"AS MOTHERS, WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET ABOUT OURSELVES.  WE TAKE CARE OF OTHERS AND THE KIDS, HUSBANDS, GRANDMA, GRANDPA.  YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE DAY IN A MONTH THAT IS REALLY YOURS."

What are your beauty secrets?

Foundation is the key.  It has to match your skin tone exactly...not redder, not yellower, not grayer and not lighter.  Use a complementary powder or loose powder, because a powder can alter your foundation .  A bronzer for all skins light skin, brown skins, or medium tones, it doesn't matter.  It makes the skin look more alive.  Lipsticks , lip glosses and lip liners - I am the girl that uses a lot of lip gloss.  It makes the lips look yummier.  Eye shadows are debatable but you have a perfectly groomed eyebrow.  The rest depends on your lifestyle.  Go easy with makeup and you can add more, later.  Experiment with different colors.  IMAN Cosmetics will not break the bank.

How do you maintain beauty?

I have always believed that the skin that yo take care of in your 20s is the skin that you will inherit in your 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s.  Take care of it.  SPF is really a big deal.  The sun does not discriminate.  Your skin care doesn't have to be complicated.  It's cleansing, hydrating and mositurizing.  think about it like bri=suing your teeth.  Do it in the morning and the evening.

How can mothers look fabulous?

Be easy on you.  Be forgiving on yourself.  Do not think that you can look like Beyonce' because she isn't a mother.  Let's take it easy on ourselves.  Take care of yourself.  Work out!  Try to be happy and content within your own skin.  Find your bliss.  We all have it.  It will work for you.

How have you grown professionally and adapted to changes in trends and the economy?

My mantra has always been that change is good.  Any kind of change directs you to another type of opportunity.  You can't take the same road over and over again and expect a different results.  When I was creating my brand, one of the things that I vowed to myself is that I would not follow the trends and not keep up with the Joneses.  I would be the maven of skin cosmetics.  I wanted to be the master at foundations and powder to achieve a flawless face-not jack-of-all-trades.

What will your legacy be?

I have found great fulfillment in being a businesswoman because I have control of my own brand, my own image.  I have been able to create a product that has given so many women joy.  Women stop me in the streets and show me the IMAN Cosmetics in their bag.  Now I have created the bag from Global Chic that carries their cosmetics.  It has given me joy because I have found that is what my legacy will be.  I will be remembered because I was one of the modeles that broke barriers.  But I will be more remembered for IMAN Cosmetics .