“I’ve been in the business for a very long time, over three decades,” makeup artist, Carol Rasheed tells ESSENCE ... recent masterpiece on set of The Color Purple, Rasheed feels like ...

There’s a reason the kids are saying “you ate that” when your makeup, well, “eats!” And with Pantone Color Institute announcing the delectable ‘Mocha Mousse’ as Pantone Color of the ...

Defying the constraints of time (and beauty), she uses an iconoclastic approach to lipstick ... beauty,” Carrion tells ESSENCE. To do this, she taps a mélange of color from matte to metallic ...

color of the year to makeup weight—and all of the niche interests in between. For our ESSENCE editors, these trends represent what beauty means to the Black community in 2025 and the evolution ...

I've often been drawn in by a lipstick bullet colour on a beauty counter or a pretty swatch online, only to find when I try it on at home that it just doesn't suit me. And more often than not ...