Menopause Changing Your Beauty Routine? Here’s What Black Women

14 Jan

The Good Brigade / Getty Images Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Night sweats, weight gain, mood swings: Menopause. The permanent end to your menstrual cycle is impossible to avoid and, for Black women, even more difficult to ignore. “Black women often experience a longer menopausal transition with more severe symptoms compared to white women,” board-certified dermatologist Dr. Chesahna Kindred tells ESSENCE. But, your body isn’t transitioning alone. While you may be seeking wellness in GLP-1s and estrogen patches, menopause is quietly changing your beauty routine as well. From hair thinning and shedding, to dry skin with lines and wrinkles, building a routine to support your beauty at every stage is the secret to aging like fine wine. “Menopause isn’t about decline, it’s...

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24 Jan

How the sweetness industry is finally embracing the menopause

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Beauty, Featured

How the sweetness industry is finally embracing the menopause

With limited products and inadequate promoting, the sweetness industry often leaves those that undergo the menopause feeling invisible but change is in the air Dry hair, dehydrated skin, a rise in breakouts, these are only a couple of of the various changes of their bodies that menopausal people will undergo. And yet you may hear a pin drop on the subject of conversations about beauty and skincare for those experiencing it. Roughly 13 million women in the UK are currently going through the menopause, but until recently, the sweetness industry has been failing to cater to this audience. With limited products and inadequate promoting of products that do exist – women on this stage...

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19 Oct

These Two Menopause Products Are Hydrating Without the Greasy

by Beautifaire101

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These Two Menopause Products Are Hydrating Without the Greasy

DeoDoc is betting big on menopause. The ladies’s intimate care brand has launched two stock keeping units to deal with menopause-related symptoms including the Meno Care Oil Wash, $45, and the Meno Care Hydrating Balm, $42. As a part of the Meno Care launch, the brand can also be highlighting its FDA-approved Intimate Lubricant Drops, $25, a bestseller that's suitable for those going through menopause. “It is a group of girls which have real problems, real issues with dry vaginal skin, vaginal dryness and dry vulvar skin,” said DeoDoc cofounder Dr. Hedieh Asadi. “There haven’t been any good products in the marketplace for his or her specific needs and which are developed by women doctors and gynecologists so that is yet...

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14 Jul

Canyon Ranch and Stacy London Announce Menopause Retreat –

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Canyon Ranch and Stacy London Announce Menopause Retreat –

As wellness tourism continues to rise, Canyon Ranch is betting on menopause. The health resort company is partnering with former “What To not Wear” host Stacy London and her education platform State of Menopause on a six-day retreat in Tucson, Arizona. Guests will attend sessions on topics spanning nutrition, fitness, mental health, hormonal health, aging and pelvic floor health with experts including founding father of women’s health clinic HerMD Dr. Somi Javaid. They’ll also receive on-site medical testing similar to bone health scans and glucose monitoring. London will host style sessions alongside emerging designers, while in-room amenities have been curated by London and Canyon Ranch to incorporate cooling pillows, The Perry Menopause Journal and calming tinctures from Wile. For London, who...

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