America's next top model, at your service! Ok, it will be more like, America's next top Bar B once Flawless Magazine hits beauty salons next year. Oh. My. Goodness. I had sooo much fun at the photoshoot yesterday ya'll. I know the bob-gone-wild and the dramatic makeup are a little much, but boy did I look good it all look good on camera. My stylist decided that the theme of the shoot would be African warriors and queens. My stylist, who goes by the name of Wildboy when he is in the zone, his son, myself and another woman were all transformed by beautiful makeup and a killer wardrobe created by Wildboy's friend Tim.

Wildboy and son were adorned in elaborate shirts made of fur, leather and cowry shells and skirts and leg bracelets made of old hula skirts straw. Add some dreds, an extra fly mohawk with tribal designs and some bows and spears and you've got a couple of handsome tribal warriors. Then there were the queens. Val was rocking a long flowy brown skirt with a leather belt decorated with branches and cowry shells, while smothering her girls in coconuts. Yes, Miss Lady was working it out in a bra made of coconut shells, branches and cowry shells. It was pretty hot.

And as for the woman of the hour... yours truly... the fabulously beautiful Ms. Bar B? I also had a long flowy brown skirt and a corset made of leather, branches and cowry shells. I thought my halloween corset was something. Everytime I bent forward two centimeters I was cracking all over the place. One of the branches on the back of the corset was poking me in the butt during some poses and we almost succeeded in gluing my eye shut while applying false eyelashes... like I said, that shoot was sooo much fun! At the end of the shoot we were sweeping up branches and straw from everywhere we went throughout the building, hehe. I can't wait to get the pictures so that I can share them with you. And when the magazine is available I will let you all know so that you can see the whole tribal party.

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Friendship

Today's Shutter Click & Chat Sunday is all about celebrating friendship. This, I can do, only because I am fortunate enough to know true friendship. There are 3 people that I have in my life that I share an eternal bond with. People that hold a place in my life and heart that some who share my blood do not. These 3 people are much more than friends, they are family.

WE RIDE TOGETHER, WE DIE TOGETHER...

Tonya (the bff). Our bond began in the 5th grade. She is the one who knows my inner most darkest and deepest secrets. She is God-mother to my daughter and blood sister to me. She has always had my back, no matter the situation, and she stands in my corner to support and rally around me whenever I need her, and to also, always, tell it like it is when I must hear it like it is.

Jeremy (the male opinion). Jr. High is where we first met. Enduring the dreadful breath of our math teacher day after day, JB was always there with answers ready for me to copy. Together we made it through math, High School and are forever bonded through life's experiences. He is God-father to my daughter and blood brother to me.

Maria (the primary support). We also found each other during the Jr. High years. Some could say that if it were not for her and JB, I just might have starved to death during our Jr. High and High School years. She is always there with an open ear and her honest opinion. I will forever be indebted to this woman... literally!! Lol. For this reason and many many more, she holds a special place in my life and she is a blood sister to me.