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30 Apr

How Tracee Ellis Ross Uplifts The Black Community Through

How Tracee Ellis Ross Uplifts The Black Community Through
Tracee Ellis Ross’ commitment to exalting Black beauty through her hair care brand, Pattern Beauty, is one she spent years ensuring wouldn’t wander away in translation. And it hasn’t. Here, the actor/entrepreneur discusses the facility of a story-backed product, and the worth of harnessing community as a core collaborator. What has your trajectory been like in beauty? It’s been an enormous growth curve. Pattern was 10 years within the making from once I first wrote the brand’s pitch to after we ended up on shelves, and the largest thing that happened in those 10 years was that I honed my vision; I got very specific about what I desired to do, and clear about find out how to articulate that. Since...
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9 Jan

Tracee Ellis Ross Brings The Heat With The Launch

Tracee Ellis Ross Brings The Heat With The Launch
Actress and wonder executive Tracee Ellis Ross lives as much as her middle name, Joy. Although I’ve never met her in person, I could feel her joyous spirit radiating through our Zoom meeting as I witnessed her famous voluminous and bouncy curls take up most of my computer screen as she warmly greeted me from her home’s bathroom. She just finished capturing video content of her hair care routine using PATTERN products for our ESSENCE readers. Ross was in a cheery and upbeat mood, desirous to walk me through PATTERN’s newest update, and I used to be all ears.  The expansion of PATTERN is personal to Ross, as she has an intimate relationship along with her hair, which could be described...
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21 Dec

Tracee Ellis Ross Turns Heads With Bikini Pictures In

Tracee Ellis Ross Turns Heads With Bikini Pictures In
Tracee Ellis Ross has long been #goals for lots of us for a lot of reasons. One is how stunning she looks at 50 years old. The Girlfriends and Black-ish star recently posted on Instagram, posing in a bikini makeup-free while on vacation in Jamaica. The actress shared pictures of her getting out of the water and captioned the image with a Jamaican flag. Tracee’s natural juicy and joyful curls looked healthy and plush within the photo, a reminder that Black girls can swim without worrying about their hair.  Although lots of us see Ross’ body as perfection, that isn’t at all times the perception she has of herself. In an interview with Glamour Magazine, Ross opened up about body image.  ...
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23 Sep

Lil Kim, Remy Ma, Rick Ross, Scarface, N.O.R.E. And

Lil Kim, Remy Ma, Rick Ross, Scarface, N.O.R.E. And
On Saturday, Rock The Bells held its first-ever live concert festival in Queens, NY, bringing together classic Hip-Hop acts for a celebration of music and culture for fans of all ages to enjoy. Founded in 2018 by Festival headliner LL Cool J, Rock The Bells has a mission to raise Hip-Hop culture from its roots to the fashionable day via content, commerce and experiential moments. Saturday’s event at Forest Hill stadium far exceeded that goal, with families, fans, and Hip-Hop heads young and old gathered in unison to rap together with artists like Roxanne Shante, Scarface, N.O.R.E., Lil Kim, Ice Cube and plenty of more. Despite sweltering 93-degree temps, 13,000 fans packed out the Queens amphitheater and braved the...
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