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There's A Very Real Benefit To Seeing A Dermatologist With Your Skin Tone
3 months ago

There's A Very Real Benefit To Seeing A Dermatologist With Your Skin Tone

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING For many people of color, finding a dermatologist who looks like them can be a challenge, but one that’s worth pursuing. “Of course doctors with darker skin are going to be more attuned to cultural aspects surrounding care, because they’re reading their own skin every day,” said dermatologist Dr. Michelle Henry, who is Black. “Many textbooks and …

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How to choose the best sunscreen for your skin type
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How to choose the best sunscreen for your skin type

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Best sunscreen for your skin type Best SPF for acne-prone skin – La …

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The 1 Thing You Need To Do Differently If You Use Retinol In The Summer
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The 1 Thing You Need To Do Differently If You Use Retinol In The Summer

Huff Post  

ShotPrime via Getty Images Retinoids are a skin care hero for many reasons ― they target fine lines, pigmentation, collagen production and acne. “It’s recommended to start with a lower concentration and frequency when using retinol products, to allow the skin to adjust gradually,” said Dr. Rahi Sarbaziha, a board-certified integrative aesthetics doctor in Beverly Hills. The reason SPF is …

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10 sunscreen myths you can’t afford to fall for
6 months ago

10 sunscreen myths you can’t afford to fall for

LA Times  

Attention sunscreen skeptics: The sun’s UV rays are coming for you, and you’re just making their job easier. One study of white people in the Boston area determined that 5 to 10 minutes of sun on the face, arms and legs two or three times a week during the summer months was enough to produce sufficient amounts of vitamin D. …

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Why we must see red
8 months ago

Why we must see red

New Indian Express  

There was a recent report of a prominent classical dancer declaring that a male colleague should not be dancing, as he was black as a crow. The fact that she belonged to a region where the natural tone of the skin is in the darker shades made her comment even more outrageous. I am struck by the irony that the …

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The 1 Thing You Need To Do Differently If You Use Retinol In The Summer
1 year, 5 months ago

The 1 Thing You Need To Do Differently If You Use Retinol In The Summer

Huff Post  

ShotPrime via Getty Images Retinoids are a skin care hero for many reasons ― they target fine lines, pigmentation, collagen production and acne. “It’s recommended to start with a lower concentration and frequency when using retinol products, to allow the skin to adjust gradually,” said Dr. Rahi Sarbaziha, a board-certified integrative aesthetics doctor in Beverly Hills. The reason SPF is …

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Why Is It So Hard For South Asians To Shake Light-Skin Worship?
1 year, 8 months ago

Why Is It So Hard For South Asians To Shake Light-Skin Worship?

Huff Post  

There’s finally a little more dark-skin representation in what we’re seeing, streaming, and in the advertising we’re consuming. So many of us were incredulous that a woman of Indian descent with actual brown skin had been deemed a beauty queen — not because Davuluri wasn’t stunning, but because the only South Asian women the world celebrates in this way are …

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Reviewers Share The Best Bronzers For Darker Skin Tones
2 years, 3 months ago

Reviewers Share The Best Bronzers For Darker Skin Tones

Huff Post  

The cosmetics industry is notorious for excluding the nuanced and diverse skin tones of its consumer base — particularly deeper and more melanated complexions. So much so that Atlanta, Georgia-based makeup artist Mi’Chel Bombshell founded her own cosmetics company, Beauty By Mi’Chel, in an effort to fill in the representation gaps that some mainstream brands have left wide open. “I …

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4 Easy Mantras to Get You Darker, Long-Lasting Colour of Mehendi
2 years, 8 months ago

4 Easy Mantras to Get You Darker, Long-Lasting Colour of Mehendi

News 18  

It’s the season of weddings, and who doesn’t like the hands with some beautiful mehndi on them? So let’s tell you some common mistakes we usually make while applying mehndi. Keep track of time Whether you are applying your mehndi for a wedding or any other occasion, keep in mind that mehndi should be applied a day or two before …

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Smartwatches are 'less effective at tracking the health of people with dark skin'
2 years, 9 months ago

Smartwatches are 'less effective at tracking the health of people with dark skin'

Daily Mail  

Joggers and other fitness fans are increasingly turning to smartwatches to measure their heart rate during exercise and for overall health monitoring. The study suggests this may be because the signalling process, which uses beams of light to detect heart rate and rhythm, might not work as well on darker skin that contains more melanin, as it absorbs more light. …

