It’s a chilly, rainy day at a coffee shop in Greenwich village and the Colored Girl Campaign founders, Victory Jones and Tori Elizabeth, are laughing it up with a few fans of their latest photo campaign series, Rebirth. The rain kept a few people home from the meet and greet, but the ladies decide the…
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Lyndsay Green, Editor, Beauty Atlas Magazine
Creating Beauty Atlas has been a dream of mine since my first trip overseas. After traveling throughout Europe and beyond nearly 10 years ago, I knew that I wanted to find a way to blend my passions for fashion and beauty and international studies. Initially, my hope was to land a job in the style…
Read MoreBrande Victorian, Managing Editor, MadameNoire.com
I’m Brande Victorian from Toledo, Ohio and I’m 31 years old. I’ve been in New York City for 9 years now. Toledo is a small city, and a lot of people don’t leave. It’s very much the get married, get a good job type of place. I remember telling people I wanted to move to…
Read MoreJasmine Lawrence, Founder of Eden BodyWorks
A candid conversation with the beauty mogul. You started Eden Body Works at 11, which is amazing and crazy at the same time. What were the kinds of sacrifices that you realized you were gong to have to make being a child entrepreneur? Well, I would say the hardest sacrifice I didn’t know I was…
Read MoreKarisma Jay, Owner of AbunDance Academy
My name is Karisma Jay and I’m from Brooklyn, New York. More so the Clinton Hill, Fort Greene area, but I’ve pretty much lived all over. I’m a performer, artist, teacher, and choreographer. I’m now getting into directing and writing scripts. But more than anything, I’m the proud owner and founder of AbunDance Academy. It’s…
Read MoreAfrica Miranda, Beauty and Entertainment Aficionado
I’m Africa Miranda, giver of life [laughs]! Well, you do so many things! It’s funny because I think the challenge, especially when you’re a creative, is to get to do the things you want to do. But the problem is when you start getting the chance to do a few of them, every time you…
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