Kicking off the holiday season, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump lit the National Christmas Tree at the White House. Melania Trump stars in the official unveiling of White House decorations. The video that the First Lady tweeted on Monday shows her overseeing wreath developments, confirming that the lights are lights, marking some markings—all while wearing festive chunky knits and a couple over-the-shoulder jackets.
The White House Office of the First Lady’s press release revealed that Mrs. Trump designed this year’s holiday decorations around the theme “Time-Honored Traditions.”
There are room-by-room thematic variations, like the China Room, which “honors the holiday traditions of dining and hospitality” with a table made up for Christmas dinner with Ronald Reagan’s china.
The Library shows off President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1866 edition of A Christmas Carol to honor the tradition of telling Christmas stories. The State Dining Room is now the gingerbread room, and includes Melania’s “signature Christmas wreaths” and so on. It looks nice! Seemed like a lot of work!
Rihanna gave herself a nearly impossible challenge when creating her recently released Fenty Beauty makeup line. At the launch party in Brooklyn earlier this month, she told the audience that she had tasked herself and beauty developer Kendo Brands with producing one of the makeup choices.
Though Others have made progress, including Covergirl (which declared Issa Rae as their new face last week), women of color have often been left Ad, and with color options campaigns often left them out completely.
Time magazine has just declared Fenty Beauty by Rihanna one of the 25 Best Inventions of 2017. A really great accomplishment for the new brand and Rihanna herself.
It’s been under lock and key, with bodyguards and security than the girl herself, but Fenty Beauty is here, and Vogue Beauty has been given an exclusive preview to have a play with the entire range of products. Here is what you need to know…
The packaging is perfection.
Rihanna released a teaser of the Match Stix (wind-up, stick skin formulas for adding color and contour) on the Fenty Beauty Instagram page that alluded to magnetic packaging, and we can confirm that they do indeed clip together in a manner that’s both highly satisfying and totally convenient (no more rummaging around in your bag for rogue blusher). But it does not stop there. Take the paper, which can be rolled up as one long sheet and fitted into a nifty dispenser — using an inbuilt mirror, obviously.
The color range is second to none
Rihanna’s whole ethos behind Fenty Beauty is that it caters to everyone, regardless of their skin color or kind, and the range of shades is impressive. The base comes in throngs of colors but also different undertones, meaning each shade has a cool and a version. Additionally, if your shade can’t be found by you there is the even talk of the brand offering bespoke color matching, they’ll mix it up for you.
The formulas are high-end.
Highlighting whether contouring or including a pop of color, the liquid formulas are ultra-blendable, without being so creamy they slip and slide around your face. The powder products are finely-milled and velvety to the touch, meaning they are both easy to use and to build up for a color payoff that is superior or more protection. If you only buy one thing…
Trophy Wife highlighter; a gold pressed powder that is guaranteed to create a pop that is cheekbones. Or else, try Gloss Bomb; a sweet-smelling and glossy – but not tacky – nude lip gloss which provides a finish that is every day. Another fantastic choice would be the primer, which has the unique ability ward off extra shine while still providing a lasting, natural-looking glow and to blur imperfections.
There is more to come.
The range focuses primarily on eyeshadow palettes thrown in for color, but rumor has it that Fenty Beauty has a future ahead – specifically, a one.
Nordstrom has to be, hands down, the best store EVER! Not only do they have an amazing return policy (and customer service), but they also have a huge selection of clothing, accessories, beauty and shoes, to choose from. And their sales are simply the best! A simple scroll on Instagram will reveal countless IG fashion bloggers sporting at least something that can be purchased at Nordstrom (and thanks to the LiketoKNow.it app, we can now purchase that same item), and many of notice that it’s from Nordstrom’s Brass Plum (BP.) line! If you haven’t given their junior’s brand a chance, here are a few reasons why you should:
On-season trends
Taking in all of the season’s trends can be overwhelming, especially if you’re someone who isn’t always in the know. Trying to figure out what’s in and what is an easy task when browsing Nordstrom’s BP. Line. They have all of the season’s best trends in one easy and convenient place so that you don’t have to go from store to store to find pieces you need to incorporate into your closet. A simple in-store visit or a stroll on their site will provide you with everything you need to elevate your style for the season!
