#ESSENCEApproved Have fun the Holiday Season with These Black-Owned

29 Dec

Goal Here at ESSENCE, we launched a recent article series entitled #ESSENCEApproved. In these monthly-themed articles, the women of Black Girl Magic headquarters share their favorite Black-owned products that you simply oughta learn about. For November’s #ESSENCEApproved article, Pietrina Love, Director of Sales Activations at ESSENCE, shares how she’s preparing to have fun the vacation season together with her family members. Hey, ESSIES! I’m excited to share my very own Black-owned holiday gift guide. Gift-giving is my love language, and I take personal pride in introducing my family and friends to Black-owned brands. Nevertheless, my annual struggle is refraining from keeping the gifts for myself! Listed below are a couple of of my faves: Goal Fresh Pawz Death Row Logo Hoodie Our family’s Standard Poodle was...

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26 Dec

These slimy, sticky photos have fun feminine sensuality

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These slimy, sticky photos have fun feminine sensuality

“Turned on and inspired to embrace your femininity” is how Johanna Nyholm hopes you're feeling after seeing her latest series of images. In a gooey, sticky shoot, the photographer teamed up with stylist Louise Carmel Hall, make-up artist Verity Cumming and hair stylist Carolina Crona to capture sensuality from a female perspective. “In an effort to be sure that this didn’t turn into a daily beauty shoot with flowers we desired to contrast the femininity and produce a component of oddness to the shoot,” says Nyholm. “We decided to do that by dripping and dipping the flowers in products to create this slimy, gelly and wet appearance onto Tabitha’s skin.” To intensify model Tabitha’s skin and body, and make it look glossy...

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25 Dec

8 ways to have a good time Samhain, AKA

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The Halloween we have a good time today has change into a busy race of binge consumption, Instagrammable costumes and blow-out parties. Within the US, it’s a $10 billion dollar industry, a season of lucrative corporate profit. As we return to the passion of pre-pandemic life, most households will engage in a ritual of some sort, whether that’s anointing their home with frightful lawn statues, dressing up or handing out treats. Nevertheless, this cross-continental holiday and its roots long precede capitalism – and even Christianity. THE ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN For some, October 31 is well known because the Witches’ Recent Yr, still acknowledged as a strong spiritual milestone. It is claimed to be when the veils between the earth plane and the...

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21 Dec

Ray-Ban Partners With Elsewhere To Have a good time

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Ray-Ban Partners With Elsewhere To Have a good time

Courtesy of Brand Block the sun in color and style with Ray-Ban’s latest sunglasses collection, the Colorblock Collection. For the brand new collection, Ray-Ban reintroduces one among its original silhouettes, the ‘Wayfarer’, in a vibrant, special edition. The fun designs were inspired by summer and of the season’s hottest trends, color blocking. Since Ray-Ban’s early days, the ‘Wayfarer’ has been a logo of youth culture – from the rock revolution within the ‘60s, the art scene within the ‘80s, the forefront of ‘90s hip-hop culture and now the colourful face lift is prompting a latest age takeover in 2022. Along with being offered in an array of colours, the classic frame has been revamped with two premium lens options: chromance lenses with...

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