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Watching the Pan Am television show brought back fond memories of a special time when travel was prestigious and glamorous. I graduated valedictorian of Pan American Airways flight school on February 14th, 1970 in Miami, Florida. I was elated to be known as a Pan Am stewardess.

It's the best opportunity for young, gifted, creative, black designers to showcase their work in the fashion arena. More recently, some of the indust...

Every week, there are reports in the news of dangerous medications or medical products on the market. One recent report captured my attention. It was a report of a skin lightening cream that had poisoned a woman in California and another in Virginia.

On Tuesday night, NBC unveiled its newest reality competition Fashion Star, hosted by Elle MacPherson. Above the excitement over this new show comes the surprising and empowering fact that two of the three judges of this national competition are women of color.

Men's style and grooming has certainly evolved for all of us over the years, and is something that's been on my mind recently. Grooming and style require vigilance and attention.

My acne problems started in high school. By the time I got to college I had tried every over the counter 3 step system, lived by Proactiv and everything else under the sun.

While Black female creative professionals try to gain footing in the wake of such staggering facts, it is no wonder then that the rise of the Black girl crush has emerged. In fact, it has crested in my own life, as I have been working freelance since May 2011.

Now that the really cold weather has arrived, many of us are experiencing dry, itchy winter skin. These five easy steps can help heal dry skin, renew it and leave soft, supple, beautiful skin during these rough winter months.

It's been a long road to get to the place we are getting to now. Where black women are no long defined by the market but have come to help define it. And child, that road wasn't easy.

A recent survey revealed that most women who seek cosmetic procedures like fillers and toxins, want to look refreshed and rested. They don't necessarily want to look 10 years younger or like a movie star.

Designer Busayo and I have done a series of hair wrap tutorials together using some of her fabrics to show women how to fuse traditional Ankara patterns and wraps with their own personal style.

The renowned surrealist painter Salvador Dali's meeting with seminal African-American supermodel, Donyale Luna, at his hideaway in the Spanish fishing village of Cadaqués, Catalonia in 1966 marked an amazing moment where art and beauty collide.

No matter where you're heading to celebrate, make it count -- from the "off-duty chic" look appropo for a trim-the-tree party or the "blue chip glamour" that's a must for New Year's Eve as great style doesn't take a holiday.

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."

Sometimes the makeup shades, women seek, are not sold at local stores. Most products are now sold online but unless you can try the shade on first, it can be equally frustrating. My answer to the frustration? Try a virtual makeover site.