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Part One: Your Beauty Basics What makes skin of color different? . . . What is your skin type? Daily skin-care routines . . . The sun and your skin: what you must know . . . Matching makeup to your skin tone . . . Easy camouflage tips . . . Avoiding common makeup mistakes . . . Your makeup tool kit . . . Relaxed hair -- how many touch-ups? . . . Hints for hot-combed hair . . . Knockout natural hair, from Afros to weaves . . . Must-have hair tools . . . Nail dos and don'ts . . . The perfect at-home manicure . . . The lowdown on high-tech: acids, peels, lasers, and more . . . Winning against wrinkles . . . The life-style your skin will love . . . and more. Part Two: Top Skin-of-Color Concerns Dark marks, blemishes, spots, and patches . . . Allergic reactions . . . Cold sores . . . Nail fungus . . . Stretch marks . . . Torn earlobes . . . Vitiligo . . . Will cocoa butter lighten dark marks? . . . Do foods cause acne breakouts? . . . Care for acne-prone skin . . . Eczema skin care . . . Scar-prevention strategies . . . Coping with keloids . . . and more. Part Three: Total Beauty for Life The changes of pregnancy . . . Great skin, hair, and nails at any age . . . What to do about hair loss . . . Quiz: Are you harming your hair? . . . All about hair removal . . . Age-defying solutions for mature women of color . . . Especially for men: skin-friendly shaving, hair and scalp care, neat nails . . . Skin, hair, and nail TLC for children of color: babies, toddlers, and teens . . . and more. At last -- a book devoted to the concerns of people of color that will help you enhance and protect the health and beauty of your skin, hair, and nails. Dr. Susan Taylor, a Harvard-trained dermatologist and a beautiful woman of color, bases her advice on more than fifteen years' experience treating patients in private practice and at the first-of-its-kind Skin of Color Center in New York City, which she directs. Her quizzes, product recommendations, and patient-tested solutions provide information you can use today! She explains:
Brown Skin offers comprehensive, culturally specific answers to help you look and feel your best, to recognize and prevent problems, and to get the right treatment for you and your family when needed. About the Author Susan C. Taylor, M.D., is a Harvard-trained physician and an internationally recognized expert in dermatology and ethnic skin disease. She lectures worldwide, has appeared on the Today show and Weekend Today, and has been featured in Essence, Good Housekeeping, Heart and Soul, and other publications. Dr. Taylor helped establish and directs the Skin of Color Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, the first of its type in the nation. She is an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, and an attending physician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Pennsylvania Hospital. She maintains a private practice at Society Hill Dermatology in Philadelphia and lives with her family in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. The Review Interested in reviewing this book for Girlposse.com? Just send Trixie an e-mail for details! This book is available from Amazon.com Post your own Book Reviews here |
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