Road to BET Awards: Day 2

It’s Day 2 and my head is already spinning! Today I’m solidifying a few details for my weekend in LA. I still need to find the perfect red carpet look and I’m all about having multiple options. Take a peek at what I got into yesterday:

The Shoes

So if you follow me on Instagram (I’m @LoveBrownSugar), you might have seen me shoe shopping last night. I needed to grab a few options quickly so I went over to ALDO and started browsing for killer yet comfortable styles.

By popular demand (and by my own), I went with these ALDO Bloise shoes on the top right. They were on sale too! (here’s a similar style online for $67). I figured since they’re neutral they would be perfect because I still don’t have a dress picked out. AND they were comfy! Win/win. I may be shelling out for another pair if one strikes my fancy before i head to LA but we’ll see.

The Makeup Look

So I’m heading to the Lisi Cosmetics store in downtown Manhattan for a makeup consultation today. I’ve narrowed it down to three main makeup looks. Give me your honest opinion on these:

I could either go with June Ambrose’s smoky eyes, The heavy color eyelids and red lip or a more neutral/understated look like Jennifer Hudson’s. What do you think?

The Dress

So I ordered the above options from ASOS.com yesterday and got them express shipped. I may not be going with either of these dresses for any part of the weekend, but I figured better safe than sorry.

I’m also headed to plus size designer Monif C‘s showroom to try on a few cool pieces. I’m gagging over this neon dress:

So perhaps I’ll end up rocking that one? Still in limbo. In the mean time, weigh in! 
Tell me your preference for my makeup and dress in the comments section! 
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Christina Brown

Lifestyle influencer and digital mompreneur Christina S. Brown is a New York native, LA resident, and the founder of LoveBrownSugar.com and BrownGirlsLove. She's an award-winning storyteller, a motivational speaker and an advocate for confident millennial black women.

11 Comments
  1. I think you do the understated look quite often and it looks fabulous on you, but I would love to see you work a dramatic, colored eye and lip look. I think you would rock it!

  2. i say , the understated neutral llok is best , since you are planning on such bold colors in both your wardrobe , accesories and nails . Let you face do it’s own work . Just be pretty ‘you’!

  3. J hud’s make up looks the best, and Monif C has this really gorg wrap dress that i saw on another blog. it was serious bodycon. I also like the 3rd dress in the collage too.

  4. How exciting! The June Ambrose look mos def. with lighter silver on the lid. Loving ASOS dress No. 3 and No. 4. The neon dress is glam, but doesn’t play up your assests as much (smile). I can’t wait to see what looks you pick. You are gonna look FIERCE no matter what.

  5. Oh my what an amazing opportunity. Congrats! As for the makeup look I love June’s look. It would look great with a nude lip. Love the shoe selection. And the lastly the neon dress is it. Can’t wait to see the final look.

    -Shakiyla