i thought a fun part of this blog would be to share little beauty tips and home remedies. all of the things i suggest, i have tried and liked. i've used drug store products, only seen on tv products, high end products and more but in order to get the skin i have, i prefer to take the home remedy approach. if you notice on my picture, my skin is smooth, flawless and blemish free. not to brag but i do a lot to keep my skin picture perfect and i want to share my tips with you guys. here is a 4 step facial that is all based on home remedies and inexpensive products. sometimes less is more...
step 1- i always clean my face with noxema to take off all of the dirt and other products that may still be on my skin. i don't think i have to explain how to wash your face... lol
step 2- take 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar and 2 tablespoons of water, mix them in a bowl and put in the microwave for 10 seconds. rub the mixture all over your face and neck and scrub really hard, allow it to dry for about 3 to 5 minutes and then wash off. your face will feel really smooth. sugar is a natural exfoliant and it really does work.
step 3- this may sound bizarre but it works really well. take egg whites from 1 egg, make sure the yolk is removed. after you have a bowl with just the egg whites, rub all over your face and neck, let dry for 7-1o minutes. you will feel it get tight and firm, which is what you want. wash off with warm water.
step 4- the last step but the most important. after completing the first 3 steps do this. rub a little bit of vaseline around your eyes and your mouth. it helps prevent wrinkles (google it) . take a moisturizer of your choice. (i generally use olay regenerist cream or olay complete), put 1 tiny tiny tiny splash of baby oil in your moisturizer (too much clogs pores and causes blackheads) and rub that all over your face and neck, even rub over the vaseline and go to bed.
i do step 4 every night but i do the entire facial process once a week or the night before a big event or shoot. i promise you will love it and feel better afterwards and the results will show.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Introduction
you're probably only reading this because you know me or someone i know asked you to read it, at any rate, allow me to introduce myself to you better.
my name is doug but i am better known as d. kells. i was born in a small town known as brownsville, pa and spent the first 10 years of my life living in the projects, which is something that i am not ashamed to admit. i actually embrace it and i love to look back to see how far i've come and how far i intend to go. i was exposed to a lot as a child. i saw drugs, prostitution, shootings and so much more. i remember at an early age realizing that i wanted a lot for myself and i knew that it would take a lot to accomplish the things that i set out to accomplish. i was raised by just my mother, who is one of the most phenomenal women that i know. she has always been so loving towards everyone and did not tolerate any form of prejudice. she told me stories about how she protested segregation and participated in sit ins and so much more. she always told me that we are all equal and if i ever thought i was better than anyone else she was not afraid to go upside my head. luckily, i was born with the same compassion that she has to this day. how could i not be open minded? i grew up with a black auntie, an asian baby sitter, gay neighbors and i loved all of them deeply. my mom also made me go to church every wednesday and sunday. she still tells a story to this day that when i was 6 and in church alone she forgot to give me money for the collection plate so i took the 2 pennies out of my penny loafers and gave them. i was afraid to tell her because i thought she would be mad but she actually told me she was proud of me for being quick on my feet and for giving all i had at the time. she did a great job at teaching me right from wrong and always encouraged me to be the best me that i could possibly be. when i was 6, she made me volunteer at a nursing home to teach me responsibility and to show me that it is important to help others. by no means did i grow up rich or priveleged but she also took me to various homeless shelters to volunteer and show me that i didn't have it that bad. i remember when i was about 7 or 8 and i asked my mom what i should be when i grew up. her response was this "if you want to be a janitor , make sure you are the best janitor that you can be". she wasn't encouraging me to choose that profession but she was encouraging me to apply myself to any and every endeavor that i chose to partake in through out my life.
when i was 12 my mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (ms) and gradually went from walking to limping, to using a cane to a wheelchair. it was hard on me but i never lost hope and still to this day am hopeful that she will walk again. i was responsible for keeping a house clean, cooking and doing things that people my age don't normally do but i believe that also helped make me who i am. i was definitely an outcast in school. i had maybe 3 friends and was the subject of a lot of ridicule. i got teased for not always having name brand clothes and for having a "sick" mother and anything else you can imagine. i always used writing as an outlet. i knew that i could not allow anyone to break me, i just let them make me a stronger, wiser, more compassionate person.
