The Oscars is the pinnacle of award season: exclusive, prestigious, and more formal than any award shows that come before it. Where VMAs and Grammys looks lean edgy and at times outrageous, Oscars ...

Fenix’s inaugural exhibition “All Directions” lives up to its name, presenting the ugly and the possible alike: the burdens of exile, the sacrifices of leaving, the gamble of chance.

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Karisma Kapoor served up a beauty look that was sleek, sculpted and fully in control. Her lips wore a cool-toned matte. The ...

On the basketball star’s 50th birthday, ESSENCE takes a look back at all the stellar braid moments that started trends on the ...

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Emerging from discarded cans, strung across a salvaged frame and coiling to make a vessel -- hair, specifically Black hair, ...

A Toledo summer camp is helping young black girls love who they are inside and out.

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