SKORCH Summer 2014 Body Love Issue - Plus Size Fashion Magazine

SUMMER 2014

body love

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MASTHEAD TEAM SKORCH

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF \ Tiffany Kaelin Knight MANAGING EDITOR \ Courtney Mina EXECUTIVE FASHION EDITOR \ Bella Styles POWERHOUSE EDITOR \ Nichole Alex SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER \ Michelle Guerrero Denison LATIN AMERICA EDITOR-AT-LARGE \ Jennifer Barreto-Leyva SKORCH JR \ Terr Cacilia & Nicole Anderson SKORCH TV PRODUCER \ Jovanna Reyes CREATIVE DIRECTOR \ Jessica Kane CO-FOUNDER \ Carrie Woomer PUBLISHER & OWNER \ Jessica Kane CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER \ captured by chelzea CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER \ NICHOLE ALEX NOW RECRUITING apply >> http://skorchmagazine.com/join-team-skorch

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PHOTOGRAPHY Michelle Alexandra www.michellealexandraphoto.com MODEL Kisura Nyoto www.kisuranyoto.com MUA Tavia Garland for Evolving Images Inc HAIR Charlie Burroughs STYLING Desiree Young for Evolving Images Inc. All wardrobe is from CitychicOnline. com except corset and white bouffant that’s from hips and curves.

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By Tiffany Kaelin Knight Editor-in-Chief

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skorch reader feature

#honormycurves

the instagram body empowerment movement phenomenon

This month I celebrate four women who inspired me with fashion, but even more so with their spunky, full-of-life attitudes. These ladies all have something in common: they love themselves and they don’t need you to love them. And with that, I can say, I LOVE THEM. The minute we stop seeking outside approval is when our true beauty shines and the world starts to shine back for us. These ladies remind us all that style is unique, loving ourselves brings freedom, and there’s no better way to attain confidence than through inner peace.

These four women truly embody what it means to honor our curves. It is a joy to share their stories and continue the cycle of inspiration. Look in the mirror right now, and see yourself with eyes of love. Quiet the parts of your mind seeking external approval and see these four ladies as inspiration to be the voice that says “I’m worth it.” You’re worth it. Right now. And you always will be.

Own your curves, accept yourself, and never apologize for your beauty.

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honorCurves instagram @honorcurves

skorch reader feature

#honormycurves

karynJohnson Toronto, ON, Canada instagram @killer_kurves Karyn, blogger of www. killerkurves.com, is a true inspiration to gals everywhere!

Her beautiful, girly style and big smile have made her one of the go-to fashionistas in the Canadian plus-size community.

Karyn says: “Honoring my curves means FREEDOM! It’s about loving every curve of your body, from the curve of your nose to the curve of your toes! It is about embracing who you are and NOT comparing yourself

to others or the ideals that the media tries to place inside your mind. It is about taking back what your body is supposed to be. Your body is a vessel for your beautiful soul; it is not something for others to judge, ridicule, or place rules upon. Don’t worry about “self-acceptance”; that term makes me cringe. What am am I accepting? That I am not the “ideal” body type? That I am not perfect? Forget that! I am perfect! I am free! I AM ME!”

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#honormycurves

skorch reader feature

alexandraGarrett Washington, DC, USA instagram @imagebyalexg

Alexandra, a professional make

way of life. Along this journey, I

up artist and image consultant,

have learned three things:

embarked on a lifestyle change

1.) Beauty is in the eye of YOU.

in 2012. While she dropped 60

2.) No matter what size and

lbs, Alex learned so much about

shape I am, I was made original-

loving herself at any size, which

ly beautiful. 3.) I will honor myself

is THE key to a healthy, happy

in all I do. When you have honor

life, not dependent on weight.

in your gifts and talents, no one

Alex says: “Today, I am more

can tell you anything! Love

honored to love my curves than

yourself no matter who you are,

ever before. My curves have

because there is only one you!�

given me strength, confidence, and have led me to a healthy

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#honormycurves

amarinaNorris Toronto, ON, Canada instagram @MajorAmarina Amarina, an all-around rad chick and plus-size vintage retailer of www.ursamajor.ca, seen here in this photo by Yuli Scheidt, has an amazing style that is all her own. She says: “When I was a teenager I felt trapped in my plus-size body - I could never find the clothes I wanted to wear in my size (actually, I couldn’t find ANY plus-size apparel for teens) and I desperately wanted to express myself. It was as if I wasn’t allowed access to fashion and didn’t deserve

to look good because of my weight. I wasted so much time fantasizing about how much better it would be if I was thin that living the life I wanted was impossible. Now, I know that the hierarchy of body type is ridiculous and not okay, and that all bodies are unique and beautiful.

