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  • Celebrate Your Curls & Coils

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    By Noel Cody ·Updated July 11, 2022

    Get ready to let your texture inspire you! You already know that Aveda can help define your waves, curls, coils, and natural texture with powerful products made just for you—but they are taking it up a level with an event you don’t want to miss!

    Aveda invites you to celebrate your texture with a special event dedicated to all you curly girls

  • 3 Reasons Entrepreneurs Need Life Insurance

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    By Noel Cody ·Updated July 8, 2022

    When you think about life insurance, your first thought is probablyprotecting your family. We’ve all heard how important it is—after all, life insurance can make sure your loved ones are cared for in the event you pass away. But what about your other baby—your business?

    If you’re a small business owner or solopreneur, there are three morereasons you might want to consider life insurance.

    Expect the

  • 5 Things You Need to Know about Life Insurance

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    By Noel Cody ·Updated July 8, 2022

    Benefits can start now and extend beyond life, check out these top 5 things you need to know about life insurance.

    1) There are different kinds of life insurance. Term life is the mostcommon—and generally the most affordable—it covers you for a settime. Whole life builds value based on a set schedule—you can take aloan or make a withdrawal from your policy when you need

  • Just Your Period Or Could It Be Fibroids?

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    By Noel Cody ·Updated July 8, 2022

    Having a couple of heavy flow days when you start your period is totallynormal—but if you find yourself avoiding white jeans during your cycle, itmight be more than you’re your period.

    You’ve probably heard of uterine fibroids—after all, the National Library ofMedicine says 26 million women in the U.S. have been diagnosed withuterine fibroids. And according to a study by Michigan University, Blackwomen have a

  • ESSENCE x Grey Goose ESSENCES: Toast to Black Fashion

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    By Essence ·Updated July 5, 2022

    Catch-up on all the hot summer trends with ESSENCE Beauty & Style editor Blake Newby, Style influencer Kelà Walker and Spirits influencer, Michelle Sprott; as the ladies’ toast to Black Fashion.The ladies discuss all the fashionable trends for the summer while toasting with Grey Goose Essences.

    The post ESSENCE x Grey Goose ESSENCES: Toast to Black Fashion appeared first on Essence.

  • Meet the Top 5 Finalists

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    By Noel Cody ·Updated July 5, 2022

    Sponsored by AVEENO®

    This article is brought to you by the AVEENO® Skin Health Start UpAccelerator. Filled with helpful resources, this entrepreneurial hub is partof AVEENO’s commitment to creating a more diverse and inclusive industryto impact the health and beauty of all skin.

    In support of Black female entrepreneurs, ESSENCE and AVEENO® havebrought back the AVEENO® SKIN HEALTH STARTUP ACCELERATOR for a second year. This pitch

  • Live in Vegas

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    By Noel Cody ·Updated June 30, 2022

    So, what are your summer plans? BBQs and beach days are great ways to celebrate the season, but if you really want to take it to the next level, then you’ve got to see what’s happening in Las Vegas.

    The hottest Black artists, from Usher to John Legend to Lionel Richie, and more, are all live on stage—and you don’t want to miss

  • Stand Up for Black Girls

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    By Noel Cody ·Updated June 30, 2022

    Did you know that Black girls as young as five-years-old face hair discrimination? It’s true—and it’s time it stopped. 

    In a recent Dove study (2021 CROWN Research Study for Girls), 53% of Black mothers whose daughters have experienced hair discrimination say it first started when they were as young as five. In most U.S. states, it is perfectly legal to discriminate against women

  • Artist Jade Meyers talks NFTs, art, and AT&T’s Dream in Black with ESSENCE

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    By Essence ·Updated June 27, 2022

    Black art matters. And longtime ESSENCE Festival of Color partner, AT&T,knows this. With ESSENCE’s new Tech Summit, AT&T is able to connect with the ESSENCE Fest audience through art, NFTs, and collaboration with Black artists. One way AT&T supports Black artists is with their Dream in Black initiative, which highlights those making waves in their respective industries. One of the creatives that work