"Ariana Grande coming to add some sweetness in our lives"

I have been following and writing about Ariana’s career and some highlights for example when she became a part of the MAC Cosmetics brand a couple of years ago and had her own cosmetic line. I have to give her major props on her contributions in the music industry, her voice, and I believe this one is definitely one of her best to date. Her first single, “No More Tears Left to Cry” from her album, “Sweetner” has been playing constantly on heavy rotation on all major radio stations across the country and globe. Now she has just released her second single, “God is a woman” just released this month and I am in love with the song because what woman would not want to feel empowered by the deity and being who has created humanity and all forms of life from plants, planets, space, creatures to the tiniest to the widest and tallest. The song for me does make sense in a way of course God could be a woman she can create the prettiest pink and lavender across a sunset sky, turquoise blue green water, and make sure every creature is loved and cared for as well. Plus you know the phrase God couldn’t be everywhere at once so that’s why he created mothers….Well maybe a woman had something to do with that comment and phrase too. So if the petite diva with a powerhouse voice believes she can be God too then by all means I agree too. We have the ability now to be more present and involved in our children’s lives too.

Ariana’s timing could not be more perfect with this song in a world that is still dealing and healing with the potential and dream of an American female president for our country. It challenges the thoughts and ideas of actually seeing it come to fruition. Her song makes you think well if there is a God then why can’t we see more female leaders in more prominent and challenging roles in the workforce and more taking over our country too. This is essential and the fact that the theme of female domination, assisting the world, nurturing the world is essential for everyone as a whole.

Her creativity has advanced when it comes to her music she even just penned a song titled, "Pete" which is dedicated to her fiancé Pete Davidson who recently proposed to Ariana this spring actually. So she’s at an amazing time and place in her life with her career and personal life. I am sure we will see the love she’s feeling not only from her fan base and the listeners who love her music but also the love she’s receiving from her fiancé as well. One thing about us writers when we meet our muse the creativity starts pouring out of us like fountains turning into oceans of new ideas and innovation. So I

Artwork for "No tears left to cry" (2018)

hope that with her new romance, this new album, we will see a lot of growth in just two years she has blossomed even more as an artist since her last album, “Dangerous Woman”. I still love that song just saw a video of her at the McDonald’s in TimesSquare and she was singing it live and couldn't stop looking because that's how incredible she is as an artist. Her voice is phenomenal live you can feel her soul and passion. I expect nothing more but greatness and hot music she has so much to discuss and share as an artist, musician, female, in her generation, and more to say to everyone. Sweetner comes to sweeten all of our lives August 15, 2018. For more information on upcoming tours, her MAC Cosmetic collection, and her fragrances visit http://www.maccosemtics.com and her music which you can preorder “Sweetner” before it’s arrival this summer visit http://www.arianagrande.com

Escape into the world of Crazy Rich Asians coming August 2018

Film in theaters on August 15, 2018

Glamour, beauty, natural beauty, beauty that is crafted this movie paints images of hard work, success, and status. This film is coming to life and I am very excited for this one this summer. I read part of “Rich Peoples Problems” and I am looking forward to investing and spending some time with Crazy Rich Asians the film is coming to life this summer and debuts August 15, 2018. You have the beautiful Constance Wu who will play Rachel Chu she is dating Henry Golding’s character Nick Young who’s handsome, tall, successful, and Rachel thinks he’s just a regular average guy, he has a lot going for himself, he’s pretty private, and humble. Yet when she and Nick decide to make their relationship more serious, take it to the next level. Nick wants to bring her home to his family. His family isn’t the Asian-American family living down the street in a modest home in America. It turns out Nick’s family lives in Singapore where he is originally from and they are extremely wealthy. This is one of those cases where there are many themes to this story. You can definitely debate a lot of topics here. The first being will she still love Nick because of the person he is inside and not base her love on wealth, material possessions, or status. Will she base her love on the good, kind, hardworking man that he is and that he’s willing to fight for her love, her heart, and the woman she is when she is with him. Or will this turn into a war and a star crossed love situation where their families, the lovers are putting them at the center and families are turned up in turmoil?

