tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post3707682629738788639..comments2023-11-08T15:18:09.162+00:00Comments on A TRIBE CALLED NEXT: Beyonce Scam?NO-BIZZIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559168695592936946noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-79154857858377266392008-08-26T14:45:00.000+01:002008-08-26T14:45:00.000+01:00Hello all, before we talk about the lightening...l...Hello all, before we talk about the lightening...let's talk about why the hell Beyonce agreed to promote a product for something that she does not and can never have...EUROPEAN HAIR...what the hell message is she sending to black women of all ages?<BR/><BR/>Especially black women in the Uk, where products for our hair are never advertised...all we get are the the subliminal messages from 99% of hair product adverts denouncing the frizz and promoting every other hair colour except natural black.<BR/><BR/>hmmmmm....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-76415177849938569722008-08-11T18:11:00.000+01:002008-08-11T18:11:00.000+01:00to be honest i don't know why people are so upset ...to be honest i don't know why people are so upset all of a sudden because its been happening from day. compare beyonce from early destiny's child to now and they are not the same colour. she's been getting lighter and lighter over the years.<BR/><BR/>having said that however compared to other pictures ive seen of her around now she looks the same colour in the loreal advert. find it strange that people wanna start making comments nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-82442002520872429402008-08-09T15:41:00.000+01:002008-08-09T15:41:00.000+01:00@ Ms. saa - Fair enough, to each their own, but I ...@ Ms. saa - Fair enough, to each their own, but I still hate weaves. With an unbridled passion.clavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260680337238293915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-73533046567913603022008-08-09T13:37:00.000+01:002008-08-09T13:37:00.000+01:00my name is Sara' and i am a weave wearer, and i al...my name is Sara' and i am a weave wearer, and i also think its nothing to be ashamed of...<BR/><BR/>as long as its worn well, and convincingly (hold tite certain Dalston culprits) i don't see a problem in enhancing what you already have. it makes life easier in general, (esp. in the mornings) and my own hair gets a break every now and then.<BR/><BR/>as for all this running hands through the hair talk, whether im with or without a weave (yes i am a weave wearer who has that option, surprise, we ain't all masking a yam' out head top) he knows that simply cannot go down.<BR/>-(insert head scarf in bed argument here...lol)-<BR/><BR/>i must admit, i do feel it for men though, what with inventions such as push up bras, spanx, and make up (now thats the REAL deceiver!) you must constantly be wondering.<BR/><BR/>p.s<BR/>Aaliyah had a weave??!?! WOW!<BR/><BR/>and as for that beyonce bull, they been playing musical skin colours with that girl for so many years now, im just fresh outta steam on that topic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-74163734807616935752008-08-08T19:29:00.000+01:002008-08-08T19:29:00.000+01:00Thanks for the kind words everyone!As far as I'm c...Thanks for the kind words everyone!<BR/><BR/>As far as I'm concerned (and I don't care if any girl wants to put me on blast) weaves are devices of Beelzebub and his dark hordes. <BR/><BR/>Why am I so against them? In a word - deception. Do you know how many men's dreams I've shattered when I gently break it to them (for example) that Aaliyah's hair was in fact a weave!? It was something akin to watching the reaction of a child when they realise for the first time that Santa isn't real...<BR/><BR/>Now, as a black man (and a lover of black women) to all those out there who say "It's my hair beacause I bought it" I'll say this; I don't care what type of hair you have - long, short, straight, kinky, nappy, whatever - as long as it began life on YOUR scalp, not on the head of a poor Indian girl who grew her hair for 6 months then sold it to feed her family for a couple months... Real talk.<BR/><BR/>I'm not from the school of thought that subscribes to the notion that beauty amongst black women only consists of fair skin and "good hair" (ya'll know what I'm talking about!) therefore I don't wanna touch my girl's head and feel stitching or glue lines - 'llow dat bredrin!<BR/><BR/>And personally I'd take Kelly over Beyonce any day - many may disagree but I've always found her FAR more attractive...clavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260680337238293915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-57353021210559136552008-08-08T19:07:00.000+01:002008-08-08T19:07:00.000+01:00I think people who are offended by this are being ...I think people who are offended by this are being ridiculous. They made her skin lighter because its a lighter colour of hair. Imagine Beyonce's regular skin tone with that shade of hair. It would look stupid. <BR/>And for anyone who says "BLAHBLAHBLAH WHY DIDN'T THEY GET A WHITE MODEL INSTEAD!!!111111111111", would many people be as effective as Beyonce? You all know who she is from a glance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-32845940106604669092008-08-08T18:29:00.000+01:002008-08-08T18:29:00.000+01:00some good points there Mr Clav!!!The thing is with...some good points there Mr Clav!!!