The ladies of Miss Lily’s are featured in T-Magazine for a beauty and fashion spread.  The happening restaurant is home to Caribbean cuisine, which includes a juice bar and authentic Caribbean ambiance. Not hip to Miss Lily’s? Checkout out LargeUp’s interview with the owners talking about how they came up with the idea for the restaurant.

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Singer Melanie Fiona will cover the next issue of Rolling Out Magazine . Check out this behind the scenes video where she talks about her upbringing with hard working parents, her take on love and how it affects her music.

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Spice up your nails for the holiday! I’ve actually had these for a while, but with the holiday upon us, these Sally Hansen Salon Effects were the perfect opportunity add a little glam to my nails. Appropriately titled “Misbehaved” (have you been naughty or nice this year?) with a black and gold lace design, the nail strips were slightly labor intensive to put on, but definitely worth the results. It was like placing a sticker and your nails and removing the excess with the nail file. I did have to use the orange stick to smooth out a few air bubbles between my actual nail and the strip once I place on top of the nail.

What I liked about the nail strips were that they didn’t chip and I removed after about 12 days only because they had grown out. It’s a great alternative to a minx manicure, which can cost $40-50. If you get a manicure weekly, it would give you an extra week or so at roughly the same price as a manicure.

Tip: Make sure your nails are completely clean and buffed before applying or else it won’t stick to the nail. Also, start from the pinky and work your way inward to the thumbs.

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One of my first watches as a child was Guess watch; I now have a collection of about six of them and to be working with them is an amazing connection with a brand I’ve always truly valued. Along with a few other fashion bloggers, I’ll be an occasional guess blogger on the Guess Access Blog. Check out a feature they did on a few of us about the Holiday looks, personal family traditions and items from our Trend Boards. If you like Polyvore, The Guess Access Trend Board is very similar, easy to use and fun! It incorporates Guess merchandise and highlights the watch as a key item.

Check out a bigger image from my Holiday Look!

Dress & Ring: H&M | Tights: DKNY | Shoes: Calvin Klein | Necklace: Bought in Brazil from a street vendor a few years ago.

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Nicki Minaj won two awards at the American Music Awards  for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop album for Pink Friday. She also performed “Turn Me On” and “Super Bass” with David Guetta.

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Mary J. Blige & Drake perform “Wrong Man” the new single from her latest album My Life II.

Marc Anthony & Pitbull perform “Rain Over Me” Pitbull also performed Marc’s soon to be ex-wife Jennifer Lopez. Talk about Latin  three-some powerhouse! Although Jennifer’s performance was more like a theater production with an obvious plug for Fiat. (Side note: Does she even drive around in that Fiat?)

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Stylist June Ambrose is bound to become a household name after her reality show airs early in 2012. We all know her for styling the likes Jay-Z and Kanye West, but I had no idea she started out styling for Hip-Hop trio TLC. In a recent interview with Avenue Magazine she touched on her upbringing and how she jumped from investment banker to style maven to the stars.

The philosopy behind Ambrose’s business stems from all the elements of her history. From her brief childhood in Antigua, watching her mother craft “carnival queen dresses,” to her days commuting from the Bronx to her performing arts school, Talent Unlimited High School – every step was in the direction of success. (Read more at Avenue Magazine)

First spotted on Coco + Creme

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Estelle covers the latest issue of Pynk Magazine. Fresh after performing “Thank You” on Black Girls Rock, she look gorgeous on the cover of the winter issue. The Hip-Hop songstress talks career, love and life.

On refocusing her life and career:

“I got back on the same page with my head and my heart. I just didn’t enjoy the music anymore so I turned everything around and started really paying attention to myself instead of listening to what everyone else was telling me [the album] should be. It just got real ridiculous for a while.”

On pushing past the pain:

“Every time I’d go in and record something that was really emotionally charged after one of these changing moments — those are the records that everybody loved. So I was like, ‘You might want to keep doing that. It’s going to hurt you but just keep going.’ And I did. And it hurt like hell. And a lot of people were probably hurt in the process, but oh well. They probably needed to go anyway. These were things that went with the process of me having to change my life around for the better. I definitely went through it.”

On her love life:

“I’m dating. I’m having fun. I don’t think I want to be in a relationship just yet. I’m enjoying my absolute freedom and having fun looking at the boys. There are some good ones out there. I like cute ones — black, white, whatever — with kind eyes and a kind spirit. I like men who are about something, who have a whole career to themselves. Guys who don’t really have too many issues – or at least deal with their issues. Not the ones who drift around looking for someone to take care of them… I’ve had a couple of those and they’re not fun. ”

HPNOTIQ x PYNK Magazine presents Estelle from PYNK Magazine on Vimeo.

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The annual Victoria Secret Angels Fashion show airs on CBS on November 29 and will feature performances by Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Maroon 5.

Model Tyson Beckford was also in the audience.

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Versace’s collaboration with H&M has been one of the most anticipated designer collaborations of the year. In honor of the collaboration H&M & Versace hosted a fashion show and pop up shop last week in New York City. They enlisted Nicki Minaj and Prince to perform at the show. Nicki hit the red carpet with Donatella before the show got started.

Here as a few of my favorites from the collection:

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