YESHUA AND TARA'S FASHION ADVICE 101

TARA FASHION 101: I AM PICTURED ABOVE, WITH A PASTEL, MILKY, ICE-CREAM, PASTRY PINK NAILS. THATS WHEN I REALIZE, THAT ALL PINKS, ARE BARBIE PINKS, IN THEIR OWN WAY. I LEARNED WITH THIS COLOR, THERE’S DIFFERENT LEVELS, OF STAIR-STEP CATEGORIES, OF BARBIE-PINK. IN THIS CASE, WHEN WE THINK OF, THE CHARACTER BARBIE, WE THINK OF, THE SWEET, BUBBLY, INNOCENT PERSONALITY, AND THE PERCEPTION, OF ONE OF THE CATEGORIES, BEING SWEET, SOFT BABY PINKS, PASTRY PINKS, CANDY PINKS, CUPCAKE PINKS, OR CAN BE CALLED SUGARED SWEET PINKS. AND BASICALLY, THESE PINKS, MAKE US THINK, OF OUR FAVORITE PINK TREATS, LIKE THIS COLOR, I AM WEARING, IS CALLED DND 536 CREAMY MACAROON. BUT IN MY OPINION, I THINK OF STRAWBERRY PINK ICECREAM. AND THE ONE THING, I HAD TO DO, WAS PLAY OFF, THE CATEGORY, OF THE NAILS: SUGARED SWEET PINKS. SO I PAIRED, COTTON CANDY BLUE, AND PINK, PEARL BRACELETS STACK, TO REALLY CONVEY, THE MEANING, OF THE HUE, OF THIS PINK. TARA FASHION 101: AN ODE, TO BARBIE’S MANY SHADES, OF PINKS. THAT MAKE US FEEL, SWEET, AND YUMMY INSIDE.

TARA FASHION 101: CREAMY, MILKY BALLERINA PINK, IS THE ONE COLOR, THAT COMPLIMENTS, ALL SKIN TONES, ITS THE ONE COLOR, THAT REMINDS US, THAT NO MATTER, THE HUE, OF THE COMPLEXION, THE ETHNICITY, THE CULTURE, YOU COME FROM. THIS HUE TEACHES CONVEYS THAT BEAUTY, IS UNIVERSAL, AND CAN ALL BE CELEBRATED. THERE’S ROOM, IN THIS WORLD, FOR MORE THAN, ONE TYPE OF PERCEPTION, OF BEAUTIFUL, AND WHAT IS SEEN AND COMPLIMENTED AS BEAUTY. AND THIS COLOR, I FEEL MAKES, THAT POINT, VERY CLEAR. IT ALSO EXPRESSES, ELEGANCE AND CLASSINESS, AND LADY-LIKE MODESTY. TO REMIND EVERY GIRL, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, WITH TAKING OWNERSHIP, OF YOUR MODESTY, OF WHAT MAKES YOU, FEEL BEAUTIFUL, AND CULTURALLY RESPECTED, IN YOUR ETHNICITY. TARA 101: NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS NAIL COLOR, IS BOLD, SOFT, BRIGHT, AND MORALLY, DEEPLY UNDERSTOOD.

TARA FASHION 101: ONE THING I’VE LEARNED, THAT I REALLY LIKE, SOMETHING MY AB’BAH, LED ME TO DO, THAT REALLY WOWS ME, EVERYTIME, IS MATCHING THE COLORS, OF YOUR HIJAB, WITH YOUR NAILS. SIMPLE AS THAT.