<BR/><BR/>The thing is with all these products the advertisements are enhanced...watch them next time they come on tv look at the bottom of the screen for the tiny tiny tiny really hard to see writing......<BR/><BR/>mascara adverts - 'model is wearing eyelash extensions'<BR/><BR/>davina mccall in hair advert - 'davina is wearing extensions blah blah blah'<BR/><BR/>Beyonce is black but she is on the light side, the media have purposely used pics from when she has been sprayed with orange stuff or just come back off her hols to hype it up!!!!<BR/><BR/>Kelly Rowland is reppin for the DC laydeez with her promotion of Dark and Lovely!!!! Specks is an avid user of that shit!brazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976892873345670529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-80296866219896462932008-08-08T18:16:00.000+01:002008-08-08T18:16:00.000+01:00Clav.. your a comments masterpiece.! please o plea...Clav.. your a comments masterpiece.! <BR/><BR/>please o please...give us the weave blueprint??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-10785726041106676802008-08-08T16:52:00.000+01:002008-08-08T16:52:00.000+01:00My name is Clav and I was Joan-of-Arc in a former ...My name is Clav and I was Joan-of-Arc in a former life...clavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260680337238293915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-28812350094525401282008-08-08T16:50:00.000+01:002008-08-08T16:50:00.000+01:00On one hand, we must all accept that there has bee...On one hand, we must all accept that there has been a certain homogenising of what the media considers beautiful - Beyonce, J-Lo, Mariah and various other women in the public eye whose exact racial background could be described as "ambiguous" - therefore if a company decides to lighten/darken/clean up an image for a campaign why should Beyonce being allegedly "lightened" seen as any different to a mixed-race or white model "darkened"?? Photoshop is capable of many things including the ability to reshape a figure (word to Kate Winslet) or remove a mole/blemish/pimple or two (step forward early Alicia Keys)!<BR/><BR/>It could also be argued that the actual photo session's lighting, make-up and camera exposure etc was more than capable of rendering B as being lighter than she really is - would there still be the same outrage if that was the case? At what point does one draw the line between say lighting technique and Photoshop for example?<BR/><BR/>One the other hand, the fact that anyone would feel the need to lighten an image of B seems to be rather silly to me - we all know she's black after all! Who would be offended at an image of a black woman in a advert of that nature?!? Not Middle America surely; after all, these are the same people who would have voted Obama to become the Democrats Presidential candidate!<BR/><BR/>@ yeahisaidit - trust me on this: regardless of Beyonce being who she is, when one is being paid the sums of money she is to promote for a megalith like L'Oreal believe me, they, NOT B, have the last say, any blame really is gotta be placed at their door.<BR/><BR/>Notice I haven't even started on the weave issue - that's a WHOLE other post which will be longer than this one!!!!!clavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260680337238293915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-18167461911002000952008-08-08T15:17:00.000+01:002008-08-08T15:17:00.000+01:00lolololol@yeahisaidit- you tooooooooo muchlolololol@yeahisaidit- you tooooooooo muchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-44068788587902032262008-08-08T14:49:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:49:00.000+01:00@ shenanigan .. maybe slightly biased but still st...@ shenanigan .. maybe slightly biased but still stunningly beautiful!!<BR/><BR/>Loving your work ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-19483792380703511702008-08-08T14:30:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:30:00.000+01:00btw- I am not judging anyone who perms/ adds weave...btw- I am not judging anyone who perms/ adds weave, etc etc.<BR/><BR/>I spend my days looking like the lovechild of a menage a trois betwenn Diana Ross,Slash and Cousin It, so am not in a position to comment about something I have no personal experience of.<BR/><BR/>*now singing falsetto -live together in perfect harmony*Ms. Understoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890434067883625261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-4914297299269525062008-08-08T14:23:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:23:00.000+01:00@ ms porcelainalways a pleasure!