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Kardashian Kollection’s latest kid’s line to debut this Father’s Day

Posted on June 6, 2014

Just in time for Father’s day! The Kardashian Kollection children’s line announced on Instagram recently that a new set of designs are set to debut at their online store and distributor partners at Babies R Us on June 15.

Can’t wait to check them out.

In the meantime, check out some of the promo shots from previous collections:

h/t Princess Diddie, contestant in the 2014 Miss Ghana USA competition

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10 Summertime Hacks you need to know about NOW

Posted on June 6, 2014

Summer is around the corner. Along with fun and sun, the season also brings bugs and unbearable heat! But you can beat the stresses of summer with these 10 hacks developed by our partners at Summer Nanny Jobs:

1. Keep a dryer sheet in your pocket to keep bugs away. You can spend tons of money buying bug spray, and you’ll most likely end up feeling sticky, smelling like bug spray, and getting bitten by bugs anyway. An easy solution is to carry a dryer sheet with you, which is something most people have at home already anyway. By carrying it in your pocket you can ward off bugs; something about the smell keeps the bugs away from you.

2. Sprinkle baking soda in sweaty shoes. Running around in your shoes without socks is a regular occurrence during the summer time because everyone just wants to slip shoes on and go. Unfortunately, this also causes extra unwanted odor in your shoes. To fix this problem sprinkle the inside of the shoes with baking soda to absorb the odors. If you’d rather not have the powdery look in your shoes, you can create a sachet by using a rubber band wrapped around a few tablespoons of baking soda in a handkerchief. Just put a sachet in each shoe and the odors will disappear.

3. Trap fruit flies with apple cider vinegar. Did you bring home fruit flies from the farmers market? Fill a glass jar half full of cider vinegar and screw the lid back on. Punch several holes in the lid and leave the jar where you have seen the fruit flies. They will be gone in no time.

4. Cool a sunburn with white vinegar. Unfortunately, with the warm summer months comes the occasional sunburn. To take the sting out of a sunburn soak clean soft cloths in white vinegar, wring them out and lay them on the sunburned skin.

5. Coat feet with petroleum jelly and cover with socks at bedtime. This trick will keep your feet soft and sandal ready all summer. A little petroleum jelly on your elbows and knees will make sure they stay soft and smooth for all of those revealing summer outfits.

6. Mix a can of cola with ketchup for a quick and easy barbeque sauce. Figure out about how much sauce you want and add the cola to the ketchup to thin it out and add flavor and sweetness. Brush on chicken or ribs during the last stages of cooking on the grill to avoid burning.

7. Use conditioner to shave your legs in a pinch. Did you forget to pack your shaving cream for your vacation? That’s okay; you can use the sample bottle of conditioner that most hotels give you. This will leave your legs smooth and silky soft.

8. Apply coconut oil to bee stings and bug bites. Coconut oil has anti-inflammatory properties and will help heal the sting or bite as well as soothe the pain.

9. Straws make great strawberry hullers. Take a normal straw and push it up through the base of the strawberry and come up under the hull. Keep pushing and the hull will usually come right out. Practice makes perfect with this, but it really works well when you get the hang of it and you won’t have all those strawberry seeds under your finger nails.

10. Use cute cupcake papers to cover your drinks this summer. When the weather turns nice eating and drinking outside becomes standard, and almost mandatory. The problem with eating and drinking outside is keeping the bugs away from your food and drinks. Get yourself some cupcake papers and use them to cover your drinks. If you’re having a party the cupcake papers can even match the theme. To make a drink cover you just need to punch a hole in the cupcake paper and stick a straw through. Just make sure there are no bugs inside the straw before you drink.

Stay cool!

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CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Posted on June 5, 2014

Several of our Bellytich Bumpwatch alums looked radiant last night, June 4, at the CMT Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

One of my faves was Lady Antebellum‘s Hillary Scott who finally mixed up her usual black and went with a beautiful and colorful L’Wren Scott dress with Alexander McQueen (homage to designers who committed suicide?). The Brian Atwood heels were a bit clunky but other than that, fab!

Kristen Bell hosted the event and started out the evening on the red carpet in a Fall 2014 Zuhair Murad beaded V-neck evening gown. She later changed into a Monique Lhuiller Fall 2014 embroidered chiffon gown and later the designer’s long sleeved

leather embroidered cocktail dress and two other cute but dark-colored

dress. She looked very nice but could have mixed up the colors ideally.

My fave look was on Jennifer Nettles who wowed in a black sequined embellished Halsotn top with wide-legged Max Mara pants! Fab when accented with Carrera y Carerra jewels and Neil Lane bracelet.

Melissa Rycroft also looked youthful in her flare mini-dress

Nicole Kidman looked quite youtful in an embroidered Giamattista Valli Spring 2014 couture embroidered mini dress which she altered a bit to add length.

Lovely!