THIS HIJAB, I HAVE ON PICTURED ABOVE, IS OF ROYAL BLUE, AND LAVENDER. PAISLEY PRINT, REVERSIBLE HIJAB PASHMINA. I FEEL LIKE, MATCHING YOUR NAILS, WITH THE COLORS, REALLY HELPS BRING OUT THE DETAIL, AND DESIGN, AND MATERIAL, FABRIC I SHOULD SAY, OF THE HIJAB. AS WELL, AS THE ELEGANCE, OF YOUR NAILS. YOUR NAILS, SIMPLY SHED LIGHT ON, WHATEVER STORY, WHATEVER EMOTION, OF FASHIONABLE, ARTISTIC SELF-EXPRESSION, YOUR TRYING TO TELL, WITH YOUR HIJAB, AND YOUR OUTFIT, AS A WHOLE. I FEEL LIKE THIS HIJAB SAYS: I’M BOLD, AND FIERCE, AND MY NAILS, ARE SAYING: BECAUSE OF THE BOLD HUE, OF MY BLISS, KISSES THE DETAILS, AND PATERNS AND COLORS, OF THE HEADWRAP, WITH A CHRISTENING TOUCH. TARA 101: MATCH YOUR HIJAB, WITH YOUR NAILS, ITS EYECATCHING, ITS CHIC, IT MAKES ANY SIMPLE, CASUAL OUTFIT, REALLY JUST BREATHE LIFE, IN THE IMPORTANCE, OF HOW BEAUTIFUL, THE CULTURE, OF THE HIJAB, ITSELF REALLY IS. AND THE FAITH AND RELIGIOUS MORALS, THAT ENCOMPASS, THE BIGGER PICTURE. THAT BEAUTY IS MODESTY. MODESTY IS POSSIBILITY, TO OPEN THE TRENDS, AND DOORS, TO THE CULTURES OF FASHION, ELEGANTLY, AND EFFORTLESSLY.

MY BLUE, SHIMMERY SAPPHIRE NAILS, HAVE TO BE MY MOST THOUGHTFUL SUMMER TREND. THE REASON, WHY I SAY THIS, IS THE BRIGHT SAPPHIRE BLUE, CATCHES YOUR ATTENTION, WITH THE LITTLE GLITTERY SHIMMERS IN IT. IT REMINDS ME OF THE LITTLE MERMAID. I THINK SUMMER, IS ALL ABOUT BEING BOLD, STANDING OUT, GETTING TAN FROM THE HEAT, AND SHOWING OF YOUR NAILS AND YOUR FEET. SUMMER REALLY IS ABOUT, TRYING SOOMETHING, THAT REALLY ABOUT GLITTER AND SEQUINS AND SHIMMER, ON ALL THE SUNNY DAYS. AND THE SUN, REALLY BRINGS, THE BLUE SAPPHIRE COLOR TO LIFE. AS IT SHINES DOWN ON IT. NOW, I’M NOT SAYING, YOU HAVE TO GO, WITH SAPPHIRE BLUE. IN FACT, YOU CAN GO, WITH ANY GLITTERY, SHIMMERY NAILPOLISH, FOR A PERFECT MANI PEDI. ALL EYES, WILL BE ON YOUR NAILS, GLISTENING IN THE SUMMER SUN. ANOTHER TREND, TO TRY: TARA 101: HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT, ABOUT MATCHING YOUR NAILS, WITH JEWELRY? PICTURE ABOVE I MATCHED MY NAILS, WITH THE EXACT SAME COLOR: BLUE SAPPHIRE PEARL BRACELETS, AS MY NAILS. AND BOY, DOES IT REALLY STAND OUT. TO MATCH YOUR NAILS, WITH YOUR JEWELRY, IS THE WHOLE PACKAGE, THAT EMPHASIZES, THAT YOU ARE FASHIONABLY AWARE, OF HOW TO INCORPORATE, DETAIL, HOW TO INFUSE COLOR. SO GIVE, IT A TRY, I PROMISE, YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED.

