It’s important that we know what makes up the products we us. Our lipstick doesn’t have to contain lead or heavy metals. We can have access to clean makeup products without sacrificing quality. Black women deserve to be healthy.
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The possibility of chemical accumulation is overwhelming once we start to explore how many times we come in contact with harmful ingredients. Especially when you consider that women use an average of twenty products a day - leaving us exposed to 36+ chemicals on a consistent basis. It’s no surprise then, really, that 70-90% of chronic disease is due to environmental exposures.
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Even with its water base, skin toner is often found to be infused with skin-hugging ingredients. Think things like tea tree and aloe, antioxidants and acids.
The whole purpose of toner is to remove the impurities from your face and leave with you a fresh face before treatment products are applied.
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PEGs are often used as a means to thicken products and to soften products. That is because they are moisture-carrying agents. The ugly side of that is that they also enhance a product's ability to penetrate…been associated with multiple forms of cancer. In addition, this contaminant has been linked to long-term damage to our nervous systems.
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So whenever I use a lotion that seemingly soaks into my skin almost instantly, I can’t help to stop and think ‘what exactly did I just give my body to drink?’.
It can be a startling thought process to open up to. The truth is our body does absorb the ingredients in the products we put on our skin, such as body lotion. That means those chemical ingredients are getting a first class ticket to our insides.
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Black women are 2x more likely to face fertility issues and yet we are ½ as likely to seek out medical help and receive treatment.
When we do go seek treatment or medical advice we are often met with prejudice from physicians. This bias often manifests itself as a perceived need to shame us surrounding our sex lives and even going so far as blaming the average weight of Black women.
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Think of every product you use as a bigger part of your overall health. It’s difficult to consider that what you’re putting on your eyelid could be contributing to some serious health issues. Because none of us naturally assume that putting eyeshadow on your eyelid can travel through your body and ultimately contribute to the growth of a tumor on your ovaries.
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If you’re anything like me you already know that as Black women we are consistently trying product after product in the search for the one that is going to 1) help us regrow our edges to their natural luster and 2) keep us in that luscious place once achieved. Trial and error can be exhausting, so let me be a shining light for you.
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