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Surprising Facts About the History of Black Skincare Teachings and Celebrating Black Beauty With Allure and The Melanin Edit’s Jessica Cruel

Gloss Angeles

Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan

Charlotte Palermino, Halsey, Sara Tan, Kirbie Johnson, Rihanna, Beauty Podcast, Arts, News, Entertainment News, Selena Gomez, Hailey Bieber, Fashion & Beauty, Beauty

4.8679 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It's Friday! Today's guest is one of our favorite people in the industry: Jessica Cruel, Allure’s Content Director. On today’s episode, we talk to Jess about her newest endeavor — The Melanin Edit, a platform exploring every facet of Black beauty and skincare, from the most innovative treatments for hyperpigmentation to the social and emotional realities. Jess also shares how she got started in her career and her favorite Black-owned beauty brands. Tune in now.


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0:00.0

We know, as black editors, we know everything about everybody.

0:03.2

I could do a blowout on any hair type.

0:05.4

I could do this.

0:06.3

I could do that.

0:07.3

But I really felt that the industry didn't respond in kind.

0:10.1

A lot of times when people talk about black people, it's always like, oh, the struggle, oh, the pain, oh, the hurt.

0:17.3

And all of that is true.

0:18.7

You know, we have suffered so much.

0:25.8

But there's also joy as a woman of color sometimes when you are the only person in the room, you can feel like you're small. You can

0:31.9

feel like your voice doesn't matter. What you have to say doesn't matter. Sometimes sometimes you need

0:36.7

something to hype you up to say, all right, yeah. We're about to kill it. Your voice matters.

0:43.9

I'm Kirby and I'm Sarah. Welcome to Los Angeles. Every week we break down the most important beauty news and launches.

0:52.3

Interview your favorite beauty experts, influencers,

0:55.9

and celebrity guests, and review our favorite beauty products of the moment as your beauty editor,

1:01.4

BFFs from the beautiful and great city of Los Angeles.

1:05.6

Welcome glamgelinos.

1:08.1

We hope you stay a while.

1:11.1

Cute. That's cute. Happy Friday. We are so excited about this week's guest. She is a friend to not

1:22.4

only Sarah and myself, but a friend to all. You've probably read her work if you are a beauty enthusiast and

1:31.2

you like reading good shit. Yep. It was probably written by Jessica Krull and Jess is our guest today.

1:40.8

She's just like a ball of joy. Like you can't help but smile when you talk to her. Her joy is

1:46.7

infectious. And we have her on because she recently launched a destination on a lore called

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