Her name is Roxanna, but her friends call her Roxie.
She is often seen rolling her signature Prada carry-on through
airports, both domestic and international, en route to glamorize
bold-face names such as Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston, or Mary J.
Blige; and to fulfill her commitment as the Creative Consultant for
CoverGirl's Queen Collection.
The Desire: It started at the beauty counters
of high-end department stores, and led to the pursuit of a degree
in Cosmetic Marketing.
The Sideswipe: Before she could complete her
course registration Jon Roberts tapped her to design a line of
cosmetics for his family-owned company.
The Fashion Diva: At the renowned Elite Model
Agency, Roxanna worked with models at the top of their roster. For
her first Essence cover she glammed Halle Berry and started what
would become a legacy of 60 covers for the premiere national
publication for African-American women.
The Video Vixen: With director Zbignew
Rybinchenski Roxanna entered a new art form, and together they
created visual stimulation for more than two dozen videos in the
pop, R&B and rock genres.
The Expert: When the country went high tech, so
did Roxie as the African-American beauty expert of choice for
Sierra Home's interactive CD-ROM, iStyle Personal Makeover, and the
online beauty sites Women's Wire, Hairsalon.com, Makeup411.com and
Insidesalon.com.
Roxie was the first makeup artist to be featured on the
contributor's page of Essence, and the first to participate on
their Annual Beauty Awards panel of experts. She has served as a
columnist for Braids & Beauty, a guest editor for Girl, and a
contributing writer to Demetrios for the Bride. She has been quoted
extensively and her beauty tips have been relayed in a diverse
collection of magazines from InStyle to Essence, Redbook to Today's
Black Woman, and Latina to First.
In Puerto Rico, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast
and Paris, Roxie produced and provided creative direction for
Revlon Professional Products International hair shows, brochures
and posters.
Back home she was selected as a member of the Avon Beauty
Council and the Mary Kay International Beauty Team, and served as a
Research & Development consultant to Proctor & Gamble.
The Choice: Oscar-nominated actor, Angela
Bassett, hand-picked Roxanna for the motion Picture "Waiting To
Exhale" Grammy Award-winning vocalist, Whitney Houston chose her
for "The Preacher's Wife." Then came The Queen Latifah Show, Alfre
Woodard, Regina King, Lynn Whitfield and Lela Rochon, three films
and a stage performance with Angela Bassett, international travel,
videos, television, print and a television movie with Whitney
Houston; five films, live performances and advertising campaigns
with Queen Latifah; and Oprah's Legend's Ball, where Roxanna was
chosen to beautify Tina Turner, Angela Bassett and Terry
McMillan.
The Victory: Roxanna is more than beautiful
women behind a makeup counter. She is the beautiful woman behind
the makeup!
