But skin color in society is Huge for some reason. I think you're a beautiful black young lady with amazing radient skin. It's great actually. You remind me of Gabriel Union. Wtf cares about color ? It's dumb distugusting & completley overrated pretty much like everything else society promotes. With skin color there's power ? Paper bag test ? No with Education there's power ! Kudos to you for furthering your education. That's what us black folk need to focus on rather then who's lighter &
Women should embrace their color not destroy it to be medeocre. I knew one chick who bleached. Her skin looked bright & it glowed, her lips where rosy too. Then I got up close to her, something about her skin didn't look right. It was almost gross actually. Goes to show beauty has it's limits. Unfortunantly this light skin epedemic is sad, but true. Honestly being light you hardly notice it, it's like driving a car, as you get used to driving in it you forget what it looks like on the outside.
Might make a racial comment about my skin. & then I saw the same tyra episode you saw around the same time & I considered bleaching crazy enough. When I turned 17 I got light again, ppl noticed & I never heard a black joke again. I'm 18 & still lighter. Personally I think I look better that way because that's how I looked as a little kid, basically I look like me (if that makes sense), Never ever saying every black women does. Personally I think dark skin is beautiful, it's exotic & sexy.
Society is All BRAINWASH. Black women have been descriminated against for years & years for some reason. I personally am butterscotch lightskinned, but growing up in about junior high I had gotten darker it seemed. It hardly bothered me, but I would put on sun screen thinking That much exposure to the sun was unhealthy for my skin. In high school my skin was still darker, it Never bothered me until my junior year, when I started to notice & feel inferior of my dark skin because, playfully a kid
girl this dnt make no sense. back in the day they use to favoritize lightskinned ppl/kids happened to my mom. she was a darker brown. like your color and they use to favoritize her light cousin and sister, openly thank god it didnt affect her too bad she has great confidence now but she didnt back then. i didnt think folks wanting to be light was that serious anymore. but its origins come from back in the day. why they started gloryfying lightskinned. idk but they created a mess smh
@MemoGrafix yeah, but lets get real here. Do you see white women dying to get afro weaves? Getting nose jobs to make their noses Bigger and wider? Getting surgeries to make their asses FATTER? The reason ppl talk abt the skin color issue, is because it is like a marker for the bigger picture. In essence, it is taking one of the defining features of being a person "of color" and saying it is something we should get rid of. The number one surgery in Asia is nose jobs (to make them more "slender")
@MemoGrafix followed closely by eye surgeries to make their eyes appear "more youthful". Now are you gonna tell me..."oh but Megan Fox got a nose job" or "but white ppl get botox around their eyes all the time". No because the difference is this: white ppl do things to look younger & thinner. Other races do things to look less of their race. And thats just the truth. Dont believe me, why is it that all the asian makeup gurus always have this obsession w/ making their eyes appear bigger? U dont
@MemoGrafix see blacks, whites, or hispanics do it (as often)... Sorry for ranting, but it's just Im tired of people pretending that the world does not have a huge RACE issue going on when it clearly does. You will never hear a white man saying "oh I got a girlfriend...and she's TANNED" as like a fuckin achievement or something...but you WILL hear a black man say "oh I got a girlfriend....and she LIGHT!" Im just sayin'....
@zazezalo: Black people are stupid to use lightening creams due to self-hatred taught long ago. Use it for medical (Vitiligo/Scarring). After some know of self & of beauty we natually have, many are convinced straight blond hair, light skin, & thin noses is best for darker skin . There's Nubian (Black) people born that way, I write about ones who aren't born with those features. LOOKING like "Wolves-in-sheep's-clothing". People may be offended. The truth hurts, then be in pain.
@zazezalo: I do see white women obtaining the breasts, lips, hips & Derrieres, we are naturally adorned with. I even saw a white man on Taboo, where white people are getting ass implants to get their asses bigger. Hmmm. I remember in the 1970's, white people in NY was getting tight curly perms to have the Afro and buying Afro wigs. Are you old enough to remember that? Also, white women/men do wear weaves today as for many centuries. Even that's something that originated in Afrika.
