India Espy-Jones

1 week ago | essence.com | India Espy-Jones

@beyonce / Instagram While last week’s celebrity beauty trends couldn’t be pinned down, this week, one thing couldn’t be stated more: wet your hair. Spring is here, which means hydration and moisture is the biggest trend, from sopping wet curls to sleek chignons and water waves.

1 week ago | essence.com | India Espy-Jones

River Callaway/WWD via Getty Images It’s official: this year’s hottest haircut is now supermodel approved. From Taylor Russell’s gamine look to a sideburn-heavy cut on Jodie Turner-Smith, pixie cuts have long been trending among Hollywood actresses.

2 weeks ago | essence.com | India Espy-Jones

Courtesy of Liz Johnson Artur Since 2014, British septet Kokoroko, co-founded by trumpeter and composer Sheila Maurice-Grey and percussionist Onome Edgeworth, has been shelling out a mix of jazz-funk, neo-soul, and West African highlife sound, mastering all things polyrhythmic.

2 weeks ago | essence.com | India Espy-Jones

With over 300,000 TikTok posts under the hashtag #4Chair, controversy is stirring over who actually has the hair type. From wash routines to shrinkage and growth checks, anyone with an undefined textured has begun to label it as “4C”, while comments argue whether or not their hair fits into the type. But with porosity, length, volume and other factors weighed into how our texture looks, what defines who has 4C hair and who doesn’t? Below, a curl expert settles the controversy.

2 weeks ago | essence.com | India Espy-Jones

Spring is the season of new beginnings, and what better way to reset than a new hairstyle? No look has to be permanent, and with 2025’s most popular looks leaning into avant-garde classics, taking your hair to a new height is this season’s most palpable trends. The beauty looks we saw back in the late 80s to the early 2000s are back. But, this time around, they’re updated and modernized.