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Disneyland Resort By Patrice Gillespie ·

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By Noel Cody ·Updated June 6, 2023

Meet digital creator, Marissa Kearney. She’s here with tips and picks to help you make the most of a night in with friends this summer in this ESSENCE Guide to Thrive by Target.

Start by picking up a Flip Stick – the perfect solution to capturing content of you & the squad. It has NASA-tested adhesive, so you know it sticks to everything! There’s

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By Noel Cody ·Updated May 30, 2023

Get ready to light up the night with tips from beauty influencer IeshaGilchrist. She’s bringing you the hottest summertime must-haves, head totoe.

When you’re getting ready for a night out with your besties, the ESSENCE Guide to Thrive by Target is where you need to go for inspiration. And you know it all starts with the hair! Iesha keeps her edges neat and

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Visit Philadelphia By Ashley McDonough ·

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Mary Kay By Noel Cody ·Updated May 16, 2023

We’ve got some fun new looks to share, product picks to make it happen, and even how your love of all things beauty could inspire some extra income!

CoquetteTikTok is blowing up with this hyper feminine look. Defined by pinks and doe eyes, this is so not girly, it’s all glam. Sweep on a matte pink shadow, like Mary Kay

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Essence By Ashley McDonough ·Updated May 2, 2023

Calling all women entering the ‘Live Well’ era, you’re going to love it here!

Long gone are the days of Black women overworking and not taking care of ourselves as a result. While women and men alike once put just about everything before their own needs, these days you can’t even scroll through social media without being reminded of how important

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EXPLORE ASHEVILLE By Noel Cody ·

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Essence By Noel Cody ·Updated February 21, 2023

At the 2022 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, New Voices and JP Morgan Chase hosted a pitch competition to help women-of-color create, launch, and grow their business. And now we’re catching up with the winner—Aliyah Marandiz, Founder of Sugardoh.

An unlikely entrepreneur, Aliyah found that corporate environments stifled her love for creating and building things. So, after working as a freelance designer