Mar 11, 2022
We dug in the crates again to give you another fantastic episode. First, I wanted to rebroadcast my chat with Eunice Cofie-Obeng, Founder and Chief Cosmetic Chemist of Nuekie, a skincare company, because products created for melanin-rich skin are increasingly popular. But Eunice has been working on her products for more than a decade (the first time I met her was in 2009). And since we last chatted, Eunice introduced a number of new products and was chosen as a 2021 Glossier grantee.
But the other thing that is crucial in Eunice's work is her dedication to training aestheticians about skin of color through her Skin of Color Academy.
Our discussion about funding for Black founders is still relevant, as are her thoughts about collaborating with other Black beauty founders during the pandemic.
And we have a bonus added: Towards the end of the episode, we got five new tips from Eunice to find an aesthetician who knows how to work with skin of color. One good resource: the Black Estheticians and Skin Therapists Association.