Why you should use sunscreen this summer

Black and dark skinned women often think that they are naturally protected against the sun's damaging effects and don't need to use sunscreen. But dark skin does not block cancer.

Darker skins are less prone to sunburns thanks to a higher level of melanin providing a natural skin protection factor of up to 13.

However, all skin types can get malignant melanoma and dark skinned people who did not protect themselves are likely to develop more severe skin cancers.

Conclusion: protect your skin with an Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of minimum 15.

Tiossano

Tiossano, from the Wolof word “Thiossane,” represents the origins of humanity, of culture, of life, of you, and of me. The natural skin care products based on indegenous Senegalese recipes. A new tribe that shares a vision of women who want to be know for their brains, beauty and heart.


The company is committed to help bring Dakar fully to the level of Paris and San Francisco as a center of global cultural creativity.  Tiossano will donate 10% of profits to a foundation that supports an educational project in Senegal. 




Products: Body lotions, body washes
Location: Dakar, Paris, San Francisco


Website: http://www.tiossano.com/

VIDEO: Afro Hair Beauty Live London

Check out a video of this year's Afro Hair and Beauty Live show. The event took place in North London last weekend and afro designers including Nkwo presented their latest creations.

How to trim your split ends

Follow the advice of TheTruthisHair on Youtube to trim your split ends. Her videos are really inspiring and motivating if you decided to grow your hair but don't know where to start. It's a great technique to get your ends smoother. But you may cut some strands of hair with her method so if you're a beginner, you may want to braid your hair in small sections and cut the split ends coming out of the braids.

Product review: Mixa

Mixa recently launched a new range of moisturizing products with Shea Butter for dark skins.

We tried the body cream and found out that it doesn't smell as nice as the original Mixa Intensif Peaux Seches with Allantoine. However, the texture is very light, soft and silky, contrary to most intensive body creams and it really adds a little glow to your skin, like glitter.

Our verdict: the original Mixa with Allantoine wins because it's texture is as soft as the Shea Butter version and it has a great perfume on top.

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Tatiana Fetgo, Cameroon

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