ESSENCE – Page 6 – Beautifaire

6 Sep

Harlem Fashion Row’s 2024 Show Paid Homage To Retro

Courtesy of Noemie Marguerite One thing we are able to count on Harlem Fashion Row to do is honor Black excellence, beauty, and style. NYFW kicked off the SS25 season with the seventeenth annual fashion show and awards ceremony, founded by Brandice Daniel. The evening honored fashion’s biggest names: Naomi Campbell, Teyana Taylor, Samira Nasr, and Shiona Turini. Not only that, it was a time to highlight latest collections from rising Black designers like Aaron Potts, Nicole Benefield, and LaTouché. To accompany the looks—which ranged from tailored suits to daring maxi skirts— were, in fact, aspirational makeup and hair moments, too. A. Potts Ricky Wilson, celebrity makeup artist, tells ESSENCE that he loves that “individuals are bringing awareness to taking good care of...

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25 Aug

Sierra Mills On Self-Care While Filming Love Island –

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Sierra Mills On Self-Care While Filming Love Island –

courtesy of Sierra Mills As we gear up for the Love Island USA reunion this evening, naturally we’re reflecting on the entire happenings from sixth season of the dating and reality TV show. Throughout the 36-episode season, over 30 Islanders attempted to search out love in a villa in Fiji––Kordell and Serena being the couple to be this season––or else, be dumped off the island. But with any dating show, your appearance on screen is half the job. As a fan favorite for her beauty moments, “I believe physical appearance plays a task on a dating show since it does influence your first impression or initial attraction,” former Islander Sierra Mills tells ESSENCE. Nevertheless, a damp villa within the South Pacific...

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14 Aug

The Realities For Black-Owned Beauty Businesses Post 2020 –

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The Realities For Black-Owned Beauty Businesses Post 2020 –

Courtesy of Sienna Naturals The truth is, running a Black-owned beauty brand is tough. This 12 months, we’ve seen an onslaught of beauty brands shut down, file for bankruptcy, or be sold to acquisitions to stay afloat as a recession looms. Despite many Black beauty brands hitting record numbers in 2020—marked by the George Floyd protests and a rise in 15 percent pledges—the 2024 attack on DEI and a poor economy makes the present reality of minority beauty businesses more bleak now than before. “All the things has turn out to be harder—raising capital, negotiating with retailers, finding authentic influencers, and ensuring we've got the best quality products available on the market at an affordable price,” co-owner of Black Opal Desiree Rogers...

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10 Aug

17 Of Whitney Houston’s Most Iconic Beauty Moments –

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17 Of Whitney Houston’s Most Iconic Beauty Moments –

Dirck Halstead/Getty Images Sixty-one years ago today, Whitney Houston was born. Raised in Latest Jersey with a family stuffed with stars—her two-time Grammy Award-winning mother sang backup for Aretha Franklin and cousin Dione Warwick was a ‘60s pop star—she turned to Chaka Khan records to dial up her angelic notes. Taking a page out of her book for each vocals and wonder, Houston scored a brief modeling profession under Wilhelmenia after being scouted at a performance at Carnegie Hall. Nonetheless beautiful she was: “Too fussy for me,” she told ESSENCE in her 1990 cover story. “You stand there in front of the camera and just grin.” Now, looking back, the scout had an actual eye. In 1984 (a yr before she released...

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