I am so lucky to have my awesome fat body and I choose to honor my curves by being a kick ass person inside and out – and definitely by wearing clothes that express exactly who I am.”

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andreinaOrtega Boston, MA, USA instagram @versastylesbyandreina Andreina, a beautiful blogger,

Beauty comes from within; we

caught my eye with her effortless

have to learn to value ourselves

style for the dressy occasion. She

as human beings, as women. I

says: “We live in a society where

have learned other people’s ap-

we feel the need to conform to

proval is not needed; you don’t

what “beauty” is.

need to like me or love me. I love me! And that’s how I honor my curves.”

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beautyq&a

by NICHOLE ALEX

Sparkle Tafao With over 16 years experience and an impressive resume, we were excited to learn more about Sparkle Tafao and get some summer beauty advice. Sparkle’s impressive work has appeared in both print and film, with a client roster that includes The Real Housewives of Orange County, Young & The Restless, and features in magazines such as People, Life & Style, Jet, Ebony and Good Housekeeping. Sparkle is currently featured in a national commercial for Stelara with one of Americas Next Top Models Cari Dee English.

Sparkle started her career as a licensed esthetician but it didn’t take long for her to realize her passion for makeup, and we are glad she did! Sparkle has some great tips on how to embrace this summers makeup trends.

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skorch beauty Q: How do you define your style of artistry?

A: I define my makeup style as clean, defined beauty with an edge. I am a perfectionist. When I do makeup on a client my main objective is to capture their natural beauty. That’s where I think my background in aesthetics comes into play.

Q: What inspired you to get into the beauty industry and did you always want to be a makeup artist?

A: I can vividly recall as a child being drawn to all things beautiful in architecture, nature and interior design. I love the beautiful things in life. There’s a peace of mind I always felt surrounded by beautiful things. It’s that instinct that led me to become an esthetician. The best part of doing that job to me was the makeup. The transformative aspect of makeup always reminds me of a butterfly.

They start off as a caterpillar but the metamorphic change is awesome.

Q: If you could use only three beauty products ever again, what

would they be?

A: I love blush preferable as a cream because you can use it as a lip product too, mascara and a great eyebrow pencil. Ysl has a new lip product called Kiss and Blush that works on your cheeks. I love this product. Dior has a universal brow that has a brush on one end and matches almost every skin tone, and there’s so many mascaras that are amazing. I love Diorshow over curl.

Q: What summer beauty trend are you looking forward to most?

A: The warmth of skin and the fun you can have with shimmer, glow and bronzer. Skin looks so healthy and alive during the summer. I am also in love with the color play with turquoise and coral.

Q. How can one incorporate the upcoming summer beauty trends into their current beauty regimen without spending a fortune?

A. There are so many awesome products at your local drugstore like Milani, Maybelline, Wet N Wild, amongst others. I love the baked blush, Eye Studio Color Tattoo cream eyeshadow, and Falsies

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beautyq&a mascara from Maybelline.

out of your face. For curly hair, mousse and leave in conditioner are your friends. It gives volume while keeping your curls in tact and controlling frizz. For the face tinted moisturizer and Nars multiple sticks for cheeks while finishing your lips with a lip gloss with seen a pretty color.

Play with fuchsia, hot pink, peaches, and corals on lips and cheeks. Blend well and use colors that compliment your skin tone.

Coordinate you cheeks, lips and nails. Have fun with, plum, blue You’ve and green liners. This can be Sparkle’s work in shows For the body use a done in a subtle way that brings such as Young & The shimmering body oil that rehydrates out your eyes.

Restless, Real the skin and gives You would be your body a sexy surprised how Housewives of the glistening look, beautiful it is to like Monoi body add some color OC and more! oil from Nars. You to your neutrals. can make your own Bring out your body oil by taking loose shimmer bronzer and let your skin glow. pigments and mixing them into inexpensive body oil.

