Red Honey Magazine 2013 Archive Edition | Page 58

Beautifully Native Native Women on Beauty Summer Balboa Ojibwe Your definition of beauty: It comes from the inside. A person can have all the physical beauty in the world but if they are mean, conceited and nasty towards people, all their beauty goes out the door. Being a good person and also being good to yourself makes a beautiful person. The most beautiful person you know and why: My daughter is the most beautiful person I know. She is full of innocence and physically has the features that I consider to be beautiful - long dark hair and dark brown almond eyes. I may be biased but who cares? :) What makes you strong? My motivation to remain a good mom keeps me going strong on a day to day basis. They motivate me to run strong, work out everyday and do my best at my job and at school. Favorite beauty product for one of the following: Skin: Cocoa butter Hair: CatWalk Honey and Oatmeal Shampoo & Conditioner Makeup: Chanel glossimer lipgloss Scent: Chanel No 5 Cassandra (Dine aka Navajo) Hi my name is Cassandra and I think Beauty is a way of living. Someone who is happy about themselves and how they live and what they represent. How they achieve (something) in the best way possible and make people happier about themselves without any selfishness. Beauty is also the natural radiance of someone. It’s more of the confidence that a person disperses amongst others. My strength comes from my family. They always make me want to achieve more than other people expect of me. They push me to strive for even the impossible ideas, not for themselves, but for me. In turn, I strive for them, not myself. . .they make me the woman I am. 58 www.redhoneymag.net Favorite beauty products: I’m simple, I don’t use many beauty products. For my skin: Just water (she’s got that pure smooth Indian skin). My eye shadow is Revlon, in my hair I use Fructis, and I use any kind of Fragrant Lotion . . . I love Clean Cotton and Vanilla. Leah Your definition of beauty: Self confidence and a good personality. Sometimes if I’m feeling low or PMSed, I do my hair and my make up extra special, and put on an outfit that makes me feel good and confident, but I don’t always have to do that. I can sit at home with a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt, and I can still feel beautiful, because I know that I have a beautiful personality, and every day I thank the Creator for what he has given me. The most beautiful person you know and why: My mother is the most bea ]Y