Source: Xavier Collin/ Image Press Agency / SplashNews / Splash News Kelly Rowland, Jessica Alba, Kobe And Vanessa Bryant Attend Baby2Baby Gala Kelly Rowland turned heads in a black feathered gown and feathered updo for the 2019 Baby2Baby Gala Saturday in Los Angeles. If you think the front is amazing — wait til you see the back. Source: Xavier Collin/ Image Press Agency / SplashNews / Splash News Beautiful right? Just last month, Rowland hosted an event for Baby2Baby at Hollywood’s Lombardi House. The organization is responsible for donating millions of diapers, wipes and other basic childcare necessities to families in need. Such a great charity! Source: Xavier Collin/ Image Press Agency / SplashNews / Splash News Other notable guests included Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, Mindy Kaling, Katy Perry, Kate Hudson, Oliva Munn, Gina Rodriguez, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren and Vanessa and Kobe Bryant. Source: Jen Lowery / SplashNews / Splash News Check out more photos from the gala below:
Raymond Santana and Deelishis are moving in the direction of a celebrity romance according to a love fest of Instagram posts between the two. Santana, whose life story was recently portrayed in the award-winning film “When They See Us” as 1/5 of the Exonerated Five, posted a photo of the reality star, seemingly confirming that he shot his shot and won. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). “Date night with this beauty…@iamsodeelishis,” he captioned the photo of the two sitting side by side. View this post on Instagram Date night with this beauty…@iamsodeelishis #atlanta #thebeginning #shooting #theshot A post shared by Raymond Santana (@santanaraymond) on Oct 28, 2019 at 9:59pm PDT As critics flooded his page with questions and commentary specifically referring to rumors that Santana was still married, the activist posted a second photo addressing his naysayers. “Ok…so first off, this picture is for all the HATERS!!! Second..NO..I AM NOT MARRIED..so stop reading those fake ass websites that get all of my info wrong. And third..thank you to all the true people who love and support me regardless..I appreciate you guys,” he wrote. View this post on Instagram Ok… so first off, this picture is for all the HATERS!!! Second..NO..IAM NOT MARRIED..so stop reading those fake ass websites that get all of my info wrong. And third.. thank you to all the true people who love and support me regardless..I appreciate you guys.. @iamsodeelishis @parkmadisonnyc #pmnyc #cleartheair #getitoffmychest A post shared by Raymond Santana (@santanaraymond) on Oct 29, 2019 at 11:25am PDT Santana was last romantically linked to a woman named Nekesta Samone Shelton, but it looks like their love affair has run its course. He also has a 15-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. Deelishis also alluded that the two are an item by posting a photo of her wearing a shirt promoting Santana’s brand Park Madison NYC. “Thx love,” she wrote in the caption. Santana returned the love by reposting the photo with the following caption: “When she sees the vision..she will go harder for you..then your friends and associates.. thats why shes my #WCE.” View this post on Instagram When she sees the vision..she will go harder for you..then your friends and associates.. thats why shes my #WCE @iamsodeelishis @parkmadisonnyc #ParkMadisonNyc #pmnyc www.parkmadisonnyc.com #hoodieseason #theBrotherhood #whentheyseeus A post shared by Raymond Santana (@santanaraymond) on Nov 6, 2019 at 10:38am PST While we totally weren’t expecting this, at the end of the day everyone deserves a true chance at love and happiness. We’re keeping our eye on these two for sure! This story was originally posted on madamenoire.com . Follow @TheRSMS
