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Friday, 21 February 2014

The Brit Awards 2014: My favourite looks

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Award for "I'm making sure i stand out from the crowd" at the Brits 2014 is </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rita Ora, who looked elegant  in a canary yellow <a href="http://www.prada.com/en?cc=GB">Prada </a> floor length gown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Award for "I've got too much SWAG" at the Brits 2014 goes to </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Beyonce, who  looked elegant in this shimmering </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/vvrettakos">Vrettos Vrettakos </a></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dress which happened to be encrusted with <u>400,000</u> crystals!!!</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Award for "I look too damn hot in my dress" at the Brits 2014  is the lovely Katy Perry, who looked sensational in this gorgeous <a href="http://www.julienmacdonald.com/">Julien MacDonald</a> dress i mentioned in one of my <a href="http://urbanbeautysaid.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/london-fashion-week-autumn-winter-2014.html">previous blogposts</a> </span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>urban beauty said....To find out who all the winners on the night, visit the<a href="http://www.brits.co.uk/"> Brit Awards </a>website</b></span></div>
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The Brit Awards 2014: My favourite looks

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Sunday, 26 January 2014

Hot Album Alert! I love Yonce

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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">urban beauty said.... i love "Yonce."</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you haven't seen Beyonce and Jay's performance very sexy performance at the Grammy's yet, you need to check it out. Beyonce opted to wear a <a href="http://www.laperla.com/uk/catalog/product/view/id/84131/">La Perla </a>vest made out of ribbons over a sheer long sleeve top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now don't get me wrong, i know <a href="http://www.beyonce.com/music">Beyonce</a> can sang! But no one told me how HOT her latest album is! She's collaborated with some of the greats such as;  Pharrell Williams, Timberland, Miguel and Drake to make this album a success and it sure is.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">She released her fifth </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_(album)" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Beyoncé (album)">self-titled album</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Store" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="ITunes Store">iTunes Store</a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"> without any prior promotion on 13th December and it </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">consists of fourteen tracks, each having an accompanying short film.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">M</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">y favourite songs so far;</span></span></span><br />
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urban beauty said.... i love "Yonce." If you haven't seen Beyonce and Jay's performance very sexy performance at the G...

Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Inspirational Hair Trends: Box Braids

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Box Braids are just like <a href="http://www.braidsbybreslin.com/store/microbraids.php" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Micro Braids</a> in terms of technique, but with Box Braids the hair used is Kanakalon, the parts are bigger, and the width of the braids are also bigger. </span>What I personally love about this hairstyle is: Its low maintainence and its great for giving your hair a break from the straightners and chemicals. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your an 80's baby like me... You'll remember seeing the box plaits trends appear and disappear throughout the years on singing sensations such as; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the group, Jade, reggae artist Patra and Janet Jackson rocking box plaits.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I discovered the Blogsite,<b> <a href="http://hairspiration.blogspot.co.uk/">Natural Hair Inspiration </a> which </b>provides some great tips on <a href="http://hairspiration.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/boho-box-braids.html">how to care for your box plaits</a> and <a href="http://www.braidsbybreslin.com/"><b>Braids by Breslin</b> </a>provides <a href="http://www.braidsbybreslin.com/blog/box-braids-2013-trend-alert/">3 top tips</a> to keep in mind when braiding hair.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you love the look, but  want to find a local salon that can recreate the hairstyle for you, visit <a href="tp://www.noscrunchie.com/">No Scrunchie  </a>and pop in your postcode to find these nearest Afro Caribbean Hair Salon located by you.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But i would love to know what you think, crazy fad or hot trend?</span></div>
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Inspirational Hair Trends: Box Braids

Outdated craze....or revival of a hot trend? Box Braids are just like Micro Braids in terms of technique, but with Box Braids the ha...

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What do Alesha Dixon, Beyonce, Emma Mcquistion, Jessica Alba, Rihanna have in common?

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a black woman,  its great to see mainstream magazines showing an a</span>ppreciation for women of all shades. There is still a long way to go, but its fabulous to see old fashioned views towards women of colour challenged by some of the most influential magazines in the industry. This definitely shows a step in the right direction. Opinions please?</span></div>
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What do Alesha Dixon, Beyonce, Emma Mcquistion, Jessica Alba, Rihanna have in common?

..... Does anyone know the answer? Hello my Urban Beauties, whilst shopping over the weekend, I discovered that Five of the most iconic fa...

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Beyonce rocks some Fierce Finger Bling

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"Bey Here Now" Video Preview </h2>
We've just spotted the new video preview by Beyonce for "Bey here now." There really isn't much to see because the video only lasts 6 seconds....but all we could notice was the fierce hand jewellery Beyonce was rocking in the video!<br />
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Sunday, 10 February 2013

Look of the Week! Queen Bey

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<span style="font-size: small;">How amazing does Beyonce look in this Ellie <a href="http://www.eliesaab.com/#/en/ready-to-wear/ss-2013/5/0" target="_blank">Saab </a>Spring 2013 dress!!! This lovely picture of Beyonce and her sister was taken at the 2013 Roc Nation Pre<span style="font-size: small;">-</span>Grammy Brunch<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>For those of you who haven't heard of the ta<span style="font-size: small;">lented </span>designer Ellie Saab, i suggest you visit her website NOW!!!</span></div>
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Look of the Week! Queen Bey

Queen Bey Rocks Ellie Saab How amazing does Beyonce look in this Ellie Saab Spring 2013 dress!!! This lovely picture of Beyonce and her...

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Yay... i've just ordered my Celeb Boutique dress

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For once, i'm a head of the game and ordered my Celeb Boutique dress for Christmas. I can't wait!!! Its the <a href="http://www.celebboutique.com/sass-gold-crystal-embellished-black-bandage-dress.html" target="_blank">Sass Gold Cyrstal Embellished Bandage Dress </a>. Beyonce was spotted in a Sass and Bide version of the dress a few years ago and I fell in love with it straight away.<br />
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