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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• (Optional) Once you’ve received and used your prize please contact us and let us know what you think of the product for a chance to have your review posted in our Beauty and Fashion section.

Don’t forget to join Clairol Professional Jazzing Facebook Fan Page or follow them on Twitter @FierceFridays for your chance to win other great prizes through their Fierce Friday contests!

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

I was browsing YouTube and came across this video on celebrity skin care. It’s pretty interesting because many people wonder how celebs get that flawless looking skin or even if it’s real! Well, CBS’s The Early Show brings in Kate Somerville to discuss how that ‘red carpet glow’ is achieved. Kate discusses how beautiful skin can be brought about not only on the red carpet but at home as well. Take a look!

What are some of the things you do to take care of your skin? Do you use any products or regular household items?

Priscilla Renea has just released her debut album Jukebox in stores December 1st, 2009 and I personally am very excited to get my copy! I first came across Priscilla on YouTube long ago when she was singing covers, original songs, and even words from the dictionary! In my opinion, Priscilla Renea is one of a kind. She has a very unique style and sound that’s nice and fresh. Her album Jukebox features catchy songs with great lyrics. A couple of my favorites from the album are Rockabye Baby and Pretty Girl. You can take a listen to songs from the album on Priscilla’s MySpace Page. Go get Jukebox in stores NOW! Find it at Walmart for only $9!

JUKEBOX TRACKS
1. Dollhouse
2. Lovesick
3. Pretty Girl
4. Baby Please
5. Rockabye Baby
6. Bacon ‘n Eggs
7. Mr. Workabee (Intro)
8. Mr. Workabee
9. Stonegarden
10. City Love
11. Fixing My Hair
12. Dollhouse (Acoustic)
13. Arizona

As some of you may know, today is World AIDS Day. It’s an international day held on December 1st every year and it’s aim is to raise awareness about HIV & AIDS around the world. The first ever world AIDS day was on December 1st 1988, so it has been going on for 21 years!

Because of the importance of the issue, YBS wanted to do our bit to spread the knowledge about the virus by sharing some stats:

DID YOU KNOW THAT IN THE UNITED STATES…

* Every 9 ¬Ω minutes, someone is infected with HIV.
* An estimated 56,300 will become infected with HIV this year.
* More than 580,000 have died of AIDS since the epidemic began in 1981. 1.1 million are currently living with HIV, including 21% who are unaware of their status.
* Young people, ages 13-29 account for 34% of all new infections, the largest share of any age group. Most young people are infected sexually.
* African Americans, although comprising only 12% of the population, account for 46% of all new infections. Latinos, comprising 15% of the population, account for 17% of all new infections.
* In general, racial and ethnic minorities account for 67% of those living with HIV, and 70% of AIDS deaths.

As YBS is all about young people using their talents for the greater good (be it entertaining, helping the community or raising awareness) and in the theme of World AIDS Day, we would like to tell you about Stephanie R. Alston.

Stephanie is a twenty-year-old writer that has written and published her first book ‘As I Die Slowly (AIDS)‘. It is a fictional story centered around AIDS and what it can do to a life.

The synopsis reads:

“Taleah Chantel Davis has it all under control. She is attending one of the most prestigious HBCUs in the nation, the ideal boyfriend, great family support, and an awesome God by her side. Nothing can go wrong, or so she thought. After her first night of sexual intercourse Taleah’s life is dramatically turned upside down. During this time Taleah is forced to depend on God like she never has before. Will her weeping really endure for a night? Will her joy come in the morning or will she be forced to sit there, as she dies slowly?”