From exposure to airborne chemicals to pounds of dangerous toxins flowing through our bloodstreams, our skin can become a little congested.

Shea Terra Organics Kalahari Mineral Bath Salts created a detoxing bath salt to provide our skin with the ultimate detoxing process.

Made with pure African essential oils and salts, Kalahari Mineral Bath salts remove draws out excess fluids caused by stress building toxins, resulting in fresh and rejuvenated skin.

Infused with wild marula and ootanga oils, this bath soak also leaves skin smooth and supple.

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Perfect for unwinding after a long stressful day.

100% natural and uses no synthetic fragrances, perfect for Juicy ladies with sensitive skin.

Eco-socially friendly organization uses funds to help alleviate poverty while preserving diminishing habitats throughout Africa.

Shea Terra Organics, $24.00, Available at Shea Terra Organics

Featuring 10 neutral and warm eye shadow pigments, the Heat Wave  collection is the perfect way to make the transition from warm summer days to hot summer nights.

All the high quality pigments stem from soft mattes to bright almost metallic shades, and include soft matte peach, soft matte caramel, soft champagne beige, golden pink gold, pink beige with silver flecks, soft pewter grey, soft golden sea blue, shimmering purple taupe and deep golden brown.

Equipped with a small makeup brush, each of the pigments in the Heat Wave palette can be applied dry to provide a traditional look, or wet to provide a glamorous look.

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Highly pigmented eye shadows that are long lasting and durable.

Because it can be worn wet or dry it adds a unique versatility to the collection’s worth.

Provides light coverage while still maintaining its high pigmentation.

Smashbox Heat Wave Eye Shadow Palette, $48.00, Available at Smashbox

Adult acne and the hindering marks they can leave behind literally ‘scar’ us physically and emotionally.

Time to figure out how to properly smooth and heal skin inflamed by the oily, pore clogging substance, sebum that cause bumps, breakouts, and bruises/marks from adult acne.

What goes in your body in the most important thing to remember in treating adult acne no matter the skin type, however, what topical treatments you use are just as important.

Black Opal knows this and has now created a skin care line to suit women of color.

Black Opal introduces it’s Even True skin care line to assist in keeping skin hydrated and moisturized, while preventing the production of pore clogging chemicals, and clearing dark marks left from blemishes.

The Even true process starts with a gentle face cleansing with soaps infused with salicylic acid twice daily. Black Opal’s Even True Complete Complexion Clearing Bar is a purifying anti-bacterial soap bar that unclogs pores while stimulating skin and reducing inflammation. Infused with salicylic acid, the complexion clearing bar helps prevent future breakouts.

Next exfoliating two to three times a week with a facial scrub becomes extremely important. Exfoliating helps remove dead skin cells and bacteria while unclogging pores. Even True’s Deep Treatment Brightening Scrub uses Shea butter, jojoba and African infused micro-beads to restore bright and smooth skin by removing rough and dead skin cells and providing the face with moisture and hydration.

Lastly moisturizing lotions with sun screen should be applied to the face after it is cleansed and exfoliated. Try Black Opal’s Oil-Free Moisturizing Lotion. Not only does this hydrating moisturizer provide an age preventing sunscreen, it also combats discoloration as a result of acne marks.

For those suffering from scarring finish your skin regimen with Tri-Complex Tone Correct Fade Gel, a triple-action formula effectively fades dark spots. In clinical tests, skin tone was noticeably improved by an average of 52% in just 28 days.

Developed by BioCosmetics Research Labs, in conjunction with renowned African-American dermatologist Dr. Cheryl Burgess, Black Opal Even True, gives the skin truly natural nutrients combined with a clinically proven formula to help treat and correct acne, hyperpigmentation, pseudofolliculitis, dark spots, and blemishes; while promoting a flawless and even skin tone.

To find out more about Black Opal’s complete skincare line, click here.

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