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23 Feb

Can skincare ever exist individually from harmful beauty ideals?

Can skincare ever exist individually from harmful beauty ideals?
In a society dominated by inequality, self-care is becoming more of a distraction tactic – so how will we handle our skin without becoming unhealthily fixated on our appearance? When you check with people about their skincare habits, especially those that religiously follow routines, most will inform you that they engage with skincare for a lot of reasons, but most significantly, because they wish to “handle themselves.” Over the previous couple of years, “wellness” has been one among our most prevailing socio-cultural fixations, and for obvious reasons: Climate change is intensifying, and it’s killing us. The associated fee of living crisis continues to wage on, and it’s been predicted that it should cause...
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15 Jan

Color of Change Calls on Retailers to Audit Potentially

Color of Change Calls on Retailers to Audit Potentially
Color of Change is looking on retailers to drag and audit their Black hair product assortments following an October study by The National Institutes of Health that found using chemical hair straighteners — or relaxers, which is most prevalent amongst Black women — is related to an increased risk of uterine cancer. The study, which included data from 33,497 U.S. women ages 34 to 74, found that ladies who reported frequent use of hair-straightening products (defined as over 4 times within the previous yr), were greater than twice as prone to develop uterine cancer than their counterparts. The study notes that while uterine cancer only accounts for roughly 3 percent of all cancer cases and is thus considered “relatively rare,”...
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