THE WORLD OF SKINCARE AND BEAUTY
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Authors
Fisher, Elizabeth Wright
Khomenok, Angelina
Rosser, Hannah
Morgan, Leila
Mwansa, Chama
Quispe, Jennifer
Issue Date
2023-04-28
Type
Other
Language
en_US
Keywords
Scholarship Sewanee 2023 , University of the South , Global , Cosmetics , Beauty
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Abstract
The world of skincare and beauty is a creative and diverse space that changes almost every day with new innovations, trends in the market, and technological advancements. With this presentation, we will be looking at the past, present, and future of skincare and beauty. In the past category, we have Jennifer looking at ancient beauty secrets in Peru and Lina looking at USSR makeup products. In the present category, we have Elizabeth looking at the wave of Korean skincare and Chama looking at the emergence of skincare companies created for people of color. In the future category, we have Hannah and Leila looking at the future of parabens in the United States.
Jennifer has researched ancient beauty ingredients in Peru, such as coca leaves, quinoa, and maras salt. Coca leaves are used to firm the skin and reduce cellulite, quinoa is used for face masks and balms, and maras salt is used as a body scrub and for healing the skin. Lina has researched USSR makeup products, and how products like eyebrow mascara "Leningrad", face foundation "Ballet", perfume "Red Moscow", and eyeshadow "Elena" were essential beauty products in everyday usage of women. She has also found how those products were a part of the political agenda in the times of the Soviet Union.
Elizabeth has researched the wave of Korean skincare and makeup products, also known as “K-Beauty”. South Korea is the capital of skincare, and its innovative products such as BB creams and snail mucin have become popular all over the world. Chama has researched the emergence of POC skincare companies. POC owned beauty companies have worked to reclaim cultural practices around skincare from the white dominated beauty industry.
Leila and Hannah have researched the use and future of parabens in the US. Since the 1920s, the use of parabens, artificial preservatives, began becoming widely used in the United States, but recent studies saw an association between parabens and breast cancer, and more. Trends have emerged to stop buying all products with parabens, but the US still needs to take action and create a federal standard.
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University of the South