Claire’s Life: 4th of July at ESSENCE Festival with My Black is Beautiful and Elle Varner + My Meet and Greet with Meow and Barks Boutique!

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It’s been an exceedingly busy past few weeks between the BET Awards and ESSENCE Fest! ESSENCE was all about brand synergies, so after hosting the Golden Carpet for McDonalds, I headed over to the My Black is Beautiful booth on the 4th of July to chat beauty and style with celebs and fellow bloggers who stopped by.

Elle Varner passed through, looking patriotic in a red, white, and blue striped set by Black Fleece. In response to the question, “What are you working on to feel Altogether Beautiful,” she said, “I’m working on loving myself. And when you love yourself, you can’t help but feel beautiful.” Preach!

She also talked about her must have beauty product (tinted moisturizer), and about her fashion style (she described it as quirky). There will be video sometime soon, so stay tuned!
After chatting with Elle, I headed across the street to the Marriott for a Fashion Bomb Daily Meet N Greet/shopping party with Meow and Barks Boutique.

The Jacksonville, Florida based store is chock full of trendy, affordable pieces and loads of Bombshells popped by to shop it up!

I finally met former Bombshells and design duo the DPiper Twins. I need both of those dresses!

And this fashionista looked electric in neon tones.

It was a very full, but very fun day.


For the 4th, I wore a House of Holland denim dress, then added white accents with my Moschino Good Girl Belt.

I wore Versace sandals, and added a pop of red with Covergirl lipgloss.

Learn more about My Black is Beautiful here and shop it up at Meow and Barks Boutique here. There’s a lot to love.
Stay tuned for more instances from my weekend in NOLA!
*Shout out to the Fashion Bombshells who came out to the Meet N Greet! I appreciate you!
*Also, just for fun: Check out my feature on Iman’s site, Destination Iman!
Images: Karl Pierre