Black Professionals Network Honors Black Men at Annual Excellence Mixer
February 29, 2024
Black Professionals Network (BPN) Los Angeles Chapter held its annual Black Men in Excellence Mixer on Feb. 21, at The Gathering Spot.
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From Lena Horne to Beyoncé, Universal College of Beauty School produces stylists to the stars
January 19, 2023
Celebrity hairstylist Tiffanie Dixon grew up mingling with young Hollywood while attending Beverly Hills High School, but for lessons in glamour, fashion and style, she drove to the Crenshaw District, where she later enrolled at the historic Universal College of Beauty. Dixon would go on to become Whitney Houston’s longtime hair stylist, graduating in the same 1991 class with Kim Kimble, whose work with stars like Beyoncé led to her own multi-season reality TV show. For four generations, over nearly 100 years, the family-owned Universal College of Beauty has turned out star stylists and beauty gurus by teaching the art of