"Our skin is different from white skin. For one thing, there is a wider variety of skin colors among blacks. Do you know that we have undertones of browns, oranges, reds and golds—and even purple—in our skin? But never pink, which is the most common undertone in white skins and white makeup."
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Barbara Walden
Barbara Walden (born 1930) is an American former actress, dancer and businesswoman who founded one of the first American cosmetic companies offering products for Black women to be sold in major department stores. She was inspired to create these cosmetics after discovering a lack of suitable makeup during her Hollywood dancing and acting career.
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