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UZIMA Is The New Luxury Scalp Care Brand For Textured Hair
Founded by Leona Dondi, UZIMA– meaning “full of life” in Swahili– is the latest hair and scalp treatment brand on the market for textured hair....
EADEM Is Now Available In All Sephoras Nationwide
When EADEM founders Marie Kouadio Amouzame and Alice Lin Glover set out to launch their brand in 2021, they weren’t expecting its quick growth. Since...
ICYMI: 12 Celebrity Beauty Looks From The Week
As we take the weekend to plan our upcoming beauty looks, we’re taking notes from a few of last week’s celebrity beauty moments. It’s safe...
I Received A Facial From Meghan Markle’s Esthetician– Here’s How It Went
Recently, I went to see the royal family’s esthetician, Deborah Mitchell, for a facial. Mitchell’s London-based clinic, Heaven, is known for been venom facials. She...
Suite Eleven Is Flatbush’s Newest Luxury Nail Salon
After four years of selling top notch, vegan friendly nail polishes and working with major designers like Sergio Hudson, Suite Eleven founder, Ari Smith, has...
How Cyndia Harvey Prioritized Hair Health During London Fashion Week
For Cyndia Harvey, hairstyling is a form of artistic escapism. Harvey– who grew up in her mother’s hair salon in London– began doing hair professionally...
Kelly Rowland Shares Her Top Self-Care Tips At Beautycon Day 2
“I’m excited to be at Beautycon today because it’s a new space and it’s Black-owned,” Kelly Rowland tells ESSENCE moments before heading on stage for...
Sabrina Elba Is Prioritizing Ethically Sourced Ingredients With S’ABLE Labs
What exactly do beauty brands mean when they say “healthy skin”? The internet’s favorite esthetician, Sean Garrette, unpacked this at the “Healthy Skin Is a...
Beautycon’s “Texture On The Runway” Was A Front Row Seat To A Celebration Of Black Hair
As ESSENCE’s Content Director, Nandi Howard, explained at Beautycon’s “Texture on the Runway” show, textured hair is often excluded from the luxury fashion world. That...
Tia Mowry Is Defining What Beauty Means For Herself
As Tia Mowry said during the Defining Beauty 4U panel at Beautycon yesterday, “it’s about damn time” for hair brands to embrace and properly nourish...