERSAL, AND HOW BEAUTIFUL, THE MANY SHADES OF BLONDES, THERE ARE FOR WOMEN, OF COLOR TO TRY. SO IT TOOK ME REALLY, ONE LIF, TO GET THE COLOR, I WAS WANTING, THE NEXT TWO SESSIONS, AFTER THAT, I WANTED IT TO BE BRIGHTER, REMINDING ME OF MY FATHER’S HAIR. SO I DID TWO LIFTS AND GOT THE COLOR MORE, BRIGHTER, THAN WHAT I WANTED, WITHIN MINUTES. NOW I FEEL LIKE MY HAIR, IS NOT THE FOREIGN CREATURE, ON MY HEAD. THAT IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, OFTEN TEACH THEIIR CHILDREN, IF THEY DID NOT COME OUT, WITH THE RIGHT GRADE, OF HAIR, IT WAS TREATED, AS SUCH. I CAN TOTALLY RELATE, TO HAVING HAIR, BEING PUT DOWN, ALL MY LIFE, FEELING LIKE I HAD, THIS IMPOSSIBLE GRADE, OF UNMANAGABLE NAPPY HAIR. THAT MY MOTHER, ALWAYS CLAIMED, IT DIDN’T COME FROM HER SIDE, OF THE FAMILY, LIKE I WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH. THIS GENE, HOWEVER DID NOT SKIP OVER, MY OLDER BROTHER, WHO LIKED TO HEAR, MY MOTHER BRAG, ABOUT HIS HAIR. SO WE’VE ALL BEEN THROUGH IT, WE CAN SPEND ALL DAY, GOING OVER THE TRAUMA, OR I CAN GET YOUR RIGHT, ON TRACK, TO LOVING YOUR HAIR, AND TRYING WHAT YOU WANT, TO TRY FOR YOUR HAIR. HAVING CONFIDENCE, TO PLAY WITH DIFFERENT HUES, OF YOUR HAIR. WHEN I GO OUTSIDE, AND THE SUN IT, I’VE GOT MY LIPGLOSS ON, MY CATEYE GLASSES (MAKEUP) I FEEL SO TRENDY. FOR ONCE I FEEL LIKE, I CAN SAY MY HAIR, MAKES ME HAPPY, FROM THE COLOR TO THE SOLID CARE, OF HOW I TAKE CARE OF, MY NATURAL HAIR, AFTER SO MANY RECOMMENDED FAILING PRODUCTS. BUT IT IS THE BEST FEELING EVER. AND I THANK MY ABBAH, FOR ENCOURAGING ME, TO GO FORTH IN IT. I PERSONALLY THINK THERES A BLONDE SHADE FOR EVERY SKIN TONE OF COLOR OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES GO WITH A BLONDE THAT BRINGS OUT THE UNDERTONES IN YOUR TAN BROWN AND DARK SKIN. YOU’RE GOING TO BE PROUD THAT YOU DID NOT ONLY BLONDE BUT ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO WITHYOUR HAIR, LIKE BURGUNDY FOR EXAMPLE. AS A GIRL OF COLOR, IM TELLING YOU, YOU CAN DO IT. JUST KNOW GOD SEES THE BEAUTY IN IT.

TARA 101: SO RATHER THAN, TREAT THE LABEL, OF MY FAVORITE COLOR, PEACOCK TEAL BLUE LIKE, A FORTUNE COOKIE. I SEE THE NAME, AS A SIGNIFICANT, BLESSING IN DISGUISE. MAYBE A MESSAGE, FROM GOD, TO MAKE ME SMILE. ITS MORE THAN, JUST A NAME, TO IDENTIFY THE COLOR. PICTURED ABOVE, I HAVE MY BABY BLUE NAILS, HOLDING A NAILPOLISH BOTTLE, WITH THE LABEL, NAMED MOMENT. AND I REALLY STOPPED, FOR A SECOND, AND REALLY THOUGHT, IMMEDIATELY OF NICKI MINAJ’S PINK FRIDAY SONG, MOMENT 4 LIFE, AND HER NAILPOLISH OPI LINE. MY FAVORITE LINES, IN THE SONG MOMENT 4 LIFE: “I WISH THAT, I COULD HAVE, THIS MOMENT FOR LIFE, BECAUSE IN THIS MOMENT, I FEEL SO ALIVE, BUT TO LIVE, DOESN’T MEAN YOUR ALIVE. AND I ASK MYSELF, AM I IN THE PLACE, FOR SUCH A BIG MOMENT? THAT IS BIGGER THAN ME? DESTINED FOR A MOMENT FOR LIFE?

WE ALL ARE ALL HERE, FOR A REASON, A PURPOSE, IN GOD’S EYES, AND THE WAYS, OF WHY HE PLACES, US ON THIS EARTH. SO THAT WE HAVE MANY MEMORIES, AND FUTURE EXPECTATIONS, OF A TRUE MOMENT, FOR LIFE. ESPECIALLY, IF YOUR AT A POINT, IN TYOUR LIFE, WHERE YOU’VE BEEN GOING THROUGH SO MUCH, YOU JUST WANT, ONE MOMENT, TO PUT YOU AT EASE, AND AT PEACE, FROM ALL YOUR WORRIES, FEARS, AND TROUBLES. THATS HOW I INTERPRET MOMENT. I WANT A MOMENT, THAT CONNECTS EVERYTHING, I AM, AND WHO I AM, IN ONE MOMENT, TO FEEL LIKE MY PURPOSE, ON THIS EARTH REFLECTS, THAT OF MY RELIGIOUS MORALS, JEWISH JESUS CHRIST AS MY WORSHIP, MY IDOL. AND MY RELATIONSHIP, AND FRIENDSHIP, WITH GOD. I WANT A MOMENT, WHERE I CAN FINALLY SAY, THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS ME DO, I’M FULFILLING, SOMETHING THAT IS DESTINED, IN MY PATH, WITH THIS MOMENT, THAT BRINGS WHAT’S UNDERSTOOD, IN THE PAST, BLINDED, WITH THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE, UNBLINDED. I WANT TO HAVE, THAT MOMENT, WHEN I KNOW, I’M LIVING OUT, OR HAVE LIVED MY PURPOSE, FOR GOD. GOD BEING GOD, YES TO ME, NO DIFFERENT, I WORSHIP. BUT GOD IS ALSO MY FATHER, MY AB’BAH, AND I WANT THAT MOMENT, TO BE ENCOMPASSED, IN EVERYTHING THAT DEFINES, A MOMENT 4 LIFE, WITH MY AB’BAH.