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If you haven’t heard of Olivia Pope where have you been under a rock?! Though I myself haven’t watched a single episode of Scandal to date (don’t kill me) I definitely know about the darling damsal. She has been doing her thing stylistically for a long time and turned it on once again for the NAACP Image Awards this past weekend; where Kerry took home the Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Award for her role in SCANDAL; Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Award for her role in DJANGO UNCHAINED; and the President’s Award, given in recognition of special achievement and exceptional public service. Got get it Ms. Washington!

Kerry Washington who has been on a roll beauty and fashion wise for quite a long time can’t seem to get it wrong. For the festivities she donned a fabulous Oscar de la Renta Spring 2013 dress which melted my little fashion heart.

Now lets talk about her hair and makeup which I always love because she is always on point with both. She had a subtle smokey eye paired with a light pink lip that just paired so well with the dress.

I was able to get the skinny on hair from celeb hairstylist Marcus Francis who utilized the amazing much raved about Carol’s Daughter Monoi line.

To get the look, Francis:

Blow dried the hair with a round brush, adding a few drops of Carol’s Daughter Monoi Oil Sacred Strengthening Serum to the ends.

Flat ironed the hair from roots to ends to seal in the shine, adding in a small pump of Carol’s Daughter Monoi Repairing Split End Sealer after flat ironing to lock in added moisture.

Sectioned out the top middle section, creating a clean part on either side of the head, then lightly teased a few sections at the front for height, and brushed using a Mason Pearson hair brush. Francis then blended the teased hair into the back of the head, keeping the sides clean and securing with two bobby pins underneath the hair on either side.

With a 1 1/4″ size curling iron, Francis curled the ends of medium-sized sections and held for three seconds for added movement, brushing out to soften and break up any tendency the hair had to curl.

Smoothed the hairline with a spritz of Carol’s Daughter Macadamia Heat Styling Hairspray on a toothbrush-like finishing tool. Finally, Francis sprayed the entire head and finished with a final half pump of Monoi Repairing Split End Sealer on the curled ends.

: Monoi Oil Repairing Sacred Strengthening Serum

: Split End Sealer

: Macadamia Heat Styling Spray

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On behalf of Blinging Beauty I had the pleasure of going to celeb hairstylist Keith Campbell‘s book signing for his new book Decide to Be Beautiful where he cut it up literally and the most stylish people came together to celebrate him. The event took place at the Limelight Shops in Manhattan at Modelista a modern boutique where I fell in complete love with the clothing and accessories. Also in attendance were my fave singers Melanie Fiona, Chrisette Michelle and Bridget Kelly all three ladies looked beautiful in all of their personal styles. When asked about the design and inspiration behind the book “Decide to be Beautiful” Keith shared that in an industry where everyone takes things to seriously he wanted to share his inspiration and art in a super light, super fun, and creative way. Another question asked was about the emergence of natural hair and how it effects Keith’s business, for Mr. Campbell it hasn’t effected his business at all. He gets in there and colors, twists and gets the clients hair to healthy, because at the end of the day that’s what it’s about. Everyone has their own hair soul and no two natural haired women are the same so helping them get to their hair truth is his goal. I love that! Make sure to go support and pick up his book.