Dear Black Skin Directory, I’m a Black woman and I’ve been battling adult acne. My skin is frequently often covered in lumpy spots and blemishes. This really gets me down, so I wear a lot of make up to cover it. Do you have any tips or advice how I can manage my skin?

Home use micro-needling devices, often called derma-rollers tend to be hand rolled across the skin (this action can create tears in the skin) and the pressure cannot be controlled. This means that users tend to be heavy handed and unknowingly cause injury to deeper layers of the skin. On Black skin, this opens up the risk of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation and keloid scarring.

There’s nothing more liberating than having the confidence to rock your bare skin and so many of us are now choosing to go make up free. Of course, we’re lapping it up at Black Skin Directory because there’s nothing more we love than seeing Black and brown women embrace their natural skin. Our philosophy has always been to empower you with the knowledge and advice to help you keep your skin in it’s best health, so you can step out like a baddie in self love and acceptance.

Bed bug bites tend to happen on exposed areas whilst you’re asleep - face, neck, arms and legs are vulnerable. Typically a bed bug bite is usually red, itchy, and can appear in clusters or in a line on the skin. However, bed bug bites on Black and brown skin may not always show up angry and bright red, rather the skin can look purplish, flush a deeper brown or very dark red.

Colour correcting is the next step of the process, for which Adenuga recommends using an orange or peach toned corrector, and applying small amounts with a small, fluffy brush to the affected areas and gently blending out the edges. After colour correcting, apply a medium coverage foundation using a stippling technique, building coverage and focusing more on the areas with hyperpigmentation on Black skin.