reverseracism:

pensaynoire:

futureblackwakandan:

depression-will-not-kill-me:

sensei-aishitemasu:

lo-cotidiano:

jamaicanblackcastoroil:

futureblackwakandan:

cocoabutter-bae:

futureblackwakandan:

futureblackwakandan:

me hanging out with black people in the summer: “aye, yall don’t forget to put on sunscreen”

them: 

@flipflibberinflippinghell

Use the Walgreens Brand which is pretty cheap and it does wonders and doesn’t leave me with a white cast. And I’m dark as hell so I hate looking ashy but not all sunscreens are made equally and it’s one of the better ones I’ve used.

Wait cocoa/shea butter and coconut oil don’t protect you from the sun we really do need sunscreen??

Yea fam. All that “we don’t need sunscreen” shit is a myth. Combine that with the fact that most dermatologists don’t know how to spot skin cancer in Black people and it’s a nasty combination.

Yeah, it’s harder for us to get it but when we do it’s deadly. I know two people who died of skin cancer, both were Black.

“While incidence of melanoma is higher in the Caucasian population, a July 2016 study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology showed it is more deadly in people of color. African American patients were most likely to be diagnosed with melanoma in its later stages than any other group in the study, and they also had the worst prognosis and the lowest overall survival rate.”

- https://www.skincancer.org/prevention/skin-cancer-and-skin-of-color

Sorry about the link, I’m on mobile. But this is from August 2016, which I know isn’t the most recent but it’s still SUPER IMPORTANT. Y’all please wear sunscreen. With Google it’s even easy to find smaller, Black-owned brands.

https://blackgirlsunscreen.com/ is Black-owned!

If you don’t want to use sunscreen, shea butter works as one.

Only if you want something with low spf. If you want something with a higher spf(like 30+) then you need sunscreen.

I’m a sunscreen junkie. The Japanese ones are the best. You can get them off Amazon…most have no white cast. And they are SPF 50. You have to do a little homework but there are plenty of inexpensive choices. Please don’t rely on an oil or shea butter. You’re playing yourself. If you Google skin cancer you won’t find any pictures of Black skin. Most dermatologists have no idea how to spot it because they aren’t trained. So do yourself a favor and wear it every day! Don’t let this lie about out magical melanin let you get caught out there without protection. I read that darker skin can have a natural SPF of 13 but that obviously isn’t sufficient enough since you need at least 30 to offer real protection. And the Japanese ones have UVB (protects against burning) and UVA (protects against premature aging) and are regulated better than the U.S. ones. And they are cosmetically better feeling.

Please don’t use coconut oil or shea butter for sunscreen if you really care about your skin.

Find a good sunscreen. They even have organic ones if you’re afraid of chemicals.