While some fans were uneasy after seeing Paola Mayfield’s behavior on 90 Day Fiance this year, she still has countless followers. And she has an amazing announcement to make about her beloved niece. Her Columbian niece, who has Down Syndrome, is now cancer-free after a two-year battle with leukemia! Paola Mayfield took to Instagram this week to make a very special announcement. “Last year I went to Colombia when I was pregnant,” her caption begins, explaining why she appears pregnant in the accompanying photo. She explained: “I needed to see my sister and my niece.” “My niece has Down Syndrome,” Paola notes, “and had been battling leukemia for about 2 years.” Here is the photo. Paola’s young neice is adorable! “But TODAY we received the greatest news!” Paola proclaims. She writes: “She is finally cancer free!” Childhood leukemia is a true horror and we are so, so pleased to hear this! “With tears in my eyes,” Paola’s heartfelt caption continues, “I feel full of joy and happiness.” She very well should! Paola explains that this is such a relief “because I know how hard it has been the past few years for my sister.” We have a sneaking suspicion that this was no cakewalk for her niece, either. “For those who battle everyday to have another day of life,” Paola advises. “Stay strong and don’t lose faith.” The beloved reality star then adds a string of red hear emojis. Paola concludes her post by writing: “Thank you.” For some reason — possibly fearing that trolls have no qualms and consider no subject to be sacred — Pao has deactivated replies to the post. Down Syndrome is also known as Trisomy 21, and it means that there are three twenty-first chromosomes instead of the usual pairing. This mutation, usually detectable before birth, can cause cognitive delays along with a series of tell-tale traits. Individuals with Down Syndrome can lead fulfilling lives, complete their education, and overcome stigma. However, some babies with Down Syndrome require major heart surgery within days of birth. Others simply die. Thinking about it, Paola’s niece battling leukemia may have been a factor, combined with Pao’s previous miscarriage, behind her behavior early this year. As fans of 90 Day Fiance may recall, she was weirdly possessive of baby Axel after his birth. She seemed unwilling to allow Russ or Russ’ mother to hold or be alone with her son, which was very distressing. Worse, Pao admitted to vaccine hesitancy, confessing that they would pick and choose which vaccinations Axel received. That’s not okay. Paola, seen here feeding celery juice (the very concept of which makes me shudder) to baby Axel, has clear concerns about her son’s health. Does she hope that giving him all-organic foods and denying him much-needed vaccines will ensure that he does not repeat her niece’s horror? That might explain, but not excuse, some of her post-partum struggles that shocked fans earlier this year. We are so overjoyed on behalf of Paola’s niece and we wish the entire extended family the very best. View Slideshow: Paola Mayfield: See Her Stunning Post-Baby Body Transformation!
Source: Victoria McGraw-@victoriasaidit / Radio One Digital Lizzo Covers British Vogue 2019 has been the year of Lizzo . On top of having the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 by a solo female rapper and bodying every award show stage she’s hit, now the “Truth Hurts” singer can add Vogue cover girl to her list of accomplishments. On Thursday, British Vogue released the second of its December 2019 issue covers with Lizzo featured on one, donning a black Versace gown and looking Good As Hell. View this post on Instagram Making her regal debut as the star of the second of #BritishVogue’s two December covers is @LizzoBeeating. More than a musician, Lizzo is a movement. Her messages of power, positivity and self-love have earned her a cult following of millions around the world. In the December issue, the star spends time with @Miss_Zing discussing coming full circle as one of the world’s biggest solo rap artists, female empowerment and being crowned this generation’s queen of body-positive pop. Read the full interview in the new issue, on newsstands Friday 8 November. #Lizzo wears a @Versace dress, @AdrienneLandau feather boa, @Chopard earrings, @Wempe and @VerduraJewelry rings and @TiffanyAndCo bracelet. Photographed by @Kloss_Films, styled by @DenaGia and DoP @GaryBardizbanian, with hair by @YusefHairNYC, make-up by @ReneeGarnes and nails by @NailsByMarySoul. A post shared by British Vogue (@britishvogue) on Nov 7, 2019 at 8:56am PST In the mag, the “Jerome” singer dished on everything from dealing with anxiety to promoting body