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LeToya Luckett’s 45 years: Beauty, style, and bold reinvention

From Destiny's Child breakout star to platinum-pixied fashion force, her evolution is anything but ordinary. Long before the word "glow-up" entered the cultural lexicon, LeToya Luckett was living one. Marking her 45th birthday, the Houston-born singer and actress has spent more than two decades defying expectations — both on stage and on the red carpet. Her…

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Health

What a daily multivitamin might actually be buying you

New research hints that a simple daily supplement might quietly be buying older adults more time — at a cellular level. For years, the multivitamin has occupied an uncertain corner of the wellness world — neither dismissed nor fully endorsed by mainstream medicine. A new study is shifting that calculus. Researchers found that older adults who…

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People

Dr. Dre finally lands on Forbes Billionaires list after epic wait

A prediction made in 2014 finally becomes reality as the hip-hop mogul officially joins the world's wealthiest alongside Rihanna, Jay-Z, and Taylor Swift. It took more than a decade, but the numbers have finally caught up with the moment. Dr. Dre, the pioneering producer and entrepreneur whose name became synonymous with both musical innovation and shrewd…

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Beauty

7 Black-owned perfume brands that deserve a spot on your vanity

These visionary fragrance founders are rewriting the rules of luxury scent — one bottle at a time. For generations, the luxury perfume and fragrance world told a very narrow story — one told largely in French and Italian, by houses that rarely reflected the lived experiences of Black consumers. The bottles were beautiful, the marketing aspirational,…

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Food & Drink

Sonja Norwood, Wick’d Confections Creator, is serving up Black food history

The viral content creator is saving generations of forgotten food— one stunning TikTok at a time. Long before cookbooks lined kitchen shelves, Black families kept their culinary traditions alive through something far more intimate: oral transmission. Grandmothers whispered seasoning secrets over cast-iron skillets. Aunts demonstrated technique, not recipe. And somehow, generation after generation, those flavors endured.…

ByDempsey May AyucoMarch 11, 20260Comments

Cosmetics

Best tinted moisturizers and sunscreens for melanin-rich skin

Melanin-friendly skin tints and sunscreens that hydrate, protect and enhance deeper complexions For a long time, tinted moisturizers and tinted sunscreens felt like an afterthought for many Black consumers. Shade ranges were limited, undertones leaned gray, and mineral sunscreens often left behind a chalky cast that dulled melanin-rich skin. But the beauty landscape has shifted.…

ByDempsey May AyucoMarch 11, 20260Comments

Style

Zendaya’s new bixie haircut sparks bold Paris Fashion Week buzz

As Paris Fashion Week continues to shape the global conversation around style, Zendaya once again proved why she remains one of the industry’s most closely watched figures. While speculation about her personal life continues to circulate online, the star offered something far easier to confirm this week: her striking bixie haircut is still very much…

ByDempsey May AyucoMarch 11, 20260Comments

Fashion

Teyana Taylor’s silver hair moment at Chanel is impossible to ignore

The Oscar-nominated star traded her signature pixie for a platinum crop that stole the show at Paris Fashion Week — and may hint at what's coming next. Teyana Taylor has spent much of awards season redefining what it means to show up. She has arrived at every major event this year with an outfit, a look,…

ByDempsey May AyucoMarch 11, 20260Comments

Celebs

Netflix quietly cuts Meghan Markle loose — What comes next?

The Duchess of Sussex and the streaming giant have parted ways on her As Ever lifestyle brand, raising fresh questions about her post-royal reinvention. Meghan Markle's lifestyle venture is entering a new phase — this time, without Netflix. The streaming giant confirmed it has ended its investment in As Ever, the Duchess of Sussex's consumer brand,…

ByDempsey May AyucoMarch 10, 20260Comments

Wellness

The food-mood connection is more powerful than you think

Nutritional psychiatry is building an undeniable case: what you eat doesn’t just fuel your body — it quietly shapes your mind. For decades, mental health conversations centered on therapy and medication. Diet was an afterthought. But a wave of research in nutritional psychiatry is changing that calculus — making a compelling argument that the food on…

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LeToya Luckett’s 45 years: Beauty, style, and bold reinvention

What a daily multivitamin might actually be buying you

Dr. Dre finally lands on Forbes Billionaires list after epic wait

7 Black-owned perfume brands that deserve a spot on your vanity

Sonja Norwood, Wick’d Confections Creator, is serving up Black food history

Best tinted moisturizers and sunscreens for melanin-rich skin

Zendaya’s new bixie haircut sparks bold Paris Fashion Week buzz

Teyana Taylor’s silver hair moment at Chanel is impossible to ignore

Netflix quietly cuts Meghan Markle loose — What comes next?

The food-mood connection is more powerful than you think

North West stuns with spike-adorned nails that say everything

Teyana Taylor’s Oscars gown has the internet losing its mind

Marsai Martin hosts Essence Black Women in Hollywood