I love to go out and dance or stay in and dance, I'm not picky about the environment as long as I can git jiggy wit' it, git my groove on, shake my grove thang, work it out on the dancefloor, did I mention dance?? I'll also settle for bobb'n my head to good grooves if there is no room to dance. Ok, I have other interests...hunting for vintage booty, shopping,
personal shopping for my friends (what cha' need?), roller skating, art/museums, breakfast any time of the day, road trips, traveling, going to the movies or staying home and catching up on the ones I haven't seen, crusing ala mi bicicleta, summertime in the NYCity, milkshakes, papusas, CHICHARRONES, cupcakes, rock'n it over-sized, Indian food upstairs to the left (but the right is good too), late night into early morning kinda hang-out sessions that end with breakfast, salami and cheese, Macarooni and cheese from Mama's NYC, cheese in general and most things w/ cheese, $1 dumplings, grape soda, a cup of hot tea, different varieties of GUM, fleamarkets/garage/yard sales/thrift stores/swap meets/tag sales/estate sales (you get the picture), borrowing DVD's from the library, table top Galaga, finding money, hand made "little friends", kickball, stripes, really big sunglasses, really big earrings, big booty bitches, sewing, and free fun! I am also an offical "sneaker geek".
Music
I LOVE to git down to some ghetto tech, I really like to shape my ass...Outkast, Senor Coconut/Atom Heart, Ken Ishi, Blectum from Blechdom, DJ Assault, 4Hero, 2BadMice, Derrick Carter, Green Velvet, Isan, Richie Hawtin/Plastikman, JayZ, Quasimoto, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, PRINCE, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Van Halen, Journey, Snoop Dogg, Scissor Sisters, Le Tigre, Fanny Pack, Crack we are Rock, Death Sentence Panda!, DJ Magic Mike, Death From Above 1979, Bogdan Raczynski, Orbital, The Orb, Fischerspooner, Charlie Lownoise & Mental Theo, Gyptian, Young MC, E-40, Keak the Sneak, Mac Dre, Dr. Dre, Didley Squat, Cocorosie, Alicia Keys, R.Kelly ...music makes me lose control...
Movies
Warriors, Liquid Sky, Wild Style, Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu, Kids, Devdas, Hate(L'haine), West Side Story, Fight Club, THX 1138, Purple Rain, You Got Served (for the dancing of course), Lost Boys, Kill Bill, The Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain, The Notebook, City of God, The Science of Sleep
Television
ANTM, Project Runway...don't watch it too much unless it includes a night of my lady friends and food!
Books
The Preppy Handbook...Many Lives, Many Masters
Heroes
My Mom!!, Mama Maria, Nana, Grandma Rose, Auntie Yvonne, my Papa (the original "My Hero"!), mi amigo Ebbe Roe Yovino-Smith.
About me: I was born into this. I had no choice. I am a second-hand-rose. Before I was even brought into this world my Mom and my Nana would comb the thirft stores of Oakland, California putting together the wardrobe for the child that would be. Once I arrived, weekends where spent "garage saleing" with my mom and dad. It is there that my dad taught me two things: 1) "You never know what tiny treasure is on that table" translation: stop at all gargage sales and 2) "This car stops at all garage sales!", the bumper sticker my dad said our car needed. If we weren't "saleing", then it was bus trips to the Salvation Army in downtown Oakland to visit my Nana, who worked there for years.
We are a product of our environment and mine happened to be diggin through peoples "unwantables"...to find that gem, the score, a little something that gets your blood pumping and the adrenaline going, like you just got over on the world. The proof is in the picture, 3 generations of "junkers": my mom, grandma Rose and me.
I consider myself a modern day pirate hunting for buried treasure or booty if you will. My ship is my Saturn Vue and my ocean is the countless number of thrift stores, garage sales, fleamarkets, etc. that can be found in every cornor of the country.
Who I'd like to meet: Goodtime gansta’s ‘n funny-ha-ha prankster’s, danc’n fools ‘n those “not too cool fer school”, cuddle bunnies ‘n stacks of monies, lazy day lads ‘n busy ladies, a lil’ ghetto flash, a bit-o-highfalut’n-class, down town do-gooders ‘n up town git downers, party dress prissy’s ‘n “hooker heel” hoodlums, riddim makers ‘n booty bass shakers, sneaker geeks ‘n computer freaks, million dolla’ mamas, less all the dramas, “ai papi” cuties ‘n big booty beauties, hard hussl’n hussla’s, patna’s in “crime” who wanna spend time build’n ‘n shake’n money, money make’n, secondhand roses with fancy painted toeses, hyphee lyph live’n with lot’s-o-love a given, roll with the punchers ‘n let’s “really” do lunchers, legitamit ladies ‘n kind soul mateys…fo’ real folks…in it to win it.
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International Beauty Show Review: Beauty Tales With Miss Roxy Cottontail & Mama Kitten
Guest Contributors: Roxy Cottontail & Mama Kitten
ROXY COTTONTAIL'S REVIEW:
This week in NYC the Jacob Javits Center hosted the International Beauty Show. Kat & I were fortunate to attend on behalf of M.I.S.S. and uncover some of the future beauty trends you may see at a salon near you sometime this year. It was a blast! We received a crazy detoxification that I’m still not 100% sure was legit. My dad says it’s a farce. I kinda believe him, it was just too weird and disgusting to be true. The upside was we saw new hair techniques, amazing nails that lit up, stylists dancing while cutting hair (scary), new nail techniques, new spa treatments and it seems everyone wants soy in their products right now.
Read the review, check out all the photos and watch the videos on M.I.S.S.!
M.I.S.S. x Beauty Ticket: $50 Gift Certificate Give Away!
M.I.S.S. has teamed up with BeautyTicket.com to give away a $50 gift certificate. Carrying name brand cosmetics including China Glaze, Smashbox, Stila and Anna Sui at already deeply discounted prices, $50 will take you a long way!
M.I.S.S.'s very own beauty editor M.I.S.S. Michelle came up with some questions for you to answer - the person with all 3 correct answers and the most compelling answer to the bonus question will get a $50 gift certificate to use on BeautyTicket.com! Good luck!
1: What main ingredient in slimming creams does the slimming? 2: Since ancient times, this poisonous heavy metal was used in cosmetics to give skin a pale, powdery look. 3: This cosmetics company made the lipstick shade, Fire and Ice famous.
Bonus Question: What is your definition of beauty?
Hey girl!! Hahahaha! It's a betty boop vogueing shirt. I think I found it at some thrift store somewhere. We miss you soooo much and thanks so much for putting us on the blogzy. We are so honored coz YOU hecksa inspire us! Love you, ma!
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