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The creation of my cosmetics experience has been years in the making.

I always had a vision about beauty in general, so probably that's what really drove me into that direction of creating a makeup brand.

I think a cosmetics company should be headed by a woman.

Cosmetics makers have always sold 'hope in a jar' - creams and potions that promise youth, beauty, sex appeal, and even love for the women who use them.

One year, my good deed started with deciding to give all my friends makeup from a cruelty-free cosmetics line that I love. I did this with the hope that they would love it as much as I do and end up switching their makeup over to that cruelty-free line forever.

I always wanted to be a makeup artist. When I don't get to have my stylist, I do my own makeup!

I started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed.

I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.

I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with safe, healthful ingredients.

Before I got the contract, I'd heard from a lot of people that a contract with a company like Estee Lauder was like a stamp of approval, a stamp of your legit-ness. So getting that was a really big step for me.