Q: It’s fatkini season again and many of us will be hitting the Q: Speaking of water, what are beaches and lakes. What is a noyour favorite waterproof prodfuss way to freshen up your look ucts this season? when heading straight from the A. Makeup Forever Aqua prodwater to a party? ucts stay put. Their cream shadA: For hair if you have straight ow and eyeliner are phenomenal hair try a braided look that tranfrom the Aqua line. NYX has a sitions into an updo, or try a pretgreat waterproof concealer. Vinty Grecian look where you twist cent longo and cargo have amazthe hair and roll it from front to ing summer weather blush and back and pin it into a pretty style SUMMER 2014 \ PG26 \ WWW.SKORCHMAG.COM

skorch beauty lips. Wet n wild has great long wear lip liners that you can pair with Eos or Fresh lip balm. Laura Mercier caviar sticks and Nars eye paints stay in place as well.

Q: Any tips on how to keep hair defined and not frizzy in hot, humid weather?

A: Make sure your hair is moisturized well, use deep conditioning hair masks after washing hair, dry shampoo before blow drying and anti frizz serums before flat ironing. Frederic Fekkai has an awesome color care anti fade top coat serum that works well to help keep your hair color from fading

Eye Studio Color Tattoo by Maybelline in Teal $4.74 at Walgreens Fekkai Advanced Anti-Fade Top Coat $19.99 at Amazon Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Color $26 at Nordstrom Mario Badescu Facial Spray $7 at Ulta NARS The Multiple Stick $39 at Sephora NARS Monoi Body Oil $59 at Amazon NYX Incredible Waterproof Concealer $4.99 at Ulta YSL Kiss & Blush $40 at Nordstrom

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beautyq&a in the hot sun and helps to control Exfoliation is a good thing to do once a week. I happen to love Exfrizz. folikate from Kate Sommerville Q: You started your career as a li- but Clinique also has some great censed esthetician, what are your inexpensive scrubs. I’m also obabsolute do’s and don’ts when it sessed with Mario Badescu rose water spray with aloe and herbs. comes to skincare?

A: Steam is good for the skin. A It’s the best seven dollars you will quick way to steam your face is to ever spend. make a pot of herbal tea and place a towel over your head while the Q: You have shared some wonsteam rises up and opens your derful beauty tips with us, but pores. Masks are amazing for the beyond the beauty and makeup, what keeps you so driven? skin to hydrate or to detoxify.

A: What makes me so driven is If you have acne Dr. Bonners pep- that I have always had to accompermint liquid soap is a miracle plish things myself. I didn’t have a worker. Clean your skin with this lot of people I could depend on. product and it will become healthy That might have been a factor that rather quickly. You also need worked to my advantage. I try to some type of moisturizer even if focus on taking a negative thing you have oily skin. The more you and making it a positive one. Ok, deny your skin moisture the oilier so you don’t have this or that thing it will get. For dry skin try coco- in life, well work with what you do nut oil. Coconut oil is also great as have and make it work for you. a hair treatment mask before you shampoo your hair.

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spotlight

chunky girl comics

by NICHOLE ALEX

Chunky Girl Comics is a small, independent organization based in Stockton, California created and conceived by Marisa Garcia. Marisa, is the creative mind behind the Heavy Response Unit and Chunky Girl Comics’ other creative projects. She is a lover of comic art, both new and classic and after a few years of toying around with the idea of starting her own comic, it was in 2011 that Chunky Girl Comics was born.

Chunky Girl Comics is breaking down barriers and introducing the world of comics to a group of ladies with curves in all of the right places that are determined to break the standards of what a typical superhero should look like.

Marisa Garcia Owner and creator of Chunky Girl Comics

The Heavy Response Unit storyline follows four friends who go from being happy, well adjusted, overweight women in Northern California to having to fight for equality when it essentially becomes illegal to be overweight in America.

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skorch spotlight Q: The ladies of Chunky Girl Comics are different than the typical superheroes you find in comic books. What message are you trying to send with the comic and what is it that these fiercely curvy superheroes are fighting against?

The characters are definitely different than any you have ever seen before and that was the point. I wanted to create characters that resembled women that we all see in our everyday lives. The women in traditional comics are undoubtedly beautiful and powerful. And no matter what size they are, it’s great to see women in powerful, leading roles, however their proportions are often unrealistic and I don’t know about you, but there is no one in my life that looks like Wonder Woman! So I modeled my characters after different body types of the women that I encounter on a daily basis, including myself. All women can be strong and leading women, and size has nothing to do with that.

