Whitney Alese

This week's #MindfulMonday features 11 hair products to protect your hair from sun damage, three clean beauty makeup looks, why you should be growing aloe vera (even if you have a brown thumb), 5 essential tips to detox your skincare routine, and easy guide to smooth summertime skin. BLK+GRN: 5 essential tips to detox your skincare routine, easy guide to smooth summertime skin MyDomaine: Why you should be growing aloe vera (even if you have a brown thumb)Well+Good: 11 hair products to protect your hair from sun damage, three clean beauty makeup looks

Happy Friday, beautiful folks! Let's wrap up another week with our #FashionFriday of the week, including brands to check if you like Reformation, 29 products that will fix all of your clothes woes, 12 essentials to pack for the beach, and the cutest ASOS clips under $20.WhoWhatWear: Brands to check if you like Reformation BuzzFeed: 29 products that will fix all of your clothes woesRefinery29: 12 essentials to pack for the beach, ASOS clips under $20

Well, here is the full tea, un-scalding edition:Nike's now pulled design, the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July, an Americana-inspired that featured the original American Flag believed to have been created by Betsy Ross, was released in time for Independence Day. However, following seeing the sneakers, Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL Quarterback and outspoken Human Rights Activist who collaborated with Nike in 2018 , spoke to Nike officials, saying that the “Betsy Ross” flag design, the flag with 13 stars in a circle that appears on the heel of the new shoe, was not only associated with slavery (because a quick review of history reveals that said flag flew not only during a time of the American Revolution but also a time of slavery. Well, while neither the actual flag nor Betsy Ross is believed by historians to be racist, the NAACP previously denounced the specific Ross flag design in 2016 when one of the Michigan chapters of the NAACP associated it with militia groups promoting white supremacy. CEO Scott Cutler said that the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July design "doesn’t align with our value system."News of Nike is pulling the Ross flag-embroidered shoes prompted outrage from in the conservative community.

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