It’s a story where every love is tested and you have to decide do I follow my heart, do I follow my family, my friendships, or do I let fate decide I think this is a beautiful well written story I hope I get a chance to read the book before the movie hits theaters this summer and I am looking forward to completing the other parts of Kevin Kwan’s deliciously glamorous, and hilarious book series. I believe the film is visually stunning and the costumes are out of this world.

The remaining cast members are also Gemma Chan who plays Nick’s cousin, Lisa Lu, Michelle Yeoh you may remember her in a film called “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”, “Memoirs of a Geisha”, Ronny Chieng, Remy Hii, Nico Santos. Also Tan Kheng Hua, Akwafina who is having a phenomenal year I just saw her in Oceans Eight she killed it in the movie too, and the hilarious! Ken Jeong (Holla til you squalla!) I love him he’s hilarious in The Hangover franchise and “Dr.Ken”. I hope you all will go out and see the movie too. Go see it in a really good theater this is one of those films you want to invest in (wink wink). I am so excited looking forward to watching and will be looking out for it. For more information http://www.crazyrichasians.com

Constance Wu and Henry Golding on the cover of Entertainment Weekly 

The cast of "Crazy Rich Asians"

"Mac Cosmetics heating up this summer"

You know Honey Brown Sugar has a sweet tooth that’s how I came up with my nickname hey you are what you eat. You catch more with honey than you do vinegar….you get my drift I try to add sweetness and a little joy to your lives with my blog. Spreading some positivity, awareness, and joy for all of my loyal readers. Thank you so much…anyone who’s been reading you keep me going to create more and more. Okay so this summer….I could not miss out on this fun and deliciously sweet cosmetic collection.

Mac Cosmetics is having one of their most successful years with their cosmetic brand expanding now into fragrances and evolving into fashion. 

Aaliyah Mac Collection debuts today and hit stores the first day of summer June 21st  

Oh Sweetie MAC Collection 

MAC Cosmetics and Puma Team up together

I was in Macy’s department store the flagship location downtown in Herald Square browsing and always getting inspiration and ideas to stay on top of what’s happening in fashion and the business. I stumbled upon a display I saw three large life-size lipsticks which happened to have the MAC logo on top of them. It was for MAC Cosmetics has joined with Puma sneakers and have three different colors and sizes.

I am a huge fan of MAC I have probably discussed them several times on my blog actually from pop star, Ariana Grande’s cosmetic collection to actress, Taraji P. Henson’s collection. I love how they continue to reinvent themselves and are expanding not just from cosmetics but now into clothing, fragrances, and continue to involve the latest pop stars, actresses, singers, and entertainers.

Now with this new fun, sweet confectionery collection each flavor is similar and in honor of a delicious desserts that we love to eat. They also have the bright neon gorgeous colors that are bright red, pink, blues, light greens, oranges. So you can mix and match with your outfits. The 20 flavors come in “Strawberry Mousse”, “Raspberry Cream”, “Strawberry Torte”, “Banana Muffins”, “Sugar Cookies Opalescent Pink”, and “Wild berry Frosting”.  This is perfect for those summer night dates, those day club parties, and tanning on the beach with the bright colors.

Also get ready for the princess of hip-hop/r&b princess her collection just dropped today!!!! So excited to see it in person it’s so amazing to see someone who you loved since you were a kid get a huge break like this in her career. I am sure if she were still here with us you would see her beautiful smile and she would be smiling from ear to ear because this is going to take her career now to the next level completely. Now the Aaliyah MAC collection will be global and worldwide for women to purchase and look like the late superstar. Her legacy continues to shine brightly, girls and women of all backgrounds continue to emulate her still from her fashion sense from the 1990s with her bandanas, dark shades, and dark lipstick. To her more sophisticated fashion sense when she became more feminine and ladylike in the early 2000s. Aaliyah's collection includes titles from her hits, "Hot Like Fire" and "Try Again". 

