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Thursday, May 3, 2018
Cardi B Stuns With Makeup-Free Selfie and Natural Hair
Cardi B is talented and beautiful. So beautiful, in fact, that fans don’t mind learning the position in which she got knocked up.
But though she’s known for her carefully manicured looks, she’s showing fans another side of her that few have seen.
Take at look below at her make-up free, natural haired selfie. She’s gorgeous.
Though she had appeared in the past on Love & Hip-Hop: New York, Cardi B was catapulted to becoming a household name with her hit single, “Bodak Yellow.”
After being entranced by her music — the lyrics, the hook, everything — a lot of people were drawn in by her looks.
Cardi B is hot. She just is. You can tell from the photos.
When someone’s looks are tied to their brand, as is so often the case, they seldom let people see them with their guard down.
Like a growing number of celebrities, Cardi B plays by a different set of rules.
Take a look at her makeup-free look and her big, natural hair.
She looks great!
She looks different, but certainly not unrecognizable, which means that she’s doing right by herself when she does her makeup.
Cardi B captioned this photo:
“Knock me down 9 times but i get up 10 bitch!”
From the flow, that actually sounds like it would be a perfect lyric for “Bodak Yellow.”
But the line is actually from another song of hers, “Get Up 10.”
(Logistically, one assumes that Cardi B got up once before any of the nine knockdowns occurred, which would explain in the discrepency between how many times she is knocked down and how many times she arises)
Showing herself with her natural hair — well, straightened to some degree, but mostly natural — is actually a big deal, in a way that sharing a makeup-free snap is not.
Because women of color living in the Western world have had their appearances critiqued and controlled for centuries, forced by white supremacy to conform to European beauty standards.
Cardi B may play that game with her public appearance, but this photo is a powerful and important reminder that she has a lot of hair, and that she has to put in a great deal of work to make it appear as it does in public.
(When she isn’t wearing a wig, that is)
Recently, Cardi B announced her pregnancy.
She is pregnant by her fiance, Offset.
Initially, many of her fans grew concerned when she became engaged so quickly after skyrocketing to fame.
They wondered if Offset was hitching himself to her before it really hit home for her what an incredible future her career has in store.
(Doubts were magnified when a woman came forward claiming to be Offset’s baby mama … and Offset’s refusal to take a paternity test)
Many of those concerns have vanished as fans are enthusiastic for Cardi B to become a mom.
Cardi B’s selfie is inspirational and we’re so glad that she elected to share it.
That does not mean that we don’t like any of her other looks.
Like all women, and also all other folks, she is entitled to be the author of her own appearance. That means that she can wear as much or as little makeup as she likes.
So long as she keeps churning out excellent music, we’ll keep listening.
Speaking of which, if you’ll excuse us, we need to listen to “Bodak Yellow” one or ten times.
Gigi Hadid Apologizes for Vogue Italia"s "Blackface" Cover
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Kim Kardashian "Wants a Divorce," Shocking Report Claims
Kim Kardashian is putting on a brave face in public.
She"s saying all the right things about Kanye West.
According to Life & Style, however, the reality star is not handling her husband"s apparent breakdown very well.
Far from it, in fact.
With Kanye blabbering on about Donald Trump and slavery and angering nearly everyone with a rational view of the world, Kardashian is reportedly weighing her options.
Could she really file for divorce from the father of her three kids?
Scroll down for a summary of the latest speculation…
1. Sigh. Where Do We Even Start Here?
On April 15, Kanye returned to Twitter… and it was instantly weird. “The psychological zombie effect,” read Tweeted early on. “I’m super chaaaaaarged. Bout to take this whole thing to mars.”
2. It Got A LOT Crazier From There
Kanye’s Twitter barrage went from sort of cute to scary and annoying when he praised Donald Trump frequently and said that blacks made the “choice” to be slaves.
3. But Still…
… Kim stuck by her husband’s side — in public. The media is “so quick to label him as having mental health issues for just being himself when he has always been expressive,” she Tweeted at one point.
4. In Private, However?
We reported that Kim was considering an intervention, desperate to get through to Kanye in any way she possibly could; to help him seek professional assistance. Click on the above headline to read more about this story.
5. Just How Bad Have Things Gotten?
“Kim is in talks with lawyers about getting a divorce,” a source exclusively tells Life & Style. “Kanye’s acting more unpredictable than ever. Things have gotten so bad that Kim and Kanye sleep in separate rooms.”
6. Peace Out, Kanye!
This same report claims Kim will take the kids and go stay at Kris Jenner’s house when things get especially bad between the stars.
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