Mercedes taking a selfie in a light-blue ribbed knit top, big silver hoop earrings and a gold nameplate necklace that reads Mercedes, her bangs streaked with blonde highlights

Style & BeautyNew York

Just Being Mercedes

Mercedes is a New Yorker with a beauty obsession and a corporate career to match. By day she is a senior business strategy leader at L'Oréal and a Spelman College alum, a self-described Corporate Baddie. Off the clock she is a Black Barbie and a cool mom, sharing style and beauty on TikTok and Instagram and rounding up her favorite finds on Amazon, LTK and ShopMy. Beauty pro by day, beauty enthusiast always: she is just being Mercedes.