Four years ago, Rechelle Dennis, along with co-collaborator Sophia Dennis, set out to curate a digital community for young Black women aimed at advocating for Zillennials by amplifying their voices and providing a platform for them to grow professionally and personally. Through candid conversations with members of the boundary-breaking generation to understand their needs and wants and how to meet them where they're at, the two launched Girls United, under Essence, and have shifted the cultural ...

Now that the holidays are right around the corner, I've been adamant about bookmarking, taking screenshots, and adding every viable gift idea I come across to my cart in case it happens to work for one of the many friends, family, and co-workers on my list to shop for. So you can imagine that I've racked up a pretty impressive roster of the coolest gift ideas out there. (I have pretty good taste if I must say.) If you're also the type of shopper who says "I'll buy one for myself too," then...

Now's the time to invest.As editors, it's easy to blame our affinity for beauty tools and devices on our work. We have to test the latest and greatest technologies because it's literally part of our job description, right? Technically, yes, but if we're being honest with ourselves, that's little more than an excuse. The truth is we'd still be obsessively testing the newest devices even if we weren't asked to do it. That's because some—not all—are incredibly effective. In fact, a few of our ...

Welcome to your new safe space and Hypebae's first-ever sex and dating column, Ask a (S)expert. This new weekly series is led by Haitian-Chinese and LA-based sexpert Gigi Fong, our in-house sex and dating editor.Gigi is a former sex worker, boudoir artist and podcaster now hosting safe spaces for the Hypebae community. She specializes in all things sex-positive from unconventional dating to pleasure for lovers of all identities. To have your questions answered, visit our dropbox below and an...