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About Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter:

Re: JD, the horrible manager (57,122) (57,130) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Both JD and Randy Jackson should not have been selected as managers. Not because they are not good enough, but because they are her close friends. A manager should be someone, like you put it "going to be on her ass everyday and nag her for not getting up, and going to work". I think neither Randy nor Jermaine would be able to do that to Mariah. I still feel bad how the lambs attacked JD to the point JD had to fight back and actually say something like "You guys should ask Mariah." Anyways what's gone is gone. I hope they are still friends even if they don't collaborate. There are very few genuine people left in Mariah's circle. (Tuesday 6 October 2015; 20:10)

Re: Mimi and Clevver (57,126) (57,129) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It's weird that they don't talk about Mariah at all. They mention JLo in every other episode. Madonna gets some screen time here and there but Mariah is hardly brought up. Thank God I was old enough to understand the success that was TEOM. That era was perfection. Yes, she did have more success before that in the 90s, but in 2005, Mariah came into her own. She was fierce, she was confident, she was everywhere. In the 90s she didn't have the fierceness and confidence. By 2005 she realized what a major star she is, and the success of TEOM added to that. It is definitely hard for a new lamb, especially now because Mariah has been having a low time since 2009 and 2014 is probably one of her worst years. It's especially sad that "I'm a Mariah fan" is usually met by "are you joking" or "okay... moving on". Not that it stops me from reminding people about her numerous accolades every chance I get. I need Mariah to come back one more time and just shut everyone up. No, the "she has nothing to prove" argument won't satisfy me. After the way she was dragged through the dirt these past few years, she needs to remind people that she is second to none. She is the ultimate songstress. Once she does that, everyone else will jump on the bandwagon. (Tuesday 6 October 2015; 20:05)

Re: JD (correction) (57,118) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh I obviously meant to write "Like how he told her to sing her heart out on WBT instead of doing the whole thing in whisper register". (Monday 5 October 2015; 14:12)

Article: Countdown to Christmas sneak preview (57,109) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Did they change the name from "Melody and Mistletoe" to "A Christmas Melody"? (Monday 5 October 2015; 2:00)

Re: JD (57,105) (57,108) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha true, TEOM was fire because that's what Mariah and JD are capable of. Their last collaboration MILG was amazing too. It was different from any of her previous songs and one of the highlights of MIAM. I will always admire JD because he gives it straight to MC. A lot of people around her may be too in awe of her (or nervous) about saying no to her or telling her to make changes in the song but JD always speaks his mind. Even in the videos they post from the studio, Mariah always jokes about how Jermaine is being a pain (not in the exact words) but she obviously knows he is probably saying it for the best since she does take it into consideration. Like how he told her not to sing her heart out on WBT instead of doing the whole thing in whisper register. They understand each other musically I guess. I am always up for some Jermash-Mimi collabs. They always come up with great songs and remixes. (The So So Def remix of Say Something and the So So def remix of H.A.T.U. were hot tamale.) (Monday 5 October 2015; 1:57)

JD (57,101) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter JD is so sweet in the interview. He is pretty straight up about how awesome Mariah is and that she should get most of the credit for ABMB. Also he mentions how working with Mariah had elevated him to the #1 producer for the label and cemented his status as the hot shot. It's sweet that he talks so highly about Mariah and also how he felt like he needed to improve himself because his song was not chosen as the 1st or 2nd single. Jermash and Mariah. (Sunday 4 October 2015; 18:17)

Re: New pic (57,086) (57,089) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes to the shaking off the black clothes. Mariah is one of those rare people who can pull of a wide range of colors. She looks much younger when she is wearing bright colored clothes. Plus I need her to wear something emerald green already and by emerald green I mean this. I think she will look stunning in this color. (Saturday 3 October 2015; 18:02)

Re: Reading too much into something (57,061) (57,083) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mara, don't worry, K Buckle and Mariah are still besties. We were just joking. (Saturday 3 October 2015; 8:46)

Re: New pic (57,066) (57,082) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter About the hair, I also have been saying that a shorter, edgier hair with a darker color would have been a fresh change, but after reading the interview of Mariah about the MAC lipstick campaign, I understood why she hardly cuts it drastically. I don't remember the exact quote but she said something like she hopes Monroe doesn't cut her hair because her hair is like Mariah's and that Mariah has a tough time growing her hair because it's so curly. So maybe she is scared that if she cuts it and it doesn't suit her, she'll have a tough time growing it back. About the makeup, I personally think the makeup shows she is more confident now. We hardly ever see Mariah in heavy makeup and a dark lip. She went for the edgy (by Mariah standards). I saw some photos where it looked like the contour and blush products were not blended properly but then again it just maybe showed up like that because of harsh flash photography. I love the darker lip gloss she wore. She is dipping her toes into the "Fall Trend" of wearing dark vampy colors and since obviously Mariah is not going to wear a dark plum, this was her way of switching it up. I love it. (Saturday 3 October 2015; 8:32)

