Kisha Green
the boundary-breaking icon she is today. Not
bad for a thirty-year-old?
Rihanna is a trendsetter and a force to be
reckoned with. She did not have a fairytale
beginning but once the world took a look and
listen to this Barbadian beauty, all these years
later, people are not just fans of her music but
her business workmanship and philanthropy
efforts.
I’ll let you in on a little secret. I love makeup. I do not
discriminate either, cheap or high end if it makes
me look good, I want it. I’m always skeptical when
a celeb with major star power releases a cosmetic
line because nine times out of ten it’s a generic line
with a high-end price tag. Well, that’s not the case
with the “friend in my head” BadGalRiRi’s Fenty
line.
Before she was BadGalRiRi: music, fashion and
beauty icon, Robyn Rihanna Fenty was a girl who
was born in the Barbados parish of Saint Michael.
She’d always been fascinated by her mother’s
lipsticks. All it took was one time and she was forever
hooked and never looked back. Makeup became
her weapon of choice for self-expression—a way
to radiate her ever-changing mood. And it powered
a fearless take on beauty that helped her become
The purpose of Fenty Beauty was to create a
line that was beautiful yet able to compete with
the best-of-the-best in beauty. When it comes
to makeup for women of color such as myself
there has always been a void when it comes to
matching skin tones while giving a flawless look
and the appeal with universal shades. For me,
I always felt the cosmetic lines always forgot
about my shade and if they remembered it was
not long-lasting or looked pasty.
Rihanna wanted the Fenty line to have a
lightweight feel which is important but also carry
shades that are fun, flirty and sexy. One thing
that was important to Rihanna was to push the
message that it was “okay to take chances, and
take risks, and dare to do something new or
different.”
Can we say mission accomplished boys and
girls?
Kisha Green is a literary consultant, promoter, blogger and social media enthusiast who loves
everything about literary. This mother of four resides in New Jersey who enjoys fine champag-
ne and sushi in between reading and writing.
www.kishagreen.com and http://www.myliteraryjewels.com
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