Fun, Relaxing and Shopper Friendly!

The Toni Payne Store Opening which took place on October 3rd, 2007 at 1164 Western Avenue, in Hollywood, was fun, relaxing and shopper friendly! The very ready to shop guests enjoyed hors d'oeuvre and wine as the DJ spun the latest hits. A BIG suprise! "You heard it first Ladybrille. The surprise is actually that this is a pre-launch to our grand opening of the official Toni Payne Store,"says Toni Payne when we asked her to comment on how she felt about her new location. Cool! Another opportunity to enjoy a good party and shop to our heart's content! Enjoy the pics and have a brilliant day!

Yours truly 'rawking' my Toni Payne positee. The one I am wearing is the "Akanke Faceless Beauty Brown Soft Tee, Posi-tee." It is made from 98% cotton and 2% spandex. I also indulged in makeup with my very own custom blend Element 5 makeup, a Toni Payne Liquid foundation and the lip gloss, "innocent."

Toni Payne to the left and L.A.'s fashionista Amechi

Toni Payne's guests shopping for her creative positees

Lounging with some guests. From Left to right: Cynthia, yours truly and Bunmi

DJ spinning some beats, immediately outside of the back doors of the store, including Justin Timberlake's song, "Summer Love" among other hot hits he dropped!

More guests at the Toni Payne store opening

A shopper checking out the Toni Payne "Love is Kind" White Men's T-Shirt

For more info on the store, visit http://www.tonipayneonline.com/. If you are just reading this for the first time and want to know about the makeup and apparel brand that is Toni Payne, click here.

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Happy Friday + Christian Lacroix Says You Better Work that African Headgear!

Happy Friday! Paris Fashion week has been churning some beautiful designs. One designer we 'heart' is Christian Lacroix. Lacroix's Spring/Summer 2008 pret-a -porter collections said in a very colorful way to the fashion world and 'fashionistas' globally, "you better work it with the West African head wrap!"
If you don't have a head wrap, ask and head to your local African fabric store and tell them to hook you up! If you are wondering how to tie one of these head wraps, check out the video below. It's not as difficult as it looks. Also, be sure to enjoy the video by Lagbaja called "Gele Skentele" which also shows you the awe and excitement that one of those West African head gears can generate, especially around the poor guys that have to be careful not to mess it up. It can be a challenge tying one of those things and being extra careful, especially at the big African parties. Have a brilliant, relaxing, safe and fun weekend

If you have never tied one of those West African head wraps, check out the intsructions below on how to do so and also see a song by Lagbaja for more ways to rock your head gear.

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