A former beauty editor for Glamour, Vibe Vixen and Suede, Baze Mpinja is an industry veteran who believes you can never have too many pink lip glosses. A few of her other beauty obsessions: celebrity hair trends (the good, the bad and the OMG!), finding the perfect mascara, tuberose fragrances and wild nail polish shades. Her beauty icons include Naomi Campbell, Alek Wek, Elizabeth Taylor, Marion Cotillard and Iman.

When she’s not writing, blogging or answering random beauty questions from friends and relatives, Baze loves to indulge in two of her other passions: food and film. Baze lives in Brooklyn.

Follow her rants, raves and musings at http://twitter.com//BeautyByBaze.