when i was 15 i got approached to do modeling and i was a bit apprehensive but i saved money from my paper route and mowing lawns (i was always hustling..lol) and got professional pictures done. i submitted them to the agency that approached me. i didn't hear anything for almost 2 months and then one day out of the blue i got a job offer to be in a back to school fashion show at a mall in the area. it wasn't the best job but it was a starting point. i got paid 300 dollars in addition to getting 2 free outfits. after that first job, the offers poured in and pretty soon i was spending weekends in new york and at photo shoots. suddenly, i wasn't the kid in no name brand but i was rocking the hottest stuff, yet i was still an outcast. at my high school you were considered fashionable if you were abercrombie jeans and hoodies everyday but i was more advanced in my fashion sense which made me the victim of ridicule even more.
in 11th grade i started getting more work in philly, new york and all over the east coast so i decided to get a tutor and stop going to school. i was an honor student so i never had a problem keeping up with the work, it was just tough doing a weeks worth of school work in a day but i managed to do it. since i was still technically a part of the school system, i was given the option to attend prom and to walk during graduation. i turned down both opportunities to keep working and making money. i did manage to graduate with a 3.5 GPA though.
i enrolled in california university of pennsylvania for the fall semester following graduation. i tried to keep modeling and attend college at the same time but it wasn't working so i chose to stay in school. college was a different expierence for me. i had a lot of friends, i excelled in my classes and i found a sense of acceptance that i never felt before. i soared through the first 2 years and then modeling came around again. i decided to take a break and work on my modeling career. i had some strange jobs from standing in a department store in a pair of boxer briefs that had an ipod pocket. i got paid to be half naked and listen to music, could it get any better? i continued working and stayed in la, nyc and everywhere. it was great until i had a conversation with a random person at a restaurant in la. i mentioned that my major was journalism and the response i got was something along the lines of i'll never be taken seriously as a writer while being a model. i don't know why i allowed that comment to bother me but it did and i soon stopped modeling again and went back to school. i recently graduated with a 3.8 gpa and i made my mama proud of course but after that i felt empty.
i searched for writing jobs and found none, i completed a book of poetry and there have been many delays with publishing, considering i am self publishing (which is harder than you would think). after hopeless job searches, numerous prayers and several other let downs, i decided to enter modeling again. i thought about it, i prayed on it and recieved positive reinforcement (thanks terricka) so i tried it again. i am currently still in the process of publishing my book "my words: poetry and life lessons", starting a blog talk radio show "model behavior" with one of my best friends,La Viola, a beautiful plus sized model and i am planning my move back to la in the fall. i've also been taking acting lessons and i work with various charities. i think growing up some what less fortunate gives you a stronger desire to want to give back. i don't know where my future will take me but i know that as long as i continue to have faith, work hard and continue to dream that the sky is the limit. also, having positive, uplifting people in my life is also a motivational tool. i thank all of you for getting to know me a little better. this blog will feature interviews with other models, beauty and fashion tips, recipes (i love to cook) and will just be like a pot of gumbo because it will have many things, all of it being positive. if you want negativity then i suggest you go to perezhilton or mediatakeout. thanks again and i will be posting as often as i can.
ps. if you're not doing so then please follow me on twitter @dkellsbaby
my name is doug but i am better known as d. kells. i was born in a small town known as brownsville, pa and spent the first 10 years of my life living in the projects, which is something that i am not ashamed to admit. i actually embrace it and i love to look back to see how far i've come and how far i intend to go. i was exposed to a lot as a child. i saw drugs, prostitution, shootings and so much more. i remember at an early age realizing that i wanted a lot for myself and i knew that it would take a lot to accomplish the things that i set out to accomplish. i was raised by just my mother, who is one of the most phenomenal women that i know. she has always been so loving towards everyone and did not tolerate any form of prejudice. she told me stories about how she protested segregation and participated in sit ins and so much more. she always told me that we are all equal and if i ever thought i was better than anyone else she was not afraid to go upside my head. luckily, i was born with the same compassion that she has to this day. how could i not be open minded? i grew up with a black auntie, an asian baby sitter, gay neighbors and i loved all of them deeply. my mom also made me go to church every wednesday and sunday. she still tells a story to this day that when i was 6 and in church alone she forgot to give me money for the collection plate so i took the 2 pennies out of my penny loafers and gave them. i was afraid to tell her because i thought she would be mad but she actually told me she was proud of me for being quick on my feet and for giving all i had at the time. she did a great job at teaching me right from wrong and always encouraged me to be the best me that i could possibly be. when i was 6, she made me volunteer at a nursing home to teach me responsibility and to show me that it is important to help others. by no means did i grow up rich or priveleged but she also took me to various homeless shelters to volunteer and show me that i didn't have it that bad. i remember when i was about 7 or 8 and i asked my mom what i should be when i grew up. her response was this "if you want to be a janitor , make sure you are the best janitor that you can be". she wasn't encouraging me to choose that profession but she was encouraging me to apply myself to any and every endeavor that i chose to partake in through out my life.
