For the past month–from New York to Paris– beauty pros have created awe-inspiring looks for highly anticipated runway shows. The spring/summer 2024 season included everything...

Finding the best hair care is a process. At 7 years old, I sat in my mother’s kitchen in Virginia with a Just For Me...

Fashion month has come to a close. Paris Fashion Week– the final city of the Spring-Summer 2024– ended with many surprise celebrities walking the runway...

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) have been doing their Breast Cancer Campaign for 31 years now. In 1992, the company founded the initiative to increase...

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Playwright Jocelyn Bioh’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding isn’t like anything you’ve ever seen on Broadway before. Directed by Whitney White, it’s not only a celebration...

Silk press season is here! With the chillier months that fall and winter bring, we don’t have to worry about sweating out our heat-styled looks...

Erica Chidi has long had a calling for helping women and people feel more comfortable in their bodies. Growing up, “I was always the girl...

Be it in songs like “Act Up” or on the cover of Pop Sugar, City Girls’ JT has long been a trendsetter. But it’s clear...

Since our first issue in May 1970, ESSENCE has been dedicated to uplifting Black women and people. That includes putting inspirational individuals on the cover:...