“2025 is the year of the pixie,” Topicals founder Olamide Olowe told ESSENCE exclusively a few weeks ago. Since then, we spotted models Aweng Chuol and Anok Yai in spiked and gamine versions ...

Also, rattlesnakes and toads. The Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary keeps records of rattlesnake calls it receives throughout the year. August is particularly busy, venom manager Cale Morris said.

You can also use an 18cm/7in shallow round cake tin for cooking the toad-in-the-hole. Line the base and sides of the tin with a 25cm/10in disc of baking paper, pushing into the sides and leaving ...