Corporate-Approved Beauty Advice From Girl Bosses We Admire

The role model: Rakia Reynolds, president and CEO of Skai Blue Media

Everyday beauty essential: It was Raika's hair that had us jealous backstage. The products that keep her curls moisturized are actually from the drugstore. Every day she uses a bit of aloe vera gel and coconut oil to twist up her Afro strands.

Deskside beauty must have: Like any power player, Rakia doesn't leave home without a bold red lipstick. Her favorite — MAC Ruby Woo ($17), duh.

Confidence-boosting secret: "My affirmations that I do every single morning with my kids. I always tell them that they are beautiful, bold, brilliant, powerful, unstoppable, unbeatable, and anything that they want to do is achievable. When I'm telling them that then I believe it myself."

Best advice (ever): "Hire slowly and fire fast."