Oh So NVY-ous!!!!!

Ladies!!!!

I am so honored to be the first to break some exclusive news to you guys! All of my fashionista's out there, you can be the first to shop at Nvy Ink Boutique! Nvy Ink will be this most fashionable, innovative, and NVY'd boutique around offering a wide variety of styles and sizes. Nvy Ink is the newest addition to the Colonial Bel Air Mall brand and is located at 406 Bel Air Blvd. Suite 5, Mobile, AL 36606.  And don't worry far away fashionista's...you can shop with us online! With that being said, Now we're allowing you to shop with us before the doors are even opened! Shop Below Ladies!!!

Sideview of Colorblock Skirt/Top $34.99

Front view of Colorblock Skirt/Top $34.99

Plus Size Black Sheer Top w/ Shoulder detail $24.99

Plus Size Black Sheer Shirt Shoulder Details

Colorblock Strapless Dress $64.50

Front view of Strapless Colorblock Dress

Guava One Shoulder  $45.00

Coral One Shoulder Dress $67.50

Royal Blue and Black One Shoulder Dress $67.50

This is only a small little peek into what we will have in store for you! Shop online at http://nvyink.moonfruit.com and Grand Opening will be on May 25th! And if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to use the "Contact Us" Link on the website or tweet us @NvyInk on Twitter!

Love and Kisses,

Mimi <3

Styled by June....

Greeting Fellow Fashionista's!!!

Well ladies (and gents!) if you are into fashion and reality shows, Vh1 will be airing a new show that you will probably love. It's a show based around stylist to the stars June Ambrose. She is the stylist of the top Stars and Icons such as Sean "Diddy" Combs, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, and Jay Z. She is the reigning queen of styling! She is also the CEO of her company Mod Squad in which she started back in 1994 and has her own line of Turbans. On her new reality show "Styled By June," she will be renovating the looks of celebs like Trina, Mischa Barton, Da Brat, Aubrey O'Day, Michelle Williams and more! Don't forget to tune in on Monday, March 19th on Vh1!

KONY 2012

Okay guys...if you read the very top of my blog under the title, you will notice that I said that this is a blog about fashion, love, and life! So this post is on 2 of the 3, Love & Life! I'm not gonna front like I been knew all about this Joseph Kony and the Invisible children situation long....because I haven't! But thanks to Twitter and me following people like @Rihanna @EmilyB @TreySongz & @ChrisBrown, I probably wouldn't have known too much. They all were tweeting and retweeting about this and asking that we just take the time, even if only for a few mins, and watch this Youtube vid on #KONY2012. So that caught my attention and I decided to see what all thee fuss was about, and when I did.....WOW! I was literally floored! Couldn't believe what I was watching and the fact that I have NEVER seen anything about this on T.V. Like I said earlier...this post is about LOVE and LIFE, so if you can find any love in your heart and think about the lives of those invisible children please do what you can to spread the word! I don't know how much this post will help with spreading the word, but I do feel that even if 1 of you read this maybe I can inspire you enough to share this story with someone else. From there, maybe my 1 little effort has snowballed into something more that I probably will ever know! I am going to post the Youtube video below and also post what I read on Joseph Kony on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kony and also visit http://www.KONY2012.com!

Here's what I found on Wiki....

Biography

Early life

Joseph Kony was born c. 1961^[1] in Odek, a village east of Gulu in northern Uganda.^[2][4] A member of the Acholi people,^[2] Kony is the son of farmers. He enjoyed a good relationship with his siblings, but was quick to retaliate in a dispute,^[9] and when confronted he would often resort to physical violence. His father was a lay catechist of the Catholic Church and his mother was an Anglican. Kony was an altar boy for several years, but he stopped attending church around the age of 15.^[9] As a teenager Kony apprenticed as the village witch doctor under his older brother, Jamie Brow, and when his older brother died, Kony took over the position.^[10] He did not graduate from high school. Kony first came to prominence in January 1986 as the leader of one of the many premillennialist groups that sprang up in Acholiland in the wake of the wildly popular Holy Spirit Movement of Alice Auma (also known as Lakwena), to whom Kony is thought to be related.^[2] Their relative loss of influence after the overthrow of Acholi President Tito Okello by Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Army (NRA) during the Ugandan Bush War (1981–1986) spurred resentment among the Acholi, which boosted Joseph Kony's popularity.^{[citation needed]}

