Cool or Not Cool

Don't you hate when your friend starts dating a new dude and shes all of a sudden into whatever he is into... Its like when Angela Simmons dated TK she was reading skate boarding mags, and taking boxing lessons, and wearing hoodies, I mean the next thing you know she would have been wearing Iced out Grills, Thank God he broke up with her... Now is that the case with Beyonce and this Roc-A-Wear belt she is sporting in the pic below... Is it cool or Not Cool that Bey is wearing Roc-A-Wear...

Leah Janell: In My Shoes

CADILLAC RECORDS

Over the weekend Shyah, Jen and I had the pleasure of going to see the newly released film CADILLAC RECORDS. Before seeing the film I had heard so many different reviews about it. People all over were raving about how great Beyonce's acting skills were and how she did an amazing job playing Ms. Etta James.

As an actress its hard for me to appreciate Beyonce as an actress. I love to see new faces getting work, not singers becoming actresses, but after seeing this film I must agree that Beyonce might almost be there. I mean she has not reached Oscar winning status yet but she has truly grown as an actress and her work was greatly appreciated. Besides Beyonce I felt like Columbus Short had his break through performance as well, Columbus did an amazing transition from his debut as DJ in STOMP THE YARD. He was Hilarious, and Passionate Columbus was to Cadillac Records what Eddie Murphy was to Dream Girls, so for that I think he deserves an Oscar Nomination for best Supporting Actor.

The only negative review I have about this film is for the Beyonce fans out there, she is not introduced until late in the film, so late that my sister THANKED HER FOR JOINING US when she made her appearance LOL....

Leah Janell: In My Shoes

Nail Polish Color of the Week...

I have decieded to give this red hot color a new name, ALTER EGO... Forever Young is best worn by the Innocent Girl, who wants a chance to unleash her wild side. It allows Beyonce to let Sasha Fierce come out and Play. Sexy with all white and a must do with all black, Alter Ego will keep you FOREVER YOUNG.

Forever Young can be found on the Essie Website www.essie.com on sale right now for $8.00

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Eggshell Robin

This weeks color of the week EGGSHELL ROBIN by: Dashing Diva Brings about a fuss...

                                                  

This weeks nail color exclusive is more than just about a raving new color, its about an overall experience. Most women get serviced at Dashing Diva because they love the thought of being pampered while drinking Cosmos's with the girls, makes you feel like Carrie Bradshaw on any given day. But on this particular Thursday things were quite different. After being greeted at the door I was told to select a polish color. As I browsed hundreds of colors made by the Dashing Diva herself, I found one color that screamed at me, it was Eggshell Robin. I figured every female in the salon had to be getting this color because the Diva had nothing else to offer. After my treatment was done I pulled out my Dashing Diva Gift Card, shortly after I was approached by the manager who informed me that my $52.00 manicure and pedicure could not be covered with the gift card. Their policy stands that you have to use the gift card at the same salon it was purchased from. WHAT!!! That's like Starbucks in Brooklyn telling me they can not accept the gift card that my aunt in L.A. sent me for Christmas, so now your telling me I have to fly to L.A. just to get a Mocha Frappuccino... UNBELIEVABLE!!!

The Positives about Dashing Diva

The Cosmo

Eggshell Robin

The Beyonce concert playing on the flat screen

The negatives about Dashing Diva

The Gift Card Policy

The selection of nail polish 

Cosmo's are only served on a limited basis

Eggshell Robin can be found on the DASHING DIVA website www.dashingdiva.com on sale right now for $6.00

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Now That's What I Call a Headliner...

On Tuesday night my sister Shyah and I took our little brother Anton to the Power House Concert to celebrate his birthday, As we approached the arena I was surprised to see a predominately white crowd of teenagers wearing T-Shirts that read "WEZZY F. PLEASE SAY THE BABY". The show was held at the Izod Center in New Jersey the one thing I love about this arena is any seat is a good seat, well with the exception of the few 100 ppl that were seated directly behind the stage. The lights went out and DJ Kid Capri introduced the first act promptly at 7:30pm... 

D Block approached the stage in classic "Wild Out" tradition with an entourage of about 20, The Lox and peers performed so many hits that it makes one wonder how these same guys were the opening act at Summer Jam 95. They got the crowd hype with hits like "Benjamin's", and solo hits such as "Blow Your Mind". Things were just about to get interesting when Jada said "before we get out of here I want to bring my man to the stage, he's been in the game for a while" and his mic got cut off... LOL I wonder who that could have been, maybe slim from 112? I guess we will never know.

Slim was back stage for sure lol photo SLIM, ED L OVER, FREE, AND BLEEK 

Next up to bat was Neyo, I must say that Neyo held his own, this being a hip hop concert Neyo seemed to fit right in, He brought along the likes of  Jada Kiss, Plies and my personal favorite Fabolous....

Ed Lover and Free formerly of 106 & Park came out to introduce LIL WAYNE, might I add that Free should invest in some diet pills or a membership at a local gym, because she is one honey bun away from well ya'll get the point...  It was painfully obvious that majority of the crowd was there to see Lil Wayne. He approached the stage and received a standing ovation before he even said a word. I'm convinced that Lil Wayne's portion of the show was a rock concert due to the electric guitar that he pretended to be playing the entire set. I didn't understand half of the lyrics but judging by the crowd response and the robe and towel that was placed on him after his set it was a KNOCK OUT performance. 

DJ Clue introduced the final Act, Jay-Z, Shawn Corey Carter, Hova the God, Jigga (I think Jay has just as many names as Diddy).  Anyway I have this saying "if you've seen one Jay Z concert you've seen them all." But on this night Jay had something in store for us, there would be no special guest, No Freeway, No Mary, No State Property, Just Jay, D.J. AM, a little bit of Bleek, Lots of OBAMA, a dash of Bey, and a F*$# BUSH, yep a FUCK BUSH... Before Jay told us to vote for Obama, he told us why he was standing for CHANGE, he performed the 3rd verse of Blue Magic, "Push Money Over Broads, You Got It F*$# BUSH, 

Yes sir Jay used that good ol' Summer Jam tactic, and put Bush in his place... He followed that with a photo of our next President Barack Obama and encourage all to go out and vote on Election Day this coming Tuesday Nov. 4th, 2008

Jay Closed his show with one special guest for the ladies, HIS LADY...

Beyonce graced the stage to inspire all the single ladies, and she let the fellas know if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it... AS JAY DID...

Overall I gave the show an 8, had to take off too points for all the weed smoke in the air... 

Leah Janell: In My Shoe's