Guest Author - Grace D. Dooley

Editorial Desk is a subject that will showcase 2 categories of interest to the editor. These interest will be passed on to you as she continues to write for the Ethnic Beauty site. Their are many places and ways to see beauty and incorporating her insight as to how she sees ethnic beauty is what will be reflected here.

In the redesign of the site this subject will allow me to be a bit more personal and offer some insights into otherwise topics you wouldn't think of yourself. One of the purposes of the site is to educate and to bring awareness to what's going on in the world of beauty for ethnic and multiethnic women.

What's Coming Up or What's Next are articles that takes you behind the scenes of topics being covered on the site. You will find An explanation of the thought process behind the themes and topics I cover. There is a lot of newsworthy events happening around the world involving ethnic people everywhere. This is information you wouldn't normally look up yourself; But would appreciate a little break from the norm every now and then.

From The Editor are inspirational articles that speak to the spirit and soul of ethnic and multiethnic women. Bringing out the beauty from the inside is just as important as bringing out the beauty on the outside. I know there are many beautiful ethnic and multiethnic women out there that really are not happy with them selves or their beauty. Attitude about yourself affects your beauty. And Beauty is also affected by how you really feel about yourself. It is also important to love yourself but many women do not kno where to start. So busy taking care of family community and other things in life, you tend to value other people and things above taking care of yourself. I know I did.

I am one who has learned about loving herself. It was a very hard lesson to learn and I didn't learn it over night. It took time and patience with myself. I had to understand and learn about myself. Apart from everything else in my life I needed to find out who I was. When I discovered who I was my beauty began to shine through more and more. It took a lot of courage to accept myself and all my flaws; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual flaws. I wasted precious time concentrating on the negative and not accentuating the positive. But my time has come to accentuate the positive and minimize the negative by focusing all my energies on the attributes I do behold.

I know there are some of you out there that probably feel the same way, do the same thing and think the same thoughts.

Being ethnic or a woman of color requires different strengths and struggles to live daily life. Different things in a different way, you react to circumstances and situations differently. Accepting the culture you were raised in and the personal development all plays a part in your Beauty. Which is why Ethnic Beauty is more than just addressing the physical parts on the outside but also addressing the unseen parts on the inside.

My mantra for Ethnic Beauty is... a beauty only you posses. It is distinctively and uniquely you. It's your own unique beauty and no one wears your beauty better than you. So strut your stuff and hold your head high. Be comfortable in the warmth of your Beauty.