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17 Sep

EXCLUSIVE: Glossier Teams Up With WNBA For Latest Lip

EXCLUSIVE: Glossier Teams Up With WNBA For Latest Lip
Courtesy of Glossier Throughout the 2024 Paris Olympics, the world’s biggest brands bet on athlete partnerships to call beauty to the forefront of sports. Ahead of the curve nevertheless, Glossier staked their claim with USA’s WNBA well before the trend, because the division’s first-ever beauty partner back in 2020. Now, the 2 are teaming up for a campaign in celebration of three latest Glossier Lip Gloss shades—bronze, brown, and pink—marking them as the most recent athlete-approved must-haves on and off the court. “The WNBA and Glossier are leading the conversation across the intersection of beauty and sports,” Glossier’s VP of product development Emily Trillaud tells ESSENCE. “We wish to vary how the world thinks about beauty and champion female empowerment.” With...
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17 Sep

Created For Our Community, Designed Just For You –

Created For Our Community, Designed Just For You –
The newest innovation in facial cleanser in greater than 20 years is finally here! And it was made possible by a team of scientists and clinicians dedicated to elevating the science behind Olay while closing the STEM gap for ladies and ladies of color world wide. That’s why their labs are full of a various team of scientists and engineers that work together to bring Olay products to life. Greater than half of Americans today are multicultural—and other people with more melanin wealthy skin produce 3x more sebum than those with lighter skin-tones. So, Olay Principal Scientist, Dr. Rolanda Wilkerson, and the Olay team desired to be sure that the subsequent generation of facial cleanser could provide a tremendous experience while...
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16 Sep

MAC Celebrates Their History—And Legacy With Black Women—For Their

MAC Celebrates Their History—And Legacy With Black Women—For Their
Arnaldo Magnani / Getty Images Since 1984, MAC Cosmetics has had a perpetual hold on the Black community, delivering the tools and shade ranges we wanted. Think: their annual VIVA Glam Ball—which invited full-glam guests like Mary J. Blige, Eve, Fantasia, Diana Ross, etc. Moreover, their backstage presence at fashion weeks over time, with supermodels Naomi Campbell and Iman, MAC has proven to be the makeup behind popular culture’s biggest beauty moments in history—including Lil’ Kim’s archival metallic lipstick. VIVA GLAM III ambassador Lil Kim poses with lip kissed male models. Event took place at Mr. Chow’s restaurant in Recent York. (Photo by Steve Eichner/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images) Now, as we rejoice their fortieth anniversary within the midst of Fashion Week...
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12 Sep

Your Favorite Beauties Were Front Row At Willy Chavarria’s

Your Favorite Beauties Were Front Row At Willy Chavarria’s
Getty Images / Gilbert Flores Just months ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election (and days before the primary Harris-Trump debate), one in all Latest York’s buzziest designers Willy Chavarria gave us a seat on the table for his SS25 show. Held in the town’s financial district—across from the Trump constructing and NYSE—his latest collection titled “América” referenced each traditional codes and the wonder in diverse humanity. From squared Grace Jones hair shapes and barbed wire braids to a masculine skin finish with leather eyeliner, the large 65-look show unified minority communities. “It looks like the variety we would really like to see sitting on the table here in America,” hairstylist Joey George tells ESSENCE.  Paloma Elsesser backstage at Willy Chavarria RTW Spring 2025...
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