Style, Beauty & Life Lessons From My Mother

This Mother’s Day, we celebrate women through a conversation exploring the style, beauty, and life lessons that we’ve learned from our mothers.

My mother, Dr. Marcia Bailey, devoted her life to her family from the moment she discovered she was pregnant with her first child at the age of 21. On this podcast episode, we discuss adjusting to motherhood, embracing beauty through all stages of life, and the importance of bouncing back from life’s hurdles.

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Building A Legacy Of Impact With Fine Jewelry Designer Symone Currie

Every entrepreneurial story has its hills and valleys, but the journey to a profitable fine jewelry brand is incredibly steep. Engineer-turned-designer, Symone Currie, knows this all too well, yet she is determined to take up space within an industry that has been kept tight for so long.

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Curating The Life You Want With Alexandra Berrocal

Between the grand pivot of 2020 and today, Alexandra has managed to redefine herself by diving deeper into her passions. She hasn’t merely been curating gorgeous vintage goods through her store, Pretty Place Happy Face, but she is also curating a daily rhythm for herself that integrates the things she loves with a lifestyle of creativity and flow.

I knew that I had to have her on the podcast to learn how she went from footwear design to working as a hand model and launching her vintage store full of chic glassware and home goods.

Click below to listen to the full episode and read the key takeaways from our conversation.

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Season 2, Episode 1: Personal Tea: I'm Engaged! Alexander Wang Allegations & 2021 Affirmations

We're back with Season 2! In this episode, we discuss staying optimistic for the new year in spite of 2020's disappointment. We also have industry tea time , I share my personal engagement story, and also give the blueprint to trading new year’s resolutions for new year’s affirmatons

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Episode 10: Man Repeller is GONE + How to be Productive No Matter What

If you’ve ever wondered how to stay calm when you’re feeling anxious or how to be productive under pressure this episode is for you!


News Highlights:
— Women’s lifestyle publication, Man Repeller, has closed down for good!

— Bobbi Brown is launching a new makeup brand called Jones Road

— Supreme has sold for 2.1 billion dollars to VF Corp (the owners of Vans, Timberland, and North Face)

Key Takeaways:

  1. You have to be spiritually grounded in something larger than yourself

  2. Take care of your space

  3. Don’t string negative incidents together

  4. Slow down, but don’t stop

  5. Learn how to say NO

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Episode 8: Out With the Old for Fall: How to Build a Wardrobe You Love

In this episode, we discuss the shedding that comes with fall, and also how to build a wardrobe that you love. Check out the episode and download a FREE PDF shopping guide, to help you build a closet full of clothing that will fit your lifestyle.

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Episode 7: How to Stay Inspired + Nicolette Camille of Base Butter Talks Beauty & Side Hustling

In this episode, Kindra Moné gives some practical tips on how to stay inspired before diving into an encouraging conversation with Nicolette Camille of skincare brand, Base Butter.

Nicolette mentions some favorite products and Kindra shares what’s latest in the worlds of beauty, media, and fashion week.

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Episode 6: Fashion Week Favorites & 10 Reason's Why You're Not "There" Yet

In this episode Kindra talked about her favorite moments so far from this year’s digital New York Fashion Week and also gave 10 reasons why you haven’t accomplished your goals.

Industry news spotlights include:

  1. Adeam and Alice + Olivia digital runway presentations

  2. Tiffany & Co is suing LVMH for pulling out a $16.2 Billion deal

  3. Can computer light cause early aging? Beauty brands are capitalizing off of blue light protection.

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Episode 5: Betting on Yourself & Harlem Fashion Row

We talked with Chelsea Williams of College LLC about taking the leap from corporate VP to business owner and employer.

This week's Fashion Industry Tea:

CFDA announces Runway 360 for a digital New York Fashion Week

Harlem Fashion Row will debut a digital documentary-style award show and runway presentation for fashion week

Designers collaborate to launch Believe in Better Collection for Joe Biden's campaign merch. Shop here.

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Episode 4: Africa is Next & My Beauty Closet Is Black

In this Tea & Biscuits episode (more style, less soul) Kindra Moné briefly offers advice on rest and shares her black-owned beauty favorites.

Fashion news includes: the rise of the African luxury e-commerce market, Baby Phat enters the beauty sphere, and Victoria's Secret makes changes in response to a downward spiral.

Black owned beauty favorites include:

KNC Beauty

Beauty Strike

Base Butter

Shea Moisture

NaturAll Club

Follow @thestylingsoul for more.


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Episode 3: The Art of Contentment, Hope, & September VOGUE

In this episode, Kindra reflects on contentment and shares laughs with childhood friend & homemaker, Hope Frazier, as they discuss manifesting the life that you want.

This week's fashion news includes: Vogues September covers and 15% diversity pledge, the influx of celebrity beauty brands, and Governor Cuomo's fashion week announcement.

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Episode 2: Diary of A Bad Employee: Self Reflection & Telfar Bags

In this episode, we explore the art of self reflection. Namely, through Kindra's own personal diary of the ups and downs of her career in fashion and fashion media.

We also talk industry tea, like e-commerce's effect on the environment, Pat McGrath's lipstick collaboration with Supreme, and Telfar Clemens' groundbreaking pre-sale of the Telfar Bag.

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Episode 1: Fashion Tea & Getting Started with Savonne Anderson of Aya Paper Co

In the first ever episode of the StylingSOUL podcast, Kindra Moné sits down with SaVonne Anderson of Aya Paper Co to talk about getting started. Before we dive deep into the soul conversation, we also serve up some light industry tea covering fashion industry news, including Beyonce's Black is King styled by Zerina Akers, COVID-19's affect on retail brands, and big wins from Anifa Mvuemba of Hanifo Co and Jason Rembert's new resort collection, Aliette.


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