Marissa (57,046) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Slay dahlin', slay. I don't see the point of someone actually going through your previous posts and then comparing it with an innocent but positive current post. Obsessed much? I mean there was even no correlation between the two posts that it was necessary. Experts nowadays have way too much time on their hands it seems, but we love everybody (as hard as it might get sometimes). They even tried to cause another "movement" by bringing in the "Madonna vs Mariah" drama when clearly no one at that point was using Madonna to diss Mariah or saying "Madonna is someone Mariah should learn from", people were just talking about how they are both legends and have now matured past their "beef" and how some lambs are the ones dragging on these feuds for ages. Cheers, toast, bravo to all the experts in the world. And Marissa, your post was flawless. (Friday 2 October 2015; 0:53)

Re: Reading too much into something (57,041) (57,044) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Lol, Rene that post was so hilarious that just putting a "like" on it wasn't enough. Perfect example. I think now Kristofer will be removed from Mariah's squad. Be prepared to have Mariah post a photo of Kristofer doing her makeup and with the caption from "Obsessed" or something, and then tagging him to make sure the diss has been delivered. (Friday 2 October 2015; 0:39)

New pic (57,028) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Wow Mariah looks amazing here. I love the new makeup she is trying out here, that hair do is all sorts of cute yet elegant. Love the jacket. Mimi serving us sexy elegance. (Thursday 1 October 2015; 19:38)

Mariahisms (57,018) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was watching the new episode of Empire and one of the main characters Jamaal (played by the uber talented Jussie Smolett) was doing an interview in that episode and the interviewer asked him a question and his reply was "We love everybody." Instantly made me think of Mariah and knowing how close Mariah is with Lee Daniels and Jussie also being on really good terms with Mariah, it might be a nod to Mariah. Mariah should seriously trademark some of the "Mariahisms" though haha, and also terms like "Imperfect Angel", "Elusive Chanteuse" and all those. I mean if Paris Hilton took out a trademark on "That's Hot" then heck why not Mariah, at least Mariah's ones are original. (Thursday 1 October 2015; 11:10)

Social media (57,007) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I want to know who posts the images on Mariah's social media (the flashback photos) and why they insist on putting up the hazy variety when hi-resolution varieties are available online and ever so neatly compiled chronologically in The Mariah Network page. (Wednesday 30 September 2015; 23:06)

Daydream (57,006) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Happy 20th anniversary to Daydream and all the daydreamers. The album is perfection. (Wednesday 30 September 2015; 23:03)

Re: Mariah, reveal yourself this instant (56,984) (56,992) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh my gosh yay, thanks for remembering. I love her side (and I usually shy away from writing about those because I see most fans complain about it). Anyways I love a good nude color (which I think it's going to be since it's described as champagne). Plus it's true to what Mariah wears on a regular basis. I do hope they release one more which is a glossy natural pink like the other color she wears. I have always wondered why she doesn't rock a red lip, but she explained in the interview that she thinks it doesn't suit her. I have all the perfumes and my favorites would be M, "Luscious Pink", VOL, "Ribbon", "Mine Again", "That Chick" and "Forever", I love that all her "M" (including the Lollipop collections) are the same design, they look so cute together, all those colorful butterflies. The bottle of "Forever" is classy and art deco inspired, which I love. (Wednesday 30 September 2015; 1:29)

Re: Mariah, reveal yourself this instant (56,981) (56,991) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha aaww B you are making me blush for real. I was talking to a friend on the phone while I was randomly checking her twitter on my laptop and I screamed and my friend got scared. Haha. I am so excited. I mean I know the leather jackets and casual outfits can definitely be coincidences but the MAC collaboration, like please. Can nobody, can nobody tell me this wasn't my doing haha. (I am just kidding by the way.) Haha Mariah is teamed up with Elizabeth Arden for her perfumes and in the middle she kind of endorsed EA's lipsticks and lip gloss through "Infinity" video and then posting a status about it. Now to suddenly collaborate with MAC? I had almost given up hope on it, but Queen of Christmas came through I feel like a kid asking for a gift for Christmas and Mariah blessing me with one haha. So this single lipstick won't have special packaging, but I'm sure the Beauty Icon Collection coming out next year will have special packaging and possibly her signature on it (like they usually do for the limited edition). Fingers crossed for gold packaging, because Mariah is classy and nothing less than gold packaging would do but heck I'll take anything, I am already happy to have this collaboration happen. I also agree about how she should come back and redeem herself this Christmas. Give a killer performance and shut them haters down. (Excuse my childish writing/reaction here, I swear I am more mature haha.) (Wednesday 30 September 2015; 1:18)

