mel·a·nin
a dark brown to black pigment occurring in the hair, skin, and iris of the eye in people. It is responsible for tanning of skin exposed to sunlight.
Melanin Madness !
Melanin Madness is more than a Brand. Its a sense of accomplishment, power, and significance. Melanin Madness is for every Urban girl who ever suffered a crisis of self identinty. Not knowing if the shade of your skin will ever be accepatable. Never knowing if you were too dark or too light, or only "Pretty" in dispite of your color! Melanin Madness is for every Urban girl who embraced here Skin with so much self love that she wears it strongly& powerfully in everything she wears on her body !
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Melanin madness was inspired by every obstacle I faced in my 26 years as a young black Dark skinned woman in America. I grew up always hesistant about being "pretty ENOUGH". From middle school (when i first started admiring myself) on to high school I always noticed the boys gave the most attention to the lighter skinned girls or the more curvier girls. I always would get innocent jokes cracked on me about my skin being dark, but luckily I was never overly sensitive, but I was definitely insecure. I would always hang around girls with lighter skin even if i know they werent my real friends in hopes of being accepted more.
All through high school i was insecure about my skin tone and on top of all the other "pretty girl" sterotypes i was skinny. Even though you could never tell I was insecure, by the joy I always had inside of me that always showed on the outside, I was. After highschool when i got more into fashion. I always felt like everything i wore needed to show some type of skin, becuase I felt like my style wasnt enough becuase of my skin tone.
After finally turning 18 something changed. The more I got out and seen different beautiful Black Dark skinned women walking around so proud, so graceful & undeniably confident in all their assets and I knew I could do the same. I started to embrace everything i didnt like about myself being skinny, thick coarse hair, and my biggest challenge of all having dark skin.
One thing i noticed that never changed about myself is my love for fashion. The more i started to like how i looked in different outfits i put together myself the more i shopped. I didnt care if i bought one item from the mall and one item from the thrift store i would make it look so good and rock it with every secure asset I possessed.
Right now here in 2016 on to 2020 you can send me in front of the biggest most diverse group of people and ask me to strut down a runway with my head held just as high as my heels and I'll give the most insecure person in the room life !