@ ms porcelain<BR/><BR/><BR/>always a pleasure!Shenaniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357440014838366596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-27569316114833131312008-08-08T14:21:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:21:00.000+01:00i like your swag mick...but I'm biased right?i like your swag mick...<BR/><BR/>but I'm biased right?Shenaniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357440014838366596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-68050912303929108382008-08-08T14:17:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:17:00.000+01:00*side by side on my piano keyboard, OH LORD WHY CA...*side by side on my piano keyboard, OH LORD WHY CANT WE?*Ms. Understoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890434067883625261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-10117730753176750152008-08-08T14:15:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:15:00.000+01:00LOLLLLLLLLOLLLLLLLLuke GKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465896619093459569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-89619299340771693542008-08-08T14:14:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:14:00.000+01:00*hums Ebony & Ivory. Loudly**hums Ebony & Ivory. Loudly*Ms. Understoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890434067883625261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-21912326439832523542008-08-08T14:12:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:12:00.000+01:00My name is Ginger Kid and I like to make love to t...My name is Ginger Kid and I like to make love to things that shouldn't be made love to.Luke GKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465896619093459569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-50409068796936540142008-08-08T14:11:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:11:00.000+01:00Personally I think black people are alright, what ...Personally I think black people are alright, what do you guys think?Luke GKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465896619093459569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-46433947711557835982008-08-08T14:04:00.000+01:002008-08-08T14:04:00.000+01:00A read an article last night about 'Yung Berg' (yo...A read an article last night about 'Yung Berg' (you guys heard the madness right?) not being completely to blame when he said he doesn' like dark women. The person writing the article said that Yung Berg is a boob (no contest), but he was raised in a time where he was bombarded with images of light skinned women with weaves, being photoshopped to death.<BR/><BR/>I dont believe Beyonce is a victim, but I do believe she is starting to look a lot like 'the machine'. By the way in the first pic she is definitely wearing that gross organge 'spray on' tan stuff.<BR/><BR/>Being black has nothing to do with your complection or how you wear your hair. So, is she really distancing herself from her heritage with the weaves and the all the madness? I dont think so, but she is not helping the masses of young black women who will grow up thinking that if you are not wearing a weave, thos butt padding things (I dont know what they are called) or skinny then you are not beautiful.<BR/><BR/>As for Loreal: THEY KNOW DAMN WELL THAT THEIR PRODUCTS DONT WORK ON WEAVES!!! SHAMEFUL!<BR/><BR/>PS- excuse the essay length of the replyMs Porcelainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00470837896267203329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-51881835352711553522008-08-08T13:55:00.000+01:002008-08-08T13:55:00.000+01:00Well Shenanigan .. may i be the first to say that ...Well Shenanigan .. may i be the first to say that i think you are absolutely beautiful with or without a weave! Good looking and intelligent .. what more can a man ask for ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-21991850399435714432008-08-08T13:32:00.000+01:002008-08-08T13:32:00.000+01:00yes I was talking to Biz- it's amazing how far he ...yes I was talking to Biz- it's amazing how far he has come.Ms. Understoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890434067883625261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-39034801975940278382008-08-08T13:15:00.000+01:002008-08-08T13:15:00.000+01:00your talking to biz right? Me no wear no lace fron...your talking to biz right? Me no wear no lace front..ewwwwShenaniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357440014838366596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796304233747569453.post-52070526895055892812008-08-08T12:48:00.000+01:002008-08-08T12:48:00.000+01:00but at least you have put your lace-front wigs beh...but at least you have put your lace-front wigs behind you.Ms. Understoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890434067883625261noreply@blogger.com