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Our Remixed version of that popular Buzzfeed Bougie Quiz

Posted on June 5, 2014

I saw that popular Buzzfeed “How Bougie Are You?” Quiz that circulated among many of my friends on Facebook yesterday and I was astonished to see how low the scores were of some of my most “Bourgiest” of friends. Then I took the quiz myself and quickly realized why.

The items listed for people to check off if it applied to them or their life were not accurate as to the mindset of truly “Bougie” people. (Black Bourgeoisie Class)

Rather, the list appeared to be a random recitation of what people think being an upper middle class/affluent and educated African American is like. It was inaccurate and incomplete, to say the least.

Most of the answers also seemed based off of the mentality of those who want so badly to come off as if they are “better” than what society thinks blacks are like. (Read up on: Respectability Politics).

True bourgeoisie don’t have to neither care to prove to anyone that they’re from a privileged class. They see no value in it. They’re all about making or keeping their wealth, maintaining contacts and connections and advancing themselves while also giving back to community, and doing their part to enrich the lives of their community and others.

However, some people confuse “Ghettofabulous” and “Beoughetto” with authentic Bougie. Those in this former group, are more flashy and show-offy with their new found wealth and may say or do things so others will know that they “have made it.” (e.g. a name brand logo bags or may purchase bottle service at a table at the club) However, in their attempts to appear cultured or high siddity, they will often slip up and reveal their authentic humble roots. Why hide it?

No one should be ashamed of where they came from and attempting to portray, often times transparently, themselves as being a certain way when they are not will have them come off as a caricature of a Cosby Show character.

Having been around the type, gone to law school with plenty and myself been accused of being very bougie often, I thought I’d offer a remixed version of the test using some of my friends as my personal muse.

And the list may come off as shallow, superficial and a bit elitist to some, but know that “Bougie is based more on socio-economic class than anything so there should’t be any begrudging the lifestyle of those who have money, whether they inherited or earned it.

Further, those who genuinely fall into the category do not necessarily look down on other members of their race and do not aspire to be thought of an “atypical” black person.

Never that.

To determine if you are truly a member of the authentic Bourgie class head over to my Buzzfeed community contributor account and take my version of the test!

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Kourtney Kardashian is reportedly pregnant with her 3rd child

Posted on June 5, 2014

The rumor mill says that Kourtney Kardashian and long time beau Scott Disick are expecting their third child together. A source tells US Weekly that the couple, who are parents to 4-year old son Mason and 23-months old daughter Penelope, planned the latest editions.

Kardashian apparently told her sister Kim Kardashian during an episode of the family’s hit E! TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians that she didn’t believe in birth control any longer, and wants to have more children.

Congrats if the early reporting proves true. You never know.

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Review: Skindinavia’s The Makeup Primer Spray keeps your face flawless all night

Posted on June 4, 2014

Our friends at Skindinavia sent us a complimentary sample of their first product launched in 5 years since the company was created: A make-up primer spray. Apparently Lady GaGa uses the company’s finishing spray on tour so I was excited to give the new product, which only launched last May, a try.

It came just in time as I was heading off to an event where I was judging a student app competition and learned last minute the event would be recorded. That meant I too could possibly have been photographed or videotaped and ended up online somewhere. Yikes! I usually try to keep public photos offline or to a minimum but when it’s out there, I have to look halfway decent.

I already know the importance of primers as a base for make up application and realize the right primer can do wonders for helping your make-up job look flawless, last longer and delineate creasing and fading as the day or night wears on.

First, here is how my face generally looks unfiltered and without any make-up on:

Before heading to the event, I scoped some YouTube DIY make up tutorials for a natural matte look.

I started the application by spraying on the silicone- and paraben-free spray that the company says is loaded with vitamins, antioxidants and a proprietary temperature-control technology (see how it works here) to limit and neutralize shine, I suppose.

I used the spray as a base, then added blush, powder, bronzer, natural lip color, mascara and eye liner for a fresh summer look. My makeup job was so-so (I’m an amateur after all) but the primer helped give it a polished look.

No wonder it got so much rave reviews from Essence, Allure, Vogue, Lucky and the TODAY show.

Here is the final look with no photo filters used to enhance or edit the image:

The event I attended lasted from 5pm to 10pm at night (five hours) and by its end, although some of my make up had worn off, my skin still looked pretty smooth and flawless, most likely because the primer had done its job.

Here is how it looked at the end of the night from a selfie I took in my car:

From its own tests and surveys, the company notes that the primer reportedly “soothes redness, prevents breakouts and controls the appearance of oil, evens out skin tone and reduces large pores.”

Good stuff! I will be using this product all summer!

If you want your own, check out the website. Prices start at $25.00 but if you want to keep your face looking smooth and made up for the night, it’s worth the investment for sure.

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Celebrity ‘Selfie’ Showdown: In the Gym and Make-Up less (Bumpwatch Class of 2011)

Posted on June 4, 2014

Today, we’re taking a trip down memory lane and are checking out what the ladies who we “bumpwatched” in 2011 have been up to. What better way to do this than a Selfie showdown.

