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“grown-ish” fans from Atlanta, Georgia were treated to a special Sunday brunch on November 11th with series stars Chloe Bailey and Halle Bailey and executive producer Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry. With a DIY Denim Bar, endless chicken and waffles, and unique photo opps across the venue, “issa ‘grown-ish’ brunch” celebrated the upcoming season two premiere of “grown-ish” in the ultimate CalU fashion.

The eventful trip wrapped up with a special event at Morehouse College, which gave students a special sneak peek at the season two premiere episode. Over 350 students from Morehouse and its neighboring HBCUs also got to attend a panel with Chloe, Halle and Jenifer, moderated by Angela Yee, co-host, The Breakfast Club, as they dove into what fans should expect throughout the next season.

“grown-ish” returns with back-to-back all-new episodes on Wednesday, January 2 (8:00pm EST), on Freeform.

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The Naked Cherry Collection is officially here and its amazing and available online at urbandecay.com. The most highly anticipated launch in the collection has to the Naked Cherry Eyeshadow Palette. The 12 shades include Hot Spot (ivory matte), Caution (beige matte), Bang Bang (shimmering pink with gold shift and iridescent micro-sparkle), Feelz (dusty rose matte), Juicy (warm peach), Turn On (metallic rose shimmer), Ambitious (metallic rose copper), Bing (matt mauve), Devilish (reddish-plum matte), Young Love (metallic cranberry), Drunk Dial (metallic burgundy), and Privacy (brownish-plum matte).

The other palette in the collection is the Highlight & Blush Palette, which features a highlighter, a reddish-coral blush, and a "super-sophisticated iridescent complexion topper." the collection also includes three Vice Lipsticks — Cherry (a deep cherry red), Devilish (a sparkling pink), and Juicy (a shimmering peachy beige) — and the two new 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils, Love Drug (a shimmering plum) and Black Market (a shimmering graphite). And you can set your look with the new cherry-scented version of Urban Decay's beloved All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray.

Vice Lipstick in Cherry 🍒 Eyes: Naked Cherry Eyeshadow Palette in shades Turn on & Ambitious Picture taken by Lala Spears

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Fall is officially here. Celebrate all things Fall including the best Fall cocktail to serve all season. Enjoy the season with a delicious cocktail made with Root Out Root Beer Flavored Whisky. The Root Downtown cocktail made with Root Out Root Beer Flavored Whisky is deliciously smooth in taste and easy to make. It's the must-have cocktail for Fall 2018. Here is the recipe of the Root Downtown cocktail. It's delicious!

Root Downtown
Ingredients:
1.5 oz of Root Out Root Beer Flavored Whisky
1.5 oz of Averna Amaro
Ice
Splash of agave nectar

Preparation:
Pour 1.5 oz of Root Out Root Beer Flavored Whisky and 1.5 oz of Averna Amaro with ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake well. Pour ingredients over ice to a rocks glass. Add a splash of agave nectar. Enjoy!

About Root Out Root Beer Flavored Whisky
Root Out Root Beer Flavored Whisky is a blend of the finest root beer flavoring with a smooth Canadian blended whisky that is aged for four years in American Oak barrels from bourbon generating a rich, root beer flavor with a hint of vanilla. Root Out Root Beer Flavored Whisky can be consumed neat, on the rocks, as a shot and or customized in a cocktail. It is priced at $25.99. Root Out Root Beer Flavored Whisky is available at high-end restaurants, exclusive lounges, bars, fine stores and online. For more information on Root Out Root Beer Flavored Whisky, visit rootoutwhisky.com

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Today the newest Macy’s Backstage opened inside the existing Macy’s Lenox Square location. Macy’s Backstage gives shoppers a brand new outlet to find designer deals and fabulous finds, all at 20 to 80% off comparable department store prices. Macy's Backstage is a cross between a department store and an outlet, the Macy’s Backstage experience delivers entertainment and an all-access, VIP pass to fashion and savings. Designed to spotlight new products on a faster turn-around, the smaller format of Macy’s Backstage allows shoppers to spot the latest trends and score the best deals in an easy to shop and easy to find store environment. Carving retail space within a Macy’s full-line department store, this new retail combination of an outlet store within a store gives shoppers a new discount destination located right inside of Lenox Square Mall.

