Detroit is Different

  • Latest episode: “We Have Been Locked Away From Our History, Olayami Dabls Journey”
  • Latest episode: “Black Stories on the Big Screen: Inside the Detroit Black Film Festival with Marshalle Favors”
  • Latest episode: “Taste of Black Spirits is Building Black Ownership From the Bottle to the Shelf”

  • Latest episode: “We Have Been Locked Away From Our History, Olayami Dabls Journey”
  • Latest episode: “Black Stories on the Big Screen: Inside the Detroit Black Film Festival with Marshalle Favors”
  • Latest episode: “Taste of Black Spirits is Building Black Ownership From the Bottle to the Shelf”

Beauty is a philosophy in Western studies. Aesthetics make up the study of what Western scientists have written and expressed as the standard of beauty. The challenge in this philosophy is that the objectivity of beauty is dependent upon background, taste, and culture. In America, the standard of beauty for people outside of Western civilizations arch is prominent and abundant. Alyssa Space is a chemist with a concentration in skin and beauty design. Alyssa’s work developed For Her cosmetics. This line of beauty products is natural, safe, and expressly embraces the shades of Black beauty cosmetic lines don’t embrace. Alyssa’s journey as a chemist, entrepreneur, and creative is explored in this interview. Learn about water testing, natural standards, and why it’s important for Black women to be in the space of cosmetology design and manufacturing.