Whenever I walk into a department store, I can always find the beauty products I need – ivory-colored makeup, hair products for my straight blonde hair and Band-Aids for my fair skin. However, this isn't the case for everyone. Growing up in the small, mostly homogeneous town of Tillamook, Ore., living without these things never crossed my mind until I took a sociology class in college, where we discussed racial, gender and economic inequities, and the topic of everyday conveniences, such as the simple act of finding a Band-Aid or makeup to match your skin tone, came up.