positivity saying: “Anybody that uses body positivity to sell something is using it for their personal gain. That’s just it. We weren’t selling anything in the beginning. We were just selling ourselves and selling ourselves on the idea – selling ourselves on ourselves, you know? I’m not trying to sell you me. I’m trying to sell you, you.” View this post on Instagram “I want you to know that if you can love me, you can love your goddamn self.” Born in Detroit to a religious family and raised in Texas, Melissa Jefferson, a.k.a. Lizzo’s special brand of influence act like an antidote and in today’s image-obsessed age. In her first cover interview for #BritishVogue, the star opens up to @Miss_Zing about all things fame and fortune, learning to nurture her own needs and navigating global fame. Read the full interview in the new issue, on newsstands Friday 8 November. #Lizzo photographed by @Kloss_Films, styled by @DenaGia and DoP @GaryBardizbanian, with hair by @YusefHairNYC, make-up by @ReneeGarnes, nails by @NailsByMarySoul. A post shared by British Vogue (@britishvogue) on Nov 7, 2019 at 9:16am PST On dealing with anxiety, Lizzo added: “When I get really, really anxious before a show, I just go harder and harder and harder when I’m performing and I just go crazy,” she says. “I don’t know why, but my anxiety sometimes fuels who I am as a performer and who I am as an artist – and I know that is not the case for everyone. I don’t know if my body just, like, out of a desperate need to find a place for my anxiety or find a use for it, takes it and puts it there,” the Houston-raised rapper admitted. It’s a beautiful thing to have someone like Lizzo for women younger and, more seasoned, to look up to. The December 2019 issue of British Vogue will hit newsstands on Friday, Nov. 8.
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Weeks after her divorce to husband Shannon Brown was finalized, it seems that Monica is having a metamorphosis of sorts. Or let her tell it, a “new beginning.” On Tuesday, the 39-year-old posted a photo spread of her in the nude, and it was stunning. Sporting her iconic short pixie, the mother of 3, looked absolutely breathtaking (and super-fit), posing on a balcony near the beach. “New Beginnings Required Shedding it All M.D.A.,” the Committed singer wrote. (M.D.A. are initials for her name, Monica Denise Arnold.) Take a look: View this post on Instagram New Beginnings Required Shedding it All M.D.A. A post shared by Monica (@monicadenise) on Nov 5, 2019 at 8:57pm PST In a second photo, here she is soaking up some rays, glowing in her barely-there makeup and catlined eyes. She also appears to have a new mantra to living: Not sweating the small stuff her anymore. “Not much getting under my skin these days… I Get ahead of it or above it…. M.D.A. ….,” Monica wrote. View this post on Instagram Not much getting under my skin these days… I Get ahead of it or above it…. M.D.A. ….. Photo: My Fave @cyndiibee_ Hair: @tailormade76 Makeup: @bbeautifulwoman A post shared by Monica (@monicadenise) on Nov 5, 2019 at 11:00pm PST Clearly, the key to her new phase in her life is pretty simple: It’s all about “joy.” “The journey is always easier when you hang on to your joy!” Monica said in the last set of photos she shared. View this post on Instagram The journey is always easier when you hang on to your joy!!!! A post shared by Monica (@monicadenise) on Nov 5, 2019 at 11:54pm PST As we previously reported, Monica and Brown had been married for 10 years before Monica filed for divorce back in March. They share a 6-year-old daughter Laiyah . The “Boy Is Mine” singer hasn’t shared too much about what caused the dissolution of her marriage, but thankfully, she looks strong, healthy and ready for what the rest of her life has in store for her. View this post on Instagram Principles • Peace • Passion • Purpose • All live within me A post shared by Monica (@monicadenise) on Nov 6, 2019 at 5:04pm PST To the future, girl! RELATED NEWS: Oh No! Monica Files For Divorce From Shannon Brown GET THE LOOK: Monica Brown’s Designer Swimsuit Will Have You Looking Haute On The Beach HAUTE OR NAUGHT: Are You REDy For Monica Brown’s New Hair