Black-owned brand Design Essentials pledged $250,000 to Spelman College in a long-term financial commitment that supports and empowers the next generation of female chemists and innovators. Earlier ...

Design Essentials is supporting the next generation of female chemists and innovators at Spelman College through a $250,000 commitment. The Black-owned, Atlanta-based beauty brand made a bold ...

Wearing an afro has long been a symbol of resistance—presented on the likes of Angela Davis, the Black Panther Party, and Diana Ross. But, there was something missing. “The natural hair movement was a ...

Design Essentials exec team flank Essence.com hair and beauty editor (c) Deena Campbell: (l to r) Design Essentials® founder and CEO Cornell McBride Sr., Design Essentials® Director of Interactive ...

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More than 50 black women gathered at a salon on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn for “Curls and Conversations,” a support group for black women who wear their hair natural; the event was also a sampling ...