GLAM GAP: Celebrity Stylist Neishea Lemle Wants to See More Black Creatives Win
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BET.com s THE GLAM GAP is a weekly video series spotlighting Black entrepreneurs and influencers in the beauty, fashion, and lifestyle space.
Neishea Lemle is seldom seen without the rings that spell out her nickname, “Shay,” on her left hand. She does it for two reasons: because people sometimes have trouble pronouncing her full first name (sounds like ‘knee-shay’), and because they’ve become part of her signature style, which she describes as “prissy tomboy chic, with an edge.”
“I started my own magazine, I started a concierge service, I had created an awards show for bloggers, I became a blogger, and I worked as an influencer for several years,” says the biz whiz wife and mother of four, who also decided to revisit the side hustle she’d started at age 16, styling and installing weaves and protective styles for friends and family. Now, enriched by wisdom and experience, Gatlin’s realization of the potential dangers of dipping her clients’ hair into boiling water to secure loose strands and lock in curls led her to launch her first beauty company, Curlkalon Hair Collection, in 2015, before selling it in 2018 after building it into a million dollar business.
InStyle Magazine’s Beauty Director Maya Allen On Filling The Gaps She’s Long Seen In The Industry Share email InStyle Magazine’s Beauty Director Maya Allen On Filling The Gaps She’s Long Seen In The Industry
The beauty powerhouse on co-opted Black creativity, burnout culture and learning how to prioritize herself first.
Published February 10th
When thinking of women, particularly Black women, in the style journalism space,
Maya Allen should be at the top of the list. The beauty director at
InStyle Magazine has climbed the beauty corporate ladder in record time, serving as an inspiration for others yearning to follow in her footsteps, and for those eager to see themselves represented in an industry that has long ignored them. Allen has worked diligently to change images and perceptions, and her impact is being felt far and wide. BET Digital spoke exclusively to Allen about how she juggles it all, and what she