Enjoy these photos of self-portraits these celebrity moms who were expecting and/or gave birth in 2011. Which is your favorite?

Alessandra Ambrosio is our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alum who is most repinned on our Pinterest account.

Alyssa Milano is again preggers and promoting the new season of her ABC show Mistresses.

Mary Mary‘s Erica Campbell took time to pray with a fan then pose in a selfie with her.

Fantasia Barino gets her post gym selfie on

Ivanka Trump before heading out to a formal event

Jessica Alba is also getting her work-out on

Jessica Simpson posed up with a 2013 alum CaCee Cobb.

Country singer Jewel in a jewel-tone emerald shirt.

Kim Zolciak Biermann and her daughter Brielle look like twins.

Laila Ali was showing her super fit former pro-Boxer bod while working out

Singer Lily Allen is sticking with the bangs and pony look on tour.

Melanie Brown looks great sans make up while being photobombed by her daughters.

Nia Long was posing with her son during a trip to DC

P!nk too selfie posed with her child.

Meanwhile, Rachel Zoe was posing with a pal.

Reese Witherspoon is going natural as well while on set for her new movie.

Sofia Vergara was giving us the windswept look.

Tia Mowry Hardrict also gave us the natural glow of her gorgeous face

Tori Spelling supporting her Beverly Hills 90120 pal Jennie Garth upon the release of Garth’s latest book.

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10 Things DINKS (Dual Income No Kids) give up when TTC (Trying to Conceive)

Posted on June 4, 2014

Updating a piece I did on the 5 Things you need to do before having your first baby for you DINKs (Dual Income No Kids) out there. DINKs are people who are childless or child free and have two incomes and all the time and money they earn to spend on themselves. For the DINKs that want to have children, you will need to know what’s in store.

Recently, I’ve come in contact with and read stories about people who have children and seemingly were unaware or unprepared for how much having children disrupts and alters their way of life.

So, I assembled a list of TEN things you will have to give up when you have kids.

Some of these are well known but because you never know what others’ know, here is a list:

Sleep –

From the day you bring home a tiny person who doesn’t know of, neither respects

the rule that says night is for sleeping, then you know you’re screwed.
White or

light colored carpet or furniture – Unless you don’t mind it ending up a

new shade of tie-dye by the time junior learns how to eat with his fingers or little

Esmeralda grows a fondness for crayons, sell, trade in or give away that post-modern fancy lily white Ethan Allen gallery sofa set you got when you purchased your first condo.
Low

threshold of Patience – The 5th time your preschooler melts down

in the middle of the grocery store crying for candy and all eyes turn on you, you’ll realize you are

more patient than you ever thought
Dignity –

Because one of these days you may have to insert a tiny peen into an empty water bottle and collect pee

from your potty -trained son when a bathroom isn’t available.
A clean

car – Cheerios, toy cars, crumbs…it will be a smorgasbord of random pieces

of crap in every crevice, nook and cranny of your minivan. Be forewarned and fire armed with a mini-vac.
Weekends –

Sleeping in? What’s that? In between little League games, dance recitals and

cries for breakfast, there’s no chance in heck you’ll be able to sleep til noon

on a Saturday any longer.
Last

minute Get-Away fares –Unless you have a live in nanny, then… say goodbye

to those $100 weekend deals to Arizona

you spotted on Expedia.com.
Arrogance – No more looking down on that woman

with no make-up on, wearing pajama bottoms and a head scarf at the late-night pharmacy counter when that woman is YOU getting cough medicine for a sick kid.
A day

without bending over – To pick up toys, de-clutter a messy kids’ room, a

tantrum-throwing kid or a crawling baby going out of bounds.
A piece of your heart that will forever hold

love, affection, adoration and the interest of your little one or ones forever.

Now you know for sure And knowing is half the battle!

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Giuliana and Bill Rancic’s surrogate suffers miscarriage

Posted on June 4, 2014

Sad news for E! Hostess Giuliana Rancic and her hubby Bill Rancic who stars alongside Guiliana in their reality TV show Giuliana and Bill.

The couple recently revealed that their surrogate, Delphine, who, in 2012, helped them welcome their 21-month old son Edward Duke, recently suffered a miscarriage while carrying their second child.

“This whole season on Giuliana and Bill, we’ve been trying to have another baby,” Bill told People magazine about their reality show. “Unfortunately, our surrogate Delphine, who we love very much, had a miscarriage. It’s something that we didn’t see coming. We were devastated.”

He added, she “was about nine weeks pregnant. We were pretty close to getting into the safe zone,” he continues. “We experienced a miscarriage years ago when we were trying with Giuliana, so we had been keeping the pregnancy news tight to the vest.”

Before Duke was born, Giuliana was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy.

Bill told the magazine the couple is not giving up their efforts to expand their family.

“Hopefully, we’re going to have good news, and Delphine will be on board one more time,” he said.

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