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This Detroit Mom Was Teased For Her Dark Complexion Now She Is The Face Of A Beauty Brand

Emily Cottontop by Emily Cottontop
October 19, 2022
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This Detroit Mom Was Teased For Her Dark Complexion Now She Is The Face Of A Beauty Brand

Yesterday I read a story about a Detroit woman and mom of five who shared that she was often ridiculed for the her dark complexion. The thing is what one person meant for bad is now the coolest thing in the world because she is NOW the face of the black owned Beauty company The Lip Bar.

Her name is Joy C N Mohammhed and this is what she shared on Instagram:
The only thing which made the teasing and the midnight jokes worse was the fact that when it was time for some make up I had no options.

The shadows lacked pigment. The foundations never inclusive. The world was against me. Then Dave Chappelle came out with the “Dahkness!!!” Rick James skit.

It was a wrap for my self esteem. I wanted to be as invisible as I clearly was. And then came the @thelipbar. Where I’m included AND seen. It’s good to be recognized. Mom of 5. Law student. And model. You wish you was this dahk. You could neva.

 

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The only thing which made the teasing and the midnight jokes worse was the fact that when it was time for some make up I had no options. The shadows lacked pigment. The foundations never inclusive. The world was against me. Then Dave Chappelle came out with the “Dahkness!!!” Rick James skit. It was a wrap for my self esteem. I wanted to be as invisible as I clearly was. And then came the @thelipbar. Where I’m included AND seen. It’s good to be recognized. Mom of 5. Law student. And model. You wish you was this dahk. You could neva. ?: @breannwhlgn

A post shared by Joy C N Mohammed (@joyistheculture) on Oct 2, 2019 at 6:56pm PDT

She spoke with the Daily Mail where she said:
“I was completely overwhelmed to be asked — absolutely blown away,” the mother of five told the publication. “I couldn’t get over the fact I was tapped to represent a foundation shade that was unavailable when I was in need of make-up for senior photos and dance recitals, because my skin tone was so “undesirable” to the masses,” she admitted.

Mohammed, who was always the darkest student in her classes recalled having her skin tone described as “blackety-black,” and has had a life steeped in the after effects of colorism.

Mohammed, 31, says the otherness she was made to feel in her childhood still followed her into adulthood, sharing, “I remember putting on make-up and trying to make it work [even though it was too light]. I looked horrible, just ghastly.”

She goes on to say that coming across The Lip Bar, also based in Detroit, allowed her to finally feel comfortable in her skin while putting on make-up, which makes this new partnership serendipitous.

“I was drawn to this brand not only because it was also Detroit-owned, black-owned, and women-owned, but because it worked so well and showed up on my skin so well,” she said.

So when the make up brand’s product developer Kori Fields invited Mohammad to their studio to model for their new shade she jumped at the opportunity to show other dark-skinned people like her her 5-year-old daughter, Adaline, that they deserve to feel just as beautiful as anyone else.

“I took Adaline because I wanted her to see that what we consider beauty diversity to be normal for her, and that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes,” Mohammed said. “I didn’t want to tell her about it or show her pictures, I wanted her to see it.

I love stories like this! Kudos to her and Kudos to the Lip Bar.

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