We featured Krystal Franklin, TV One producer, on BB not too long ago, but we couldn’t help but share these gems of hers from her interview. Besides the opportunity to stare at her stunning face, Krystal shared honest anecdotes about learning how to heal, be gentle with herself and feel the ultimate confidence. On stuffing…
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Producer Krystal Franklin on Being Confident in Media as a Black Woman
If you scroll Krystal Franklin’s Instagram, you’ll immediately get a beam of bold, Black woman queening energy. From her gorgeous smile to her behind-the-scenes sneak peeks into her TV production life, the immediate experience you take from her is that she’s a bossed up Black woman, confidently killing it in her field. The TV One…
Read MoreJordana Shiau Gets Honest About Asian Beauty Standards + Talks Doing Amazing Things At Laura Mercier
This interview is an excerpt of Jordana and I’s podcast episode. I met her while working at L’Oreal, and instantly fell in love with her candor and willingness to speak the truth on Asian beauty and its representation in the beauty world. Jordana is now killing it at her amazing job, serving as the strategist…
Read MoreGet Your Head on Straight and Your Waist Snatched with Josie B
Josie Britto is one of those instructors you want to wait after class to talk to because she’s like…everything.
Read MoreJackie Yates, a Brown Beauty Reporter Serving Serious Boss Energy
This Irvington, NJ brown babe has been in my beauty circle since our days at EBONY magazine, and it’s about time that I got her interview up here. Jackie Yates, currently the beauty and style reporter at Good Morning America (Digital) and running her personal site (coming soon), is one of those rare sweethearts that…
Read MoreDiarrha is a Product Marketing Manager at Glossier Whose Skin Will Leave You Gazing
Diarrha, product marketing manager at Glossier, and I have something very similar in common: we figured out how to use the few things about ourselves (being black, a woman and a millennial) to navigate the beauty industry to our best abilities. We used the very things that could have possibly excluded us from an industry…
Read MoreBriana Owens Was Scared Just Like You, But Launched Spiked Spin Anyway
I had to be honest with Briana, the founder of Spiked Spin, a chic yet intense spinning class with a hip-hop touch. When I saw her post about how she felt like she played with her dreams for a while, and did it out of insecurity, I was like, “okay, I have to interview her.”…
Read MoreA Convo With Raven on Moving Forward Without Her Mom
I met Raven while she was working at Eberjey NYC. I walked into the store just because of her. She doesn’t know this, but she will when she reads this. I was on severance, and I would wake up in the AM and go to Liftonic, this really sexy, Meat-Packing boutique workout class that I…
Read MoreLenora’s #daremebeautiful Instagram Movement Will Force You to Love Your Imperfections
Lenora and I developed our girl crush on Instagram. I don’t know how I found her, or how she found me. But, she caught my eye with her beauty and her unapologetic attitude towards it. Her bold photos, striking full lips, pronounced cheekbones and golden brown skin always has me on the edge of my…
Read MoreKristie Williams Shares Her Experience Growing Up Bi-Racial in MoCo, Maryland
I pulled this excerpt (edited and all) from Kristie’s podcast interview. We’ve known each other for years, since our days at Temple University. But we weren’t always close. Over the years, I’ve gotten to know Kristie, and really understand her background growing up in Maryland as a bi-racial young woman. I really wanted to share…
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