GAME Time
Last night January 4th Lauren Velez was court side at the Wizards vs. Nets game
I wish some one would have gotten a picture.!
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It’s All Me Kriselette Chopin
A Star Is Born By Kriselette Chopin
- To raise money for her pet film project on iconic Cuban singer La Lupe, New York actress Lauren Velez is using a newfangled method of an old-fashioned custom — passing the hat.
From @laurenveIez twitter
Lauren velez and Jennifer Carpenter
Miss my girl skittles! We need to finish our song before it’s all over!!@J2thecarpenter http://say.ly/sxm4qVG
(via lauren-velez-fan)
Tatyana Ali,Lauren Velez, Melissa De Souza, Judy Reyes. Essence Magazine
Out in October’s “Essence” magazine is a story I worked on. It is all about being Black and Latina in Hollywood. These ladies were SO much fun to work with, the photographer was the super talented Derek Blanks and to top it all off, we listened to salsa all day! It is really wonderful to see them recognized for their amazing body of work but it is also commendable for Essence to feature Latinas who are also of African descent.
I think most people forget that Latinas come in every shade (yes blondes and even black!) but that overall we are all united by an amazing sense of pride in our cultures. These ladies all talked to me about how they are finding it easier for Hollywood to identify them as “Latinas” while they used to assume they were black. If you hear Lauren or Judy speak Spanish- you would never doubt it!
As far as beauty routine goes, these ladies stayed true to the Latina spirit of loving makeup! They loved me using MAC’s bright pigments on their eyes, asked for lipstick changes after they changed outfits (usually asking for a little more color!) and LOVED their false lashes and TONS of mascara!!!
I applaud them for their spirit and know that they had maybe a little something to do with the success of their contemporaries like Rosario Dawson and Zoe Saldaña!!!
