Wax Tag
Within the grand scheme of your makeup routine, a transparent brow gel isn’t necessarily the part that can get pulses racing. But once you find the appropriate one — which, for me, means one which lifts every last hair right into a flawlessly fluffed-out position after which keeps them there with none flaking — it may possibly be surprisingly thrilling. Currently, it’s the Profit Fluff Up Brow Wax that has me all worked up.Profit calls this product a “clear and creamy flex-wax,” which, because the name implies, is supposed to present your eyebrows a natural, fluffy look. So as to add to the oh-this-is-just-how-good-my-brows-always-are illusion, it has a matte finish and 0 of the crunch that comes with quite a lot...
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Image courtesy of Belle’s Wax Studio
From vellus hair to leg hair, and all of the hair in between, hair removal is a monthly (or weekly) beauty regimen for a lot of Black women. Whether you remove hair with a razor in the lavatory or book a dermatologist appointment for laser removal, a hair-free body would be the preferred appearance. Nonetheless, the beautification of hair removal in Africa and the diaspora could also be more of a results of cultural conditioning.
In West Africa, Igbo women were stereotyped as hairy in literature like Igbo Village Affairs with pubic hair in connection to pride. In Zimbabwe, the Shona people saw pubic hair as an emblem of fertility; in Latest Guinea, for the Kwoma...
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Upwell Cosmetics has industry-sized aspirations for its latest microalgae-derived wax base.
Formulated as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based and animal-derived waxes, the wax has the flexibility to be utilized in myriad beauty and private care products including sunscreen, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, lip products and more.
The important thing ingredient is microalgae isochrysis, which scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute discovered synthesizes a compound called alkenones, which creates a wax-like consistency when extracted.
Upwell cofounders Daniella Zakon and Alexandra Dowling Lari — who occur to be Woods Hole, Massachusetts, natives themselves — licensed the ingredient patent from the Institute, and at the moment are focused on scaling production enough for the wax to be a viable alternative to existing prevalent wax...
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