@zazezalo: You are absolutely correct, regarding your comments to me or whoever. Also, like it or don't, I have a huge race issue with my people and the confusion they ALLOW themselves to endure over looking as white/light people do. Like that's an ACHIEVEMENT. It's downgrading to our beauty. I am fully aware of the lengths a lot of people around the world today will go in the name of looking appealing to everyone else and/or themselves.
@MemoGrafix Yeah I realise that nowadays white women are doing the same things that degrade themselves and their race. (aka bigger butts and lips, etc.) but they do all that just because white men are (seemingly) more open about being attracted to women of color (esp. mixed women). Like this white guy told me he wasnt attracted to white women b/c they didnt have shapes like black women--its that type of attidtude that makes white women want to get shapes to please "their men". But all in all
@MemoGrafix I agree--every race does stupid crap to be more "appealing" even to the point of denigrating themselves and their family. But I have total a prob. w/ black culture b/c its so pervasive. for example, the "classic beauty" for whites was always Marilyn Monroe: blonde hair, big bust, small waist, sultry eyes, etc...something exemplifying "white beauty". But when we think of "black beauty" we think Beyonce, Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams, not Grace Jones, Naomi Campbell, or Iman.
It really makes me sad how these women are ruening their skin like this....I'm not the one to judge but it's not even a healthy light it's an omg u look sick light skinned that honestly has a bad outcome ....I really have some questions on why do they do that and etc... But great video can honestly see what your trying to say nd your hair looks great....
Actually there are darkening skin creams. I was in Sallys here in Texas and i saw all of these tanning lotions. One said chocolate tan. CHOCOLATE TAN!! I WAS LIKE WHAT? I showed my mom I couldnt believe it. White people have so many darkening products from sprays to lotions to even a CAPSULE. It does exist though.
@constance380 they darken their skin cause they want 2 b black but not as dark. but my thing is i would neva down grade myself to their standards. cause im perfect just the way i am. if god wanted us all 2 look alike he would have made us that way but he didnt. just b proud of who u r. and if u need a skin tone use coco butter cream not bleaching cream. let their azz by their own product cause im not. great topic.
...im 16 and i have "natural" hair i just wear weaves and these comments are making me want to hate myself by people saying that if you wear weaves you hate yourself.. i don't hate my kinky hair, it's just difficult to prepare within the 5 minutes i have to get ready for school & when i find that there is weave that i can wear where i won't have to relax my hair to get a quick 2 min wrap i wear it! point blank! wen im home & on weekends i wear my afro.. if i hated myself i would've killed myself
White women wear extensions basically the same thing as weave. They just call it something different to make it seem more okay to do. Like it's normal and not self hating.
If bleaching cream is a trap, maybe foundation is too. You don't see women of color buying foundation that is darker than their skin. it's always lighter shade of their skin.
I used bleaching cream on my knees and elbows after pregnancy because they got like 7 shades darker than the rest of me. I am supposed to use it on the dark spots on my face (horrible acne scars) but I don't want to look even worse. Not everyone who uses skin bleach has a problem with their blackness.
these african american girls are so dumb and ugly to come in front of camera and talk about thinks they shouldn't aahkk. they are not ugly but they are useless as well
I think that if black women wanna bleach their skin or be lighter its their choice juss like how white peoplee wanna be tan buu they make it more of a big deal that black people wanna get lighter! samee effects can happen ! So if peoplee wanna be lighter or darker thats them doesnt make them dumb stupid or anything likee that truthfully light skin is wat most people want or feel that they should be bekuss of thee music sayin light skinned red bones nothin bouu dark girls soo donn blame the gurl
just because someone hair is straight does not mean there hair is not natural. her hair can be natural, she just gets it straighten. she DOESNT have to wear her hair natural to let me people know " oh my hair is natural, no chemicals, im being true to my black ". the shxt isnt about that .. just be happy with who you are.
there is not a difference to bleaching and tanning its the same!! they both can fuck up your skin!! white ppl who tan have or a risk than black people do. blacks just soak up the sun while white have to run and hide from it!! white people curl there hair like black ppl do. black str8.n there hair like whites do. whites say lame things about race b4 a black person wud. look at every comment when u look at a video n see how many whites r talkin bout blacks n how black aint worrid about yall....