TARA 101: I CAN’T FULLY EXPRESS TO YOU, WHY I LOVE THESE FRAMES, SO MUCH MY CATEYE GLASSES, ARE SO TRENDY. THE EXAGGERATED, TEARDROP, WHAT I CALL PRINCESS JASMINE EYE SHAPE, CATCHES MY ATTENTION, WHEN I’M LOOKING, AT MY PICTURE, OF MYSELF, OR PICTURES, IN A MAGAZINE, OR PEOPLE ON INSTAGRAM, WITH DRAMATIC CATEYE FRAMES. BUT ITS ALL, IN THE WAY, THEY MAKE ME FEEL. I AM NOT ONE, INTO BEAUTY PRODUCTS, OR MAKEUP, OR WHATEVER BEING OR FEELING PRETTY IS. I’VE NEVER HAD THE KNOWLEDGE, TO PUT IT ON, AND PLUS MY SKIN, IS VERY, VERY SENSITIVE, SO WHEN I WEAR THESE GLASSES, AND PAIR THEM, WITH A BOLD GLOSS, AND LIPSTICK, THE DUO PAIR, COMPLIMENTS EACH OTHER, AND I FEEL, LIKE IM WEARING MAKEUP. I KNOW, SOUNDS SILLY, BUT NO REALLY, I LOVE MY CATEYE GLASSES. IT MAKES WEARING GLASSES, NOT SEEM SO BAD, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, IS THROW A NICE PEARL EYEGLASS CHAIN, EARRINGS, WITH PEARL NECKLACE, AND BRACELETS, AND YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF, AN OUTFIT. FOR ALL THOSE, WHO WEAR GLASSES, AND LOVE DIFFERENT STYLES. OF GLASSES, AND COLORS. EYEBUYDIRECT, AS WELL AS ZENNI, MY TWO FAVORITE ONLINE RETAILERS, HAS MANY CATEYE FRAMES, TO CHOOSE FROM. AT AFFORADABLE PRICES. PLUS, EYEBUYDIRECT HAS DESIGNER CATEYE GLASSES, AS WELL LIKE VOGUE.

I THINK THEY’RE, SO MANY LITTLE THINGS, WE MISS IN FASHION, AND BEAUTY, THAT COULD REALLY BENEFIT US, AND OPEN OUR MINDS, TO SO MUCH CREATIVITY. I AM PICTURED, WITH A BARBIE-PINK HEADBAND, BARBIE-PINK CAT EYEGLASSES, WITH A PEARL EMBELLISHED, EYEGLASS CHAIN. THAT MATCHES THE CRISP, WHITE OF MY SHIRT. I PAIRED MATCHING PEARLESCENT SHIMMERY LIPGLOSS, TO MATCH THE GLASSES AND I PAIRED BALLERINA, MILKY, BABY-BARBIE-PINK NAILS. I JUST LOVE, HOW THE GLASSES, REALLY SET OF THE TONE, OF THE LIPGLOSS, AND THE JEWELRY, OF THE CHAIN. THE GLASSES ARE ALMOST TREATED HERE LIKE A FINE GLASS PIECE OF EYEWEAR JEWELRY, THE WAY, THE LIPGLOSS, SHIMMERS OFF, EVERY ANGLE, AND SHAPE, OF THE GLASSES. EVEN SOMETHING, AS SIMPLE, AS THIS, IS A TREND. AND CAN BE BROADENED, TO NEW HIGHTS FOR SOME OF YOU FASHIONISTAS OUT THERE.

I AM PICTURED, ABOVE WEARING, A FUCHSIA PEACOCK, PINK HIJAB PASHMINA, WITH BOLD PIGMENTED, BARBIE PINK CATEYE GLASSES, THAT I PAIRED, WITH BARBIE PINK LIPSTICK, THAT PLAYS OFF OF, THE COLORS, IN THE SCARF. THE GLASSES, WITH THIS OUFIT, PLAYS A BIG ROLE HERE, BECAUSE THE GLASSES, SET THE TONE, TEXTURE, HUES, AND DESIGNS, OF HOW, THE JEWELRY IS LOOKING HERE. I PAIRED THE GLASSES, WITH PEACOCK-FUCHSIA PEARL BRACELERS STACK. FOR THE NAILS, I WANTED TO DO, SOMETHING VERY BOLD, I COULD OF DONE, SHIMMERY, MAGENTA PEACOCK-PINK NAILS, BUT I DECIDED TO GO, WITH SOMETHIING, A LITTLE SOFTER, THAT WILL BE SEEN PREVALENT, WITH THE BRACELETS, AT THE SAME TIME. SO I PAIRED, BALLERINA, MILKY-PINK NAILS.

TARA FASHION 101: HAVE YOU EVER TRIED, TO PAIR YOUR GLASSES? WITH YOUR OUTFIT? AS IF IT A PIECE OF YOUR JEWELRY? HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT, MATCHING YOUR GLASSES? OF THE SAME COLOR WITH YOUR JEWELRY? FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT, PAIRING YOUR LET’S SAY SKY-BLUE HAIR, WITH DARKER WATER BLUE GLASSES, AND JEWELRY. AM I MAKING SENSE? HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD.

