by Pat Collins | Mar 5, 2024 | Bahamas, Black History Month, Caribbean, Women's History Month
For International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month I am highlighting Dame Cynthia “Mother” Pratt, CB, JP the Governor-General of the Bahamas! This former nurse, teacher and college professor also served in the Parliament for 15 years, became Deputy Prime...
by Pat Collins | Oct 6, 2021 | Beauty, Costume, Grace Jones, Halloween, Hollywood, Makeup, throwback, Women's History Month
It is the time of year to cosplay at ComicCon and masquerade at all those Halloween parties. But I happen to do this professionally as a Grace Jones impersonator! It is fun to be hired to appear at functions as the alter ego of the brilliant Jamaican pop singer and...
by Pat Collins | Oct 5, 2021 | Beauty, Black History Month, Costume, Entertainment, Grace Jones, Halloween, Hollywood, Makeup, throwback, Women's History Month
Back in 1997, Devon Cass, a photographer, makeup artist and master celebrity impersonator, wanted to share his makeup tips with the average woman. Devon can transform the most ordinary-looking opera singer’s headshot into a portrait of a high class ultra-diva that...
by Pat Collins | Mar 26, 2021 | Beauty, Black History Month, Fashion, Makeup, SkinCare, throwback, Women's History Month
As we near the end of Women’s History Month, I think of my time working for fashion and beauty icon Naomi Sims. About ten years after she wrote the beauty “bible” “All About Health & Beauty for the Black Woman” — which went into multiple...
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