Life & Style
Alicia Keys shares her fitness motivation in the new Reebok video series, “Fit Mind. Fit Body. Fit Spirit.” She reminds us that she likes the snooze button just as much as we do, and struggles to get out of her comfortable bed in the mornings. But knowing that tomorrow is a “New Day“, Alicia drums up an […]
The natural hair movement has taken face across the celebrity world. Solange Knowles has been singled out, however, as jumping on the bandwagon. The singer’s social media pages were being flooded recently with comments about her hair. “My hair is not very important to me…so I don’t encourage it to be important to you,” wrote […]
Single women: Would you date a man who is absolutely committed to celibacy? No sex until marriage. Not even once. And it’s not negotiable. Kenny Pugh, author, financial professional, motivational speaker, is taking an unconventional approach to life as a black man in 2013: Sexual abstinence. At 38 years old, Pugh is black, male and […]
Beyonce has been announced as the new face of the Swedish fashion brand H&M and will feature prominently in the chain’s global summer campaign. Rumors of the gig first circulated in January when photographers caught Beyonce posing for a tropical shoot in the Bahamas, and her dancer Kimberly Gipson tweeted, “First day of trial in […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Cigarettes would have to be kept out of sight in New York City stores under a first-in-the-nation plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday, igniting complaints from retailers and smokers who said they’ve had enough with the city’s crackdowns. Shops from corner stores to supermarkets would have to keep tobacco […]
There aren’t many people who like bees, but could they help fight HIV? Turns out, it could. Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed nanoparticles loaded with bee venom that could help destroy HIV cells. The nanoparticles would be applied using a vaginal gel possibly destroying the HIV virus before it has a […]
Find out six different ways to wear a relaxer healthily. Go to Essence.com to find out hair tips from the experts
Men go out to the strip club and ogle at women who seem to perform body defying contortions that sends their imaginations into hyperactive sex mode. Some have even been known to pick up a roll of quarters and other things with their lady junk. But what about a barbell? Tatyana Kozhevnikova is a Russian […]
As a professional woman in today’s workplace, at some point and time in your career you have had to work from a cubicle. Yes, an ideal work space is a corner office with an iron clad door with bolts and locks and an alarm system, however, most working environments opt for cubicles for many reasons. […]
Music legend, Chaka Khan is featured on the cover of Billboard’s first-ever augmented reality cover! Chaka’s hair may as well be as iconic as her singing because on the cover–honey it is lalalala-laid! I know you’re wondering–what in the world is a augmented reality cover? Basically what the image does is bring print to life. The cover works in […]
According to a recent UCLA study, babies that are exposed to pollution in the womb are more likely to have autism compared to those who have mothers who spend their pregnancy in “clean air.” UCLA compared the relationship between levels of air pollution during pregnancy compared with the 7,603 children with autism and 75, 635 […]
The topknot hairstyle is all the craze these days, but did you know all of the different ways you can rock it? Go to Essence.com to find out 12 different ways to wear one hot style.
