If Pat Benatar is right, and "Love is a Battlefield," then makeup is my war paint. And my artillery is as follows: concealer by Scott Barnes, foundation by Cover Girl True Match, shadow by Dior, eyeliner by Iman, mascara by Maybelline, rouge by Barbara Bilkerdijk, lip by Chanel and vernis...

I don't care what the world is going through, how poor a country is, or how bad the economy is faring, women want to look good. And men will do whatever it takes to capture the attention of women, make no mistake. A perfect example comes from nature. The peacock...

My life is so surreal. As I write this week's record of events, I realize it started way before this weekend at Art Basel. I just took a day trip to participate in one of the art industry's biggest deals. Art Basel is the Academy Awards of the entire art...

The fashion business is not as black and white as it used to be. Gone are the days when black designers only focused on their own demographics, their own community, their "own people." The color and culture line has definitely been blurred, and thank goodness for that. Who has the right to tell a consumer what will...

So, Fashion Week is finally over! One word to describe it all: inspirational. You know, right before the season begins you often hear the question from reporters, 'What inspired this collection?' You may hear a designer say, "Well it was my travels through Istanbul." Or, "The waters of...

As I packed my bags to make my way home to Haiti once again, I must have packed and repacked my cosmetic bags at least six times with my personal items. Suntan lotion (yes us colored girls like a little bit more color too), sunscreen (we use this too), and of...

Life has a way of balancing everything out, now or in the future. Make no mistake about that. Today, August 23, 2011, New York, Washington, Virginia, Rhode Island and Atlanta was hit with an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude. No major damage was reported. No stop of services on public transportation....

I often get asked the question what do you do for a living? I don't often know how to answer that question because I wear so many different hats that I don't know which one to say. But the other times I don't know what to say because I don't...