NASIR JONES

THANKSGIVING, MY BIRTHDAY & CHRISTMAS RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR!

I haven't written since the anniversary of my mother's death. I guess it's because I have had so much going on in my life I don't care to talk about. Thanksgiving came & went...so has my 41st birthday. In the midst of that my youngest daughter Cimaya turned 3 years old, complete with a Princess Tiana themed birthday cake. The morning of my birthday seemed like any other birthday. For the 1st time in my life, the element of excitement surrounding my birthday was absent. Usually, I am excited & anxious. This year, not so much. I have alot of things on my mind. For one, I feel I've gone middle of the road. For a woman with much wisdom as I have for everyone else, I have none left for myself.

It was my dream to spend my 40th Birthday in Gay Paree'! Instead, my 40th was spent sitting in an Anger Management class over an ACS case I'd acquired in September. Afterwhich, Mr. Lucas & I drove around in a 2010 Smoke Grey Altima he'd just bought me & dined at Le' Cheesecake Factory. The original plan was to head to Atlantic City, but that quickly became just what it was a plan, cause I was too exhausted to drive three hours. I wasn't dressed for the occasion so Le' Cheesecake it was. I had a new car so I was ok. Yet I still longed for the sights of the Eifel Tower & small quaint shops filled with couture & exotic perfumes. Flea Markets filled with artisinal cheeses & rare vintage wines I probably couldn't pronounce. Nonetheless, I wanted to be there. I have a list of places I want to visit. Italy's coast of Capri, the watery city of Venice, Rome & Greece...to name a few. I've always wanted to visit Paris though. The scenery, the cafe's, the perfume, the fashion & the MACAROONS! OH MY!!! Life is about choices, I guess. And I guess I haven't made many wise ones. To walk the cobbled streets of St. Tropez & live the life of a spoiled worldy femme fatale. Sit on a yacht just to pinch myself to see if it were real. Sunbathing til I down right baked another shade of brown sugar. Sun coated yellow manicured hands & feet to go along with my sultry smoky sunkissed tan with jet black hair...a Pochantas Boho Beauty. And believe me, I am wearing a stark white tunic, I don't believe in showing too much skin. Too much skin, leaves little to the imagination. Yeah, I was supposed to live a jaded life. I am a Socialite, but instead of calling myself poor, I will say I am a "Financially Challenged" Socialite. With a taste for the finer things in life. Anyway, as Christmas rapidily approaches, so does my youngest son Jaden's Birthday. He will be 4yrs old. A trip tp FAO Swartz would be nice for both he & Cimaya. A change from the mainstream Toys R Us, Target or Walmart thing. My children deserve the best, I don't even require a private shopping excurision. LOL;) I guess apart from me feeling a little blue...I know deep down inside, I'd like a house to come home to. But that's another story for another day. I feel like Eartha Kitt these days, "Santa Baby!" I do have the same exact list, but without the deed to a platinum mine!

As I close out my blog, I could think of about a million things I'd want for Christmas. But at the end of the day, I think having my Mother alive would suffice. Maybe she & I could've taken the Paris trip together!

My mommy is gone. Well she's been gone about six years today to be exact & its funny how the people she loved the most seem to care the less.

Well Mommy if you can see, I LOVE YOU & YOU STAY WITH ME IN MY HEART EVERY DAY! I can't breathe without you in my life. This reminds me of R.Kelly's I Can't Sleep!

Its amazing how life is, how the child who gives you the most stress, loves you the most! And the ones you dote on, have no time for you! I'm thinking maybe I shouldn't have had any children. Especially if they turn out to be ungrateful little ingrates who don't realize that it was YOU who made them who they are!

God Knows I LUV ALL THINGS NEW YORK! One of my Theme Songs is Odyssey's "Native New Yorker!" Young & Pretty New York City Girl, is a verse in the song that best describes me! I LOVE NEW YORK!!! It is a LOVE AFFAIR which began as a little girl, staring at the TWIN TOWERS in awe...not knowing one day I'd work in those very same buildings. I am in LOVE WITH THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE & LOVE the song on the Saturday Night Fever Sound Track. That's a song you'd play at the end of your life to me. The lights of the GREATEST CITY in the world. The buildings, the stores & the infamous taxi's. How could you not LOVE 5th Ave, Maddy Ave, Park & Lexy... Are you kidding? You're no New Yorker if  you've never sat on the deck of South Street Seaport staring across at Brooklyn & the BQE. Or took a short trip around the harbour on either the Circle Line or the  Staten Island Ferry! I once visited Ellis Island & learned alot about the many immigrants who passed by our French Given Goddess "The Statue of Liberty" just to begin a new life in our GREAT CITY NEW YORK!

So in honor of my LOVE FOR NEW YORK, I invite you ladies to LIVE THE SCENT THAT REPS THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD...Bond No.9's "I LOVE NEW YORK FOR ALL!" It's a DELICIOUS & CLASSY SCENT not too many will recognize. It's definitely an Ode to the CITY I LOVE & A WINK TO THE CLASSY WOMEN WHO WEAR IT;)

I Am In Love With The Fall!!!!

THIS IS THE STORY OF MY LIFE...CHOOSING TO WALK ALONE. THROUGH THE FIRE, THROUGH LOSS, HURT, GRIEF, FEAR & PAIN! YET I REFUSE TO COW TOW OR SUBMIT TO THE WISHES OF OTHERS OR WHAT THEIR PERCEPTION OF ME IS. THOSE WHO CALL ME CRAZY, LOUD, GHETTO OR WHAT EVER YOU MAY WANT TO CALL ME...I'M STILL ME, MAKE THAT CLASSY ME & IN ALL YOUR JUDGEMENT OF ME, IT'S REALLY CONFUSION & NOT HATE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ME OR WHY I AM ME!!! WHY I'M COMFORTABLE IN THE SKIN I'M IN CLASSY OR NOT! IT'S CALLED CONSTITUTION, YOU NEED TO GET YOU SOME & THEN MAYBE YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ME...I LOVE WALKING THIS CLASSY WALK ALONE!!!

See, this is why I KNOW I'VE MISSED MY CALLING & SHOULD HAVE BEEN A STYLIST or should I say TREND SETTER! I just went to the store, thinking of a way to switch up my game for the Fall season. As you know I have a totally different color & want to offset it with something different. Something besides the nudes, bronzes and coppers. So I decided on my old vintage Vamp Look!
It's the look I will be going for this Fall 2011 Season. The Vamp look is Bold, Daring & Sexy. I first sported the Vamp Lip in 1986 at the age of sixteen, being I wasn't that crazy about reds. It's funny, red didn't become sexy until MAC's Rocker Matte lipstick came out. It was a dark blood red with hints of gold glitter through out it! I also wore that with the MAC Currant pencil. Talk about SEXY...just make sure your teeth are WHTIE!;)

In the nineties, I began wearing a Vamp Purple look from MAC with a bit of irridescent lavender in the middle of a dark purple lip & of course the Currant lip liner.  I believe the lavender color was called Cyber. Unfortunately, I cannot recall the nearly black/purple matte lip stick I wore as a base. MAC has since discontinued the Vamp Purple color.

I've already purchased some vamp colors. Now I have to put the magic to work! Check yall later ladies! Try the vamp look, its very sexy, very different, very you & makes a statement! How cute is Angela Simmons? She is WERKIN THIS LOOK WITH A SOFT NUDE EYE! A perfect balance, so the eyes focus on the lips as soon as you see her!;) Werk it Girl!!!