Trendy items for less
Since trends come and go, you don’t want to spend a fortune each season to update your closet, which is what you won’t do when shopping the BP. Line. The prices are affordable and won’t break the bank, allowing you to get more for your money! And if you have a Nordstrom card, you can easily earn rewards every time you shop, allowing you to accumulate points that earn you money toward future purchases!
The sizes
Everyone’s body is different and Nordstroms BP. line knows that, which is why they have a variety of sizes! The majority of their clothes go from XX-Small to XX-Large. And thanks to their amazing return policy, you will definitely find a piece you love in a size that suits you no matter what (just as long as it’s in stock).
So the next time you’re looking to update your closet, hit up Nordstrom’s BP. section and you’re guaranteed to find something you’ll love!
As Rihanna‘s profile grew towards the end of the decade, her image became arresting. With Umbrella and the album, Good Girl Gone Bad came to an appearance: a distinctive, provocatively heavy-lidded stance, bra tops, bondage straps boots and leather. Whips and riding crops became props.
The imagery’s violence was uncomfortable viewing by her boyfriend, Chris Brown, in 2009. It reached its peak in the movie for S&M, in 2011, where Rihanna wore a dress with the slogans “whore” and “slut” while binding against a wall with layers of clingfilm. The movie was banned in 11 nations. Rihanna told British Vogue that the appearance was “not me. That is just like a part I play. You know, like it is a bit of art, with all these textures and toys to play with.”
Rihanna’s shift from popstrel to controversy-baiting sex symbol caught the attention of the fashion industry. Within six months of the S&M video, she had appeared on the covers of US and British Vogue. In that year’s Grammys, she wore Jean Paul Gaultier haute couture. In Time magazine in 2012, Stella McCartney described Rihanna as “one of the coolest, hottest, most talented, most enjoyed, most listened to, most followed, most impressive artists at work today.”
But as her fashion connections grew to include an ambassadorship with Dior and collaboration with Manolo Blahnik, Rihanna pursued yet another career, as an actor. She starred in the film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and will appear alongside Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway and Mindy Kaling from the hotly anticipated heist film Ocean’s Eight next year.
Tom Ford has clarified Rihanna’s style as “daring, fearless, and continuously evolving.” That fashion has evolved beyond the sledgehammer sexuality of S&M to an exuberant take on fashion that combines a willingness to experiment with a strong sense of self. Where other actors stick doggedly to the look that the stylist has deemed appropriate for their “personal brand,” Rihanna has fun with her clothing.
In 2014, she wore a Swarovski-crystal fishnet bodysuit with matching turban to the CFDA awards, accessorized with a nude thong and a white fur stole. The next year, her Guo Pei dress for the Met Gala prompted an omelet meme. (Fashion observers, however, noted that Rihanna was among very few attendees to have honored the Chinese theme of the exhibition by wearing a dress with a Chinese programmer.) She has embraced the fashion of Vetements with puffa coats and luridly dresses, and helped turn Princess Diana to a hipster millennial crush by sporting her face on a T-shirt.
The past year has marked Rihanna’s transition from fashion plate. One year ago, she transferred her Puma show to Paris, using a collection entitled “Marie Antoinette Goes to the Gym.” This was followed, in March, by sending her models walking down the tabletops of the National Library of France in collegiate-themed streetwear. The Paris fashion week event, which had the air of the world’s most glamorous detention, garnered Rihanna’s most favorable reviews thus far. Her influence has been evident in other designers have followed her lead in casting her favorite version, Slick Woods, who has appeared in each Fenty series and is the face of Fenty Beauty.
At the launch party for Fenty Beauty Rihanna, dressed in a custom-made Oscar de la Renta outfit, Rihanna emphasized the importance of inclusivity. “There has to be something to get a dark-skinned girl, there needs to be something for a pale girl … you want people to appreciate the solution and not feel like: ‘Aw, that’s cute, but it just looks good on her,”’ she told editors. Alongside the strikingly buzz-cut, gap-toothed Woods, Rihanna has chosen the hijab-wearing model Halima Aden as a Fenty Beauty ambassador. Rihanna “makes me feel hopeful for the future of the beauty industry,” enthused one reporter who attended the function.
Three days after the gravitas and business clout of her attractiveness launch, Rihanna took her catwalk bow after her Puma series with one hand in the air and her tongue sticking out. The world is taking Rihanna now, but women just wanna have fun.
