This week we talk in detail about "clean beauty" - what does it actually mean? Is it more than a marketing technique - and what of it's possibly problematic history? Join us as we dig in to this and more.
CW/TW: these links that we discuss within the history are painfully racist, please exercise self-care before clicking on them <3
Covergirl magazine ad: https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAH-AC0374-0000809
Pears soap ad: https://images.theconversation.com/files/189454/original/file-20171009-25615-nqu1rj.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1000&fit=clip
Nilla Nilla soap ad: https://images.theconversation.com/files/189457/original/file-20171009-25624-ymsneh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=30&auto=format&w=600&h=651&fit=crop&dpr=2
Guardian article on the invention of whiteness: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/20/the-invention-of-whiteness-long-history-dangerous-idea
Dove ads from 2011 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLoCxvcXUAIdyT7?format=jpg&name=900x900 and 2017 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLoCxvUX4AAO8qQ?format=jpg&name=small
Jenny's fave chemist on Instagram:
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