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7 Sep

The Brand That Wants You to Wear Skin Care

The Brand That Wants You to Wear Skin Care
LONDON — Ready-to-wear meets skincare. Leah Uka, a former combat medical technician within the British Army, left her post 13 years ago and worked in business development, until shifting gears to grow to be a skincare specialist at Skin Clinic. That last role is the one which inspired her current enterprise, which mixes sleepwear and skincare. Uka is combining nightwear staples with advanced skincare after growing bored with the 10-step skincare routines she used to advise customers to adopt. Her newly launched brand, Narvvi, goals so as to add advanced skincare reminiscent of hyaluronic acid, marine collagen peptides and argan oil into the fabrics. The debut collection offers eight pieces of silky garments, from slipdresses, sleep masks to silk trousers and shorts...
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7 Sep

The Link Between Skin Sensitivity and Emotions

The Link Between Skin Sensitivity and Emotions
It’s time to explore the elusive connection between our mind and our skin through the prevalence and causes of sensitive skin. This summer, AVEENO® will release the first-ever State of Sensitivity report back to connect the dots between sensitive skin and the results it has on our mental health and wellbeing. Sabrina Henry, Aveeno’s Principal Scientist, recently sat down with Beauty and Skincare Expert, Editor and Entrepreneur, Felicia Walker, and Dr. Angela Ford, Chief Program Officer of the Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) who's a PhD in Social Work to debate how we will tune into our sensitivity and embrace it as a community. And as Sabrina says, “That starts with recognizing and understanding various sensitive skin states.” Understanding Sensitive SkinWe all...
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5 Sep

Are Social Media Beauty Trends Ruining Our Skin?

Are Social Media Beauty Trends Ruining Our Skin?
Illustration by Mathilde Crétier This story first appeared within the May/June 2022 issue of ESSENCE. Within the last decade, millennials’ digital self-care movement combined with a widespread embrace of social media to create a multifaceted interest in how we appeared to others online. Out of this, wellness gurus emerged, some certified, others winging it as they advocated compassion for our physical selves. It became common to see tutorials for hair and skincare not only from celebrities, but additionally from our homegirls. Nonetheless, together with the proliferation of wellness content got here a deluge of misinformation in regards to the way we take care of ourselves, particularly for our skin.  Lately, and particularly for the reason that onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this...
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4 Sep

Advanced Aesthetics Practitioner Roberta Moradfar Details The Do’s And

Advanced Aesthetics Practitioner Roberta Moradfar Details The Do’s And
Courtesy of Roberta Moradfar Roberta Moradfar, a sophisticated aesthetics practitioner to the celebrities and the owner of the one Black-owned medical spa in Los Angeles (Effacé Aesthetics), holds over a decade’s price of experience in cosmetic medicine. Under Effacé Aesthetics, Moradfar practices a special expertise in plastic surgical nursing and sells skincare products that promote hydration, even skin tones, fade bruises, brightens skin complexion, and way more.  Although her specialty lies in enhancing facial expression and delivering natural results using botox and fillers, Moradfar’s experience has granted her the intimate opportunity to learn find out how to look after skin – especially Black skin. A few of her notable clients include the likes of Angela Rye, Tameka Foster, Sir John, Serayah, and...
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