I Finally Asked a Skincare Expert, “What If My Black Cracks?”
Jessica Wilkins
“Black does crack; it just cracks differently."
It never fails. Every awards season, every major red carpet, the latest glossy magazine cover, and even a surprise fresh face Instagram post featuring a black woman around 40 and over, and I get the slightest tinge of anxiety. Have you seen Gabrielle Union lately? What even is Bianca Lawson? And don’t get me started on how Kelly Rowland shows up on my timeline making me feel inferior (she said with only a little sarcasm).
See, while everyone is swooning over the fact that Angela Bassett’s black simply refuses to crack, I secretly start to worry if and when mine will. I have aggressive forehead creases from years of not understanding men and their choices, and smile lines from feigning interest in my...