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Lisafashionista

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About Me

I am a 29 year old red headed full figured fashionista. I run a site called Beauty Plus Power that has the most extensive shopping directory on the internet for women who wear over a size 12.

I love what I do, but I also work a day job these days to pay the bills. I've been a hairstylist, makeup artist , professional organizer and more but now I work in Business Development for a cool company and it's a pretty fun job.click here
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My Interests

The fab BPP calendar I produced, LUSCIOUS - Women With Curves 2007. It sold out on calendars.com!!!!

As for my interests? Well there is:

Pomeranians (the most hilarious looking dog ever)

My Husband Brian

Hanging out with my niece

My kitty Murray

Shopping! Especially from stores like Torrid:

And Kiyonna

Conjoined Twins, Reading, Snuggling, Cheeseburgers, Sleeping, Obscure Pop Culture References, Makeup, Being silly, My family, Watching Too Much TV, Sarcasm, Cashmere

I'd like to meet:

Full figured fashionistas! Also, plus size models and photographers who want to shoot editorials for my site and plus size clothing designers.

You should TOTALLY join my Mailing List if you want to hear about all the new stuff going on with Beauty Plus Power!

Music:

Coldplay, Dr. Dre, Sarah McLachlan, The Beatles, Kara Suzanne, The Animators, The Story, Paul Simon, Kanye West, Michael Penn, Everything But The Girl, The Postal Service, Weezer, Everything But The Girl, Lauryn Hill.

Some Favorite songs:

Alice - Cocteau Twins
In Liverpool - Suzanne Vega
Today was a good day - Ice Cube
Shaniqua - Little T & One Track Mike
These Words - Natasha Bedingfield
Caribbean Blue - Enya (don't laugh!)
Sunday Morning - No Doubt
One More Try - Timmy T (don't laugh, part 2)
Half A World Away - REM
Ana Ng - They Might Be Giants
Brandy(you're a fine girl)- The Looking Glass
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Movies:

Waiting For Guffman, Royal Tennenbaums, Stealing Beauty, Dodgeball, Ponette, Zoolander, Anchorman, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Wedding Singer, Neverending Story, Clueless, Ghostbusters, The Fifth Element, Moulin Rouge, Best In Show, Lean on Me

Television:

Project Runway, Survivor, CSI, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Flip This House, anything on the Discovery Channel or TLC about weird crazy medical conditions, Miami Ink, America's Next Top Model, House, SNL, Clean House, The Dog Whisperer

Books:

The Fat Girl's Guide to Life - Wendy Shanker, Why We Buy - Paco Underhill, The collected poems of Pablo Neruda, I'll Take It - Paul Rudnick, I'm the One that I Want - Margaret Cho, Ferris Beach - Jill McCorkle, Making Faces - Kevyn Aucoin

Heroes:

Wendy Shanker for writing/living the "Fat Girl's Guide to Life" and being so brave in the face of illness, my kick-ass friend Brooke for teaching me how to be a better person without even trying and Sheenah Hankin for helping people find the confidence to achieve their dreams.

My Blog

Would you walk with me?

I've been thinking about how much I write about the changes in my life and my fitness and all that it has done for me but I want to get you involved.  The original catalyst for all thi...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:00:00 PST

Sorry I didnt call you back earlier, I was too busy laughing...

The title of my blog is in honor of one of my very best, very favorite friends in the world Stefanie.  She left me this voicemail after I left her one asking if she and her husband would like to ...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:42:00 PST

The super obese - where is the cut off point?

One thing I can count on every January is that we will be deluged by weight loss ads on tv, magazines, newspapers etc.  Every diet program will buy twice as much airtime, my gym will get very cro...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:43:00 PST

Arm Surgery - Before & After

So I realized that I never officially posted an after picture of my arms post surgery.  For those of you who don't know, after losing 50 pounds over the last 3 years, I was left with a large amou...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:24:00 PST

Amazing Article - "Why Women Lose Weight, or Don’t"

I just read the most fascinating article that I had to share with you.  It's from Newsweek Online, and it's called Why Women Lose Weight-or Don't.  The subtitle is "Surprising new findings o...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:45:00 PST

So yeah, I’m back and married, and I have a "fat man" rant

Ok, so I know we need to address the following facts: a) I suck for not having posted blogs in the last few months b) Beauty Plus Power needs a re-design so bad it's painful, and until this weekend, I...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:58:00 PST

You are the Answer

I've been gone too long.  I haven't blogged in forever and then hadn't in forever before that.  Here are the reasons you might know for the lack of blogging: Very intense new job (which I LO...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:43:00 PST

Is it ok for things to be ok?....Or why I Self Sabotage

Something frustrating has been going on in my life lately, and it's part of the reason I haven't been writing blogs, or updating BPP enough.  I've been having a recurrence of my panic attacks.&nb...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Sun, 20 May 2007 06:45:00 PST

Lee Lee's Valise - Plus Size Store Opening in Brooklyn!

Beauty Plus Power NY News: Lee Lee's Valise Plus Size Boutique Opening This Saturday May 5th Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn   Hey Fashionistas, I can't tell you how excited I am to announce the ope...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Fri, 04 May 2007 06:49:00 PST

Skinny arms! Update on my surgery

Hello Kitty Cats!  Sorry I've been gone so long, it turns out surgery is a little bit more traumatic than I was imagining it to be, lollll.  I thought I'd give you a bit of an update and ki...
Posted by Lisafashionista on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:42:00 PST