Color? [POLL] [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3062034″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Weeks after her divorce to husband Shannon Brown was finalized, it seems that Monica is having a metamorphosis of sorts. Or let her tell it, a “new beginning.” On Tuesday, the 39-year-old posted a photo spread of her in the nude, and it was stunning. Sporting her iconic short pixie, the mother of 3, looked absolutely breathtaking (and super-fit), posing on a balcony near the beach. “New Beginnings Required Shedding it All M.D.A.,” the Committed singer wrote. (M.D.A. are initials for her name, Monica Denise Arnold.) Take a look: View this post on Instagram New Beginnings Required Shedding it All M.D.A. A post shared by Monica (@monicadenise) on Nov 5, 2019 at 8:57pm PST In a second photo, here she is soaking up some rays, glowing in her barely-there makeup and catlined eyes. She also appears to have a new mantra to living: Not sweating the small stuff her anymore. “Not much getting under my skin these days… I Get ahead of it or above it…. M.D.A. ….,” Monica wrote. View this post on Instagram Not much getting under my skin these days… I Get ahead of it or above it…. M.D.A. ….. Photo: My Fave @cyndiibee_ Hair: @tailormade76 Makeup: @bbeautifulwoman A post shared by Monica (@monicadenise) on Nov 5, 2019 at 11:00pm PST Clearly, the key to her new phase in her life is pretty simple: It’s all about “joy.” “The journey is always easier when you hang on to your joy!” Monica said in the last set of photos she shared. View this post on Instagram The journey is always easier when you hang on to your joy!!!! A post shared by Monica (@monicadenise) on Nov 5, 2019 at 11:54pm PST As we previously reported, Monica and Brown had been married for 10 years before Monica filed for divorce back in March. They share a 6-year-old daughter Laiyah . The “Boy Is Mine” singer hasn’t shared too much about what caused the dissolution of her marriage, but thankfully, she looks strong, healthy and ready for what the rest of her life has in store for her. View this post on Instagram Principles • Peace • Passion • Purpose • All live within me A post shared by Monica (@monicadenise) on Nov 6, 2019 at 5:04pm PST To the future, girl! RELATED NEWS: Oh No! Monica Files For Divorce From Shannon Brown GET THE LOOK: Monica Brown’s Designer Swimsuit Will Have You Looking Haute On The Beach HAUTE OR NAUGHT: Are You REDy For Monica Brown’s New Hair Color? [POLL] [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3062034″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Morgan Lieberman / Getty Tracee Ellis Ross is truly having her own Bad B*tch Fall . Not only did the 47-year-old stunner launch her natural hair care line Pattern , she’s back this season for black-ish and mixed-ish (a comedy she narrates, co-created and produces), but she’s been killing the magazine game. Not only was she the cover girl for Glamour UK’s November issue , but she is gracing us again on the cover of Allure . As part of their “See Yourself, See Each Other,” series partnership with Ulta , Ross looks fresh on their digital cover rocking a brown Bottega Veneta jumpsuit, a Gucci earring (worn as a brooch) and Mateo green drop earrings. Of course, she used her own Pattern products to achieve her signature curls. View this post on Instagram “It’s about taking up space. It’s about being who you are and being supported in that and being loved for that. For that exact thing that is who you are.” @traceeellisross opened up to Allure about her thoughts on self-acceptance and how it served as inspiration in the creation of her new hair care line @PatternBeauty. Link in bio for our full special edition digital cover story in partnership with @ultabeauty for #SeeYourselfSeeEachOther. Read more at link in bio. #ad –– #photography: @carissajg #hair: @naivashaintl #makeup: @itsmatin #stylist: @yashuasimmons #nails: @nailsbymaki.nyc A post shared by Allure Magazine (@allure) on Nov 4, 2019 at 5:20am PST (Sidenote: I have to say, I love the fact that Ross looks very natural in this picture. Too often, covers are aggressively lit and photoshopped, but not this one.) In her interview , Ross admits that she worried that for the initial launch of Pattern