BEAUTY & LIFESTYLE

It’s her depth, foundation, cultural being and experiences wrapped in demonstration and story-telling that encompasses the soul of a woman. It’s her intrinsic nature, her essence that breeds generational tradition – old and new.

My mommy is a prissy, prissy poo. You know, the type that you can't imagine burping, even as an infant, when burping is fashionable, or at least expected. She is the type that would never laugh loudly enough in a restaurant to be heard by guests sitting in an adjoining booth. She knows all the rules for proper etiquette and uses them religiously. In comparison to me, mom probably surpasses perfection.

It was the lipstick that first caught my attention – red but with a compromising orange blend. It popped, hinting that her personality would be as bold and electric as her lipstick suggested.

That’s Chaundria Singleton on the left, sitting with her life-size cut out, Rachel, who bears a striking resemblance to her. Chaundria is a first-time author of a children’s book, Rachel the Radiographer.