I read your comments this girl asked you why its for whit girl to tant their skin but its wrong for black girl to bleach their skin? i woul like to answer that question TANT AND BLEACH are totaly different things, bleaching mean you washing away your normal skin with a chemical. white people wish they can have a cream for them to get dark like black people but its imposible for them that they go sit on the sun to get dark or go tant their skin.BLACK PEOPLE WHITE PEOPLE ARE JUST JEALOUSE OF US
why is it okay for white girls to tan thier skin but it is wrong for black girls to lighten thier skin they are both doing the samething which is changing thier complexion.
@belindakino1 because a tan can go away and its not as bad people are putting BLEACHH on their skin do u know how strong bleach is they can die its way different
You over-analyze this wayyy too much. Black people should be able to enjoy the right of changing their looks just like white people have always been able to without being brought down by other blacks.
I'm African-American and I embrace my lucious lips, my wide hips, my large breasts, my dark brown skin, my heritage, my super duper butt, and my wonderful history and contributions that my ancestors have made into this world;)
I'm African-American and I embrace my lucious lips, my wide hips, my large breasts, my dark brown skin, my heritage, my super duper butt, and my wonderful history and contributions that my ancestors have made into this world;)
I'm African-American and I embrace my lucious lips, my wide hips, my large breasts, my dark brown skin, my heritage, my super duper butt, and my wonderful history and contributions that my ancestors have made into this world;)
Hair and skin are different....what you do to your hair is not self hate...and therr are some black people in africa with naturally straight hair....bleaching your skin is more self hate as thats something which people judge you on straight away...not your hair!
..It's not just recommended for black people who are darkskin, but those who are asian, middle eastern, ect. there are others who are dark. not just black people. but i feel like this, people got a right to look like however they want to look. it's not up to you or anybody else, it's what they want to do. so nobody's pressuring them to change their skintone, they do it because it's what they want to do. same thing for if you want to even your skintone.there's nothing wrong with that.
Not entertain that foolishness because of society. God made us perfectly the way he wanted us to look. He made all of us beautiful from white to very dark skin. Because in God's eyes we are valuable and he loves us. So if we focus on God and his ways and not the foolish and ignorant society we will live a life of peace and joy because of Christ. Be blessed. =D
I listened to both parts and I want to say thanks for putting it out there and speaking your mind. I heard you loud and clear. Who cares about ignorant comments. Because obviously they cannot relate. I am too a dark skin sista and like you I have never had an issue because my mom made me feel that Im beautiful and that showed in my attitude. However i believe we all had that moment where a dark skin may have thoughts about being light skin. But you have to nip it the bud very early and...
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LOL You People are so hypocritical. The girl in the video has straight hair, NOT HER NATURAL HAIR. She is obviously using harsh chemicals to strengthen her hair. Why? because she doesn't like her afro hair, just like the women who bleach their skins, don't like their complexion. she, too, decided to use harsh, chemicals to straighten her hair to be accepted in the "white" world.
You & Tyra Banks need to look in the mirror. Start with your hair.
@lovelambert lmfao im stupid? this is not even my hair i dont have any chemicals(i'm natural) in my hair OH YEA i forgot that doesnt matter because im wearing a horses tail on my head oh darn I guess I trustly hate myself let me go jump off a bridge....
@thomasadrianna@lovelambert has a perfectly valid point. By having a weave or relaxing your hair you are as much hating the beauty of your natural ethnicity as someone bleaching their skin so you are really in no position to judge someone else.
@thomasadrianna also a lot of spanish indian and asian people use bleach. I studied bleach and white people actually came out with it to remain fair way bk in the day or to be more fair when they had been in the sun. SMH
@lovelambert Don't try to be smart if you don't know what your talking about ! You DO NOT have to use HARSH CHEMICALS to have your hair straight ! & i love how your saying what she doesn't about herself.. So you know her on a personal level ? Ha Okay come correct or don't come at all oh yeah P.S NOT ALL BLACK PEOPLES NATURAL HAIR IS AFRO LIKE
@lovelambert ...that was the stupidest point someone has ever made on this topic...just stop. thats like saying white girls hate themselves when they tan and scrunch their hair :/ let her do wat she want and stop hatin so bad
@lovelambert no, they are not the same. Kinky hair is hard to manage a relaxer helps it comb. Dark skin is never hard to manage lightening has no benefit but vanity.