at Ulta, they were going to stock too much product, but she soon realized that within days all 1200 Ulta locations basically sold out of her line. She also shares what this line for Black women means to her. “It was about actually expanding the paradigm and allowing us to see ourselves in all of our beauty,” Ross tells Allure. “To have our beauty reflected back to us in imagery and in [a] narrative that was about who we are, and our legacy and our power.” View this post on Instagram “You’ll spend years holding yourself to a beauty standard that doesn’t make space for you.” For this special edition digital cover, we talked to @TraceeEllisRoss about her mission as an actress, executive producer, and beauty entrepreneur. Ross shared her personal journey of self-acceptance for #SeeYourselfSeeEachOther, our ongoing mission with @ultabeauty to inspire individuals to embrace their unique beauty. Link in bio for our full cover story. #ad –– #photography: @carissajg #hair: @naivashaintl #makeup: @itsmatin #stylist: @yashuasimmons #nails: @nailsbymaki.nyc A post shared by Allure Magazine (@allure) on Nov 4, 2019 at 5:00am PST As we previously reported , Pattern is serving up something for everyone including two serums, three conditioners, a leave-in conditioner, shampoo, a shower brush, hair clips, and a microfiber towel. (The price ranges from $9-$42.) That and Tracee understands that for all of our hair, we need larger bottles! Who really uses only a dime to quarter-sized amount of conditioner? Not the kid. “Large conditioner sizes that actually fulfill the unmet needs of our community. Unique formulas packed with luscious & safe ingredients. Accessible pricing, because everyone should have access to their most beautiful hair in their own shower. And gorgeous packaging that conjures the legacy of our history & makes us all feel like the royalty that we are. #RockYourPattern, ” Tracee wrote on Instagram back in September. View this post on Instagram PATTERN is for those of us who need more than a quarter size of product. Large conditioner sizes that actually fulfill the unmet needs of our community. Unique formulas packed with luscious & safe ingredients. Accessible pricing, because everyone should have access to their most beautiful hair in their own shower. And gorgeous packaging that conjures the legacy of our history & makes us all feel like the royalty that we are. #RockYourPattern A post shared by PATTERN (@patternbeauty) on Sep 3, 2019 at 6:13am PDT BEAUTIES: Have you tried Pattern yet? RELATED NEWS: Tracee Ellis Ross As Queen Latifah & Marsai Martin As Beyoncé Are A Halloween Mood 4 Eva HAUGHT OR NAUGHT: Tracee Ellis Ross Shoots Her Digital Cover For Glamour UK With An iPhone 5 Things You Need To Know About Tracee Ellis Ross’ New Hair Care Line [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3062604″ overlay=”true”]
Lizzo continues her domination of the year 2019. Case in point: The “Good As Hell” rapper just scored her very first British Vogue cover! For the December issue of the UK’s Fashion Bible, the 31-year-old slayed in a black fitted Versace gown, an Adrienne Landau feather boa and a perfect beehive on top with tresses flowing down the sides hairstyle. Literally flawless! View this post on Instagram Making her regal debut as the star of the second of #BritishVogue’s two December covers is @LizzoBeeating. More than a musician, Lizzo is a movement. Her messages of power, positivity and self-love have earned her a cult following of millions around the world. In the December issue, the star spends time with @Miss_Zing discussing coming full circle as one of the world’s biggest solo rap artists, female empowerment and being crowned this generation’s queen of body-positive pop. Read the full interview in the new issue, on newsstands Friday 8 November. #Lizzo wears a @Versace dress, @AdrienneLandau feather boa, @Chopard earrings, @Wempe and @VerduraJewelry rings and @TiffanyAndCo bracelet. Photographed by @Kloss_Films, styled by @DenaGia and DoP @GaryBardizbanian, with hair by @YusefHairNYC, make-up by @ReneeGarnes and nails by @NailsByMarySoul. A post shared by British Vogue (@britishvogue) on Nov 7, 2019 at 8:56am PST The “Cuz I Love You” singer opened