October 2023

Tracee Ellis Ross doesn’t just put her money where her mouth is. She puts mind, body, heart and soul there, too. The multihyphenate launched Pattern Beauty, hair look after curly, coily and tight-textured hair, in September 2019,  just months before COVID-19 shut the world down and the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a latest social justice movement. But fairly than deter her, for Ross — successful actor, producer, advocate and, now, entrepreneur — who had worked for a decade to bring the brand to life — those events helped catalyze  a fair larger role: becoming a number one voice in beauty for driving meaningful change around inclusivity and equity within the industry. “Tracee is such a magnetic force whose superpower  is inspiring...