Mariah, reveal yourself this instant (56,975) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Months back I was begging Mariah (through MCA ofcourse) to collaborate with MAC and release a cosmetics line. Shelly also joined in and we discussed packaging ideas and how cool it would be if it's gold. Well guess what? Mariah is collaborating with MAC for a lipstick called "All I want" coming this December and also a beauty line for 2016 Mariah X MAC beauty icon. I am excited. *high pitched noise* I love you Mariah. (Tuesday 29 September 2015; 17:36)

Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (56,974) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Happy 6th anniversary to Memoirs. Such a cute, fun and joyful album. (Tuesday 29 September 2015; 17:14)

Re: So... (56,963) (56,972) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter What flavor? Pass the bucket dahlin'. (Tuesday 29 September 2015; 11:52)

Re: Mimi L / Mariah and Madonna (56,958) (56,961) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha don't worry I understood your post either ways. I agree with you and I also think that they are both past what happened back in the day. I also got the feeling that Mariah was talking about Madonna when she was talking about the artist who uses just their first name. But like she said she didn't want people to take it the wrong way. This is exactly what the problem is, people seem to take everything she says as a diss. This is why during the interview when she said "I have no problem with Gaga" and the reporter said "okay" she was like "Why, is there a problem I don't know about? People make things up." Shows that even Mariah knows that her innocent remarks are sometimes twisted by others and dubbed a diss. (At this point I am scared to use the word "shade" because I feel like Bill will get angry. Sorry Bill, I love you.) A lot of these feuds between celebrities are caused by quotes being taken out of context and reporters twisting things to increase subscriptions. (Tuesday 29 September 2015; 1:00)

Re: Regina George in a lamb's clothing (56,956) (56,960) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Edward, thank you so much for the kind words. I often wonder why you and some other previously regular members on this board don't post as much nowadays. I really enjoy reading your posts too. See I'm all for different opinions because that's what makes the board interesting but I absolutely hate it that some people on this board think it's fine to bully others and call them names. If they have good points and if they are so intelligent then make that point respectfully, don't call me an "idiot" and "obtuse". That is not acceptable to me. Also suddenly everything here has suddenly become a conspiracy thriller. We can't say anything without it being dubbed a "conspiracy to ruin Mariah's image/career". Anyways, I just gotta shake it off. However, I do hope to see more posts from you and others who were regular on this board. The bullies shouldn't drive away true fans. Thanks again and sending you some love. (Tuesday 29 September 2015; 0:50)

Re: Mimi L / Mariah and Madonna (56,944) (56,950) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah and Madonna are both legends in their own rights. They both did a lot that changed the music industry for the good. Now I'll be honest, I don't know much about Madonna's music but facts are facts, she is a legend and she has also inspired a lot of artists just like Mariah did. I honestly feel that the feud in 1995 would not have happened if at that moment the reporter didn't bring up that Madonna quote during a public conference. I think Mariah went into defense mode and defended herself (understandably). The Madonna quote still remains unconfirmed, I think that it was mentioned that it was taken out of context or something (I honestly cannot remember). But I think they have both come to the level of maturity where they both can appreciate each other and know there is space for both of them in this industry. Obviously I don't expect to see them tweeting out selfies together anytime soon, but I think those feud days are behind them. I understand what you mean when you say some lambs are attacked for liking other artists, and it shouldn't be that way. Liking Madonna doesn't make anyone any less of a lamb than the others. I am a fan of good music, and I will listen to whoever provides me with it, but yes Mariah and MJ will always be my favorites. (Monday 28 September 2015; 21:22)

Re: Mariah and JD (56,941) (56,949) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thank you so much for that post Deedre, I actually could not have written it better than you did. That is exactly what I was trying to say. It annoys me when people read too much into things. Some things should just be taken at face value. I mean Jermaine also posted the same image and tagged Mariah so now are we set for a twitter feud? I think not, I think they are reaching out to each other again (this is just an opinion). As for what you said about friends, I could not agree more. Friends give it to you straight if you are a genuine friend. If they sugarcoat things it's fake. I always tell it like it is when my friends ask me for advice and that's why they know they can trust my opinion and advice. Anyways, thank you again for your post. (Monday 28 September 2015; 21:12)

Re: MC and JD (56,939) (56,948) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I would actually love a modern edgy album. It would be a fresh change and I am on board with all the people you mentioned. Make it happen Mariah. (Monday 28 September 2015; 21:06)

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