up in the interview, speaking candidly about a range of topics including how anxiety fuels her as a performer. “When I get really, really anxious before a show, I just go harder and harder and harder when I’m performing and I just go crazy,” she says. “I don’t know why, but my anxiety sometimes fuels who I am as a performer and who I am as an artist – and I know that is not the case for everyone. I don’t know if my body just, like, out of a desperate need to find a place for my anxiety or find a use for it, takes it and puts it there,” the Houston-raised rapper admitted. View this post on Instagram “I want you to know that if you can love me, you can love your goddamn self.” Born in Detroit to a religious family and raised in Texas, Melissa Jefferson, a.k.a. Lizzo’s special brand of influence act like an antidote and in today’s image-obsessed age. In her first cover interview for #BritishVogue, the star opens up to @Miss_Zing about all things fame and fortune, learning to nurture her own needs and navigating global fame. Read the full interview in the new issue, on newsstands Friday 8 November. #Lizzo photographed by @Kloss_Films, styled by @DenaGia and DoP @GaryBardizbanian, with hair by @YusefHairNYC, make-up by @ReneeGarnes, nails by @NailsByMarySoul. A post shared by British Vogue (@britishvogue) on Nov 7, 2019 at 9:16am PST On the lack of plus-sized representation in pop culture growing up: “I would watch things on television and I would look at magazines and I would not see myself. When you don’t see yourself, you start to think something’s wrong with you. Then you want to look like those things and when you realize it’s a physical impossibility, you start to think, ‘What the f**k is wrong with me?’ I think that took a greater toll on me, psychologically, growing up than what anyone could have said to me.” View this post on Instagram “I’m not trying to sell you me, I’m trying to sell you, you.” In today’s image-obsessed age, @LizzoBeeating is a megawatt beacon of self-assurance – so utterly herself that it is impossible for it not to rub off on you. Read the full interview with @Miss_Zing and see the full story in the December 2019 issue of #BritishVogue, on newsstands Friday 8 November. #Lizzo photographed by @Kloss_Films, styled by @DenaGia and DoP @GaryBardizbanian, with hair by @YusefHairNYC, make-up by @ReneeGarnesa and nails by @NailsByMarySoul. A post shared by British Vogue (@britishvogue) on Nov 7, 2019 at 10:02am PST On people ( perhaps Azaelia Banks ) who believe Lizzo is using body positivity to gain popularity, Lizzo had this to say: “Anybody that uses body positivity to sell something is using it for their personal gain. That’s just it. We weren’t selling anything in the beginning. We were just selling ourselves and selling ourselves on the idea – selling ourselves on ourselves, you know? I’m not trying to sell you me. I’m trying to sell you, you.” LOVE IT! You better tell ’em! In an accompanying video, Lizzo keeps it 100 about her “first acts,” which she shared that she was hungover shooting her Vogue cover, that her first memories of music were gospel music and the first album she ever bought was Destiny Child’s “Survivor.” Take a look: Congrats Lizzo! Read the full feature in the December issue of British Vogue available online and on newsstands on Friday, Nov. 8. RELATED NEWS: Lizzo Is 100 Percent That B***h On The October Cover Of Elle Hatin’ Much? Azealia Banks Is Dead Wrong For Calling Lizzo A ‘Fat Millennial Mammy’ GET THE LOOK: Megan Thee Stallion’s Bone Straight Inches & Lizzo’s Retro Beehive [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3022261″ overlay=”true”]
