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How the Link Between Skin Sensitivity and Emotions Affects our Wellbeing

SPONSORED BY AVEENO®
How the Link Between Skin Sensitivity and Emotions Affects our Wellbeing
By Noel Cody · Updated July 29, 2022

Get a front row seat to the ESSENCE FEST Beauty Carnival where
ESSENCE Beauty & Style Editor, Blake Newby introduces three experts to
talk about the link between skin sensitivity, emotions, and our well-being.

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Meet this incredible panel—Sabrina Henry, Principal Scientist at
AVEENO®, Felicia Walker, beauty and skin expert behind the “This That
Beauty” blog, and Dr. Angela Ford, Chief Program Officer of the Black
Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI).

Now, watch as they discuss everything from personal skincare journeys to
how sensitive skin shows up differently across ethnic groups while also
addressing the emotional and mental toll sensitive skin and skin ailments
can have on the Black community.