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11 May

Camille Rose Naturals Adds Body, Skin-care Products

Camille Rose Naturals is branching beyond the multicultural hair section. The brand is thought for hair products for girls with natural and curly hair — which, in its retail partners, sit within the ethnic hair aisle. But with its late-December debut of facial soap, body collection and Superfood Vitamins at Goal, Camille Rose will soon be available in the market for all demographics. Camille Rose Super Foods “We don’t want to only sit within the hair category, we wish to branch out,” said Janell Stephens, the brand’s founder. “Camille Rose is a total-wellness variety of brand — we began with hair, but we've so rather more to supply.” For Camille Rose, the long run includes launching its Garden Collection, which incorporates Tamanu,...
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2 Mar

Wakanda Eternally’ Lead Hairstylist, Camille Friend, Talks Showcasing Black

When the time to start filming for “Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally” rolled around in 2020, the very first thing director Ryan Coogler did was take the film’s solid and crew to go to Chadwick Boseman’s gravesite.  “Something magical happened there,” said Camille Friend, lead hairstylist for the “Black Panther” film series. “We got to wish and dance and sing, there have been drummers — I feel that moment healed everybody’s heart and allowed us to be like, ‘OK, we’re going to make ‘Wakanda Eternally’ — we’re going to do that for Chadwick.’” Boseman, who passed away in August 2020 resulting from stage-four colon cancer, played the titular role of the Black Panther, or T’Challah, within the series’ first film, which premiered in...
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28 Oct

Exclusive: Victoria Monét & Latto Are Camille Rose’s Newest

Photo: Courtesy of Camille Rose. Camille Rose founder Janell Stephens has all the time moved with intentionality. This was the case from when she began making products in her kitchen for her eczema-prone kids in 2011, to now having best sellers just like the Algae Deep Conditioner or their Spiked Honey Mousse. But this journey surely hasn’t all the time been a straightforward one. “So many individuals wanted to vary my ingredients and make the products into something that wasn’t so natural,” Stephens tells ESSENCE. “I made sure I didn’t allow that to occur.” Trusting her gut can also be what led her to, as of today, partner with two icons within the making: rapper Latto, and singer and the ESSENCE...
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8 Jun

True Religion, Camille Rose and More Brands Celebrating Juneteenth

Getty Images Even though it was declared a federal holiday just two years ago, Juneteenth has been celebrated by many Black families for generations.  Because the longest-running African American holiday within the country, the symbolic date, June 19, represents the emancipation of enslaved people within the U.S. With the vacation finally getting the broader recognition it deserves, brands are beginning to conceptualize ways to honor it in a respectful way, whether that be creating exclusive products that talk to Juneteenth’s history or donating money to organizations that help the Black community. Here, WWD lists a number of the brands doing special things to have fun Juneteenth in 2023, with more updates to come back. Read on for more. True Religion True Religion has joined forces...
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