India Espy-Jones

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Arnold Turner/Getty Images for ESSENCE Fiancé? Check. Mother? Yes. Actress, model, and singer? Of course. Serayah McNeill—our May 2025 of the ESSENCE digital coverstar alongside Joey Bada$$—is a jack of all trades. Best known for her role as Tiana Brown-Lyon in Fox’s Empire, the multi-hyphenate also doubles as a beauty buff with a skincare bag full of secrets.

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@solange/ Instagram It’s official: summer has begun. Week to week, celebrity beauty moments from skin-first makeup to slicked back hair, are at the top of our editors’s feeds. And, this week, our favorite stars gave a look into what we can expect from the season ahead. Solange directed her summer series, Eldorado Ballroom Houston, in a half-slicked pouf and full face of ILIA Beauty.

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PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Much like a pixie cut, the power of a bob cannot be understated. Being equal parts chic, blunt, and versatile, it’s no wonder that this style is summer’s favorite look. You may have seen it recently on the likes of Kelly Rowland and Keke Palmer, but, consider it forbidden to mention the trending cut without mentioning Opus actress Ayo Edebiri as well.

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Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for Jil Sander Solange Knowles is a curatorial historian. The Saint Heron founder is the curator of this year’s most culturally significant performance series, Eldorado Ballroom Houston, a six-night program using music, movement, and storytelling to channel the collective memories shared in the historic Third Ward music hall.

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Kseniya Ovchinnikova / Getty Images I’m not cheap. I’ve received thousands of dollars in skincare treatments, from non-surgical facelifts and lymphatic facials, to needle-free micro-needling and multiple acne laser sessions. As a beauty editor, I’m gifted $250 dollar eye creams, suitcases worth of trending skincare products, and am the test dummy for your favorite brands’s latest innovations.