Brooke Slade, a PR consultant and professional model, was once considered impractical for wanting to pursue such an unconventional career path. It took a lot of work to figure out how to marry her two passions, a process that she describes as both “challenging and rewarding.” Today, Slade is the public relations & marketing coordinator for… Continue Reading
Stacey Gordon founded The Gordon Group to help companies find and place qualified candidates into management, senior and executive level positions. As a corporate recruiter, Gordon has had the opportunity to meet with hundreds of prospective candidates and has found that most are “woefully unprepared for their interviews.” Instead of prepping candidates one at… Continue Reading
Whenever you think of high-powered lawyers, an image of them in the kitchen whipping up a batch of beauty products is probably the last thing that comes to mind. But that’s exactly what Samantha Addonizio, an attorney by trade, has been doing for the last few years. About eight years ago, Addonizio began making more… Continue Reading
As a teenager, Ayo Ogun-McCants spent a lot of time dabbling in natural DIY beauty treatments. Through that experience she learned how to take care of herself and discovered that having a personalized self-care regimen was “one of the best things one can do for their spirit.” Over time, Ogun-McCants found that the reality of… Continue Reading
If you’ve ever booked- or thought about booking a room at a Thompson Hotels property, chances are, you’ve probably interacted directly (or indirectly) with Fiona Goldstein. Fiona, 26, is the senior brand manager for digital and social media at Thompson. In that role she oversees all aspects of digital marketing for the boutique hotel chain,… Continue Reading
An age-old problem for consumers and the beauty industry is the lack of products being created that match the variety and depth of skin tones and complexions that exist. In 2012, after years of research and testing Asmau Ahmed, a trained-engineer launched Plum Perfect, a mobile and web-based application that operates as the ultimate personal… Continue Reading
Food Republic, the brainchild of Red Rooster’s Marcus Samuelsson, is a website and media company with a lot of ambition that seeks to demystify cooking and food culture for a generation of men who aren’t currently being served by existing media outside of the food competitions you see on television. Here, Martin breaks down the origins of Food… Continue Reading
Sheila C. Johnson has built an empire and living legacy that is more than worthy of the accolades and positive adjectives that are so often used in her presence. That legacy includes co-founding BET, running Salamander Hospitality’s bevy of hotels and resorts, producing prominent documentary and feature-length films (she’s currently an executive producer for Lee Daniel’s feature filmThe… Continue Reading
They say that everything happens for a reason, but for Tasha Burton that statement couldn’t be closer to the truth. In 2009, while working full-time in the psychiatry department at the School of Medicine at Washington University, Tasha began to mix store-bought shea butter with a curated cocktail of oils to create a product that… Continue Reading
Over the last few years, women the world over have been trading in their relaxers for a more natural look. And with any change in taste, comes opportunity. … Continue Reading