Julee Wilson is an award-winning journalist, brand strategist, and the Beauty Editor-at-Large at Cosmopolitan. Previously, she served as Beauty Director at Cosmo, Global Beauty Director at ESSENCE, and held a three-year tenure as ESSENCE’s Fashion & Beauty Director. Wilson also served as the Executive Director of BeautyUnited, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing equity and leadership in the beauty industry. Before that, she spent several years at The Huffington Post, ultimately rising to Senior Fashion & Beauty Editor. Wilson began her career at Real Simple magazine, working her way from assistant to the Editor-in-Chief to Staff Fashion Editor. Her writing has appeared in InStyle, Condé Nast Traveler, The Business of Fashion, and The International Journal of Fashion Studies, among others. Wilson is also the lively host of “Top Beauty Drops” during the Jenna & Friends hour on The Today Show, and has made appearances on CNN, Good Morning America, and the CBS Early Show. She earned her B.A. in Leadership Studies from the University of Richmond and is an alumna of Stanford University’s former Professional Publishing Course. Wilson currently sits on the advisory board of Harlem’s Fashion Row and is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She lives in Harlem, NYC with her brilliant husband, two dope sons, and a massive perfume collection.