For more information on the collection visit http://www.maccosmetics.com, http://www.puma.com. 

Subway Artist Dongyun Lee

Hello my readers and Happy Early Summer! I am so excited cause I have a lot to discuss with you all and a wide range of topics happening right now in pop culture. The summer is always great for me to write because I can get ideas rapidly. There’s always some new topic for me to discuss and come up with right away for all of you. There’s an artist he can sketch and design it’s incredible. I saw one of his drawings on the 4 and 5 subway and couldn’t get his drawings and art work out of my mind. I was thinking “We can use someone like him right now” for a lot of things. He’s impressive.

Dongyun Lee is an aspiring artist who I found on the downtown 4/5 train his art work is incredible I loved it instantly. It’s so lifelike, colorful, and he knows how to capture it. I saw his work on my way traveling downtown heading to work one morning. I just finished an amazing temp assignment working for one of my favorite companies. I use them, you use them every day. It was a quick assignment for the summer at Google on boarding their employees and interns.

It was a great experience everything you would want it to be and more. So I was inspired like crazy by the architecture, the building, the interior designs, the food (the creative talented hardworking chefs), the staff, and so much more. I saw his work and thought why have I not seen this guy around before. He’s amazing. He’s very detailed he knows how to capture the essence, tell a story with his artwork and you will get the message he is trying to convey right away. He’s perfect for this generation and time right now. Whether his photos are trying to convey politics, education, fun, having a good time in New York City at a nightclub.

He has become apart of massive advertisement campaigns for McDonald’s, MTA, Newsweek magazine, New York Times newspaper, The Alex Jones Show, Road & Track magazine, Politico, and more. Just imagine what he can do with musicians, singers, actors, actresses, the fashion industry for events, clothing lines, labels, and many marketing and publicity opportunities. So I am going to give this guy kudos to you you’re art work is impressive and I am sure many New Yorkers are loving every minute of seeing your gifts and talents. Hope one day maybe I will get a chance to work with you too. For more information on Dongyun Lee please visit his website for more information visit http://www.dongyunlee.com

Pop Princess Christina ready to claim the throne and liberates herself on new album

            You all remember she started out as a mouseketeer first with the “Mickey Mouse Club”. Just recently she’s a fellow New Yorker she is originally from Staten Island, New Yorker born December 18, 1980. She was raised in Pennsylvania with a single mother. She’s been doing this for over twenty years and she’s ready to show the next generation of female and male pop singers this is how you stay on top. Christina is back with a new album; “Liberation” is scheduled for this summer and will be coming out on June 15, 2018. Already teaming up with the woman with the voice of gold, Demi Lovato titled, “Fall in Line” which she will perform this weekend on the Billboard Music Awards. I love the message this is a song dedicated to young girls and teenagers not to settle and to speak their minds. It’s important for young women to learn how to be comfortable within themselves and dealing with all different challenging situations. The timing could not be me more perfect with the #MeToo Movement, after the 2016 election with the Hillary Clinton loss, women still fighting for equality. I noticed women kind of lost their voices just a bit. They have fought for generations to still see the glass ceiling break and to have equal treatment in every aspect of life all around the world.

            I heard the song “Fall in Line” this week and I knew I would instantly love it because you have two generations coming together a pop princess of the late 1990s and the new diva on the rise Demi Lovato is pretty incredible because they both are so talented and have these powerhouse voices with huge range and octaves. This song was perfect because you want women to realize that they can address a multitude of issues and topics. It’s their time to step up to the plate and to do something courageous. The song reflects the time and where we would like the next generation the college graduates to take the future in the workforce and in society.

