Follow Your Intuition: October 2013

FYI The Weekender: "How to Love" The Play

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FYI Fall Fashion Mixer Special Guest

There are only 3 weeks left until the Fall Fashion Mixer! I’m excited to announce my next special guest! It is celebrity hairstylist Shereese Slate! Her clientele will put you in awe! I can’t wait for her to share her story and give her words of wisdom. Check out Shereese Slate’s bio below!

Shereese L. Slate’s passion for hair and beauty dates back more than 25 years. Her remarkable celebrity clientele, accolades and recognition as a well-respected and talented hair stylist has earned her many prestigious honors that include the selection by the USA International Fashion Shows to be the premier fashion hairstylist for its coveted New York City Couture Fashion Week in 2007.

Slate’s sultry hairstyle creations have been showcased on top the shoulders of countless award-winning celebrities and music artists that include legendary soulstress, Patti Labelle, Ciara, Ashanti, Monica, Rosalyn McMillan, Teedra Moses, Yolanda Adams, Witness, The Clark Sisters, Foxy Brown, and Star Jones are among the many other music artist displaying her hair fashions. Slate’s hair art has also graced the music videos of Grammy-winning artists, Christina Aguilera and Mya. Additionally, the stylist’s immaculate hair and makeup artistry has been featured in film, television and magazine publications that include VIBE, InStyle, Forbes, People, Ebony, Cosmo Girl, Source, Hype Hair and Seventeen. Slate’s meticulous work has also earned warranted recognition from an array of national record labels and hair product lines that include Motions and TCB Professional Hair Care and Atlantic, Motown and DefJam records.

Slate is also the author of 101 Recipes for Romantic Ideas, which was written to inspire creative romance. With a deep passion for writing, she has been busy working on new projects, which include a cookbook highlighting delectable recipes from an array of hair stylists. A cancer survivor for an astounding 20 years, Slate will donate a percentage of the proceeds generated from the sales of the cookbook to a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase cancer awareness. Slate’s latest book, is called “At Home Hair Care Tips for the Everyday Woman.”

Slate’s extraordinary commitment to the community keeps her traveling around the globe educating audiences on the importance of image, appearance, hairstyling, haircutting and the art of creating professional hair weaves and extensions. She diligently works to develop programs and events that educate and motivate women of all ages, and she offers hair and beauty tips weekly on nationally syndicated radio programs. Additionally, through her charitable organization, S Girl Network, Slate teaches women of all ages effective ways to seek and exude inner and outer beauty.

Inspired to change lives one head at a time, Slate founded an innovative hair sales company in 2007, SheWear Hair Care™; re-launched in 2011 as a direct sales hair company, it is the first of its kind. Modeled after the successful door-to-door sales and marketing strategies of Slate’s hero, Madame CJ Walker, the first African-American woman self-made millionaire, SheWear Hair Care™ stands to recapture a target market while increasing quality awareness in the weave and extension-wearing community and offering affordability.

Picture and bio from shereeseslate.com.

Make sure you are in attendance at The Fresh and the Fabulous Fall Fashion Mixer!!

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GOLD MINE = D.Woods

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Previously, I had the awesome opportunity to interview D.Woods, former member of the platinum selling girl group Danity Kane. Knowing that the other members are back the together again, you can expect Ms. Woods making some big moves on her own! This singer, dancer, actress is on the rise! She is the boss of her own independent label, has a new single that is booming, and productions in theater in the works. What can D.Woods not do?!

Congrats on the new single Gold mine. I love the new video! It gives me a real 90’s vibe, tells us more about the song and video.

Thank you! I’m glad that came across! When I heard the track from the producer Travis Cherry, the track music sounded very Jodeci. When I wrote the song I wanted the background vocals to have that same feel, that nostalgic feel. I just remember growing up watching videos, wanting to be in videos. I also remember my mom being like “No you are not wearing that, you are too young!!” Now I can and it’s coming back in style, yaaasss! I want people to be like when was this shot, 1990 or 1993!? No it’s 2013! (Laughs)

So this is a fashion blog, what are some of your favorite brands and trends that are out right now?

I pretty much wear whatever I like. I have this sexy tomboy look. That’s my thing. I’ll mix a whole lot of stuff, I’m very abstract. I’ll wear some Timbs, with like a dress.

Tell us what we can expect from D.Woods that we weren’t able to see from you in Danity Kane?

Everything! (Laughs) Everything, basically you are going to meet D.Woods for the first time. I'm glad that I was able to show some of what I’m able to do, but I wasn’t able show what I was chosen to do.

Would you ever do Reality T.V. again? If so, would it be an existing reality show or have one of your own.”

Sure! I hope that anything I’m apart of wouldn’t be a carbon copy of what’s already out.

I usually like to end interviews with people just giving encouragement and what keeps them motivated. I know that this an up and down industry, how do you maintain so motivated?

It is a rollercoaster… I’ve been doing this since I was 3 years old, so I’ve been doing this before I could think of the possibilities of making money. I just love to do this; I just keep putting myself in positions where I can continue to love it. I have to be more conscious of who I’m around and have my counsel to let me know what to expect and how to get the most out of it so I can continue to love what I do. I always know what I want; it is just a matter of finding it. I’m still learning, and I want to continue to learn. You always want to be exposed to something new and be brought to a higher level, just showing the possibilities that you never expected.

Speaking to D.Woods made me dig into my ipod to listen to my fav Danity Kane songs! D.Woods is definitely grinding and making moves with her Gold Mine promotion tour. Catch up on her music with The Grey Area EP and My Favorite Color EP with singles “2 The Bottom” and “Gold Mine”, available on iTunes. I want to wish her luck and congrats on her new projects! Now check out her new video “Gold Mine”!