It was the Ricky and Nicki show Wednesday night at Stage 37. Before Ricky Martin and Nicki Minaj — who are the faces of the 2012 MAC AIDS Fund campaign — took to the stage on a tricked-out motorcycle and a cloud of dry ice, the duo spoke of upcoming projects, marriage and Whitney Houston, in addition to the crucial role of AIDS research.
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This story first appeared in the February 17, 2012 issue of WWD. Fresh off a controversial Grammys performance (“Part of a movie I’m making,” she said), Minaj noted that she’s working on her sophomore album. “It’ll be out April 3 and it’s called ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,’” said Minaj, clad in a pink and blue striped suit, Giuseppe Zanotti heels and eyelashes that nearly touched her forehead — “they’re natural,” she laughed. She also wore her Viva Glam shade, a flamingo pink lipstick.
Minaj said she always wanted to be a part of Viva Glam, “because they give back to with AIDS,” she said. “They’re in need of food, they’re in need of shelter, they’re in need of medicine.
MAC and this lipstick make it possible.”. Oribe Canales, a celebrity hairstylist who rose to fame before launching his eponymous line of styling products, has died, a company spokeswoman confirmed. Canales was known as one of the industry’s great hairdressers.
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He worked with celebrities including Jennifer Lopez and models including Naomi Campbell. He was a mainstay at fashion week, where he designed runway-ready locks for big names like Chanel, before going on to launch his product line. Members of the beauty community took to Instagram Monday to share their sorrows writes @acollins. More on WWD.com. #wwdbeauty #oribe.