In the world of the Heavy Re-

sponse Unit, Rosie, Candy, Sweet Pea and Sage are your average group of friends. They work, date and have normal lives. But suddenly the world of fashion, entertainment and the media is taken over by an evil woman named Aurora, who vows that she will rid the world of overweight women. It essentially becomes “illegal” to be overweight and women who are larger than a size 6, are made to feel like second class citizens. But the girls get pushed to their limits and they decide that Aurora and her team of evil followers have to go! The Heavy Response Unit is born and the battle begins.

Q: What is your role with chunky girls comics, both as the real you, and the character you portray in the comic?

Chunky Girl Comics is my baby. It has been an idea in my head for a rather long time but it wasn’t until 2011 that I really decided to make moves and get the stories written and characters on the page. I do all of the writing, the story lines, the scripts and storyboards. The characters live in my brain and

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q&a is the friend who everyone turns to for advice. She is a fun girl who loves to go dancing and listen to live music, but she also values her alone time. She works in a boring office during the day, but can definitely let loose at night. Her weapon is a bullwhip, which she The comic uses with extreme accuracy.

Her characters break weapon was carethe standards of fully chosen because it subdues an what a typical opponent, but does not harm them too superhero should badly.

then I pass the writing and scripts over to my main artist/cartoonist, Grant Miller. When looking for a lead artist back in 2011, I reviewed tons of portfolios. And Grant was the only one who could take what was in my brain and make it come to life on the page.

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In the comic, the character of Rosie is roughly based on me.

Her interests, her day life and her personalilook like ty are bits and Q: Can you tell me pieces of me. a little bit about Her body type is the other three superheroes in the somewhat like mine, but I had to book? make Rosie a little more curvy. I definitely am jealous of the junk The other three girls are amazing Rosie has in her trunk! At events and absolutely fun to write. I get and conventions, I cosplay as to live in a world other than reRosie. ality and turn myself into other characters as I write them.

Rosie is the leader of the Heavy Response Unit. She is the level Candy is a police officer in San headed one who always tries to Francisco. She is 6 feet tall, blond find the best way to get out of a and super athletic. She is the situation. She tries to avoid viostrong, silent type and considers lence and confrontation by havherself the watcher of the group. ing meaningful discussions. She

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skorch spotlight When the girls go out to bars or clubs, Candy is the one standing off in the distance making sure no guys get too grabby with the ladies. She doesn’t fight unless she has to and her size alone is usually enough to make the other person back down. Her weapon is a set of golden bangles that have been passed down from generation to generation and they are razor sharp when thrown.

Sage is a wild one. She is from the inner city and can be a little rough around the edges. She is an avid concert goer and loves photography. She works at a high end retail store during the day. She is the character that doesn’t think before she reacts and is quick to fight. Candy finds herself holding Sage back quite often and Rosie is the one to talk some sense into her. Sage is loyal to her friends and would do anything, including starting fights, to protect them.

Her weapon is a pistol, but she has eerie accuracy with any projectile weapon, including a bow and arrow.

Sweet Pea is the youngest of the group. She doesn’t work. She lives

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with her parents who are extremely wealthy. She is spoiled, but she’s not a brat. She is very generous with her money and resources.

She never leaves the house without full makeup and her hair flawless. She’s sweet and often naïve and the girls find themselves taking care of her. She trusts too easily and doesn’t understand why a lot of women do not like her. She is fun, loves to party and is always trying to drag Candy out onto the dancefloor! Sweet Pea’s weapon is her speed, which is activated in times of great stress.

able in November/December for 2015. We have branched out into public and motivational speaking and have been invited to speak at several events in Northern California, which has been absolutely inspiring.

Our goal is to have our next issue out by August of this year. It’s written, the script is done, now we just need the funding to get the artwork completed. We will have new prints and other merchandise available as well.

Q: Where can we find Chunky Q: What does the future hold for Girl Comics? the ladies of Chunky Girl Comics?

A. Currently, the best place to A. Well, I want to see the Chunky reach out to Chunky Girl ComGirl Comics become a household ics is through our Facebook page name. And I work at it every day. at www.facebook.com/chunkyIt’s hard to put out new products girlcomics . We are also on Insbecause of the cost and I am con- tagram, @chunkygirlcomics. Our stantly searching for sponsorships schedule of events is listed on the and partnerships to help with that. Facebook page. Currently our first This year we are doing a handful of issue is completely out of stock! conventions in California as well But when it is in stock, it can be as our first out of state convention found on Amazon and at any of in November. We are doing sev- the events. Prints and photos are eral photo shoots throughout the not currently available online, year and will be compiling photos however they will be shortly. into a calendar that will be availSUMMER 2014 \ PG34 \ WWW.SKORCHMAG.COM

Illustrations by Grant Miller For booking, photo shoot inquiries, sponsorships, modeling, business partnerships, etc, we can be reached at chunkygirlcomics@yahoo.com.

