Protecting Your Melanin From The Sun Has Never Been Smoother
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The Black community and our relationship to the sun and our skin is nuanced to say the very least.
On one hand, we’ve always been assured that our melanin was a guard against the sun’s rays and that we simply didn’t need it. We were somehow exempt from the pervasive and harmful rays of the brightest star in our solar system because our skin was able to just...handle it. This belief has since been discussed widely and dispelled, yet the after effects still linger in the minds of our elders and those that grew up being told otherwise.
On the other hand, as children so many of us were discouraged from spending too much time in the sun, as to not get “too dark”. With this goal in mind one would think that sunblock and sunscreen would be an imperative part of our arsenal to protect ourselves, but with such a silly precaution it makes sense that there was no sensible solution to back it up.
Now that we’ve evolved in our understanding of what we needs as it pertains to the sun, it’s almost comical how most formulas sit on our skin like a sticky, pasty heavy deterrent to protecting ourselves from the sun at all, because if I have to rub lotion in for 15 minutes I don’t want it.
What’s revolutionary about Black Girl Sunscreen has managed to deliver a product that considers Black skin. Can you imagine that?
A product that goes on smoothly, leaves absolutely no residue and gets the job done.
What’s even better about this brand is that they’re carried in Target so on one of those many trips where you run in for paper towels and come out with a new console table, throw some Black Girl Sunscreen in the bag or shop below!
Black Girl Sunscreen
$16 | Black Girl Sunscreen
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