How Toxic Is Your Oral Care Routine?

  By: Alexis Atkins We all do it. After a restful sleep, we wander to the bathroon and grab our toothbrush. We turn on the faucet and squeeze a pea-sized amount of chemical-infused toothpaste on ...

Here’s Why You Should Go Natural

The natural hair movement has been growing and evolving and it’s a beautiful thing to watch! We have been waking up and embracing our kinks, coils, and curls. More and more women are walking in th...

Why Activated Charcoal Is What Your Skincare Routine Is Missing

By: Joanna Njama From Pinterest posts to YouTube videos, activated charcoal is one of the current beauty obsessions overflowing our feeds. But utilizing activated charcoal is definitely not a n...

My New Normal

By: Dr. Kristian Henderson On July 1, I was in a life threatening car accident in my dream car, a brand new Tesla, with my husband and newborn son. The car hit us, our airbags didn’t deploy, a...

Why Roses Are Stellar For Skincare

By: Natasha Eziquiel-Shriro Rose is not just a trending beauty care ingredient. Used for thousands of years, from Asia through the Middle East, by Ancient Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, and much la...

Why You Should Upgrade To Bar Soap

By: Alexis Atkins When it comes to bath time, there’s no debate. Shower gels are infinitely more popular than bar soap. It’s crazy to think that bar soap was once a household staple but the...

Plant-Based Power: The Truth Behind The Big ‘V’

By: Rachel Werner #VegLife is more than just hype. Cities like Los Angeles, New York and Seattle have long been faves amongst those who follow plant-based diets thanks to being on par with hips...

Eliminating Toxicity In Underarm Hygiene

By: Trinity Slade Remaining clean and fresh is important to maintaining proper hygiene. However, it is vital to ensure that the products we use are not harming our bodies in the process. One ar...

Detoxing Made Simple

By: Rasheedah Billups We have in us the power to create worlds, so surely we come equipped with everything necessary to function from day to day. However, there’s often a plot twist, just like ...

Trending Ingredient: CBD

By: Alexis Atkins of afrotouille.com Does your beauty routine include CBD oil? I'm sure you never thought you'd hear both "beauty" and "CBD" oil mentioned in the same breath but this cannabis-deri...

An All-Natural Nighttime Routine

When choosing a skincare routine, or figuring out what brands to use in the shower or bath, it’s important to consider multiple factors. From quality to production, ethics of the brand to the ingr...

When Every Ingredient Matters

By: Chinonye Akunne How many times have you looked at the back of your personal care items and saw ingredients that caused you to ask the question “how in the world does this benefit my skin?”....

Dark Spot Solutions

Achieving flawless skin is not impossible but the added frustration of fading dark marks can sure make it feel that way.