You’ve heard the term “living legend”—it simply means someone fabulous that we are fortunate enough to still have in our midst, but who we all fully expect to be a “legend” long after they (and we) ...

It fills me with immeasurable honor and pride to help Mikki Taylor, ESSENCE’s Beauty and Cover Director, celebrate thirty years at this groundbreaking magazine. In the three decades that I’ve had the ...

ESSENCE Magazine has been blessed with several great editors, one of which is the amazing Mikki Taylor. Taylor, who has been with ESSENCE for decades, is beloved for her clear, concise and colorful ...

For 30 years Mikki Taylor has made sure black women look their very best as the beauty and cover director of Essence magazine. Now she's planning to retire. Host Michel Martin speaks with her about ...

The Culture Parlor, led by visionary filmmaker Ayana Morris, unveiled its inaugural mobile art installation, “Don’t Touch My Hair,” at Harriet Tubman Square during the Newark Arts Festival. This ...

Mikki Taylor is beauty editor of Essence magazine. She's also the new host of the TV reality show, Makeover Manor. Farai Chideya talks with Taylor about her philosophy on fashion and how to make the ...

For 30 years, Taylor served as ESSENCE Magazine's groundbreaking Beauty & Cover Director, and is now Editor-at-Large for the publication. In addition, she is the Founder and President of Mikki Taylor ...