With the arrival of a New Year, it’s the perfect time to renew our mindsets, refresh our perspectives and set obtainable goals. In this issue, SHEEN Magazine, the Ultimate in Beauty, dives fully into the themes of revitalization and serenity achievable aspirations with our Wellness Journey. Many times, we feel an extensive amount of pressure when trying to pack all of our New Year goals into one year. It’s exhausting and could be so much more tangible if we made them into a lifestyle, very much like our cover girl, Dreka Gates.
Beauty and wellness guru, Dreka Gates discusses her wellness journey, all while sharing her journey of motherhood and the landscape of her highly coveted DREKA wellness brand.
“It’s not just what you eat or how you care for your skin; it’s also about what you consume mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Wellness is being intentional about what you give your time, energy and body to. Life can get hectic, but it was crucial to create moments for myself to slow down—whether it was journaling, taking a bath or just sitting quietly. Those small pauses helped me reset and stay present, even when a lot is going on.” –DREKA GATES
This issue explores wellness from various angles, including skincare to hair. For our exclusive Beauty Spotlight, Asjia O’Neal gives tips for an active lifestyle and maintaining beauty. Take a tour of beauty for flawless and glowing skin and plenty of exfoliating. Makeup Artist, Karen Jackson shares products to help upgrade your beauty in our Beauty Spotlight.
Taquiela Wright, the illustrious visionary behind Delisa Rose Luxury Lingerie, talks about her new Fantasy Collection and her Paris Fashion Week debut in our exclusive Designer Spotlight; while Stylist, Electra Harris, dishes on her unique ability to create on-trend and timeless looks.
We couldn’t celebrate fashion without going back in time to reminisce about some of the greatest red carpet flashbacks with style icon, Lil’ Kim.
Discover how multi-hyphenate artist John Allen “The Renaissance Man,” redefines storytelling through music and art, while our Mandate, Arrington Foster, opens up about love, vulnerability, and romance. For our Fitness Feature, we sat down with DENISIA to discuss her journey of resilience and musical passion, while Styles P. talks about the transitions from his solo rap career to health advocacy in our exclusive Food Feature. Dr. N’Dea shares her travels around the world, in addition to parenting, and cultural exploration in our inspiring Travel Feature.
Jazz and Lyric Chanel Anderson encourages us to stay motivated while finding light through the darkness with Faith Cade. This time around – we are making our plans simple, and not moving the needle just in January; but all year. Remember how wonderful you are, and keep it on the fast track!
SHEEN Magazine’s January/February 2025 Journey to Wellness issue hits stands on Tuesday, December 17th.
