Beauty

Who Is Sleeping Beauty on Mount Everest?

5 days ago Shirley P. Olin

FRANCYS Arsentiev became the first woman from the US to reach the summit of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen, but she died during the descent.

The Hawaii native was 40 at the time of her death.

Francys Arsentiev

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Francys Arsentiev

Who Is Sleeping Beauty on Mount Everest?

Francys Arsentiev, not an experienced climber, would tragically become known as Sleeping Beauty on Mount Everest following her tragic death in 1998.

Arsentiev and her husband Sergei, a skilled and experienced climber, both attempted to tame Everest without the help of suppemental oxygen.

Both of them would make it to the peak, but Francys Arsentiev died on her way down.

Sergi Arsentiev made it all the way down, but had become separated from his wife.

Mount Everest

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Mount EverestCredit: Getty Images – Getty

He would die during a desperate attempt to find his wife.

Other climbers would come across Francys Arsentiev as she lay

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Bephies Beauty Supply is a brand for the unapologetically Black

1 week ago Shirley P. Olin

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If you’re on the search for a new Black-owned brand to add to your roster, Bephies Beauty Supply is a brand you need to know.

The brand — brainchild of designer Beth Birkett Gibbs — is Gibbs’ Bephie brand paired with various offerings by Los Angeles creatives, specifically women, POC and LGBTQIA+ people.

Bephies Beauty Supply was founded in 2020 out of a “desire to involve [the] community in the tangible elements of [Black] culture by highlighting unique brands founded by WOC artists and entrepreneurs who are redefining beauty and fashion as vivid, powerful and individual,” according to the site.

Now on Nordstrom, the brand is

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Beth Birkett of Bephies Beauty Supply on Running a Small Business

3 weeks ago Shirley P. Olin

Women running their own companies? We love to see it. In our monthly series Small Business Spotlight, we chat with independent fashion entrepreneurs about their journey to be-your-own-boss status. Here, tips for raising funds, developing a marketing strategy, navigating social media, and more—straight from women who have done it themselves.

Beth Birkett is no stranger to the fashion industry: She is a costume designer, a creative director, the co-owner of the iconic Los Angeles streetwear store Union with her husband, Chris Gibbs, and the founder of Bephie, an ultra-cool women’s streetwear line. Instead of baking bread when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the fashion girl took a leap into yet another space: Beauty. She evolved Bephie into Bephies Beauty Supply, an online retailer that serves as an inclusive marketplace for clothing, beauty, house wares, and more, that supports the work of Black women and those in the LGBTQ+ community.

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Beauty supply store owner opens doors for other Black entrepreneurs

3 weeks ago Shirley P. Olin

Beauty shop owner bringing new life to businesses

She’s what’s right with Tampa Bay

TAMPA, Fla. – A woman who never lost focus of her dream to own her own business achieved her goal through hard work and passion. Her story of perseverance is a tribute to Black heritage and is what’s right with Tampa Bay.

For Pamela Thompson, her beauty supply store, My Shade and Texture, has special meaning.

“It’s more than just a name. It’s an affirmation for women and men who look like me, to love your shade and texture,” she explained. 

Thompson was born and raised in Miami and graduated from Florida Memorial University with a degree in psychology in 2006. She worked as a crisis counselor and a case manager, and then spent more than 10 years working at the U.S. District Court.

But she couldn’t let her dream of being an entrepreneur out

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Princess Diana Was a Style Icon, But We Need to Talk About Her Beauty Looks Too

3 weeks ago Shirley P. Olin

The Telegraph

10 wonderful walks in the Peak District, England’s answer to Middle Earth

White Peak and Dark Peak; their names sound like two warring kingdoms on Middle-earth. One can be found in the lush, green south of the Peak District, with its valleys, broadleaved woodlands, wild-flower grasslands and limestone caves, while the other dwells in the northern uplands, famous for its windswept moors and gritstone crags. In reality, these are the two main sections of the Peak District National Park, which, having become the UK’s first national park in 1951, is poised to celebrate its 70th birthday. Very different, they both make for inspirational walking. The White Peak area offers gentler walks in limestone valleys, with Dovedale and Monsal Dale among popular destinations. The footpaths are well-maintained and the atmospheric villages, with their limestone cottages and cosy pubs, are the perfect base for a walking holiday. Dark Peak, as

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Texas governor praises DeSoto beauty supply store owner in speech

4 weeks ago Shirley P. Olin

Lynn’s Beauty Depot opened during the pandemic. Gov. Abbott described the small Black-owned business as a lifeline to other entrepreneurs.

DESOTO, Texas — A new beauty supply shop in North Texas is getting recognized for its owner’s determination and decision to open during the pandemic. 

Lynn’s Beauty Depot opened at 1488 N. Hampton Road in Desoto in June 2020. It’s the first Black-owned, veteran-owned and woman-owned beauty supply store in the city. 

“We took a huge chance,” said owner Rodesia Scott.

Scott, a U.S. Navy veteran, said she took a risk opening a business during a time when coronavirus was forcing other shops to close. 

Governor Gregg Abbott and his team heard about the entrepreneur’s efforts.

“Rodesia opened a brick and mortar beauty supply store in the middle of a pandemic,” said Abbott. 

The governor highlighted Scott and other Texans during his State of the State address this week. 

“She

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