Using the toothpick called vegetable brush is a custom passed down from generation to generation in Benin for dental hygiene and also used to whiten teeth.
Black Beauty and Fashion | Yves Saint Laurent and Paco Rabanne, the first couturier to employ black models
In the 60s, employing black models was almost a political act in France. Yet, two designers dared using models with ebony skin on the catwalk …
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Shea butter skincare and haircare benefits
Shea butter comes from the Shea tree in West and Central Africa. It has been used for thousands of years by African women because it has many benefits.
5 beauty recipes against dark spots with lemon
Over- secretion of melanin is known to cause dark spots. Here are five homemade recipes with lemon to get rid of dark spots on the face. Those remedies take a while to work but in the end they are worth it :
Hyperpigmentation: the scourge of black skin
One of the main problems of black skin, which prevents us from having a flawless complexion are dark spots caused by what is known as hyperpigmentation.
The complexion loses its luminosity, dark spots and marks appear. Often, the skin reacts to ‘aggression’ by producing an excess of melanin this is why some part of the face can be darker or black stains can appear.
Black Beauty and Fashion | Ebony Fashion Fair, the first fashion show featuring black models
In the United States, only white models were allowed to model clothes on the catwalks until the 60s Ebony Fashion Fair turned the tables by scrolling young black women. Yet, the world’s largest traveling fashion show, highlighting black models and designers, began almost accidentally…
The danger of skin whitening products
20% of black women are using skin whitening products to have a lighter skin but few of them know the negative their effect.