Check out some of the pictures below to see a little bit of what the store has to offer!!!


$51.87 was my grand total for my items I got today. Shoes $19.99 Blouse:$16.99 Face Serum $5.99 Yankee Candle $8.99

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Inspired by the perfect Hawaiian dream vacation, Christian Siriano’s Spring 2019 Collection brings the spirit of the island to life with bold tropical and animal prints, playful brights and textured details. The show transformed New York City’s Gotham Hall into an avant garde paradise.

“I wanted the collection to feel playful, colorful, bright and romantic with femininity but still powerful and exciting,” notes Siriano.

Lead Manicurist for KISS Products, Inc., Gina Edwards, transported models to Siriano’s fantasy locale by creating an exotic nail look for the show using the imPRESS Press-On Manicure Medium Length Nails in Black as a base. Edwards then used the KISS Nail Artist Paint in Gala to create a multi-dimensional zebra-like effect.

“Everything about Christian Siriano’s Spring/Summer 2019 Collection felt fresh and fun, so I wanted to play off of that with an abstract nail,” said Edwards. “I dubbed this nail the ‘twisted zebra,’ a modern take on the animal print trend.”

GET THE LOOK
•Start with a black base nail using imPRESS Press-On Manicure in Medium Length in
Play it Loud
•Find correct size, peel off backing and press on for a gel manicure in minutes
•Using KISS Nail Artist Paint in White, create pointed tear drop outline beginning at the
cuticle and ending halfway down the nail bed
•Fill in the shape with KISS Nail Artist Paint
•Create fine hair-like strokes with a dry brush on the outer edges of the nails

FEATURED PRODUCTS:
imPRESS Press-On Manicure in Medium Length in Play it Loud ($7.99 /
imPRESSmanicure.com)
KISS Nail Artist Paint – Gala ($6.99 / CVS)

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NaturallyCurly hosted their signature event Texture on the Runway on Thursday, September 6^th during New York’s Spring 2018 Fashion Week. Retailer Sally Beauty returned as the retail sponsor for the innovative runway show that puts textured hair front and center. This year’s event was also a celebration of NaturallyCurly’s 20^th anniversary. The media company has been at the center of a two-decade revolution that transformed the way the world views curls, coils and waves.

Hosted by NaturallyCurly co-founder Michelle Breyer, and recording artist and breakout star of Love & Hip Hop Miami Amara La Negra, seven top texture brands showcased their take on texture down the runway. This year’s runway sponsors included Camille Rose Naturals, Cantu, Carol’s Daughter, Creme of Nature, Mielle Organics, SheaMoisture and The Mane Choice featuring their own unique textured hair inspiration and debuting looks that truly celebrate coils, curls and waves as well as fashion.

Photo Credit: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for NaturallyCurly

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Pop iconography is a big trend in fashion globally, and for the very first time ever fast-food giant McDonald’s has collaborated with a fashion designer to bring the golden arches to the runway. Timed as a celebration of the Big Mac’s 50th birthday, the playful street-wear collection by South African celebrity designer Gert-Johan Coetzee debuted at South African Fashion Week recently.

Back in 2014 Jeremy Scott incorporated a number of McDonald’s inspired garments in his first collection for Moschino, but this marks the first time the fast-‐food brand has oﬃcially sanctioned the use of its iconography in a designer fashion line. The range, which includes sequined T-shirts with the signature golden arches, sweatpants and cropped sweat tops, cute slogan T-‐shirts and even a sparkly golden tinsel jacket, has received rave reviews for Coetzee, who is known for his red-carpet couture gowns which has been worn internationally by the likes of Kourtney Kardashian and Kelly Rowland. All the proceeds of the sale of the range, which includes mini-me kiddies’ versions to allow parents and their oﬀspring to trend with twinning, is going to the Ronald McDonald House Charity. Coetzee, who is also the mentor on the South African version of Project Runway, has always been an active social campaigner, who also has his own bursary program for aspiring fashion designers.

“Having the opportunity to play with the iconography of such a huge global brand with the end goal of doing good, is such an honor, and it is a bonus that it is helping put South African fashion on the map globally,” says Coetzee.

At the present moment the range is only available in limited quantities, on shopgert.com.