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Pulling off a full

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We’re bombarded with mass-market beauty and home fragrance products every day, but some brands set themselves apart. Ambiance by Talata, a WeLoveUs.Shop partner, is an outlier, having built a label from a profoundly personal vision to celebrate the richness of African heritage through luxury scents and wellness rituals. What began as a desire to share the power of

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NBA champion Draymond Green and Hazel Renee are expecting their third child together, and to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Baby Green, the couple took part in a maternity shoot that’s both heartwarming and regal.

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They were captured by celebrity photographer Stanley Babb, who photographed the couple for their engagement shoot and their wedding in 2022.

The end result was a

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As the holiday season approaches, the pace of daily life in New York City only seems to accelerate. In some ways it’s exciting. In many others, it’s

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Oh, layoffs. The dreaded buzzword of our generation. At this point, it feels like a rite of passage nobody actually asked for. Almost everyone I know is either looking for a job, has just been laid off, or is consoling someone who has been laid off. According to The Washington Post, 1.1 million jobs have been cut this year — the highest since the

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Courtesy of New Voices By Marie Clark ·Updated December 18, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

This recap was featured in the 2025 Fall/Winter issue of ESSENCE.

At the heart of this year’s activation at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture were the New Voices Village, New Voices Entrepreneur Hub and SOKO MRKT Stage. These were vibrant spaces for entrepreneurs to learn, demo and connect with each other—and with consumers,

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – DECEMBER 16: Young Thug proposes to Mariah The Scientist onstage during Young Thug & Friends: A Benefit Concert at State Farm Arena on December 16, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.(Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated December 17, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Congratulations are in order for singer Mariah the Scientist and rapper Young Thug. The “Burning Blue” singer, who has been on a