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Okay stylists…this one might start a debate 👀

Meet Kailen. 🧪

Beauty girl. Science girl. Future PhD. 🌎✨ She started her first beauty brand in middle school. Then came Spelman, cosmetic science in Paris, fragrance formulation in Grasse, and now a PhD in Chemistry at Howard.

With support from the Design Essentials Cosmetic Chemistry Scholarship, she is proving you can love beauty and build the science behind it. Kailen, we are so incredibly proud of you. Let celebrate her and all the future brains behind our favorite products in the comments!

This NYFW, let us remind you that there’s power beyond the runway. ✨

Every year, we partner with Runways to Freedom to turn fashion and talent into opportunity.

Through our partnership, Design Essentials is proud to help create pathways for creatives to dream bigger, build meaningful careers, and walk confidently into what’s next.

Take notes, gentlemen. The ladies have some thoughts 👀

The countdown is ON ⏰ Only 24 hours left to apply to the !

And yes… we’re watching! We’re in the comments, checking the shares, and seeing who’s really ready to be part of something great.

So don’t be shy! Follow us, share our pinned post, drop a comment, create, apply, and most importantly, tell us why YOU belong on the . 💫

Have your supporters left a testimonial? Your dream team could be one comment away.👇🏾

We’ve heard the discourse 👀. Here’s your gentle reminder that we’re black-owned, ✨Black✨ chemist-backed, and we’re staying that way 🤭

Our kind of blessed? GIVING BACK. 💜
Drop a blessing that you need, we’re cooking up our next giveaway ✨

When we say community is essential... we mean it. The Design Essentials team spent the day serving alongside the Atlanta Community Food Bank . Always grateful for the opportunity to show up for our community. 🫶🏽

That Honey Crème is NEVER beating the thick allegations 😭🍯

We caught up with the brains behind Design Essentials to talk all things cosmetic chemistry and pouring back into the people who are building your favorite products from the ground up✨