I’m sorry I had to give my testimonials in Puzzle peaces Thomasadrianna. I wish youtube would expand their character limit per post. Any ways there is a link I wanted you to see…also there is a lot more I wish to say to you on the topic…but I’ll do so through personal messages through your you tube account. There is soooo much to this.
Most people who would be considered very dark are made to feel inferior and invisible and dispensable based on statistical reports. The evidence is blatantly clear Thomasadrianna I can tell you stories of bigotry I’ve encountered that would give would give you a seizure. To an extent these people don’t have a choice. If you can brush of or “bleach off” a hindrance…Why not eliminate one of the odds against you?
I’m a person of color, I stem from multiple ethnicities, (white and black and others) but based on one’s visual observation it is evident that I am a person of color. In this world that’s a strike against me due to stereotyping, prejudging and not adhering (racially of course) to “human beauty” Whatever that means! Its almost a “fact” that Halle Berry’s and Barack Obama’s skin tone play a role in their success.
Thomasadrianna! You are so beautiful! I do indeed see your point my dear! We live in a very Ethnocentric, Eurocentric world which is not going to change any time this century… now you’ve treaded on a very controversial topic which really in a way there is no answer. This is a conundrum that has perplexed us for centuries…skin color, differences, disparity!
they do it because now days boys and men think light skin girls are prettyer then dark skin girls and all you here in the rap songs is how they lookin for a yellow bone .im dark skin and i've gotten hooked up with guys before over the phone and i would meet them later through a friend. evry time i did though they would always ask if i was light skin and one time when i siad no the boy was like eww i am. i just hung up. who says eww to some ones skin color.sorry this so lon felt the need 2 share
I use lightening creams from my spa because when I get acne and it goes away i am left with a dark spot that takes forever to go away. The product only lightens the hyperpigmentation NOT my skin as a whole. You need to wear SPF but the UV rays from the sun causes the melanocytes to flare up and cause more dark spots. I think you are overanylzing some of the products as a racial issue instead of a skin care issue. If you can get rid of your acne scars, why not??
Also I wanted to add celebirty influences. Look at rihanna and beyonce both of which if you look back they had darker skin and for example beyonce is getting lighter and lighter! And i feel thats what is beautiful
i am darkskin woman. i didn't even know it until people start comparing me to my sisters. my parents had 3 girls and i was the only one that cam out a couple shades darker than my sisters. i felt like my whole family treated them better because they were lighter. i later found out it was own insecurities that i couldn't handle so i had to blame someone. now i embrace my complexion because god my made me this what we all know he never makes mistakes.
When i read a lable on fading creams it mostly says to put on your dark spot because sum african american or any women of color tend to get hyperpigmentation on a scar if left untreated. putting a fading creme on that spot will give u an even skintone, but some women think it will make you lighter and thats completwely false unless u move to a place where its always cloudy then ur skin color might get one or two shades lighter. I use fading cremes on my dark scars to help even out my face.
have been dark skinned. I pretty much have a all black dating rule and i dont see anything special about light skinned black boys. Now you tell me that society isnt effed up. Who all agrees that experience molded what i believe in boys and dating? Cause i do.
@2112k9 man please don't take it out on light skinned dudes im light and i love darkskin women i aint one of them niggas that think im better then somebody else cause my skin tone
You will be amazed at how early color is proven to be negative. Im a sophomore bhut when i was in the THIRD GRADE i liked a hispanic boy who told me he would not date me because i would make dark kids. Wtf! Then it hurt me but it made me love my color. My mother is dark skin and so is my brother. I on the other hand would be categorized as "red bone" so ive never been called dark (which makes me question how i could i make dark kids). My current boyfriend is dark skin ACTUALLY all my boyfriends
@2112k9 wow thats crazy being black american you can never know what complexion your child might have ... i am dark skin and my children father is dark skin n haitain our kids would be classified as "red" .. so what tht tell you.. lol
hi babes..dark skin rocks/light skin rocks..whatever ur skin colour(yes with a U) shouldnt define beauty
where i am from (africa) - depends on the distance from the equator and the majority skin colouring of the general population... in high school the local saying was if you are light skinned you are either a witch or a thief, and that is what I went through as a kid...but i love all shades of black either way.. everyone's shade of black is beautiful...
i always thought the fading creams were for skin discoloration? like for scars, kind of like the one you were talking about in the first part of this video.
im lite skinned and i used to want to be darker. last summer i was constantly at the beach & i got sun freckles not cool. The complexion u are is the complexion that makes you beautiful point blank. And what good world the world be if everyone was the same color? That what I love about Brazil, on the beach is proof all skin tones are sexy if you take care of your body period!!
