East Coast Ladies?

Sorry for my international readers. This past week (or two) must have and will continue to be hard as I spread my wings over the east coast and pleasantly stumble across new opportunities.


tickets are only $15.00!

I am excited to let you all know about the Women of Color Expo coming up in less than two weeks. This will be an event for entertainment, education, and sales. There will be performers (who doesn’t love to discover new performers and they say told ya so when they shoot up in the charts?), speakers, and vendors. And! There will be a fashion show at the end!

Never having heard of an event such as this, I am giddy to be attending. Clearly y’all must understand by now that this post is to educate and invite everyone to go with me!

Once they wrap up the NJ, they are looking to take over the US by bringing the expo all around the nation, so have no fear – if you can’t come to it – it might come to you!

Some of the speakers:

“Redefine Yourself – Strategies for Launching a Successful Job Search Campaign”
Yvonne L. Witter, PHR: National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.
With over 20 years of Human Resources experience, Yvonne’s expertise lies in strategic candidate sourcing, staffing and recruiting. She has held various corporate level positions with responsibilities for leading the development and execution of talent acquisition strategies for well known companies as Macy’s, Kraft Foods, American International Group, and Comcast Cable Communications.
“How to start your own business and become a minority owned enterprise”
Andrea Holmes Thompkins: is a 25 year veteran broadcast media sales and marketing executive.
Holmes Thompkins is responsible for some of the most lucrative advertising sales sponsorships and campaigns in the general market as well as in the diverse multicultural marketplace, combining her interests in fashion, music and sports. Her media sales and marketing concepts have been executed in the highest rated programs in television history, including the Superbowl, the World Series, the NBA, the NHL, American Idol, Girl Friends, Emmy Awards, Source Awards, etc. Her roster of “A” list clients have included the top advertisers in all media, including; American Express, AOL, Burger King, BMW, Chase, Coca Cola, Chrysler, Ford, Kraft, Lincoln Mercury, Mastercard, McDonalds, Mercedes, Nike, Pepsi, P&G, Toys R US, Toyota, Twentieth Century Fox, Visa, to name a few.
“Face on Face off – Skin Care and Makeup tips for the diva in you”
Felicia Walker-Benson – Makeup Expert, Beauty Editor and Entrepreneur
As a makeup expert, fashion/ beauty writer and wardrobe stylist, Felicia Walker Benson pours her heart and soul into her passion for all things fashion and beauty related. Felicia is Editor in Chief for ThisThatBeauty, a top rated beauty blog that regularly features fashion, lifestyle, beauty news, reviews, trends, recessionista tips, industry interviews, etc. Felicia is also a contributing writer and Beauty Expert for Examiner.com. Additionally, Felicia is the Online Editor for the premier professional makeup artistry magazine, ON MAKEUP. In March of 2009, Felicia launched her line of professional makeup brushes under the brand, ThisThatBeauty.

“The title of the session is: 7 principals of success”
RJ Lennon – Master Mind Coach
RJ brings 25 years of sales and managerial experience to helping & inspiring individuals & entrepreneurs grow successful businesses. His coaching approach challenges all to translate thoughts & feelings into actions that produce profitable results.

If you’re going – e-mail me so that we can meet up: MyOwnJudge@gmail.com

Giveaway!

So as I’ve said before – the month of August will be a month of giveaways!

To start it off, we have a giveaway for the United States readers (be patient my International beauties – there will be giveaways for you too!).

Skinny Jean in Brass Stud WashSuper Slouchy Skinny Jeans with PaintSkinny New Worn Shredded Jean

The winner can win a pair of
Current/Elliott jeans of their choosing.
Skinny Slouch LovedThe Boyfriend JeanThe Bush Jean Super Loved
Images are to serve only as evidence of Current Elliott denim design range. The winner gets to choose whatever pair they want!

The Current Elliott designer clothing line began in 2008 when Emily Current and Merritt Elliott came together and invented their own brand. The line features the ever popular Boyfriend Jean that have the look that the woman just woke up and threw on a pair of her man’s jeans. The line has a classic American feel with a modern twist.

The rules:

  1. Giveaway open only to US residents.
  2. Giveaway starts 08/05/09 and ends on 08/14/09.
  3. The winner will be announced on 08/15/09.
To enter:
  1. For 1 entry, leave a comment on this post with your e-mail address.
  2. For 2 entries, subscribe to MyOwnJudge by e-mail
    (with the e-mail address listed).
Chickdowntown.com also has an awesome selection of ABS dresses that everybody needs to check out! Be sure to follow them on Twitter and Facebook for more chances to win great pieces and gift cards!

Good luck y’all!

What Day is Today?

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What day is today? It’s Tuesday, so we gotta Talk It Out! But! Today is also Pampering Day!

No – really. Straight from the Oval Offices at PrettyCity.com, Today is National Pampering Day, so do your duty and get yourself pampered.

The Talk It Out Tuesday segment of this post is this: For all you financially savvy recessionistas – how do you pamper on a budget?

I like to do my own nails and toes (esp b/c I like to switch up the color at least twice a week & I’m notorious for peeling my polish – don’t scold!) and I’m not a fan of coloring or straightening my hair so that saves a bundle. NaturallyCurly.com has some good ideas for recession proof treatments for curly hair here.

What do you do (inexpensive or expensive…) to pamper yourself?

Here is the image they have to give you some ideas if you need a workplace diversion…

National Pampering Day

Be sure to visit PrettyCity.com to check out great pampering destinations!

Zoya’s not a Twit!

With all the new fangled technological devices and applications, companies are finding different ways to reach their customers.

