00:00Hello everyone, it's Tia Williams, beauty editor here at Essence.com and welcome to another episode
00:11of Shake Your Beauty. I am here with lifestyle fitness expert Latham Thomas. Hi Latham. Hi,
00:16how are you? Good, thank you for hanging out with us. And today what we're talking about is
00:21something that every black woman has to deal with, which is stretch marks. You know, they're kind of
00:26like, it's the stuff that we don't really like to talk about, stretch marks, kind of saggy boobs,
00:30dimply thighs, and Latham here is going to walk us through some products that can really help us.
00:35So what do we have going on over here? So we have an array of products which I'm excited to share
00:40with you today. We'll just start first with the Mama Mio line, and I think it's a really great line
00:45because they have targeted products for our areas of focus where we really want to prevent stretch
00:49marks. So the first product is Strength to Fit hip and thigh cream, which is huge because stretch
00:55marks really, if you're gaining weight or losing weight, or in pregnancy, where we find them
01:01usually around the hips, the low belly, inner thighs, right? So this is a product that really
01:06targets that area specifically with intense moisture. And it works. I used it when I was pregnant. I used
01:12to love this stuff. And the other product that I really love that they've come out with is the
01:16boob tube. And this is really great because a lot of us forget that our breasts also change,
01:23like during pregnancy, or if you gain or lose weight, your breasts change. So that tissue can
01:29really stretch, and we want to prevent sagginess and so forth. So this is really great. And also,
01:35you can use it all the way up to your neck, which is important because the neck is also part of your
01:39face, right? So you really want to moisturize that area and prevent any sagginess and also like any
01:47stretch in the tissue there. The other great product is just the Goodbye Stretch Marks. And
01:53I'm sure you were familiar with this from your pregnancy. Yes, absolutely. Yeah, that's a great
01:57one. Again, a general stretch mark prevention product. The other one that we love from this line
02:04is the Omega Body Oil. So this is a general oil that you can use all over your body after you've
02:10exfoliated and taken your shower. It's just really nice. It's luxurious. It smells really great. You put it
02:16on. You can just lie down in the bed afterwards. So what is this? So here, this is the Basque line.
02:21And what I like about Basque is that they have sort of a system. Everything works together. So the first
02:27product is the sugar polish, which is really nice. So just like smell this and see. It's really,
02:33really nice. And the sugar actually protects your skin in a way. So when you use the sugar scrub,
02:41it doesn't scratch the surface of the skin, which is a problem, right? Like if you're,
02:46if your skin's already tending towards stretching, you want something that's going to be gentle,
02:52but a gentle exfoliant. So this is really great for that. You could follow up with the resilient body
02:57oil and then sort of moisturize and lock everything in with the Alife Body Butter.
03:04So what are these Carol's Daughter products? We love them, obviously. Sexy Belly. Right. So the Sexy
03:10Belly Butter is awesome to apply. I think right after the shower, just massage into the belly. You
03:16can also go inner thighs, outer hip area, under the arms, breasts, all the areas we're targeting,
03:24especially in pregnancy or when, if you have existing stretch marks, this is awesome to use,
03:29especially after the shower where your pores are open, you want to lock in moisture. And you could
03:35even finish it off with your scar butter, which is more of a cream base that can help lock in moisture.
03:41I just use some and it feels phenomenal. Oh, it's so luxurious. I love it. As women of color,
03:48you know, with stretch marks and hyperpigmentation and kind of like the saggy booby moment that we all get,
03:54you know, it's really helpful and exciting to actually have targeted products to help us with these
03:58issues. So thank you so much, Latham, for walking us through everything. And thank you for hanging
04:03out with us. And we'll see you on the next episode of Shake Your Beauty. Bye.
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