PICTURED, I AM WEARING, MY LIGHT BARBIE PINK TURBAN, WITH MY BRIGHT BARBIE-PINK HAIR, THAT I PAIRED, WITH VERY MINIMAL BOLD ACCESSORIES. THAT OBVIOUSLY, STAND OUT, FOR YOU TO SEE. I PAIRED THE GLASSES, AS IF IT WHERE JEWELRY. WHICH IT REALLY COULD BE, IN THIS CASE. I PAIRED WHAT I CALL MY RASPBERRY BARBIE PINK SEAGLASSES, WITH MATCHING, RASPBERRY BARBIE-PINK, PEARL STACKED BRACELETS. TO FINISH THE SIMPLE ACCESSORIZING, I PAIRED WITH PASTEL BARBIE PINK TURBAN, BRIGHT PASTEL, POWDE- PINK NAILS, TO MATCH THE TURBAN. IT’S VERY SIMPLE, CLEVER-CHIC, CASUAL-CHIC, WITHOUT BEING TOO CHIC.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS SUMMER, I ACCOMPLISHED, ALOT OF BEAUTY TRENDS, UNDER MY BELT, FROM BEING ENCOURAGED, BY GOD, TO DO THE THINGS, I’VE ALWAYS, WANTED TO DO. I CAN NOW SAY, I’VE HAD PINK HAIR, WORN PINK LIPGLOSS/LIPSTICK, HAD BARBIE PINK NAILS, WORE AN ASSORTMENT OF PINK, AND BLUE GLASSES, MY TWO FAVORITE COLORS. AND BLEACHED, MY HAIR BLONDE, THE SAME COLOR, AS MY AB’BAH. SO I CAN SAY, THIS WAS A VERY, FUN, SUCCESSFUL SUMMER. TARA 101: WHAT SUMMER TRENDS, HAVE YOU SET FOR YOURSELF? WHAT SOMETHING, IN THE BEAUTY, AND FASHION TOPIC, HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO DO? IF SO DID YOU ACCOMPLISH IT? THIS SUMMER?

AS SUMMER IS WINDING DOWN. IT IS NOT TOO LATE. A DAY, EVEN THREE DAYS, ALOT CAN HAPPEN.

I KNOW FROM DAILY EXPERIENCE, OF KNOWING ME. SOMETIMES I GET CAUGHT UP, WITH HESITATION. WHEN I WANT, TO DO SOMETHING, BECAUSE I WORRY, HOW ITS GOING TO LOOK, AND BE PORTRAYED, TO OTHER PEOPLE. WHEN I SHOULD, JUST SAY, HOW IT SHOULD, BE PORTRAYED, NOT BY THE PRESSURES OF SOCIETY, THE STEREOTYPES. BUT, BECAUSE GOD, BREATHED LIFE, FOR ALL POSSABILITIES, OF CREATIVITY, INNER BEAUTY. ON THE OUTSIDE, WITH LOVE, DEVOTION, AND COMPASSION, OF PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, IN HOW WE TREAT AND MAKE OTHERS FEEL.

I REMEMBER, ALWAYS HEARING THE ANSWER: “NO”, AS A TEENAGER, WHEN I WANTED, TO TRY EITHER TRENDS AT SCHOOL, OR IF I WANTED TO SELF EXPRESS MYSELF. I WAS MADE TO FEEL, I DIDNT KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING, AND WHAT I WANTED, FOR MYSELF, WOULDNT LOOK RIGHT. TRUST ME ON THE RIVER OF TEARS, I’VE CRIED, AUTISTIC MELTDOWNS, OF NOT BEING GIVEN, A CHANCE, ON THE LITTLE THINGS. BUT KNOW I FEEL, LIKE GOD HAS ALLOWED ME, TO DO THE THINGS, I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, LIKE WRITE BOOKS, BLOG FASHION, WEAR MY OWN GLASSES, GO BLONDE, AND GO NATURAL, WITHOUT MY PARENTS, TELLING ME, TWO NEGATIVE PERSPECTIVES, ABOUT MYSELF, THAT JUST EITHER, MADE ME FEEL, LIKE THERE’S THIS LADDER, OF BEAUTY, THAT I WOULD NEVER LOOK, OR AMOUNT TO, OF MY MOTHER, AND OF MY AUNT, AND COUSINS. BUT I WAS A SPITTING IMAGE, OF MY FATHER, AND A REMINDER, TO MY MOTHER, SHE AND I, DID NOT SHARE THE SAME FLAWS, OR BEAUTY, OF HAIR. AND THAT HURT ME, FOR AS LONG, AS I COULD REMEMBER, IT MADE ME FEEL, LIKE EVERY UGLY TERM, COMPARISON, THAT PEOPLE, COMPARED ME TO, MADE ME FIT THE NAME TARA. AND OF THE BLACK COMMUNITIES, DEFINEMENT, OF BEAUTY.