            Now back to Christina she has never slacked on empowering women through her music she’s had a multitude of hits since 1998-present time when she came out with her first album, “Reflections” the titled song was featured in the Disney movie, “Mulan”. She had a chance to showcase her vocal abilities with the soundtrack. She has high soprano range probably about 5 octaves the same as Mariah Carey that’s a hard range to get to when you can hit those kinds of notes. I remember hearing Christina’s range in the song “Reflections”, “I turn to you”, or “ What a girl wants” you hear her hit high C notes and her soulfulness within the songs.  I remember as a kid going “Wait a minute did she just hit that note”. Your brain goes “Where did this woman come from?” I even attempted a few times to hit her notes myself when I was younger imitating her singing abilities.  She not only can hit notes in a ballad but also on pretty much any other song or genre. I love the song “Nobody wants to be lonely” it’s a duet featuring Latin pop artist and entertainer, Ricky Martin. Every time I hear the song I am like this one was really genius. Where are these songwriters because you guys made some hits back in the late 90s-early 2000s where are they hiding cause we can use some more songs like that?

Now fast forward to 20 years later you can see Christina is very well seasoned as an artist she can collaborated and work in any genre of music alternative, rock, country, pop, Latin, rap/hip hop, and R&B does anyone remember her collaborations for the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, or when she wrote the song, “Fighter” those are songs you see her develop as an artist. She even teamed up with hip-hop mogul “Diddy” on one of my favorite songs, “Tell Me” from his album “Press Play”. After I heard that song I am like she’s got me hooked I need to go download, purchase, and buy all of her albums. I love when an artist is open to being universal, they want to show their fans I am no one trick pony I can do a multitude of things as a recording artist, a person, and entertainer. She can stretch herself Christina also teamed up with fellow diva and living legend, Cher on the 2010 movie, “Burlesque” everyone go see it cause her voice is incredible on that song too. One collaboration I would love to see her team up with all of her fellow Disney cast mates for a song this would be one for the books. Music now needs to go back to empowering and creating more conscious and awareness like it used to in the 60s and 70s not just making us dance and drop it low. You also want to spread a message something that can give people a chance to think about too. I am putting it out there make some calls get Britney, Justin, NSYNC members, whoever is interested and willing I believe a positive spin can help us heal our souls and hearts in some of our darkest times right now in the twenty-first century. They need to empower this generation and give them something that can change how they think of themselves and conduct themselves too.

            Now Christina’s album will drop this summer she just released “Accelerate” this spring of 2018 and this song is climbing the charts already so excited to see her perform it because she’s about to blow away and reclaim the throne. She’s going to show the Ariana Grandes, Demi Lovatos, and new artist Maren Morris, and others “Ladies this is how I do it—let me show you”. Go get them "X-tina" everyone look out for her new album drops June 15, 2018 feel Liberated with Christina this summer.

The first 21st century Black American Princess in Britain

      I know she’s going to be the next Duchess but she’s still a princess because after all her fiancé is a prince. She may not be given formally the title of princess but in our eyes as Americans your husband to be is a prince then you are a princess. I saw a little girl when I was walking down the street in East Harlem. I saw her and I thought I wonder if these kids know that they are capable of just about anything now. You can make your dreams come true with faith, perseverance, and confidence. It is important to know your goals and who you are. You need to know who you are as a person and what you would like to achieve.

          There’s something beautiful about this moment because you wonder how did we get to such an incredible moment in history and time. It’s a special occasion more than just about the wedding but it’s so much more than that. It’s a chance for little girls to see that dreams do come true.  I am so excited for the next generation of little girls and boys to see that not only in America did we see the impossible become possible with the first biracial American male president and also the first biracial female princess. I hope all of you will be watching tomorrow. There’s so much more I definitely want to discuss with this important and historical moment. It’s groundbreaking and will change how young people will see themselves around the world. That dreams do come true and yes anyone can be a prince or princess.

For some people this may not be an easy transition but the fact that it’s happening to a woman, Rachel Meghan Markle  who is an American citizen and is from California that’s what makes it so significant, so special , she’s a humanitarian, she’s a college educated graduate, she attended Northwestern University, she had a career of her own, a well known actress, and she has a great sense of humor, she’s classy, personable, she can hold her own, and that’s what I am sure the future king will need in his wife as well. So there’s a lot for her to offer to the royal family. We should all be proud an American made it over and we’ve made it into the lineage.Get ready folks tomorrow is the big day all the best to both of their families. Here's a few songs to celebrate and grab your tissues everyone this is going to make us all cheer and maybe shed a couple tears too. 

