The forever #joyfull Tracee Ellis Ross

Bold style and extravagant presence – this is how we can describe Tracee Ellis Ross. She is no stranger to the spotlight – a popular actress with Golden Globe, ten million followers on Instagram and her own brand for curly hair – Pattern. And as you probably guessed – she is the daughter of the superstar Diana Ross.

Holy pandemic

“What I’ve realized during this pandemic is that my entire home is my meditation space” – says Tracee Ellis Ross. Her motto before the quarantine was “Work hard and take care of yourself”. These days she decided to switch to “Be easy, be gentle and be joyful”. She is a big believer in self-care. One of the ways she nourishes her soul is to live her life joyfully – night’s rose bath, minimum one or maximum three face masks for 24 hours, beauty nap, virtual sessions of the Tracy Anderson’s method, Christian Louboutin high heels or comfortable Birkenstock slippers… And not to allow the fear of getting older to disturb her:

“What I know is I have only gotten better with age. I think I’m the sexiest I’ve ever been, and I’m almost 50. And I think of the other women who are in this age bracket and beyond, and I think, ‘why was there ever a message of counting us out?’ That seems absurd.”

Tracee Ellis Ross reacts while her mother, Diana Ross, performs during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2019 (Photo by Getty Images)

My second skin

Tracee jokes that her second skin could be her favourite origami dress by Comme des Garcons or satin, lace or cotton robes. But why not a funny terrycloth, too? Yes, you can find it in her wardrobe. Clothing has always been an integral part of her identity, armour or barrier between her and the way people could misinterpret Tracee. Her clothing is a form of creative expression and it brings her immense joy. “ I used to spend so much time trying to be perfect, to get it perfect. But that’s not realistic. Bad feelings come up. There was an element of risk to try something different – to try on the idea of: What if the universe is conspiring for good? Not necessarily mine, but what if I don’t have the full picture here? What if this is all OK? And that was the start of a turning point. If you keep putting good stuff in your cup, eventually it overflows. And you’ll be like, ‘Oh, I need a new container.’”

Tracee Ellis Ross accepts the Fashion Icon Award on stage for the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards (Photo by Getty Images)

Ode to the curly hair

The popular actress likes to say that her journey to self-acceptance can be chronicled through her journey with her hair. “My hair has played a role throughout my life. I didn’t understand it so I tried everything under the sun to make it do what I thought it should”. Years later, believing that good hair days were right, not a happy coincidence, Tracee decided to develop her own curly hair brand “Pattern”. The first ideas for Pattern raised in 2008. It takes more than ten years to complete her concept because at that time the beauty industry didn’t see the need to do anything for the “curly society”. Nowadays the brand is very popular among curly goddess. “Talking the time to accept, understand and love my hair mirrors the relationship I have with myself. I have grown to love and appreciate my hair in all of its seasons. Because hair love is self -love”.

Tracee Ellis Ross attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones on February 09, 2020 (Photo by Rich Fury/VF20/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)