Hello, this is Brooke Devard and you're listening to the Naked Beauty

podcast. Today's episode is going to be a little bit different because I was

asked to do something a little bit different.

A few weeks ago I had an incredible offer from a magazine called 54 magazine.

54 is a relatively new magazine, but it's considered the Mecca of African culture.

The pages of 54 mag share with the world the art, culture, talent, and luxury that exists

throughout the African diaspora.

And why is it called 54?

Because there are 54 countries in Africa.

So their editor-in-chief and Sabrina Elba

actually both approached me to write the cover story

for their new issue.

They wanted me to basically shadow Sabrina Elba

and do a deep dive on the work that she's doing

with her skin care lab, Sable Labs,

but just a profile on her in general.

Now, as someone that grew up on magazines

and loved reading magazines and magazine interviews,

I was like, I can do this.

That was my first thought.

I can do this.

But then I realized I have never written a cover story for a magazine before, but I had interviewed Sabrina and as you all know I've been interviewing people for eight years on this podcast. I was also an English major, so I was like I know how to write you know that

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