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There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically

herself

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“Do something

every day that is loving toward your body and gives you the opportunity to enjoy the sensations of your body

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she who is brave is free

Photographer Michelle Alexandra www.michellealexandraphoto.com Model: Kisura Nyoto kisuranyoto.com Make-up: Tavia Garland for Evolving Images Inc Hair: Charlie Burroughs Styling: Desiree Young for Evolving Images Inc All wardrobe is fromCitychicOnline.com except corset, and white bouffant that's from hips and curves.

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// TIFFANY // @tiffanykaelin Editor-in-Chief SKORCH Magazine Top: Asos Curve Skirt: Candy Strike Necklace: Domino Dollhouse

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skorch LATIN AMERICA

a brave girl in the middle of war We all know Skorch Magazine

is a publication to celebrate our bodies, without limits, boundaries, and nothing but loving fashion.

For all those who read the news know what is going on in my country Venezuela. I was wondering: what can I write about being in the middle of a civil war? What fun and fashion is possible when all what you see and hear around you is tear gas, bullets, military all over the streets, repression, dead friends, and the list goes on…

Tiffany our Editor in Chief told me in one sentence “Jen, people need a reality check, I want you to share with us what is going on and what are you going trough.”

That was enough for me. Is very difficult, being the “party popper” is not exactly my favorite place to fill, but I agree with Tiffany and also wanted to our readers to

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know why pretty much I´ve been in silence during the recent weeks.

It all started on February 12th the day we celebrate the youth day with a very innocent and peaceful march, students from all over the country asking to our current President Nicolás Maduro to seek solutions to all the chaos and drama going on in the country. We are the fifth most insecure country on the planet, no medicines, no food, no toilet paper, “No” is a very common word you can hear in Venezuela for everything and anything.

This same day, the National Guard started to repress the people to not march or protest at all, since then everything has been pretty much like a snowball. What started as a march, an innocent, pure and nothing to hide march is now a civil war. The government has its own police to do the dirty jobs called SEBIN, they are

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a brave girl in the middle of war kidnapping, locking in jail people like crazy, just because. One of my best friends is in the most dangerous jail of the country just for being the lawyer of 130 students jailed for protesting without any other argument than that.

Even for us is hard to understand, is much harder trying to explain to all of you this whole thing.

Right now students and young people as me are camping on different places of the country as a protest, to be heard by the international community, peacefully, but so far some days it feels like it has been in vain. I´m camping at the United Nations door camping with more than 300 other students and young people, so far United Nations as/or any other organization has said nothing about Venezuela, the violence and horror we are going through, the days go by and the crisis go deeper and deeper.

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a brave girl in the middle of war No one’s life is guaranteed here…

In the meantime, we peacefully ask to United Nations, to the entire World if is necessary to be heard but political interests make our petition an uncomfortable truth.

People are dying of starvation, lack of medicines or surgeries that can be perform because of the lack of materials, just to mention a few situations we are going trough.

This is one of those situations you don´t wish anyone experience or go through. Living in terror, sleeping under your mattress because you don´t know if a bullet or a tear gas bomb is going right to you, living with snipers all over the place, knowing a new friend is locked in jailed or killed just for ask for liberty, is beyond crazy.

No one deserves this, no one…

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a brave girl in the middle of war talk to me and are concerned about me and my family on a daily basis) that I will be careful, but for those who hear, experience or read about communist regimes knows that nothing but your death is guarantee.

whatever you are sick of, not having power, water or internet for days, trust me, is something you don´t want to experience ever.

I´m committed with all of you to stay safe but never lose that it factor that Thanks to all those who support makes me be a Skorch girl and still me day after day, all those who working hard to take you the best of hear “Venezuela” and literally run Latinamerica on plus size matters. to check me out, offer me and my family help, donations, etc. You Thanks for the support, you are my have no idea how much this means strength! for us. Living under this terror and horror with nothing to eat, I love you all. sick and nothing to take to stop Jen

Note from the Editor: For the integrity and respect to the author, and that English is her second language, we have chosen not to edit her article.

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