"It's Cheaper to Keep Her!!!!!!!"

0After my mom and I took a nice walk through her neighborhood, we got all dolled up( the pic above is me in my bright dress, a lil blurry) and on a side note-(I bought this outfit on sale at RUE 21..shoes: $5, dress $6 and the zebra tights-$2) and went out with the girls. We were invited to go see a play "Cheaper to Keep Her". I didnt know too much about the play until I googled it on my mom's Iphone for directions, and I saw that it starred Vivica A. Fox and Brian McKnight. I didnt know if it would really be them traveling and doing this show until we got to the concert hall and I found out it would be them! I was so excited to see the play and it was totally worth the $50 to go see it.

This show was just awesome. I dont know what it is about seeing a play..watching the actors perform, I think is just a fun experience. This was a comedy, soap opera and concert all in one. Brian Mcknight is such an amazing R&B singer.

If you appreciate the arts, either its  performing arts, painting, music, dance...I definetly recommend going out to a play or broadway musical. Support the theaters and the many actors and actresses pouring their hearts into the stage. It was so awesome!

The next play that is coming up is The Lion King Broadway. I havent seen it, but I am gonna go to it!!!

artistically yours, Siren


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They Call her Lola....

I am realizing that my artistic style is really vibrant, contemporary and abstract. I had a request to paint a piece for a friend of the family for something over her couch for her living room. She was really vague about what she wanted, just that she wanted nuetral earthy colors. So, of course I didnt know what I was gonna do. I went to my Favorite art store: Jerry's Art-O-Rama and got a canvas and paint....along with a bunch of other stuff I prolly didnt need, but when stuff is on sale, I just cant help myself. lol

Yesterday, I set up my painting "studio" on my patio in the back yard and got to work. I really enjoyed it, I started out with the greens and it took me into creating a rain foresty type islander paradise with of course my favorite flowers lilies. And here is the outcome:

I am going to start a line of paintings similiar to this and will be selling them if anyone is interested. I will be participating in art shows in the springtime too in 2011. I will be posting more information as the time gets closer. Hope you enjoy and you can also view my art at DeviantArt.com on my home page:   http://siren757.deviantart.com/     or click to the ad on the right to see other art I have worked on.


Have a wonderful day!
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My BARE SKIN

Last week, I went and saw a Dermatologist for my skin. I have had acne when I was younger, and now that I am in my late twenties, I still have some acne issues. I always thought that acne had to do with what I ate because I am a JUNKFOOD JUNKIE!!! But the Doctor man at the Veteran Hospital said that it has to do with genetics and stress. So, after the DR and his assistant took turns man handling my face and checking my skin "abnormalties" ( I dont even know if thats a real word, just made it up...sounds good to me. lol) the doctor subscribed a face wash and some night cream. I asked him what kind of makeup I should use that will not make my skin and face break out. The starbucks loving, coffee breath doctor ( he was really self-conscious about, which I thought was funny because I had starbucks coffee breath too hahahaha) he recommended I use oil-free noncomedogenic make up. ( Non comedogenic is a fancy word for non-pimple haha)


I dragged my cousin with me to Sephora to try and find the COVER FX that Kandee Johnson recommended, but it was an item that I could only order online. So I ended up getting this kit:
 
 

I love how this set is set up! I got all that is included in this picture and I even got a free gift from Sephora for my birthday last month! SCORE!!!! I wish I had a picture of before I started using this set so you can see that my skin is very uneven as far as tone because of scars and freckles. But here is a lil shot of me today with my makeup and my face is so clear. I love it!

So, just wanted to share my Dermatologist and Sephora adventure!!!! Have a great day!

Smooth Skin and lots of love,
Siren




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Marilyn Monroe is my Homegirl!

Its a rainy day and after running around and taking a nice lil nap, I settled down, popped in a movie and did some online browsing. Thanks to the wonderfull world of Facebook, I stumbled across a website called: http://www.artfire.com/.  I fell in love with this website! Its a forum where people can browse for handmade items or sell their creations. I love it because it helps to support artists of all trades and for those shoppers who get tired of seeing the same things in the malls, can find something that is truely unique and that no one has. I pride myself in finding things that no one has because I like to have my own style. I love to mix and match different trends in a way that it all just flows together!

So did I mention I have a slight obsession with Marilyn Monroe? I did a search for Marilyn Monroe earrings and I came across these:

Theyre funky and classy at the same time. I am in no ways a "gangsta" but I do love bandanas and street wear and the best thing is that these babies are only $10! I posted the link to this particular artists page so if you wanna check it out, the artists page is called "Running with Scissors" . Check it out and enjoy!


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Where did you get that Ring???

I have had tons of requests asking me where I got my ring. A lil while ago my great Aunt Lucy tricked me and my mom into attending a party and it ended up being one of these jewelry parties. Usually I dont like anything that these consultants try to see me and usually the jewelry is expensive and doesnt last long. I was surprised to find out that although this jewelry is a lil pricey, They have a lifetime guaranty, that if their jewelry breaks or chips, you can send it back and they will send you a replacement and if it is out of stock or no longer available they will give you credit or give you your money back. I instanly fell in love with this ring and so did my grandmother. lol. I guess her and I have the same style. lol I wear it with everything, even in sweatpants and sneakers I still wear it and it makes my hand really pretty. :)

You can check out their jewelry at the link above. Hope you enjoy and If you want to order something, I know a consultant! lol


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You can do ANYTHING with Duct Tape!

I found by far the coolest thing a seamstress can do with duct tape. For those of us fashionista's who like to fix up our old clothes or working on a dress and we cant afford out own dress form ( because those suckers cost at least $150 more or less) and most of us would rather use that money to but a pair of shoes or something fabulous! I had checked out a few books from the library and came across this book called the Subversive Seamster..I think thats what its called and of course I dont have the book with me...but anywhooooo....lol I turned to one of the chapters and gives directions on how to make a duct tape mannequin. And I swear, I heard the light bulb  go off in my head. Why didnt I think of that?!?!?!?!?

It sounds so much fun and I wanted to post this blog and I am goign to try this out just as soon as I get ahold of some duct tape. lol Maybe Ill video it and post it on you tube. lol

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Cut up Tshirts for concert!!!

My cousin and I went to the 30 Seconds to Mars concert a few days ago and we both said...."What are we gonna wear?!?!?!?!" So I came up with these two shirts. My cousins shirt on the left..I had bought this t-shirt from DEB store on clearance for $3 and had cut it to create an off the should type look then cut slits in the front and back and shortened it. I had her layer it with a bright pink tank top and I did her make up with yellow and green eyeshadow. As for my outfit, I took a blue long sleeved shirt that my best friend gave me and cut slits along the sides and weaved them inside each other to create a braided look. I took a plain black tshirt and cut slits in the back of it. I had bought a fedora hat from Five Below and wrapped a piece of fabric around the brim so that the blue would really pop woth the black of my shirt and jeans. (You cant see it, but I also wrapped a piece of blue fabric around my ankle of my high top Black Chuck Taylors. My make up a did a white and blue smokey eye. I didnt layer on the make up just because I knew I would sweat it off in the crowded mobb of a concert. lol....then I put one feather earring in my ear and the other a heart shaped stud in the other. I got a few crazy stares from some of the older people who looked totally out of place in a concert venue lol some people loved the outfit and after the concert...some guy asked to take a picture of my outfit because they thought it was cool. So I was proud of my crazy cut up creation. So I thought I would share this with you all. Hope you enjoyed. :)



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