Lord's Resistance Army

Further information: Lord's Resistance Army

Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
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Originally, Kony's group was called the United Holy Salvation Army (UHSA) and was not perceived as a threat by the NRA. By 1988, it had became a major player in Ugandan affairs: an agreement between the NRA and the Uganda People's Democratic Army left members of the latter group unsatisfied, and many joined the United Holy Salvation Army as a form of rebellion. One such person was Commander Odong Latek, who convinced Kony to use standard military tactics instead of attacking in cross-shaped formations and sprinkling holy water. The new tactics proved successful, and the UHSA delivered several small but stinging defeats against the NRA. After these victories, the NRA responded by significantly weakening Kony's group through political actions and a military campaign named Operation North. The operation was devastating to what would become the Lord's Resistance Army, and with their numbers reduced from thousands to hundreds, they engaged in retaliatory attacks on civilians and NRA collaborators.
The bulk of Kony's foot soldiers were children.^[9] Whilst estimates of the number of children conscripted since 1986 vary, some put the figure as high as 104,000.^[9] When abducting the children, Kony and his army often killed their family and neighbors, thus leaving the children with little choice but to fight for him.^[9]
By 1992 Kony had renamed the group the United Democratic Christian Army and it was at this time that they kidnapped 44 girls from the Sacred Heart Secondary and St. Mary's girls schools.^[11]
Betty Bigombe remembered that the first time she met Kony, his followers used oil to ward off bullets and evil spirits.^[12] In a letter regarding future talks, Kony stated that he must consult the Holy Spirit. When the talks did occur, they insisted on the participation of religious leaders and opened the proceedings with prayers, led by LRA's Director of Religious Affairs Jenaro Bongomi. During the 1994 peace talks, Kony was preceded by men in robes sprinkling holy water.^[4]
Kony was thought among followers and detractors alike to have been possessed by spirits; he has been portrayed as either the Messiah or the Devil. He reportedly made annual trips to the Ato Hills in Uganda. He would allegedly ascend to the highest of the hills and lie down in the hot sun for days. He would be covered by a blanket of red termites that bit deeply into his skin. Oil from the Yao plant was spread over his body. Then he would enter a cave and stay in seclusion for weeks.^{[citation needed]} Kony believes in the literal protection provided by a cross symbol and tells his child soldiers a cross on their chest drawn in oil will protect them from bullets.^[9] Kony insists that he and the Lord's Resistance Army are fighting for the Ten Commandments. He defends his actions: "Is it bad? It is not against human rights. And that commandment was not given by Joseph. It was not given by LRA. No, those commandments were given by God."^[13]
The Ugandan military has attempted to kill Kony throughout the insurgency. In Uganda's latest attempt to track Kony down, former LRA combatants have been to enlisted to search remote areas of the Central African Republic, the Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo where he was last seen.^[14]

Indictment

Main article: International Criminal Court investigation in Uganda

On October 6, 2005, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that arrest warrants had been issued for five members of the Lord's Resistance Army for crimes against humanity following a sealed indictment. On the next day Ugandan defense minister Amama Mbabazi revealed that the warrants include Kony, his deputy Vincent Otti, and LRA commanders Raska Lukwiya, Okot Odiambo, and Dominic Ongwen. According to spokesmen for the military, the Ugandan army killed Lukwiya on August 12, 2006.^[8]
On October 13, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo released details on Kony's indictment. There are 33 charges; 12 counts are crimes against humanity, including murder, enslavement, sexual enslavement, and rape. Another 21 counts of war crimes include murder, cruel treatment of civilians, intentionally directing an attack against a civilian population, pillaging, inducing rape, and forced enlisting of children into the rebel ranks. Ocampo said that "Kony was abducting girls to offer them as rewards to his commanders."^{[citation needed]}
On July 31, 2006, Kony met with several cultural, political, and religious leaders from northern Uganda at his hideout in the Congolese forests to discuss the war.^{[citation needed]} The following day, he crossed the border into Sudan to speak with Southern Sudan Vice President Riek Machar. Kony later told reporters that he would not be willing to stand trial at the ICC because he had not done anything wrong.^{[citation needed]}
On November 12, 2006, Kony met Jan Egeland, the United Nations Undersecretary-General for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief. Kony told Reuters: "We don't have any children. We only have combatants."                  

Please guys....Spread the word to STOP KONY in 2012!

Love and Kisses,
Mimi <3

Access to the Accesories!!!!

Is true that you can "over do it" when it comes to accessorising your outfit?? Well that answer varies from person to person. Some believe less is more while others believe you can never have enough! So here's a few pics of trendy accessories and you guys tell me what you think by answering the poll on this topic!















Don't forget to vote on the poll listed on the side menu on if you think there's a such thing as "over accessorising?"

Love and Kisses,
Mimi <3

Fashion Fave: The First Lady Edition

Where do I start?? There is so much that can be said about OUR First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama. She is absolutely one of my Fashion Fave's because her style is so classic and elegant, but at the same time still full of youth. By that I mean that she does look like someones grandma, but yet the classy young woman that she is! The First Lady's style seems effortless. But her impeccable style isn't the only thing that I
admire about her, because beyond her beauty is a brilliant mind! She is very highly educated, full of class, and gives young women of any race but particularly black women, someone to look up to besides Basketball wives and other people that you see in the media often! She is a true role model to me because she is not a woman to sit off in her husband and OUR President Barack Obama's shadows...instead, she is out making things happen and especially  for our youth with her "Lets Move!" campaign in which Beyonce is a part of. She also has a program for young girls where they come to the White House once a month and work with herself and some of the White House's top officials. She is extremely hands on with everything that she is apart of...from going to feed the homeless and serving food in soup kitchens, to gardening, to getting down and dancing with the kids! So here's to a true trendsetter, fashionista, role model, and most of all the best First Lady yet!

 















And I can't talk about First Lady Michelle Obama without mentioning how you can just look at her and the way she looks at her husband, President Obama, and you can see her love for him in her eyes and in the way she smiles at him! She stands BY her man and not BEHIND him! I love it!!! And that fact that her family comes first! They are an amazing family indeed!







I LOVE this pic below because this is me and my husband's little thing we do! Touch the Rock!


I could literally go on and on about OUR First Lady but I mean really...She is Greatness Ladies....GREATNESS!

Love and Kisses,
Mimi <3