Raven-Symoné takes part in “Pepsi We Inspire” as an official icon of the multi-cultural women’s empowerment movement.

Raven Inspires Through Laughter:

“When someone laughs it’s truly one of the most fulfilling feelings. It makes me feel like I’ve done my part in this world.”

– Raven-Symoné, Quote from www.pepsiweinspire.com

Take a look at Raven’s Pepsi We Inspire video underneath.

Mishon (profile) recently did an interview with JimmyJazz where he talked about peer pressure, falling in love too quickly and his own personal relationship mistakes. In the interview, Mishon had this message for his young fans:

Word From YBStar:

“I think nowadays in our world it’s a lot of peer pressure. People see stuff and sometimes they feel forced to do stuff. I’m just reminding them that if you really like somebody then you don’t have to go all the way. You should really get to know somebody better,”

– Mishon Ratliff, Quote from www.jimmyjazz.com

Read the whole interview now at www.jimmyjazz.com.
Click here if you want to purchase Mishon’s latest single “Rock My Chain” on iTunes. It’s just $0.99!

Are you looking to change up your style and try a new hair color but are worried about how the dye may affect your hair? This may be the perfect product for you! Clairol Professional Jazzing contains no-ammonia and no-peroxide formulas—so you can apply it immediately after relaxing treatments. Since you can use it as a temporary color, you can try out different hairstyles for “wild weekend hair” or do a simple touch up for special occasions!

Young Black Starz is kicking off the new year right with our first giveaway of 2010! Two (2) random readers will be chosen to receive Clairol Professional Jazzing temporary hair coloring! The two colors that we will be giving away are Spiced Cognac (a goldish color) and Cherry Cola (a reddish color). If you would like to try for a chance to win, enter your name into the drawing and winners will be randomly selected and contacted through email to find out how to receive your prize.

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At just 13 years of age, Deidra Shores is well on her way as a kid reporter! This past November, the Memphis, Tennessee native was chosen as the winner of the Today’s Show Kid Reporter contest. Deidra beat out more than 40,000 other kid contestants for the job with her winning video titled, “Where in the World is Matt Lauer?.” After winning, Deidra was off for her first official assignment which included a report on board the Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest ship — “Carnival Dream.” Deidra talked to crew members and learned all about working on cruise ships. See a video of this first assignment underneath.

Get into the spirit of the season with these festive designs I came up with. For once, I’ve done a step by step guide for each design so you can try it out for yourself. Although I’ve told you the colors I’ve used, feel free to experiment and change them up. I did use some thinner brushes to create some of the designs but if you don’t have any then you can achieve some of the finer details with our trusty friend the TOOTHPICK.

CANDY CANE

Colors needed: Red, White & Gold

FYI: All of this will be made easier with the use of a thinner brush.

1. After applying the all important base coat, paint your nails with a white polish.

2. Using a red polish with very little paint on the brush to achieve a thinner effect, paint the shape of a walking stick or a hook. This is the candy cane.

3. Use the white polish again with a small amount of polish on the brush to create the white stripes and then use a gold to make the bow.

SNOWMAN

Colors needed: Blue, White, Black & Red

FYI: Use a toothpick to make the dots of snow & the snowman’s buttons and eyes.

1. After applying base coat paint your nails with the blue polish.

2. With the white polish, make two blobs with the brush – one larger than the other. Then, dab a toothpick in some white polish and dot around the snowman’s shape to create the snowflakes.

3. Again using a toothpick, this time with black polish, make the snowman’s mouth, eyes and buttons. Then with a toothpick or very little paint on the brush, use the red polish to make the nose and scarf.

CHRISTMAS TREE

Colors needed: Red, Green, Black & Gold

FYI: Using less paint on the brush with make it easier to create the triangles as you can flatten the brush out more to create a sharper edge. Thin brushes will make this a WHOLE lot easier though!

1. After applying base coat, paint your nails red.

2 & 3. With the green polish, make three triangle shapes on top of one another.

4. Using the black polish, make a stump for the tree. A toothpick might be useful for this.

5. Finally, make a star with the gold polish and you can also create some tinsel around the tree too.

HOLLY

Colors needed: Gold, Green & Red

FYI: If you don’t have a thin brush I would recommend doing this one on your thumb as you’ll have more space.

1. After applying base coat paint your nails with the gold polish.

2. The easiest way to create the holly shape is to draw an ‘M’ and a ‘W’ on top of one another, then add a point to each end. Then put three red dots in a triangle at the center.

ORNAMENT

Colors needed: Green, Purple, Black & Gold

FYI: Sparkly nail colors will make this design stand out more and make it look more like the real thing!

1. After applying base coat, paint your nails green.

2. With the purple polish make a large round dot in the center of your nail.

3. Make a little round hanger at the top of the circle with the gold polish, then decorate the ornament or bauble with the black. You can create whatever design you like inside the ball – hopefully you can be a little more creative with yours!

Ok, so that’s it for the designs. Hope you like them and can attempt to recreate them yourself. Once you try it I think you’ll see that they’re not THAT hard! Have fun and Happy Holidays!
For more nail art like this, check out my blog, Phresh Mentality at www.phresh-mentality.com