NOIR - The Studio

NOIR is the new and nocturnal color & brow studio in Charlotte's SouthPark District. The Nocturnal Glam Experience rocks nights & Sundays. Committed to the community, we give back by donating to good causes. Don't just look fabulous, BE FABULOUS!

NOIR
6324 Fairview Rd
Suite 120
Charlotte, NC 28210
704-444-0280

J Lenoir Featured in New eBook - Proceeds to Benefit The Speak Now! Project, A Youth Literary Competition

In The Millionairess League eBook you'll discover:

• How Social Networking can transform your Business.

• Secrets, Hints and Tips to Online Success.

• Definitions of Empowerment, Inspiration and Business Fulfillment.

Featuring high-profile contributors such as Maria Andros, Sandy Grason, and Marie Forleo, and our own Jai Lenoir.

The 30 businesswomen profiled cover the vibrant spectrum throughout various stages of business development. This ranges from the start-up phase, fuelled by excitement, to booming online empires.

THE MILLIONAIRESS LEAGUE (30 Online Business Adventures) IS FOR ANYONE THAT ENJOYS READING MOTIVATIONAL PROFILES OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMEN.

It showcases women in various fields of interest such as publishing, share trading, property, iPhone app development, Law of Attraction, community building plus many more!

Explore the world of possibility and inspiration from empowered online entrepreneurs.

At LenoirGroup, your giving does good! Proceeds to benefit

The SPEAK NOW! Project's

Youth Literary Competition

Lessons From the Hospital Rocking Chair

1. Life is short - it is also wide!
2. There are much bigger issues than money - it cannot buy peace.
3. I like my bed after all.
4. I like my kids hanging out in my room, too.
5. Time is the one thing you cannot get back - do not waste it.
6. The prayers of the righteous availeth much.
7. Friends do not ask stupid questions when you are in trouble. If
someone in your life offers you a battery of questions before
offering their support, give them your ass to kiss.
8. The power to create lies with the creator. The choices to create
the life you want lies with you.
9. If you work so hard for so long and have not paid attention to
self or family, your priorities are not in order. There will always
be work of some kind. Do not wait until your kids are lunatics to pay
attention to them. Some kinds of crazy are preventable.
10. I love my children. I really love my children.

Speak Now... Never Hold Your Peace

March marks milestones for a new year and gently reminds us the year
is no longer new. Things bud, bloom and begin to grow, days get
longer, and let us not forget feeling the loss of a single hour for
about a week. While not an ideal time for reflection, the month of
March is a great opportunity for planning. Sounds like spring cleaning
is in order.

It's time to make room for new things and pull not-so-new things out
of storage. For years I have had the desire to provide the young a
venue to express themselves. I stumbled across an old journal (about 4
or 5 years old) and rediscovered plans I made long ago to make it
happen. In this journal were remnants of something I never let go of.
It served as confirmation. The project I have been putting so much
energy into (lately) was relevant and still very dear to me.

Speak Now is a national writing project and competition for our youth.
The official launch and details, entry guidelines and sponsorship
opportunities will be released in the coming weeks. In the meantime,
stay connected.

This Won't Take Long

It's time to take the gloves off and face life. I don't know about you, but I have wasted a lot of time. Nothing made this more evident than the current economic crisis our country continues to face. Financially, some families cannot see their way through, while others that never could see beyond a less than adequate income are brought to the forefront for survival solutions. I wonder if this is what the Bible referred to (at least in the simplest form) when it states the last will become first and the first last. Hmmm.

Simplify.

And so we move through our days, each blending into the next without any clearly defined semblance of purpose or joy. Jobs we hate. People we loathe. Behavior we abhor. Things we waste. Dreams we ignore. For what?

Simplify.

Facing a life is more than just acknowledging things that are hindrances. It is the willingness to confront those things that are not acceptable for the life we are blessed with. It is the determination to turn away from those things that are not acceptable according to standards defined on purpose, by purpose - not fear. It is the unwillingness to compromise a principle, a purpose, or a future in danger of derailment. It is the willingness to fight for the life promised.

Simplify.

Live. Laugh. Love.
Reduce. Reclaim. Restore.
Be.

This won't take long. It no longer has to. Life is short - and wide! Stretch in a different direction.

Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 2008

Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 2008

#10 - Over-the-top spa treatments

#9 - Flowering Teas

#8 - Talking to and sniffing every baby I see

#7 - Talking trash with my grown daughter

#6 - Telling people I have a grown daughter so they can tell me how good I look

#5 - Telling people I am a grandmother so they can tell me how good I look

#4 - Making fun of kids facing puberty (sorry sweetie)... and their parents!

#3 - F U D G E

#2 - Karrine.com - It's real, raunchy and the truth

#1 - Discussions on race and politics since Obama won... Gloating that Obama won. Did you know Obama won?

The Maverick Got Me Drunk...

I watched and I waited. I chatted away, I twittered, I pondered. I drank.

Every time Sarah Palin said the word 'maverick' I drank. I ran out of drinks.

Has this election been reduced to a bad cliche? 30threads.com was a pleasant suprise. A red room and a blue one. The opportunity to chat on both simultaneously. The pulse of America was evident here. Palin presented as an overprotective, underproductive leader. Joe Biden was confident and controlled, although at times obviously annoyed. Neither of them surprised me, but it was interesting.

Sarah Palin did not show up and although I do not like her, I looked for an opportunity for her to surprise me and gain my respect. She did not.

Joe Biden was confident and secure. No surprise there either. I did wait for him to lose it at least once. He did not.

A note to Sarah Palin, in the words of a popular elementary school philosopher, "Say it in your own words". She did not and appeared more puppet-like than life-like. In this election, life matters more.