Turn Your Passion INTO Action

MEGA Dream event producers Nefertiti A. Strong and Richard E. Pelzer II announced on July 19^th the first The Passion To Action Series to be held at the Bennett Career Institute, 700 Monroe NE, Washington, DC 20017 on Saturday, September 25, 2010.

The first (50) attendances to purchase a ticket will receive a FREE copy of Author Thembisa S. Mshaka book PUT YOUR DREAMS FIRST: Handle Your [entertainment] Business sponsored by Joya Cosmetics.

For more information or tickets go to ThePassionToAction.com Seats are limited. Group Discounts are available for 15 or more people.

Film/TV Casting Director and Producer Winsome Sinclair & Entertainment Branding Executive/Author Thembisa S. Mshaka have teamed up to engage, enlighten and empower professionals to discover a career in entertainment called The Passion To Action. This series created and produced by Nefertiti A. Strong and Richard E. Pelzer II of MEGA Dream asks people, ‘How will you move from Passion to Action?’ Are you doing what you truly want to do with your career? Join this dynamic duo Winsome and Thembisa as they discuss career paths, entrepreneurship, family, the entertainment industry, life and living one’s dream. Their Passion To Action weekly blog is currently posting on Essence.com to provide their online community with expertise, testimony and hard-won advice available no place else on the Web.

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Behind the Beauty: Leopard Print Hair

So my inspiration for the summer came from the jungle. I decided to get my hair colored with a leopard print pattern for the latest installation of "Behind the Beauty." Take a look!

Special Thanks to James and his team at the Revolver Salon!!!!

Beyonce's Beauty School or Beyonc'e Cosmetology Center

On Friday, Beyonce spoke in downtown Brooklyn, New York, at the Phoenix House, a nonprofit rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol addiction, unveiling a project she and her mother, Tina, have worked on for years: the Beyonce Cosmetology Center.

The program is a “seven month cosmetology training course for adult men and women,” according to the press release. L’Oreal donated all of the products to be used at the facility. Beyonce is a spokewoman for the brand, and she and her mother have pledged to donate $100,000 annually to the center.

After remarks from New York’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg, Beyonce spoke at the podium about her ties to the foundation and hopes for it’s future. She first visited the Phoenix House in 2007 on preparation for her role as Etta James in Cadillac Records.

Phoenix House does provide co-ed vocational work, but Beyonce stated that she “felt that they needed something that was geared towards women — something that would teach them skills that would give them hope even after the Phoenix House," she explained.

Another influence for the Knowles women to open the beauty school is because of their background in cosmetology. Her mother owned and operated a beauty salon in her hometown of Houston, Texas.

"I saw that a salon was a place for women to socialize, share stories, cry, laugh and get advice," she added about her experiences growing up around a beauty parlor. "Most importantly, I saw the joy it brought my mother, knowing she was a part of their transformation."

After cutting the ceremonial ribbon to officially open the facility, Beyonce ended the celebration saying, "It’s a very proud day for my mother.”