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Inside The 2025 Black Women In Hollywood Celebrity-Received Gift Bags

Take a peek inside the exclusive gift bag, filled with top beauty product launches, that we gifted Hollywood's most talented stars.
Inside The 2025 Black Women In Hollywood Gift Bags
Jorge Meza for ESSENCE
By India Espy-Jones ·

In late February, ESSENCE closed Black History Month with our annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards at Los Angeles’s Fairmont Century Plaza. From our March/April cover star Tyra Banks to honorees like Cynthia Erivo and Teyana Taylor, our white carpet was filled with nothing but Black excellence and beauty. And, speaking of beauty, after guests enjoyed heartfelt speeches, each left with an exclusive gift bag full of some of our favorite launches.

To hold the goodies— everything from Danessa Myricks’s viral Blurring Balm Powder and Epi.Logic’s Double Feature, to Mielle’s Avocado & Tamanu Mousse and The Lip Bar Lip Liner—was a large green Brandon Blackwood bag. The bag— which included a pouch and wallet—was made exclusively for the Black Women In Hollywood attendees. To top it all off? All guests also walked away with our Jan/Feb 2025 issue featuring Sha’Carri Richardson on the cover.

Below, take a peek at what ESSENCE gifted Hollywood’s most talented stars.

Inside The 2025 Black Women In Hollywood Gift Bags

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