Tina Knowles-Lawson Discloses Blue Ivy’s Expertise
We will’t sing our praises to the icons which might be Beyoncé and Solange with out honoring their unimaginable mom, Mrs. Tina Knowles-Lawson.
Miss Tina, as she’s identified on social media, is a businesswoman along with a mom and grandmother, proudly owning a really profitable hair salon in Houston for a few years and is the longtime designer behind all the prolific Future’s Baby seems to be we all know and love.
I had the chance to talk with Miss Tina at Beautycon LA and I virtually could not consider my very own luck. She is as sleek, and poised, and adorably humorous as she is on her Instagram channel. She even gave me one in all her notorious “corny jokes.” (And for those who’re questioning the place her “corny jokes” originated, she posted one a few yr in the past after the passing of her late brother, to make herself really feel higher. Her social media followers liked it, so it turned a weekly collection.)
I used to be mesmerized by the sweetness and intelligence of this girl, hanging on to her each phrase. I needed to pinch myself once I realized I’m speaking to the very one that birthed not one legend, however two!
The Texas native has all the time stayed behind the scenes serving to develop her daughters’ trailblazing careers. However due to social media, we’ve gotten to know Miss Tina ourselves. We’re so grateful for the candid movies she shares of her household that we wouldn’t usually see!
She not too long ago shared a video brushing Beyoncé’s pure auburn waist-length tresses, so when requested what the very best practices are for Black ladies caring for his or her pure hair, the longtime hairstylist replied, “once you shampoo your hair, don’t be tough, be very light, or it’ll trigger the cuticle to open and can lead to breakage,” demonstrating in a downward movement.
She additionally recommends utilizing a moisturizing conditioner.
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As ladies, we often be taught self-care from our moms and grandmothers. My grandmother taught me to all the time moisturize my face and neck earlier than mattress. So, with two daughters who’re completely #flawless, we marvel what magnificence secrets and techniques the 65-year-old philanthropist handed alongside to her daughters.
Miss Tina’s primary secret is to remain out of the solar! “The solar ages you. You might not see it straight away, however it’ll age you.” She has a bunch of different secrets and techniques, together with washing the make-up off your face at night time, making use of moisturizer, exercising, and drink loads of water.
She additionally instilled in her ladies to believe. “We’ve taught the women from the time they might discuss to believe. Don’t be concerned about whats occurring with different individuals, give attention to your self.” Miss Tina shared. It seems to be like she was very profitable with that tip!
As a lady who owned a hair salon for a few years, Tina took pleasure in making ladies look their greatest. “Being a hairstylist, we’re therapists, lecturers, and buddies,” she defined.
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For girls, after we discuss self-confidence and realizing your self-worth, they often go hand and hand. Nonetheless, at occasions that mantra is checked out in a damaging gentle, and is claimed to be useless. Miss Tina disagrees with that stigma.
“Trying your greatest and exuding confidence isn’t about vainness, it’s about self-care. My mission in life has all the time been to make ladies look their perfect, as a result of once you look your greatest, you are feeling your greatest,” Miss Tina proudly boasted. “Though outer look is vital, it is much more integral to have internal magnificence,” the doting mom defined.
The mogul explains that she has all the time taken deep pleasure in her look. Moms usually don’t take pleasure in self-care once they have young children, both as a result of time would not allow or they only don’t have the means. Tina believes that as moms, you need to all the time carve out time for your self. She taught her ladies who are actually devoted mother and father to be robust, highly effective, and “bear in mind to take time for themselves,” mentioned Tina. You’ll be able to’t be the very best in your famiy for those who don’t really feel your greatest.
“I’ve all the time took pleasure in wanting good, I’m an advocate for preserving your self collectively, even when it’s treating your self to one thing as small as a lipstick,” she defined. Out of all of her jobs, being a mom is essentially the most fulfilling. Though Tina solely had two ladies biologically, she mothered singer Kelly Rowland who got here to reside with them at age 11, and her niece Angie Beyince.
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Through the years, she has by no means had a rigorous self-care routine, however on the subject of essential magnificence product, you’ll all the time discover a purple lipstick in her purse.
“I can’t reside with out purple lipstick. It doesn’t matter the place it’s from; a drugstore, or a magnificence provide, it doesn’t matter the model. I’ll all the time preserve purple lipstick with me. It simply makes you look pulled collectively,” the four-time grandmother shared.
Being a grandmother to top-charting, 7-year-old Blue Ivy is tons of enjoyable. She says that though it is for playtime, Blue is a good make-up artist even at her younger age. “Blue loves making use of stones and make-up to her eyes, she’s really superb at it,” mentioned Miss Tina.
Editor’s notice: This interview has been edited and condensed for readability.
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