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Vitamin C & Turmeric. Say Hello To Your Glow

One of the number one skin care concerns for Black women is hyperpigmentation or uneven skin tone.

What is hyperpigmentation?

Hyperpigmentation is basically the overproduction of melanin.

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Yes, Black Woman. You Need Sunscreen

Who told us that Black people don’t need to wear sunscreen? Who started this bald-faced lie?

Did anyone ever stop to think about how it was possibly seeded in racism? Think about it. The medical field has been historically known to give Black people less than adequate care, including minimizing our pain. What makes us think that dermatology is any different?

Youthful Skin Isn't Worth Your Health

Now before you try to argue that everything has side effects and the risk may be worth the reward, I have a question for you.

There have been so many harmful and unhealthy effects caused by the use of retinol in skincare that there is actually a term for those conditions caused.

Google retinoid dermatitis.

Self Love Is Radical For Us

You’re supposed to love yourself, sure. That’s something we all know. But how many of us can say that we actually do?

It’s important to clarify that self love comes down to accepting yourself, and that is not something that was taught or shown to so many of us growing up as young black girls - in our homes, in our communities and in society at large.

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Black Women and Self Care

To Black women self care is not buzzworthy, it’s life affirming. In order to live, flourish and survive as both a woman and as black, the act of self care becomes radical in the place of indulgent. In today’s climate the disappearance (both figurative and literal) of black women, happens quietly and without attention.