With stylists ready to style our hair in the UK, France, Canada and the US, we’re certain Bantu is on to something major. Co-partner of Bantu, Meron Berhe shares the vision behind the app dedicated to Black hair. What made you even think to join Bantu? From as far back as I can remember there…
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Chantale Escobar, Designer, Eclectique Collection
My name is Chantale Escobar and I run my jewelry business, Eclectique Collection. Thinking back to 2010, where I only made jewelry for fun, you know the way art always begins; I can’t help but think about how narrow my sight really was, even though I was becoming more and more alive with each piece…
Read MoreMy Anxiety Stopped When I Went Off Social Media
I joined social media or (Facebook) in 2005, my freshman year of college. Back then it was pure fun. People were writing “25 things you may not know about me” notes, and randomly meeting their college boyfriends (maybe that was just me) on the platform. Then I hopped on Twitter because, again, fun. We just…
Read MoreSWATCHED: Maybelline’s Inti-Matte Nudes Collection
Nudes for every skin tone at a drugstore price? Thanks, Maybelline. The creamy formula is where a rich lip balm meets a buildable lipstick. With a shade collection of 10 options, Maybelline’s new Inti-Matte collection shows that they have figured out how to match top trends with affordability. No shade to our favorite intense liquid…
Read MoreRasheeda Winfield, Entrepreneur, Video Strategist
I started as an NBC Page. The program has always been competitive but now it’s another level. I remember going to the site, uploading my resume, and sending it to the Universe. I honestly forgot about it. A few months later got a phone call from their recruitment office and the rest is history. I…
Read MoreTanisha Lawrence, Owner of LAW Beauty Essentials
My father was a business owner. He owned two restaurants and he was also a car salesman. When I was in high school, I worked at the restaurant. I helped my mom and I understood everything she was doing. Some things I would point out, like, “Hey Mom, I think you missed that” or even…
Read MoreTamu Green, Interior Designer, Lux Pad Interiors
My name is Tamu Green and my company is Lux Pad Interiors. I started the firm in 2013, actually, but I just went full time for myself at the beginning of 2016. I’ve been in New York for four years. I worked at another design firm and then branched out on my own. It’s been…
Read MoreChavonne Hodges, CoFounder of Trap Aerobics
I started the Grillz and Granola Trap Aerobics because I have an anxiety disorder and I have a lot of panic attacks. Thank god I have an amazing team [at work]. They know that I’ll write on a sticky note when I’m about to have one and I’ll go dip out and then calm down. One…
Read MoreDARK GIRL: The Vamp Lips
There is no such thing as a real trend, in my mind. You just rock what feels right. What looks good. For the month of January, I was feeling extra cozy; all I wanted to do was sleep. Go to work, do good work, come home and sleep. But, when I was out and about,…
Read MoreIs That Your Hair?
Him: “Is that your real hair? Nevermind, yeah that’s your hair I can tell. Yeah, that’s all you.” Dafuq? He said it so confidently and so damn loud that I didn’t have a chance to actually respond. He also had a full blown, 15-second conversation, aloud, with himself about my hair and it’s potential realness,…
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