American Idol judge  and rapper Nicki Minaj graces the cover of  ELLE.  She opens up about making the final decision to down play her look instead of looking like a cartoon character. As we reported a few weeks ago Nicki fired her entire style team

“When I saw myself with barely any makeup [on], it was such a… like, I’m so, so attached to my pink lipstick, it’s hard. I feel that it’s become a part of me…It was scary! So this photo shoot was a real accomplishment in my eyes.”

This is the best we’ve seen Nicki in a looong time!

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Roman wants to be taken more seriously in the hiphop and business and has decided looking like Marge Simpson probably isn’t the best look.

 

A source revealed: ‘Nicki is desperate to be taken seriously as an artist.

‘She’s fired her long-standing hairdresser who has been responsible for some of her crazy hairstyles over the years. She’s also fired her stylist.

‘Nicki feels that now she’s done with American Idol she can finally be taken seriously and release a proper hip-hop album,’ the insider added to The Sun.

 

 

It’s very important that I’m not just slapping my name on something. It’s important that my fans are going to know that if Nicki is putting it in her line, then Nicki is going to be wearing it. That’s why on Shopyourway.com we are creating catalogs, and I get to see what my fans like, and say ‘Hey I like that too.’ Right now it’s very real time, it’s very personable.

 

I want to create looks like these [dresses]. I have been doing a lot of dresses lately, and I feel more confident when I wear dresses. It doesn’t have to be super over the top sexy. Some of the dresses that I have been doing lately have been completely covered like sweater dresses and my fans have really responded to it. My fans are like ‘Hey Nicki, we want the crazy leggings’ and stuff like that but we also want to have things that we can wear whether we are going to work or whatever. I’m really focused on the dresses! I’ve been feeling so romantic and sexy lately.Nicki is a brand new person stepping into this year, and we love it!

Nicki Minaj has launched a rather sophisticated line at Kmart.

Adding later: ‘Europe & everywhere else will be able to order online. I’m going to introduce a few pieces on the website very soon to get your thoughts!’

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