"A really healthy diet, drinking a lot of water, taking supplements, exercise–that’s the starting point to having a freshness and a glow. I’ve always eaten healthy and exercised, but I had never seen that direct correlation with my skin until now." Read more

"Beauty should be handled seriously, and it should be historicized...the first Black female millionaire owned a beauty brand! It still exists today—I went to Sephora a couple days ago and saw it." Read more

"My hair has pretty much been light since I was a child. Is it natural now? Oh, no. [Laughs]" Read more

On launching the beauty brand that launched a your favorite food-grade lipsticks Read more

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"I also love a good mani-pedi as much as the next gal—unless the next gal is Kim Kardashian, because in my imagination she sleeps with her fingers in individual silk pillowcases." Read more

"In our heads, we’re younger than we look and when the disconnect is so big, it doesn’t feel good...so if there are ways to safely turn back the clock, why not?" Read more

The mind behind so much of Glossier's packaging on everything from 3D-printing to the best way to get rid of all your pores Read more

On growing up in Ghana, going to empowerment conferences with Oprah and Hillary Clinton, and the one Instagram workout she'd like to try Read more

On writing, loving her freckles, nightly oil baths, discovering matte-ifier, and everything else she keeps on her top shelf Read more

Figuring out eyeshadow, hating working out, eradicating facial hair—supermodels, they're just like us! Read more

On the skincare line that changed her skin and the one product that takes her skin from jet-lagged to photo-ready Read more

The most comprehensive #NPolymakeup tutorial on the internet Read more

The match-your-eyeshadow-to-your-top beauty routine Read more

With a start-to-finish bathtime routine—reading material included Read more

Yes, you CAN bleach your hair every six weeks without it falling out—she's proof Read more

On everything—literally everything—from curly hair maintenance to her mini-contour to what happened when she tried to take her acrylics off in the office... Read more

On everything non-toxic, from sunscreen to self-tanner to food-grade hair color Read more

"As a makeup artist, I’m not the type to say, 'Less is more,' but I think if the skin and the brows always look natural, you can wear as much of the other stuff as you want..." Read more

"I don’t know if it's an urban myth, but [my mom] would say stuff like, every night you don’t wash off your makeup, your skin ages by a week or something. Now I’m very diligent about having good skincare." Read more

"I never wash my own hair! I can go like nine days in between if I need to. Blow dry bars just started popping up, and I have really curly hair—about 4 years ago I just thought, forget it, it’s worth it to me." Read more

"Having braces is not like having a bad haircut. You can’t fix it with bobby pins or wear a hat. These are on, and you can’t do anything to hide it. Once I got that into my head, I was like, fuck it. I’ve got braces. This is cool." Read more

On all-natural self-tanner, the body lotion that doubles as eye cream, and one seriously exhaustive dental care regimen Read more

The consummate beauty editor on everything she uses (and she uses everything) Read more