Let’s admit it – receiving an e-mail newsletter is a bit old – especially being that we are often caught mass deleting due to the huge mailboxes full of Sale this and %10 that. … Ok – just me then…

Well y’all are in luck Twitterati – Zoya is being super duper kind and letting you choose three free nail polishes. Three. free. Wait a minute – is that a play on words with their polish being 3Free??

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Here’s the catch: the code is on Twitter. (It’s a thank you for building up to 5000 followers). It’s also only open to the US. Check out the details on their blog here.

If neither of those options suit you, I still suggest you head over and follow Zoya because they always have great deals on Twitter and plus – they’re one of the few companies that respond to everybody – ain’t that great customer service??

P.s. Don’t forget to confess to the judge just what ya got 😉

Finally! Bloggin’ Beauts

So how long has everyone waited for me to say something about the Bloggin’ Beauts event? To be the cohost and planner, you’d think I’d be right on top of it right? …. crickets

With sensitivity to the fact that many of my readers are not NY based, I have started a new blog for the NYC Bloggin’ Beauts. I will probably mercilessly reference the upcoming events and such, but everything else will be on the blog. That kind of treaty work?

Now! Without further ado, I present to you the companies that worked with us. Want more details? Scurry your butt over to the NYC Bloggin’ Beauts Blog!

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lindasellsmark.com

My Pretty Pink Box

and check out the My Pretty Pink Box Blog for updates!

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and check out the Jennifer Paige Designs Blog for updates!

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check out the Purple Lab Blog here!

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check out my Arbonne page to learn more & shop!

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check out the Zoya blog here!

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check out the Stila blog here!

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check out the Thevi blog here!

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check out the Tarte blog here!

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check the Solerra blog here!

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check out the 3Custom Color blog!

Please note that most of these companies are up on the blog craze and are utilizing their blogs to reach out to their customers/fans as well as offer promotional codes and discounts!

Nailed again!

Last time I admitted to getting nailed, it was at Sephora.

Well – this time I had the pleasure to make it out to the KO Knockout event at Henri Bendel. They were debutting new colors Concrete (gray) and Pool (turqouise), and had drinks, and manicurists at hand.

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The craze now more than ever is matte polishes and KO Knockout is all about matte.

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The colors left to right:
Concrete, Pool, Flatte, Liberty, Karen, Calamine
Ox, Liberty, Karen, Calamine, Powder, Pool

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Fancy drinks. I have no idea what was in it, but it was pretty and good. 🙂

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My manicurist was a KO employee – Julia. she had Flatte on her own nails.

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My polish of choice: OX

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oooo! matches my shoes!

Since it’s matte, and curiosity killed the cat (and satisfaction brought it back) I just had to know what it was like with a clear top coat in a cream as well… Trust and believe it was the cat’s meow!

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Updates

So two days off from MOJ was enough y’all.

With 2009 well under way, this is definitely the year for things to happen and big things have been happening.

This is serving as an update post so that you know I haven’t been slackin!!

  1. Thanks so much to all the followers, readers, and subscribers. Your attention and support is never forgotten!
  2. The schedule for MOJ is changing effective immediately. This is because I have so much more content to post, and find that the schedule I have put into effect is a little limiting. The only series to stay are Misc Mondays, Talk It Out Tuesdays, and Magazine Weekend. I still plan to keep Reviews & Ladies n’ Gents of the Jury but that will be on a more random schedule. The Blog Review feature will no longer be on MOJ – occasionally I might put in a couple of links… but otherwise you will have to look to the ‘Shared Posts‘ on the left sidebar (I update it frequently!).
  3. Fast on the heels of a very successful Bloggin’ Beauts get together, I have started a separate blog to promote the past event and future upcoming events as well. Check it out when you get the chance – who knows? we might have a get together next time you’re in NY!
  4. There are big things coming for Miss Yaya. Big things in the plans and hard work. Selling Arbonne. Bloggin’ Beauts party planner. Featured/Guest editor. MUA gigs. and more… Stay tuned!
  5. The month of August will not be a contest. The month of August will be a month of giveaways! Get ready y’all – it is no joke!

  6. My Birthday is coming up in weekssss! Sept (23) y’all… so you know that month will be amazing as well.

So… stay tuned and let me know whenever you got somethin’ to say – my iPhone supports my e-mail habits!

Introducing Arbonne

I’m excited to introduce my readers to a brand which, most likely most of you haven’t heard of.

Arbonne.

Crickets?

Well Arbonne is a botanically based skin-care and makeup line, that offers incentives along with their great products.

Right now they are running a promotion for people to sign up. To be a Preffered Client, you pay $29 for the year. This fee lets you get a starter kit with samples and such, along with a full year of 20% any purchase.

Plus … 3 Ways to Join:

1. Client
• Botanically based skin care, cosmetics and nutrition products
• Excellent customer service and convenient delivery
• Product gifts for referrals and hosting Presentations

2. Preferred Client
• Enjoy a 20% discount off of the Suggested Retail Price on all products
• $29 fee for the year (includes sample kit) –
• Access to ongoing Product Specials and other monthly promotions
• Product gifts for referrals and hosting Presentations

[[this fee is waved in the month of July with purchases of $150 or over – you can buy lotion, anti-aging products, makeup, tanner, and more!]]

3. Consultant
• Enjoy a 35% discount off of the Suggested Retail Price on all products
• Unlimited income potential
• Upline support, training and achievement recognition and awards

Explore Your Options! E-mail me to learn more about this one-of-a-kind opportunity, or head over to http://missyaya.myarbonne.com/ to learn more, or click here to sign-up as a Preferred Client or an Independent Consultant now!

I will be doing many reviews on these products, as well as giveaways. You’ll love them though, I guarantee it!