I appreciate your views on bleaching, but we must also learn to appreciate the natural hair that we have, kinky many may call it, but the natural hair and our skin that we have represent african within us. We should learn to love ourselves
I appreciate your views on bleaching, but we must also learn to appreciate the natural hair that we have, kinky many may call it, but the natural hair and our skin that we have represent african within us. We should learn to love ourselves
I also thought these products were used for uneven skintone, not for people who want to lightening their skins. I know there are black people who use it for that very purpose. I don't think it is the company that is trying to promote light skin over dark skin. It is black people with messed up minds who think it for this purpose.
@Renyc9 Original skin bleaching creams were prescribed by doctors for skin (hyper/hypo)pigmentation, but people started misuing it. It's a lot worse in India because the tv advertisements are absolutely sickening. Type "9x fairness cream commercial" on youtube, you will see what i'm talking about.
It's called marketing....and it is all psychological.. so everyone can buy buy buy!!!! Be an educated consumer. It is not just bleaching cream, it's everything.
we are to blame for buying them but I also think we are trapped. they load these products on the market and sometimes saying NO is hard. this is the same thing with wigs/weaves where there are so many beauty supply stores that if you don't go as a black woman, you feel like your missing something. I am working hard to grow my hair and once I do I will try to stay away from beauty supply stores.
we are to blame for buying them but I also think we are trapped. they load these products on the market and sometimes saying NO is hard. this is the same thing with wigs/weaves where there are so many beauty supply stores that if you don't go as a black woman, you feel like your missing something. I am working hard to grow my hair and once I do I will try to stay away from beauty supply stores.
Im 17 & agree with you on the skin bleaching. Im Nigerian (YAY! lol) and growing up i saw alot of nigerians bleaching their skin. One day, i was at one African store looking for some black soap(yay! lol) and in that isle i saw MANY skin fading/bleaching/lightening produts in that entire isle. It hurt me because here we are DARK and BEAUTIFUL from the homeland and were trying to get lighter???? Anyways, the fact is that we ALL should love our skin and not form to what society wants up to be!
@RHiNeSToNeSHaDeS : this is a major thing in Africa and I am Kenyan and I know what you mean. Why are we using creams really? Something is off here. Take care!
It's 2011. We have all found ways to change ourselves. Whether your white, black, latino, asian, etc. The most important thing is the reasoning behind the change. White women change the way they look all the time and it is always advertised on TV and no one is looking down on them. Just because a black women decides to lighten her skin for what ever reason doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem. I love my dark skin and so does my white husband so I wouldn't do this, but to each his own!
she taught us at an early age that if besides you no1 else loves your color guess what God will! but with that said I love your show, your a beautiful person inside and out and God has a great purpose for you. Stay fabolous! Stay Real!
products have also caused her to produce facial hairs on her chin. her scaring is permanent. And she continues to use it! not as much, but she still does. And even after her facing the side effects of the harmful acids still hasnt stopped he from using it and she was Beautiful! now at family gatherings, some members we havent seen in a long time dnt remember her. but this topic is 1 that black women in general will struggle with 4 a long time. i myslef has never bleached, sisters, nor mother,
Now sorry for the paragraphs but I had to share this store because this women had rathered let her child starve for the day then not have her bleaching cremes and what not! And so many of them buy in bulk and ship to women back homein haiti where it isnt sold. And im not saying its just haitian women in particular, however, I have seen a massive use of it in our community. I have a cousin who was naturally red who used it and now she looks like a whitish pink! Like im not even joking and the
son was who was around the age of 6 was complaining that he was hungry. She said she didnt have money and proceeded to the register with a basket of various fair and white and tropiclear which is another "popular" brand of bleaching creme down here. The cashier rang everything up, said the total was $70 something dollars. this women took out her credits carrd and paid for it. her son again said mommy im hungry, she told him again what u want me to do I have money? I stood there like seriously?
