Alicia Lartey has more to think about. “Our definition of blackness is also very broad. My blackness is not the same as my mother’s blackness, who has more melanin than I do, so she doesn’t bake as quickly as I bake in the sun. For example, rapper Ice Spice falls between 1 and 2 on the Fitzpatrick scale, which means she’s considered very light but black, so there’s certainly nuance. I think so,” she added. In recent years, SPFs created with black people and people with dark skin in mind have become popular on the market. Black-owned brands like Black Girl Sunscreen and inclusive products like Supergoop!’s Unseen Sunscreen allow the community to feel right without having to deal with scary white casts or Black skincare content creators like Janet (@skinandbase). Guaranteed to be protected. and Okiola Emalek (@theskinpriest) are doing the Lord’s work in encouraging daily sunscreen use in our community. Happily, Lartey also notes that great strides have been made within the beauty industry to alleviate the “medical mistrust” that many Black people have about some of the skin care advice aimed in our direction. It is also reported that For example, there are now many black professionals in the field of sunscreen formulations. ” “We have a lot of Black experts in this field,” she says. “When you’re developing a product, you meet a lot of black people behind the scenes.”
