Janelle Wears a Loose Pompadour, Straightened Natural Hair on Vibe

By Tenisha Mercer
www.HairNista.blogspot.com

Singer Janelle Monae looks fab on the cover of Vibe Vixen. Love her hair. Looks as if she straightened it (a loose, unstructured pompadour is still there) and it's braided to the back. Don't you just love the versatility of natural hair?

Janelle Monae: Cover Girl's First Natural Model?

Janelle Monae -- Cover Girl's first model with natural hair? Source

R&B singer Janelle Monáe is the new spokesmodel for COVERGIRL.

Monáe will star in the makeup line's fall campaign and, perhaps, is the first openly natural Cover Girl model (I think Queen Latifah may be natural, but I'm not sure since she largely wears her hair straight).

COVERGIRL couldn't have picked a better spokesperson. With her trademark natural pompadour and uniquely styled black and white ensembles, the songstress encourages others to embrace their uniqueness.

"Becoming a COVERGIRL is truly an honor and a gift," said Monáe in a statement in Essence Magazine.  "It opens up a new platform for me to inspire women to feel stronger, braver and more beautiful inside and out. One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique."

“I believe it’s time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them,” said Monáe.

Amen.

Fashion Week Brings Out the Stars

I'll go ahead and say it: There's nothing quite like a lady in a tux.

A bad ass, shut yo' mouth type of tux: one that fits elegantly, yet with a contemporary flair. And I don't mean a man's tux, but one that is made for women and expertly compliments our curves.

Two fashionistas sported them at Fashion Week -- Angela Simmons and Janelle Monae. I loved both looks. Both were black and white and both were on point.

Angela Simmons rocked it in a white suit by SuperTrash. I like her unusual pairing of the leather halter -- unusual, but it SO works -- and the statement necklace.

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Janelle Monae sports a tux jacket and what appears to be a black jumpsuit underneath. No matter, I love it.





What do you think about women's tuxes?



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