Makeup artist Raisa Flowers and Rihanna are no strangers. In fact, Flowers was chosen to grace the Savage X Fenty show late last year, the headliner during that iconic scene with “Poetic Justice” ...

Launched in 2022, Relevant Skin coined the tagline “Your Skin Seen.” Since then, its mission has always been to create clean, multitasking-friendly beauty products for melanin-rich skin– such as their ...

Last July, the weather in New Orleans hit a high of 100 degrees. With the 30th ESSENCE Festival of Culture less than a month away (and temperatures expected to reach 91), now’s the time for testing ...

This is your sign to up your glamour. From Kwanzaa and Christmas to celebrating the New Year, the holiday season is the ...

It’s a cloudy day in Los Angeles, but the city’s shining stars brought the light to ESSENCE’s annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards held at Fairmont Century Plaza. For the show’s 18th year, we ...

From Hair Wars to fashion designer trunk shows, the competition between industries’ greatest talent has a rich history. But, for years, makeup artists were left out of the mix. That was, until 2005 ...