Cosmetics Executive & Beauty Authority!

Pat has more than 25 years’ experience as a marketing, sales and event manager in the cosmetics and skincare industry, working on the development of many beauty and skincare products.

She has launched new skincare and beauty lines for large multi-million dollar companies, promoting and demonstrating their new developments and entries to the consumers. Her work has taken her all over the USA, Europe, Africa, Canada, the Caribbean and even US military bases!

The industry veteran's logical next step was to launch her own skincare line, Pat Collins SkinSolutions.

Companies Represented: Black Opal • Burberry • Calvin Klein • Clarins • Clinique • Estée Lauder • Lancôme • Naomi Sims • Revlon • Shiseido • Vincent Longo

Media Personality & Magazine Editor!

Pat has been in front of and behind the camera as a cosmetics rep, TV spokesperson and host, and makeup artist. Credits include "Good Morning America", "Good Day New York", BET–Black Entertainment Television, VH1 and countless TV and radio segments all over the USA.

She was also the Beauty Editor for 101 Hairstyles, Celebrity Styles, Black Elegance and Harris Publications! Pat led makeover projects on a variety of famous people for the magazines, including musicians like the Braxtons and WNBA stars!

Pat continues to cover fashion and beauty industry events and shares her knowledge on podcasts!

Fashion Runway, Print and Commercial Model!

Being teased for her height and slim figure as a child did not stop Pat! She has appeared in WWD, Essence and Oprah Magazines and models in fashion shows from New York to Paris!

Pat started her career in beauty and cosmetics as a fragrance model working for: Bijan • Chanel • Christian Dior • Halston • Liz Claiborne • YSL at Barneys • Bloomingdale’s • `Lord & Taylor • Macy's • Neiman Marcus • Saks Fifth Avenue.

Educator and Health Advocate!

Pat conducts courses in skin health, makeup and personal growth. She taught at The Learning Annex and continues to lead workshops for churches, social organizations, colleges, and public schools with her SkinSmarts Educational Program.

As part of her role in education, Pat was a host for “Spotlight On School Leadership Teams” on WNYC–TV, where she interviewed celebrities and public figures and kept viewers abreast of parent involvement issues.

But it is her work in the community that sets Pat levels above others in the beauty industry.

As a volunteer makeup instructor with American Cancer Society’s Look Good Feel Better Program, Pat regularly holds informational beauty sessions at local hospitals for women experiencing changes in appearance due to cancer treatment. ACS asked Pat to be Mistress of Ceremony at the 2014 Making Strides Walk finish line post-show at the Central Park Bandshell with the hostess, ABC-TV journalist Sade Baderinwa.

Pat was an image workshop instructor for Women In Need, a nonprofit organization that empowers displaced women. She’s introduced healthy habits to women, men, and youths at events sponsored by SUNY Downstate Hospital in Brooklyn. At the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, Pat visited hundreds of beauty parlors and barbershops and coached hairstylists and barbers on how to spread the word to their clients about breast and prostate cancers.

Pat was a co-author of a study based on the beauty/barbershop cancer education program and was published in “Journal of the National Medical Association” (July 2009)

Educating the Globe!

A triumphant moment for Pat was spearheading a health symposium in the Bahamas, inviting doctors and specialists from the United States to a week-long event geared to Bahamians who have limited access to health care.

Pat is a Miami native and a former Junior Olympian in track and field. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Education with a minor in Fashion Merchandising while on full athletic scholarship at Texas Southern University.

In her free time, Pat is a professional Grace Jones impersonator AND a kindergarten–to–eighth-grade substitute teacher in New York City’s public school system!