Editor’s Note: The Beautélanin™ Journal
This is not a beauty blog.
It is a remembering.
Of skin as lineage, of care as rebellion, of healing as inheritance.
Here, melanin is not corrected; it is consulted.
We study the language of the epidermis,
the politics written between pores,
the chemistry of survival.
Every essay, every critique, every ritual recorded here
is a pulse; a testimony that Black skin has always known how to restore itself.
Milady Overkills Infection Control — But the Real Risk Walks in With the Client
When Sanitation Isn’t Enough
Why Estheticians Must Tell Clients the Truth**
Clean tools and spotless rooms don’t prevent the hidden risks your skin carries to the table. Milady teaches us how to disinfect a spatula, but not how to navigate the truth that matters most: clients often don’t know their own skin, their reactions, or their triggers, and they don’t always tell us.
Melanin-rich skin is delicate in ways the industry refuses to research. Barrier compromise doesn’t announce itself. Delayed reactions happen even when everything is “clean.” And estheticians must learn to read skin, personality, and history, not just pathogens.
This piece uncovers the side of esthetics no textbook wants to admit:
A sanitized room is not the same as a safe treatment.
Honesty, education, and melanin-centered care are the real infection control.