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Google Is Looking For A New Measure of Skin Tones To Curb Bias in Products
3 years, 6 months ago

Google Is Looking For A New Measure of Skin Tones To Curb Bias in Products

News 18  

Mountain View, California-based Google has told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry standard method for classifying skin tones, which a growing chorus of technology researchers and dermatologists says is inadequate for assessing whether products are biased against people of colour. Tech companies now rely on it to categorise people and measure whether products such as …

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Beyond “In the Heights,” colorism persists, rarely addressed
3 years, 6 months ago

Beyond “In the Heights,” colorism persists, rarely addressed

Associated Press  

Every year, Hollywood inevitably comes under criticism for its lack of racial diversity. “In a way, colorism and skin tone stratification is an even more difficult problem to fix because you could make the argument that everyone is involved in the system of colorism,” Monk said. “If we think about race and racial inequality without taking these skin tone differences …

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What's in a Tone? Google is Working on an Alternative to Curb Subtle Bias in Skin Colours
3 years, 6 months ago

What's in a Tone? Google is Working on an Alternative to Curb Subtle Bias in Skin Colours

News 18  

Alphabet Inc’s Google told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry-standard method for classifying skin tones, which a growing chorus of technology researchers and dermatologists says is inadequate for assessing whether products are biased against people of colour. Critics say FST, which includes four categories for “white” skin and one apiece for “black” and “brown,” disregards …

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Why Google is looking to develop a new measure for classifying skin tones
3 years, 6 months ago

Why Google is looking to develop a new measure for classifying skin tones

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc's Google told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry standard method for classifying skin tones, which a growing chorus of technology researchers and dermatologists says is inadequate for assessing whether products are biased against people of color. Tech companies now rely on it to categorize people and measure whether products such as facial recognition …

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Google announces plan to develop 'more inclusive' method for classifying skin tones
3 years, 6 months ago

Google announces plan to develop 'more inclusive' method for classifying skin tones

Daily Mail  

Google has revealed its working on a 'more inclusive' alternative to the standard method for classifying skin tones. But FST is still frequently used to categorize people and measure whether products - from facial recognition systems to smartwatch heart-rate sensors - perform equally well across skin tones. Scroll down for video Google has announced its working on a new 'more …

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Google Wants More Inclusive Smartphone Cameras That Represent Darker Skin Tones Better
3 years, 7 months ago

Google Wants More Inclusive Smartphone Cameras That Represent Darker Skin Tones Better

News 18  

The way cameras have represented skin has probably always been faulty. The company announced at the annual I/O developer conference that they are reworking the image processing in smartphone cameras to better represent different skin tones, including changes to auto white balance and exposure handling. During the Google I/O 2021 keynote, the company admitted that photography hasn’t always represented people …

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The Best Skin Care Products For Dark Skin, According To Dermatologists
3 years, 10 months ago

The Best Skin Care Products For Dark Skin, According To Dermatologists

Huff Post  

Skin care isn’t one-size-fits-all. She said one of the most coveted goals for those patients is to achieve an even skin tone, “thus I see this concern very often.” Hyperpigmentation is a general term used to describe darker patches of skin on the face and body caused by increased melanin. “I usually recommend prescription-strength retinoids because I feel that they …

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A new bestselling novel scrutinizes colorism and standards of beauty in America
4 years, 4 months ago

A new bestselling novel scrutinizes colorism and standards of beauty in America

CNN  

CNN — While the world continues to reckon with systemic racism and anti-Blackness during a summer of protest and awakening after the killing of George Floyd, a new novel explores another layer of discrimination experienced by people within Black communities. Brit Bennett’s “The Vanishing Half” is the story of the Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella, who yearn for escape from …

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These Black entrepreneurs stepped up to make sunscreen for darker skin
4 years, 5 months ago

These Black entrepreneurs stepped up to make sunscreen for darker skin

LA Times  

When Los Angeles resident Katonya Breaux was in her late 30s, she began noticing black moles on her face. It affects us all in ways that are not good.” For Shontay Lundy, creator and founder of Los Angeles-based Black Girl Sunscreen, the search for sun protection made for darker skin came up short. As the product page on the Black …

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Football commentary has evidence of racial bias, groundbreaking study finds
4 years, 5 months ago

Football commentary has evidence of racial bias, groundbreaking study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It revealed genuine cause for concern that the opinions expressed by the …

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