Category: Product Comparisons

Photo: Ah-Shí Beauty founder, Ahsaki Báá. By India Espy-Jones ·Updated October 14, 2024 < /> Traditions founded in native ancestry are often repackaged into the latest trends– beauty rituals included. However, most Indigenous-owned beauty brands– and founders– do not get the visibility or credit they deserve for being the trendsetters they are.  For one, Moskehtu […]

This post is sponsored by PATTERN Beauty but the opinions are all my own. When I first started Afrobella in 2006, I couldn’t have imagined the growth the natural hair industry would have. I couldn’t have imagined the wonderful changes to come. If someone told me in 2006 that celebrities I liked and looked up… […]

Courtesy of Naomi Sharon By India Espy-Jones ·Updated October 11, 2024 < /> From a young age, Dutch singer Naomi Sharon could see her future. “Around three or four I was already intrigued by music,” Sharon tells ESSENCE. “If I saw someone on TV, I would be like, ‘oh, that’s going to be me.’ I […]

By Celeste Polanco ·Updated October 11, 2024 < /> Latinx Heritage Month is a time to celebrate Hispanic culture. In addition to commemorating Hispanic people, places, foods, etc.—it is also a moment to acknowledge the barriers we oppose and strive to break through. The beauty industry is one of the many areas where the Hispanic […]