GOD, MY ABBAH, IS THE REASON, FOR ME, TRYING NEW CREATIVE WAYS, TO EXPRESS MY LOVE, FOR FASHION, AND TO CONNECT, WITH OTHER PEOPLE. TO FINALLY FEEL, INCLUDED WITH SOMETHING. AS YOU CAN TELL, I HAD SO MUCH FUN DOING, THE ALL PINK THING. IT’S WHAT, I WANTED TO DO, FOR ALONG TIME. I’VE ALWAYS WANTED, TO HAVE THE RIGHT GRADE, OF HAIR, TO GO NATURAL, TO BE PARDONED FROM NEGATIVE COMMENTS, ON THE ASSOCIATION, OF MY HAIR, AND THE COLOR, OF MY SKIN, FROM SCHOOL, OF PEERS. AND THEN AT HOME, WITH FAMILY. SO THE HAIR, (WIG) REALLY MADE ME SMILE. NEXT THE GLASSES, I’VE BEEN WANTING CATEYE GLASSES, AND TO WEAR PINK GLASSES, INSTEAD OF BLACK FRAMES, DESIGNER FRAMES, THAT WERE HAND ME DOWNS, FROM MY AUNT HARLONDA, THAT REALLY DIDNT REPRESENT MYSELF. AND HOW I WANTED, TO FEEL FASHIONABLY, AND TRENDY, IN WHAT, COULD HAVE BEEN A FASHION STATEMENT, FOR ME TO ESCAPE IN, FROM BAD EXPERIENCES FROM SCHOOL. BUT A REMINDER, THAT I NEEDED, CONTACTS, MAKEUP. AND I JUST, DIDN’T WANT TO WEAR THEM, IN JR. HIGH, AND HIGHSCHOOL, AT ALL.

OKAY NOW WHERE GETTING, TO MY FAVORITE PART, OF THE PICTURE: THE LIPSTICK/LIPGLOSS, AND THE BARBIE PINK NAILS. I’VE ALWAYS WANTED, TO WEAR PINK LIPSTICK, TO MATCH THE TONE, OF MY PINK LIPS, AND TO PLAY, IN MAKEUP, OF DIFFERENT GLOSSES, AND LIPSTICKS. BUT WAS NOT ALLOWED. AND I’VE ALWAYS, WANTED TO WEAR ACRYLIC NAILS, OR MY NATURAL NAILS, REALLY LONG AND PINK. BUT WAS LOOKED UPON, BY MY FATHER AS BEING FAST, UN-LADY LIKE, DISTASTEFUL. WHEN I JUST WANTED TO FEEL, LIKE FOR ONCE, I WAS PRETTY, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST MY NAILS. SO THE LIPSTICK. AND THE NAILS. LOVE ON A HAPPIER NOTE.

THE JEWELRY, I LOVE VINTAGE CHUNKY JEWELRY, LIKE PEARLS, AND NO TO ALL MY COUSINS, AUNTS, AND UNCLES, TO PARENTS, IM NOT TRYING, TO BE LIKE MY MOTHER’S SISTER: HARLONDA BANKS. WHO HAD VERY GOOD, TASTE IN FASHION. WHO AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT, THAT WAS ONE THING, THAT WE AGREED, ON THAT WE BONDED OVER, ON THE PHONE. SO NO, I LIKE PEARLS, BECAUSE I JUST LOOOOOOOOOOVE PEARLS!! AND CHUNKY, VINTAGE JEWELRY.