20th anniversary of Sex and the City approaching this summer June 6, 2018

Wow they say time flies by when we are having so much fun enjoying life and everything that comes along with it. Now there is one show that became a big part of me as I blossomed into dating and my twenties too. I am so excited and thrilled to be doing this next blog post because I loved this television series along with many teens, twenty-somethings, thirty-somethings, forty-somethings, and seniors love this show. I have learned so much from this show and I am sure many of you have as well. The fashion and clothing which was styled by Patricia Field, the cast Carrie Bradshaw-Preston,  (The character, Carrie is played by none other than Sarah Jessica Parker,  Miranda Hobbes-Brady (Cynthia Nixon), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattral), and Charlotte York-Goldenblatt who also produced the series as it gained more of its popularity. I love how the character takes us along the journey of her relationships, the ups and downs. It shows the reality of what really happens in real life and relationships.

How our choices, lifestyles, the people we are molding into can affect the other person too. There’s something about the relationship of the women, their bond, and of course the fifth character, “New York City” plays a major part into the show. New York is so diverse and there’s a wide variety of places, knowledge, experiences to be had here in the city whether if you live or you visit here it really did make for great television amongst the cast. The show was on almost 10 years it ended in the spring of 2004 after their sixth season I remember because I was so excited to see the finale I was about 17 I remember I stayed up watching the HBO Special and the series finale episode watching how Carrie Bradshaw got something she wanted so badly gave me some hope to as a teenager to find real love something she had been searching for in all of the men she dated, built relationships with the struggles, her friendship with her 3 best friends helped, healed her heart. It was something I think every woman needs in her life too. You need that emotional support, the healing, and a strong non -judgmental bond between friends. That takes years to build but you can tell with all four women the chemistry with them is incredible and very real. No one can fake chemistry like that on screen. It comes through the actors and actresses and translated very well to all audiences who love Sex and the City. A lot of women emulate and love the bond, friendship between the characters featured on the show.

            Now without author, Candace Bushnell the creator who made Carrie Bradshaw and the amazing characters there wouldn’t have been a hit series at all  on HBO and there wouldn’t have been people producing and creating such a great hit series and two films. Everyone is praying and hoping for a third installment maybe John “Mr. Big” Preston and Carrie Bradshaw-Preston will finally have a child or adopt one of their own in the last chapter . I would love to see where the film would take Carrie’s career she was last at Vogue magazine, will she become her own publisher, will she evolve her brand, possibly start her own business or magazine, there’s a lot I believe with characters like them they’re so diverse and interesting women. You can take them on a rollercoaster ride and the audience would love it.

This is a pretty exciting time to celebrate the series summer is right around the corner and I would love to see the sex and the city tour myself.  For more information ma

Make sure you all look out for Sarah Jessica Parker’s shoe and clothing collection, and she’s featured on HBO hit show,”Divorce”,  Kim Cattrall has been featured on television shows, “Upstairs downstairs abbey”, “Sensitive Skin”, “The Witness for the Prosecution”, and “Modus”. Cynthia Nixon is now a 2018 candidate running for governor of New York City, and was featured in the movie, “The Only Living Boy in New York”, and also the television show, “Killing Reagan” back in 2016. Kristin Davis has been featured in movies like “Couples Retreat” (she is hilarious in the film), Jack & Jill, Journey 2, and the series, “Bad Teacher”. All of the women of course no matter where you see them are asked about the characters who they played on this memorable series. It was such a staple, a reflection of the time in the 1990s it had a huge impact on women at that time. So let’s party, raise our martinis, cosmopolitans, Manhattans, and favorite cocktails. Wear our most fabulous outfits, best dressy shoes, and celebrate our girls from “ Sex and the City”. Enjoy ladies at your favorite nightclubs all over the country. =)