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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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17 Apr

Stop and Smell the Roses, with Floral Street’s Michelle

Flowers have been utilized in fragrances because the precedent days, when plant-based ingredients like blooms, leaves, and resins were blended to create scented oils. Michelle thinks the time has come to offer traditional florals the fashionable upgrade they deserve. She’s no stranger to innovation. Starting out in PR, she worked with the pioneering women who built the London fashion scene. She launched Tommy Hilfiger’s first-ever fragrance, helped lead MAC Cosmetics to change into the most important makeup brand on the earth, and created beauty products that went on to change into cult classics. On this episode, Michelle sits down with Heather Hyatt, who runs social media at Scentbird. She tells the story of the inspiration behind her fragrances, including an iconic...
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