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- Hey guys, it's your girl, Amara La Negra,
and welcome to my closet.
I have a few things I want to show you.
Come in.
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Welcome to my closet.
This is my performance room.
I had to transform one of my rooms
'cause I had so many performing outfits,
and I have clothes for my dancers,
and this is like my creative space.
So I decided to come up with this room
and I am so glad that I have saved,
well, not all of my outfits,
but a lot of my performance outfits.
A lot of them that mean a lot to me.
For example,
this is one of my favorite ones
and I have it on this mannequin,
you already know how much I love her.
This was actually designed by Valentino Omar.
He's a great designer here in Miami.
And this actually comes from
Love and Hip Hop The Reunion, season two.
I wanted to go kind of like a queen, very goddess,
very like, "Look at me, I'm here."
And I love this crown.
Oh my God, it's so heavy.
But it looked really, really good on the show.
So I have this crown with it.
I love this outfit.
It definitely made me feel very empowered, very strong.
I love the color.
And most definitely,
you have to have a really big personality
to be able to carry this.
But not only that,
among so many things that I also have here...
(gasps) Oh my God, look at this.
This is actually
from the first season of Love and Hip Hop: Miami.
My outfit, my performance outfit.
I didn't my single Insecure,
which I love that song by the way.
And it meant so, so much to me.
So I wore this and I really, really love this outfit.
It really means a lot.
So, anyways.
I have it in here.
Oh my God, I have so many outfits.
(gasps) I remember this one too.
So, I, I'm such a show girl.
Like I love the glitz, the glam, the sparkles, the glitter.
I'm all about the show.
All my outfits are custom and this one has fringes.
It's super cute.
I used this one, oh my God, where did I use this one at?
Oh my God, I do remember, it was in New York.
My designer ended up having to take a flight to New York,
and, 'cause I didn't have my performance outfit ready yet,
so he did it on the plane.
In the hotel, he was still putting the stones, one by one.
And then, right when it was time for showtime,
the zipper wouldn't work.
So he had to like sew me into the actual outfit.
It was raining.
It was an outdoor concert.
It was crazy.
The things that artists have to do
that you guys don't even know.
But this is one of those outfits I'll always remember
because it was slightly tragic.
Oh, talking about Love and Hip Hop,
I also have in here, my first Reunion outfit,
I remember I was so nervous, I was panicking.
I really, really love this one for my first Reunion.
Yeah.
I've always thought that maybe eventually, at some point,
I'll recycle it and wear it again.
That's another thing.
Oh, I'm going to tell you something about this too.
As an artist,
sometimes it's really hard to have all these outfits.
Do you know how much money is in here?
There is so much money in all of these outfits
that you only wear once!
Oh my God, I also remember this.
(gasps) This outfit, life.
So I got to wear this outfit
when I hosted the BET Experience with Safaree.
Oh my God, that was so good.
So when I did the BET Experience with Safaree,
I had an opportunity to also perform.
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And I wore this, and if you look really close,
it's, you see all the stonework, one by one, by one.
It took for ever to put all these crystals.
But it's beautiful and I really, really loved it.
My dancers also had,
(gasps) I'm going to show you,
because you don't get,
I be trying to be bougie and everything.
So my dancers,
I did something similar for my dancers so that we can match.
See?
Super, super cute.
So I have this.
And that's another thing I like to do too.
Whenever I have performances and things like that...
See, I'm all about the shine.
Whenever I have performances,
I always think about my dancers.
Back in the days, I used to be a background dancer
and I understand the importance of the show.
I always talk about the, the team overall.
It's not just about the artist.
It's the team.
It's every single person that partakes in that experience.
And I also have my dancers looking bomb.
See?
One for me, one for them.
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There's something else in here I wanted to show you.
(gasps) Wait.
I actually wanted to show you this one.
This is my most special crown
because this was my first crown ever.
And I still saved it.
I know it's changing colors (laughs) by now,
but it, it really means a lot to me.
So for those that don't know,
I stared in Sabado Gigante, as a child star.
I was there for six years, every Saturday.
It's very,
it's a very well-known show for the Latin community,
with Don Francisco.
And I won this, this show that they, they had,
called Miss Chiquitita.
Oh my God.
And I used to dance.
I remember my mom prepped me for this so hard.
And then I got my first crown.
Aw.
So I saved this.
Hopefully,
I'll be able to pass it down to my daughter someday.
All right guys,
so I already showed you some of my favorite pieces,
here in my performance closet.
But now,
I want to show you some of my favorite wigs in my salon.
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All right, now this
has to be one of the best ideas I ever came up with.
Having my own salon here at my house.
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So, not only do I have some of my favorite wigs here,
I do my makeup here, I get facials here,
massages here, my nails, I get them done here as well.
I love this room.
So I had an extra space.
I didn't know what to do with it.
And then I was like,
"Well maybe I should turn it into a gym."
And then I said, "Nah, let me turn it into a salon."
I really have fun just trying on different looks.
And that's what I think life is about,
it's about trying new things.
And if you're wondering,
"Well, why would she have a salon in her house?"
Well, because I got sick of going to the salon
and I just felt like all the women, they were so nosy,
all up in my business.
They wanted to know
everything that was happening in my life,
they were questioning everything,
I always had to answer something.
And I said, "You know what? I'm going to stop.
I don't want to deal with anybody anymore."
So now, I just have people come over here.
My nail tech comes here.
My hairstylist comes to my house.
I never have to leave.
Isn't that perfect?
I know.
So now I have all my favorite looks,
all my favorite wigs here.
Obviously, I love my Afro,
it's my signature look,
it's what I feel the most comfortable in.
But I understand that as an artist,
you have to be able to adapt and change once in a while.
So I have some wigs in here,
and this baby right here,
I actually wore her for the VMAs.
I really, really love this wig.
I love the color.
It's like a dark brown.
It feels really, really nice.
I also love like natural textured hair.
Kinky straight, or kinky,
or I have dreadlocks up there as well.
I have different type of hairstyles.
So I understand you have to have fun with it
and try different things,
like this one, try some bangs,
or this one right here,
you know what I'm saying?
Or this one, a bob.
See, I like to try different colors as well.
The honey, the more golden colors.
I have a little bit of everything.
Some ombres as well.
This, that's the fun thing about having my own salon.
Not only do I do my makeup here
and I play with a whole bunch of different color palettes
and try new things,
I have the makeup artist, the nail tech,
I have everybody just come here
and I feel more comfortable here, so.
See?
That's why you don't see me in the salon,
because I do all my things on the low-low.
Shh.
What do you guys about my salon?
Isn't it cute?
I have a microwave here.
I have snacks, wines, champagne,
a little bit of everything.
I got a plasma, I be watching movies here as well.
So it's pretty nice having your own salon.
Now there's one more place I want to show you.
Come with me.
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Well this is actually one of my favorite pieces
outside of my house.
It is my Amara La Negra logo and I love this so, so much.
It actually was a gift from my friend, Smooth.
Shout out to my friend.
He gifted me this for Christmas
and every time I come outside my yard,
I love being able to see my logo, nice and big.
And by the way, red is my favorite color.
So I love when my friends come,
they take pictures next to it too.
It's super, super cute and I love it.
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All right,
so I kind of already showed you some of my favorite pieces
here in my performance closet.
But I actually want to donate this outfit that I wore
in one of my performances in New York city.
I really, really love this outfit
and I want to donate to one of my favorite charities.
They really, really mean a lot to me.
So with that being said, here you go.
All right guys,
well I hope you enjoyed coming into my home
and getting to know me a little bit better.
And I have more secrets and more things I want to show you.
Bye.
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