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African American Skin Care: Anti-Aging is the New Buzz Word In Skin Care. Where do you fit in?

By Juliette Samuel Wednesday May 16, 2012

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African American Skin Care: Anti-Aging is the New Buzz Word In Skin Care. Where do you fit in?

There was a time when I was told that Black Women, don’t need skin care or a skin care regimen. And this statement came from Black Women.

Now as an Aesthetician, this floored me. I couldn’t figure out why this was the belief from so many of you. So I asked!

The thought pattern was that your melanin was your gift from God and you didn’t need any particular regimen for your skin. Some of you had very strong opinions about this, to the point of hostility.

But all of a sudden Anti Aging is the new buzzword and now you feel that you should be using all of these products.

Now the big question is, are they the right products for your skin? Do the companies that are showing up in your space really have your skin in mind or is it a cover up to get your money.

As an African American woman, it’s not like you’ve just gotten here. So why all of a sudden are you being marketed too? Is it because there are big bucks in appealing to your vanity or do they really have caring for your skin in mind?

Anti-Aging and Black Skin Care

Yes you do need a good skin care regimen for your beautiful black skin. One of the things that happen when we “Mature” is that cell growth slows down. So those beautiful new cells don’t rise to the surface as quickly as they used to.

And you need a regimen that will slough off the dead skin cells so that your skin can have a much more radiant and younger look.

A good exfoliation treatment keeps your skin looking youthful and it removes the dead skin cells that can cause uneven skin tone. That’s right! Dead skin cell build up can cause your skin to have a dull, ashy gray look. And this is attributed to a lot of what we see as uneven skin tone.

As we “Mature” hormonal imbalance and medications can also attribute to the appearance of uneven skin tones. If your skin is not taken care of properly, you will begin to experience that tired, worn, aged look.

Nutrition and Mature Black Skin

While topical products are typically what we run to first, it’s the lifestyle change in nutrition that will give you the greatest boost in how well your skin matures.

Remember, true beauty is from within and anything that’s applied on top of your skin is to enhance what ‘s coming to the surface from within.

The best black skin care regimen is to combine nutrition and a skin care product that’s made specifically for your beautiful black skin and make it a lifestyle change.

Dedicated To Your Beauty,

Juliette Samuel

Author/Esthetician/Publisher

To browse our complete catalog click —> Nyraju Skin Care

Beauty and You As A Mature Black Woman!

By Juliette Samuel Monday May 14, 2012

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I had a chance to wind down over the weekend and catch up on some emails that I’d put aside before the final delete.

One of them was about a major cosmetics company’s “New Face”. She’s feisty, fashionable and 90 years Old. I love that about her and I got no problem with that.

The New Face is the result of the Baby Boomer’s refusing to go away. The Baby Boomer population is actually where the money is for the next 12-15 years and the Beauty Industry wants its share.

But the entire report was showing women of a mature age and not one of them looked like me.

Okay, I’m a bit sensitive when it comes to beauty and fashion, especially when African American women are always left out of the equation when speaking of beauty.

So am I to believe that mature African American women are not beautiful or model worthy?

I hope not! Yes beauty is in the eye of the beholder but as we live on this planet we still face that second-class status in beauty. Unless you’re racially ambiguous, your beautiful black skin is still looked down upon.

Who Defines Your Beauty?

I asked this question once before and it seems as though I should ask it again. Who defines your beauty? I hope You define your beauty! Because if you wait for your face to show up on a Magazine cover validating your beautiful black skin or your magnificent sense of style, you’ve got a long wait.

I remember when Essence Magazine used to open every year with the January Issue paying homage to Ageless Beauty in African American Women. What happened?

Black women haven’t died off or loss their sense of style and grace. These women were profiled from age 40 to 104. There are plenty of African American women alive and in this age group.

And Maturing doesn’t mean wearing frumpy clothes or letting yourself go. Ask Ernestine Sheppard! She’s in her mid 70’s, she’s a body builder and she doesn’t look like a Dude. She looks amazing, definitely worthy of a fashion magazine cover!

Expressing Myself!

Why my rant, you ask? Because every little brown girl in the world gets subliminal to overt messages that she is not pretty or smart.

Will it ever stop? And if it doesn’t, what will you teach the young black girl that crosses your path? Will you teach her to appreciate her beautiful black skin and her natural hair?

Or will you teach her that it’s alright for her to bleach her skin and add someone else’s hair to her head.

Whether you are a mature black woman or a maturing black woman, you will not always find support from the beauty industry.

If you do as you’ve always done, you will create, invent and support companies that are devoted to you and your beauty.

Annie Malone, Madame C.J. Walker, Johnson Publishing, Dudley and Bronner Bros., just to name a few, have established a foundation for you to follow.

Love your beautiful black skin and hair with boldness!

Dedicated To Your Beauty!

Juliette Samuel

Author/Esthetician/Publisher

To browse our complete catalog, click —–> Nyraju Skin Care

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