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Gesi Lloyd

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Events

The 140 best Mother’s Day gift ideas for every mom on your list

From last-minute beauty finds to splurge-worthy gadgets, here is a full breakdown of the most thoughtful gifts available right now, at every price point. Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 10, and whether you planned ahead or are scrambling right now, there is genuinely something for everyone on this list. The Strategist pulled together…

ByGesi LloydMay 8, 20260Comments

Body

What to Eat During Your Period and What to Put Back on the Shelf

From leafy greens to dark chocolate, the foods you eat during menstruation can meaningfully affect cramps, fatigue, bloating and mood. Here is what dietitians and researchers recommend. Periods bring a predictable set of physical complaints for many people: cramps, fatigue, headaches, bloating, and mood shifts that can range from mild to genuinely disruptive. What…

ByGesi LloydMay 7, 20260Comments

Relationships

For Black women divorce can erase years of financial progress overnight

Wage gaps, wealth disparities, and caregiving burdens mean Black women enter divorce already behind. The financial recovery requires a strategy most are never told about. The end of a marriage is rarely tidy. For Black women, it is frequently devastating in ways that extend far beyond the emotional rupture. Savings accounts drain. Credit scores shift.…

ByGesi LloydMay 7, 20260Comments

Fashion

The rise of the office siren and the queer history behind the fashion trend

What reads as a TikTok workwear moment has roots in decades of lesbian fashion, identity, and the art of dressing with deliberate intention. The phrase 'office siren' has been circulating across social media long enough now to feel familiar in fashion, even inevitable. It describes a particular kind of workwear that is structured and sharp…

ByGesi LloydMay 7, 20260Comments

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

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The 140 best Mother’s Day gift ideas for every mom on your list

What to Eat During Your Period and What to Put Back on the Shelf

For Black women divorce can erase years of financial progress overnight

The rise of the office siren and the queer history behind the fashion trend

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

Hairline microblading is solving thinning hairlines one pigment stroke at a time

The queer films worth watching before the summer is over

Five steps to makeup that won’t melt off your face this summer