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49 - Clean Beauty & Public Health: Why Prevention is Power with Dr. Astrid Williams

The power of prevention

Joanne sits down with Dr. Astrid Williams, a fierce public health advocate who helps you see beauty products through an entirely different lens. As an environmental justice expert and educator, Dr. Williams opens up about her mission to spotlight how toxic ingredients disproportionately affect Black communities—and why the clean beauty movement can’t just be surface-level. She shares her own turning point: the moment she decided to stop straightening her hair and embrace her natural texture, sparking a deeper journey into health, identity, and advocacy.

Clean beauty as…

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