. @NikitaDragun imma need you to apologize to me and all indigenous people for this blatant ignorance and disrespect. Sage is meant to only be used by indigenous people and several african tribes. This sacred medicine has no place or reason to be involved with the beauty community

Sage (especially white sage which is exclusively for use by native/indigenous people only) is a sacred medicine that we Native/Indigenous people use for traditional practices like ceremonies and healing. Harvesting and using this incorrectly automatically makes it bad medicine.

Not to mention that white sage is already endangered, this only further pushes it to its extinction. Amazon is one of the biggest reasons why this plant is endangered because they make it so accessible to non-natives to purchase white sage at the touch of a finger.

To anyone who is on Nikita’s/ @dragunbeauty’s PR list PLEASE refrain from using it or even opening it.. this goes way beyond cultural appropriation and I would hope you would listen to actual indigenous voices by helping us preserve this medicine from becoming totally extinct.

here are alternatives to white sage that you can use without the expense of appropriating/exploiting other cultures. https://twitter.com/crip_punk/status/1268013668370915329?s=21 https://twitter.com/crip_punk/status/1268013668370915329

Adding this late but the Navajo Nation has been hit pretty hard by COVID-19 & I made a thread of fundraisers that are helping my people & our reservation directly. Please consider donating & remember a share is just as helpful! Ahéhee’ (thank u in Navajo) https://twitter.com/beatbybenally/status/1255604308814462976?s=21 https://twitter.com/beatbybenally/status/1255604308814462976