Posts tagged black women lead
Cosmetics and Immunotoxicity. It matters.

Your immune system. It’s always something to think about at the beginning of a new season - especially fall. Especially during a pandemic. But what about when you’re thinking about a detox? We focus on a food detox, a stress detox, and even a social media detox. So why aren’t we thinking about the levels of toxins affecting our immune system?

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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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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.

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Parabens and Black Women's Health

When it comes to Black women, not only do we use more products, but the ones we use are more harmful. An example of that is shown by a study the Silver Spring Institute conducted. They tested hair products that are made specifically for Black women. Of those products tested they found that 72% of them contained methyl-parabens

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