This story is featured in our March/April 2025 Beauty issue. You can subscribe to the magazine here. My hair journey and my life journey are practically one and the same. As a child growing up in ...

We want to feel something in the bedroom, am I right, ladies? Some women are craving for more passionate sex but have a hard time naming it. “Typically, when people talk about intense sex, they ...

“Beauty has played it safe in the last couple of years,” makeup artist Raisa Flowers tells ESSENCE. But as we transition into spring, she’s hoping to see bold extremes and fearless ...

Candian singer-songwriter k.d. lang is celebrating the release of her 1992 sophomore album Ingénue with a Legacy Auction in collaboration with the Realest. The online auction offers fans and ...

And she’s not alone. ESSENCE caught up with a few Black women to find out why, for them, moving to Dubai has been an empowering journey of self-discovery, resilience, and their ultimate flex.

Say “hello” to the new Formex Essence Ceramica Skeleton COSC Automatic 41mm. Yes, that’s a mouthful, but it only scratches the surface of yet another spec beast from Formex. With this release, Formex ...

Though winter still lingers, the recent hint of warmer days has fashion enthusiasts like myself eagerly anticipating the spring fashion trends that are sure to take over streets and storefronts.

In a time when democracy and its core tenants, including voting rights, are under direct threat, it’s more important than ever to recognize the Black women on the frontlines, fighting every day ...

Then there’s the price – the flagship Essence Hybrid+ on test here still comes in comfortably cheaper than a mid-spec Yaris. What’s not to love, right? Well, potential buyers are still likely to be ...

The following 211 students have been nominated for the 2025 Artist of the Year in theater by teachers and private instructors ...

Eileen Bennett, who has died aged 105, was known to George Formby fans as his love interest in the 1942 comedy Much Too Shy and, during the war, played the ingénue lead, from 1942 to 1945, at the ...