Celebrity Makeup Icon: Nicki Minaj

             The first person in my series of "Celebrity Makeup Icons", Nicki Minaj is for those of you who haven't heard of her, is a female artist signed to Young Money Entertainment. She has arrived quite quickly in her own right seemingly out of nowhere. This fabulous girl came from the streets of Brooklyn and now is on every hot song on every top 40/hip hop radio station in the United States. According to some, she has the female rap game on lock and honestly, it doesn't look like she's going anywhere. She has revived the female rap game and won't be stopping anytime soon.

               Her personal style is a mixture of  Harajuku barbie, the ultra sexy American version, if there ever was one. The harajuku aka Lolita stems from Japanese culture. The lolita style is very victorian with frilly lace, pink but also with bright colors, wigs and some intense makeup. This lolita style is limited to just lace and bright colors, but can also vary to a gothic side while still keeping that girlie girl image (if that makes sense!). This style is very over the top, but I absolutely love it. I don't think my description did the Lolita style justice, so just google it if you want to see more pictures!

           I picked Nicki Minaj for this because she isn't afraid to go beyond what is considered "normal". She is in my opinion a style leader and is beautiful. Even MAC noticed her amazing presence and crazy out there style and gave her, her own exclusive lipstick called Pink 4 Friday. It's this amazing baby pink colored lipstick which you could only purchase on four Fridays in November and December, ONLINE. I wish I had picked one up but never got one. Anyone able to pick it up? Share with me what you think about it!

 

Her makeup is quite inspiring and her style overall might push it to the limits but it's seriously cute as all get up. I honestly think she is a beautiful female, inspiring other women to look their best even when they don't have that confidence. She isn't afraid to push the limits or be sexy. Let me know what your thoughts are! Oh yeah guys, Happy New Year! Hope your 2011 will be ten times better than 2010. :]