Editor’s Note: The Beautélanin™ Journal
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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.
Why Melanin-Rich Skin Must Stop Following Industry Trends
Why Melanin-Rich Skin Must Stop Following Industry Trends.
Melanin-rich skin was never meant to chase trends built for someone else’s biology. While the skincare industry obsesses over premature wrinkles and surface aging, our skin is navigating inflammation, pigment memory, barrier disruption, and cumulative UV stress. This disconnect is not accidental; it’s structural. Following trends without context often leads to over-exfoliation, pigment suppression, and long-term damage disguised as “results.” It’s time to stop asking melanin-rich skin to adapt to systems that were never designed for it; and start practicing care rooted in biology, not marketing.