Source: GETTY / Getty Joe Budden’s Love Triangle If you saw the brand new Love & Hip-Hop: New York trailer then you saw a cast full of drama and potentials for a truly explosive season. Of course you saw that Chrissy and Kimbella are going to be on the show together. But that’s not it. We also know now that Tahiry and Cyn Santana are going to both be on this season together. What is their connection? Well, they both obviously dated Joe Budden for a long time. Joe proposed to Tahiry at Times Square a few years ago and got straight up denied. Then he popped up with Cyn, engaged, living together and expecting. Now they are all three going to be running around together. Oh, you need a refresher of what Joe will be looking at? Tahiry View this post on Instagram I WANT WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT IT! Looking like cartoon action figure… They call her : SUPERRRRR CHEEKS Y’all see how the hip is connected to my thigh tho! ps i have cellulite… #womenproblems A post shared by Tahiry Jose (@therealtahiry) on Oct 19, 2019 at 7:21pm PDT Cyn View this post on Instagram Momma Cyn kinda feelin herself this bathing suit is perfect @mattecollection A post shared by Cyn Santana (@cynsantana) on Oct 11, 2019 at 2:10pm PDT Yup. Twitter has a LOT of jokes about Joe’s predicament but also we want to show you a bunch of pics of the two women to see how the baes are shaping up leading into the show. I don’t know why @JoeBudden doing this to himself Tahiry and Cyn? https://t.co/3UUULpMUhL — Jaded (@Jada_london) November 5, 2019
Late this summer, Kourtney Kardashian flaunted her stretch marks on social media, turning heads and earning praise. Kourt notices that her followers approved, and came up with a plan. Now, she’s showing off her “tiger stripes” again, and this time, it’s for a very savvy purpose. Kourtney Kardashian posted this mouth-watering photo to Instagram. Notably, she didn’t share it on her personal Instagram — but on her Poosh side account. While it’s hard to make out in the photo, Kourt does actually have stretch marks. The hot bikini pic was accompanied by a message. “Stretch marks: we’ve all got them,” the caption begins. The Poosh caption then asks: “Looking to minimize the appearance of yours?” Naturally, Poosh being her lifestyle brand and all, the caption then directs followers to click a link to learn how. Most models use their perfections to sell products, so it’s a bit of a change for Kourtney to use her “flaws.” There are a number of modes of thinking about stretch marks. The first is that they are unsightly, and though they can arise from a growth spurt, pregnancy, or exercise, are associated with unwanted weight gain. People of this line of thinking want to do their best to prevent stretch marks from appearing in the first place. When they do get stretch marks, they want to try whatever solutions — Poosh or otherwise — that will mask these marks. Another line of thinking, of course, is that Kourtney and anyone else shouldn’t want to hide these marks. They are, after all, part of your body. Nobody picks their flesh prison. Since there is nothing unhealthy about stretch marks, many feel that the stigma should end. Along with that stigma, people should therefore lose the desire to hide them, as they’re just part of one’s skin. However, both of these diametrically opposed viewpoints kind of … miss the point. Yes, of course there shouldn’t be any stigma about stretch marks. it’s just something that happens to human skin. But that doesn’t mean that Kourtney, or people who take advice from Poosh, are doing anything wrong. Some people embrace their marks while others want to minimize them. Everybody gets to control what they do to their own meatsuit. Kourtney is very clearly not shaming anyone who has stretch marks with this ad. When last she shared her marks, she wrote: “I love my little stripes.” Also, the ad both affirms that everyone has them and then asks if the reader is looking for a change. That’s it. If you’re not looking to change your looks, then the ad is not saying anything about you. That’s an improvement over a lot of beauty ads. Kourtney turned 40 this past April. Compared to some of her siblings, she’s getting into the “personal brand” business a little late. Sure, she hada brand, but she wasn’t profiting from it as aggressively as Kim or Kylie. Kim’s array of products range from makeup to a mobile game, and have led her to have a net worth of a third of a billion dollars. Kylie Cosmetics, of course, is worth a full billion. Kylie became a mother and a billionaire at a shockingly young age. Now that Kourtney’s dipping her toes into the world, her fans hope that Poosh will do something similar for her. Only time will tell. View Slideshow: Kylie Jenner Playboy Cover: Revealed, Very Busty!
