NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 04: GloRilla performs onstage during Day 1 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 04, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

When you step foot into Mielle’s Essence Festival pop-up, AKA the Beauty Rewind Salon, you’re instantly transported back to the ’90s. In other words, you’re reunited with your roots and empowered to ...

From taking nature walks to being present, experts honor Women's History Month with their favorite wellness practices.

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“AI is here — let’s not be afraid of it,” said Josette Gbemudu, Associate Vice President of Patient Health Innovation at Merck & Co., during a forward-thinking panel at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of ...

Every July, New Orleans transforms into the epicenter of Black culture, music, and empowerment as hundreds of thousands descend upon the city for ESSENCE Festival of Culture. As an editor at ESSENCE, ...

As the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture comes to a close, the third and final day of Beautycon is a test on all the beauty lessons we’ve learned so far. First, Delina Medhin’s It Takes A Village ...

The girls are outside this summer. Whether that means on a hike, going to Essence Festival, in the club, or preferably a combination of both, our beauty bags should be prepped for anything. As many of ...

Lip liner, scalp scrub, and fragrance—these products are the foundation of our ESSENCE editors New York fashion week beauty bags. As one of the busiest times for editors, our Style team is ...

Day two of the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture‘s Beautycon stage picked up with a special beauty edition of Hunter Harris and Peyton Dix’s Lemme Say This podcast, bringing real and unfiltered ...