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Gesi Lloyd

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Perfumes

Discover the hottest new fragrances rewriting the summer scent playbook

Summer 2026 fragrance launches are trading the expected for the interesting, with bold pairings and lush textures that hold up long after sundown. Summer fragrance has spent years operating inside a fairly narrow set of assumptions. Light. Citrusy. Aquatic. Something that evokes sunscreen and sea air and not much else. This season, several brands are…

ByGesi LloydMay 7, 20260Comments

Beauty

The 2026 Met Gala where natural beauty finally had its moment

From barely-there nudes to 90s taupe, this year's carpet signaled a broader cultural pivot toward restraint, texture, and faces that look like themselves. For the better part of a decade, the beauty standard on major red carpets leaned toward volume. Lips were fuller. Contours were sharper. Skin looked airbrushed rather than alive. The 2026 Met…

ByGesi LloydMay 7, 20260Comments

Celebs

Beyoncé’s Met Gala Look Had Fashion People Talking and Music Fans Theorizing

Ten years after her last appearance, Beyoncé returned to the Met Gala as co-chair, wearing a skeleton gown and leaving fans convinced her next album move was somewhere in the details. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter's return to the Met Gala this year was always going to draw attention. She had not attended the event in ten…

ByGesi LloydMay 6, 20260Comments

Events

Prom Season 2026 Has a New Dress Code and It Looks Like the Runway

From bias-cut satin to art deco sequins, this year's prom dress landscape has moved far beyond tulle, and the options range from understated to unapologetically dramatic. For years, the prom dress conversation started and ended in the same place: layers of tulle, ballerina-style skirts, shades of pink, and the general aspiration of looking like…

ByGesi LloydMay 6, 20260Comments

Dating

Dating Apps Promised Connection and Delivered Exhaustion. Meet the Alternatives.

As frustration with swiping culture grows, a new wave of singles is logging off and showing up, trading algorithms for actual rooms full of actual people. For a certain kind of single person, the dating app has stopped feeling like a tool and started feeling like a trap. The matches pile up, the conversations…

ByGesi LloydMay 6, 20260Comments

Lifestyle

Mind gardening could be the cure for information overload

As burnout and doomscrolling take a toll, a growing number of people are turning to mind gardening, a practice of actively tending to thoughts the way a gardener tends to plants. There is a French phrase, "cultiver son jardin intérieur," that translates roughly to cultivating your inner garden. It has circulated in philosophical and literary…

ByGesi LloydMay 6, 20260Comments

Finance

Understanding financial abuse as a hidden weapon used against Black women

At a Martha's Vineyard town hall, advocates and survivors broke down how money gets weaponized in abusive relationships and what communities can do about it. Domestic violence leaves marks that courts and hospitals can document. Financial abuse rarely does. No visible injury results from a partner who drains a bank account, tanks a credit score…

ByGesi LloydMay 3, 20260Comments

Community News

Celebrating Black joy this week with five stories that held up

Nia Long and Keke Palmer got candid, a Ugandan dance crew went viral again, and a North Carolina church fed hundreds more families than it planned. Some weeks produce moments that move quickly across timelines and stick. A conversation between two actresses that wandered into skincare and stayed there longer than expected. A student headed…

ByGesi LloydMay 3, 20260Comments

Lifestyle

Affordable products that feel like a steal at under $25

Ten affordable picks under $25 that tackle everyday friction points, from hair care to dental hygiene, without padding your credit card bill. Shopping on a budget rarely feels inspiring. Most budget-product roundups traffic in the obvious: cable organizers, reusable bags, the same silicone spatula everyone already owns. But every so often, a short list of…

ByGesi LloydMay 3, 20260Comments

Advice

Why ‘show me how good it gets’ is the only mantra worth saying this year

A four-word phrase is circulating on TikTok with thousands of users claiming it shifted their mindset, their luck, and their daily outlook in ways they didn't expect. Affirmations have been around long enough to earn a degree of skepticism. Telling yourself the mantra 'I am worthy' in a mirror before work is a well-worn ritual…

ByGesi LloydMay 2, 20260Comments

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Discover the hottest new fragrances rewriting the summer scent playbook

The 2026 Met Gala where natural beauty finally had its moment

Beyoncé’s Met Gala Look Had Fashion People Talking and Music Fans Theorizing

Prom Season 2026 Has a New Dress Code and It Looks Like the Runway

Dating Apps Promised Connection and Delivered Exhaustion. Meet the Alternatives.

Mind gardening could be the cure for information overload

Understanding financial abuse as a hidden weapon used against Black women

Celebrating Black joy this week with five stories that held up

Affordable products that feel like a steal at under $25

Why ‘show me how good it gets’ is the only mantra worth saying this year

Blue Bell finally brought back the flavor we all missed

5 micro habits to become your best self this summer

Understanding the line between fandom and entitlement