Jestina Howard

Jestina Howard (born 1969) is the owner of Aware Cosmetics and serves on the board of Catalyst 4 Birmingham.

Howard has a degree in fashion merchandising and a certificate from the Barbara Salamone Conservatory of Esthetics in Chicago. She has worked for over 15 years as a professional makeup artist doing work for a variety of clients including Birmingham magazine, People magazine, Saks, Inc., WBRC-6, CBS Sports, and MTV. For several years she worked in Fashion and Special Events for Parisian's corporate office.

In July 2007 Howard appeared alongside 18 other young women in Ebony Magazine's annual feature on eligible bachelorettes. She was photographed by Chris McNair for the feature.

References

• "Birmingham’s own, featured as one of Ebony Magazine’s 2007 Bachelorettes." (June 21, 2007) Birmingham Times.
• "Meet the Birmingham makeup artist creating a cosmetic empire in the Magic City" (June 21, 2016) Birmingham Business Journal

External links

• Justina Howard bio at Aware Cosmetics website