when i was 12 my mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (ms) and gradually went from walking to limping, to using a cane to a wheelchair. it was hard on me but i never lost hope and still to this day am hopeful that she will walk again. i was responsible for keeping a house clean, cooking and doing things that people my age don't normally do but i believe that also helped make me who i am. i was definitely an outcast in school. i had maybe 3 friends and was the subject of a lot of ridicule. i got teased for not always having name brand clothes and for having a "sick" mother and anything else you can imagine. i always used writing as an outlet. i knew that i could not allow anyone to break me, i just let them make me a stronger, wiser, more compassionate person.
when i was 15 i got approached to do modeling and i was a bit apprehensive but i saved money from my paper route and mowing lawns (i was always hustling..lol) and got professional pictures done. i submitted them to the agency that approached me. i didn't hear anything for almost 2 months and then one day out of the blue i got a job offer to be in a back to school fashion show at a mall in the area. it wasn't the best job but it was a starting point. i got paid 300 dollars in addition to getting 2 free outfits. after that first job, the offers poured in and pretty soon i was spending weekends in new york and at photo shoots. suddenly, i wasn't the kid in no name brand but i was rocking the hottest stuff, yet i was still an outcast. at my high school you were considered fashionable if you were abercrombie jeans and hoodies everyday but i was more advanced in my fashion sense which made me the victim of ridicule even more.
in 11th grade i started getting more work in philly, new york and all over the east coast so i decided to get a tutor and stop going to school. i was an honor student so i never had a problem keeping up with the work, it was just tough doing a weeks worth of school work in a day but i managed to do it. since i was still technically a part of the school system, i was given the option to attend prom and to walk during graduation. i turned down both opportunities to keep working and making money. i did manage to graduate with a 3.5 GPA though.
i enrolled in california university of pennsylvania for the fall semester following graduation. i tried to keep modeling and attend college at the same time but it wasn't working so i chose to stay in school. college was a different expierence for me. i had a lot of friends, i excelled in my classes and i found a sense of acceptance that i never felt before. i soared through the first 2 years and then modeling came around again. i decided to take a break and work on my modeling career. i had some strange jobs from standing in a department store in a pair of boxer briefs that had an ipod pocket. i got paid to be half naked and listen to music, could it get any better? i continued working and stayed in la, nyc and everywhere. it was great until i had a conversation with a random person at a restaurant in la. i mentioned that my major was journalism and the response i got was something along the lines of i'll never be taken seriously as a writer while being a model. i don't know why i allowed that comment to bother me but it did and i soon stopped modeling again and went back to school. i recently graduated with a 3.8 gpa and i made my mama proud of course but after that i felt empty.
i searched for writing jobs and found none, i completed a book of poetry and there have been many delays with publishing, considering i am self publishing (which is harder than you would think). after hopeless job searches, numerous prayers and several other let downs, i decided to enter modeling again. i thought about it, i prayed on it and recieved positive reinforcement (thanks terricka) so i tried it again. i am currently still in the process of publishing my book "my words: poetry and life lessons", starting a blog talk radio show "model behavior" with one of my best friends,La Viola, a beautiful plus sized model and i am planning my move back to la in the fall. i've also been taking acting lessons and i work with various charities. i think growing up some what less fortunate gives you a stronger desire to want to give back. i don't know where my future will take me but i know that as long as i continue to have faith, work hard and continue to dream that the sky is the limit. also, having positive, uplifting people in my life is also a motivational tool. i thank all of you for getting to know me a little better. this blog will feature interviews with other models, beauty and fashion tips, recipes (i love to cook) and will just be like a pot of gumbo because it will have many things, all of it being positive. if you want negativity then i suggest you go to perezhilton or mediatakeout. thanks again and i will be posting as often as i can.
ps. if you're not doing so then please follow me on twitter @dkellsbaby
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