New docuseries examines successes, challenges of multi-billion-dollar Black beauty industry
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Andrea Lewis, an actress and filmmaker, and CJ Faison, Emmy-award winning producer and founder of FaceForward Productions, discuss the new docuseries “THE BLACK BEAUTY EFFECT.” The series explores the multi-billion-dollar Black beauty industry, the history behind it, and the progress that it still needs to make. (Photo courtesy of the guests mentioned above)
The Black beauty industry is worth billions of dollars. This includes skin care, hair care and makeup.
According to data from McKinsey & Company, in 2021, Black people in the United States spent $6.6 billion on beauty products.
On Tuesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” CJ Faison, Emmy-winning producer and founder of FaceForward Productions, and Andrea Lewis, an actress and filmmaker, discuss the new docuseries “THE BLACK BEAUTY EFFECT.”
The series explores the multi-billion-dollar Black beauty industry, the history behind it, and the progress that it still needs to make.