Jacqueline Laurean Yates is a professional writer, editor, creative consultant and best known for her innate passion on covering beauty, fashion, and lifestyle topics.

Jubilant, outgoing, and optimistic are just a few words to describe the congenial personality of Jacqueline. She has conveyed many of these traits through her writing and ability to connect with like-minded people, brands, and companies within the beauty, fashion, food, fitness, and travel industries. Highly regarded for her knowledgeable insight, Jacqueline has an authentic flair for being in the know, keeping up with the latest trends, and creating unique original content.

With the topic of beauty being one of Jacqueline’s first interests, she learned some of the behind-the-scenes culture of the business through her first internship at Pierce Mattie Public Relations where she worked closely with some of their brands and beauty clients. Upon graduation from college, she landed a dream job at ESSENCE Magazine as editorial Beauty Assistant. About three years later, Jacqueline moved on to be the Associate Beauty & Grooming Editor at EBONY Magazine. Through these two phenomenal publications, Jacqueline penned monthly beauty features and enthusiastically contributed to their digital and social media outlets gaining her solid industry relationships and a wider reader following within a few short years. Motivated to push the envelope further, during the fall of 2014, Jacqueline created a beauty & lifestyle blog, http://www.livelovelaurean.com, which focuses on all things beauty and lifestyle with a personalized touch and first person writing style.

Jacqueline’s “can-do” positive work ethic has landed her features as well as collaborations with The Coveteur, Hello Beautiful, Neiman Marcus, and The Little Beet. She has also interviewed celebrities and experts such as actress/singer Tatiana Ali, actress/entrepreneur Tamera Mowery, celebrity makeup artist, Sir Jon, and celebrity hair stylist Ted Gibson.

Jacqueline earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism & Communications from Hampton University and currently splits her time between New York City and New Jersey.

“Let’s just say Yates has a special knack for knowing not only what’s going to be big, but what will actually work––and for skintones beyond just beige, to boot.

- The Coveteur