Hey Adri. ok so I live in miami Im basically your skin tone and love my chocolate skin. Now I'am also haitian and one thing I realized from a very young age is they do bleach alot.(Note I said they and not me cause I dont) I have numerous aunts and cousins who do it and I would always ask them why? like do you know the short term and long term damage this will do to your skin!? I remember once my sister and I went to the bbs 5 blocks from my house and there was a haitian lady in there and her
We as black women need to stop being so color obsessed. You dont see white women going on for days about who is and isnt tanning. Honestly! The woman who bleaches and the one who doesnt but constantly preaches and raves about skin tone are equally insecure in my eyes.
@boo912nikki u've made a very good point!! Ive met people from europe and some of the white guys LOVE and I mean LOVE DARK skin. It makes me feel better about myself. In the black community (or at lease where I am from) the guys dont even look my way, rather, they look to the lighter complexion. I have even had white friends tell me my skin is gorgeous, they wish they had my skin.. blah blah. and I appreciate it. I'm not bashing the black community at all... just some examples ive experienced.
Little sis let me give you a lil bit of history. First, you don't want to buy fading creams from the beauty supply. These creams were made for White people to get rid of brown age spots. These creams were not made for us. You think these companies care whether you're dark skinned? Hell No. These are marketed in the Black community. White people want to hide their age by getting rid of the brown spots.
Im only 14, but from the tlks and what I see today in society, THE MEDIA is what has its hold on us darker, beautiful women. We are beautiful no matter what tone, physical features or hair textures we have. If we are prone to seeing light skin, or white women ALL THE TIME in EVERY commercial, music video, or fashion probes where going to feel that where ugly & ppl look down on us for being dark. We as darker women have to find the strenght in ourselves to say, where beautiful & I love me for me.
@CuteAsxDarkBone19 : Amen I am struggling but hope to get to the place of saying I love me for me. Being a woman is difficult as well cos so many judgments are passed down upon us.
I am curious of why you bought the MOST affective fading creme for $11 and say you are not going to use it....you could have took notes like you did all the other fading creme that you saw....hmmmm??
@1DivineChocolate and I know you said you may use it on your elbows...but it doesn't matter...the point is you are using it to lighten a part of your body whether it is your elbows, knees, face, etc....like the "prescribed" fade creme you got from your doctor, you used it to "lighten" that spot....my point is that everyone has an issue with something and want to fix it the best way they know how...white ppl = tanning black ppl = fade creme...all the same to me....my opinion
well i'm black and i have nice caramel/brown skin and get dark spots when i have a bump or something (i don't mess with it) and it leaves dark spots..i don't see anything wrong with using it for that purpose, but to put it on your whole body..thats a little extreme
My daughter was teased when she was younger by, of course, other black children for being so dark. She would come home crying and my grandmother (her great grand mother) who was damn near white would sit her down and verbally beat her ass, Lol...., about this issue. Letting her know how beautiful she is and to ignore or have better come backs for those kids when they teased her. Well, my daughter is now grown and not only does the guys that teased her but white guys are after that chocolate.
@thomasadrianna....i'm not exactly sure why...but thats what ive heard local deramtologists say...skin bleaching is a huge issue in my country as well, and experts and doctors keep warning people about the daners of it...bleaching so severely damages the pigmentation and the elastciity of the skin, so i guess its more prone to UV rays, etc after a while....
this has enlightned me & me think about how many people i can think of right now that are using lightening and fading creams. I actually kno a man that was really chocolate & for the last 2 years he has been using lightening creams & i be came really light almost peach colored NOW he his skin is uneven with dark and light spots. I have noticed grown ups that i have known for years using lightening creams. SMH!
i can't understand this idea of light skinned people having it better in life. I'm light and i get nothing handed to me. I'm as single as a lonely blade of grass blowing in the wind. broke as hell. i get made fun for having light skin all the time by people. i get people asking me what I'm mixed with when I'm not mixed at all. I've had a guy say I'd be pretty if i was darker. i do use lightening creams for my acne scares but i have no interest in being lighter or darker. my skin color is perfect
bleaching creams are dangerous and can cause skin cancer. I don't condone anything that deals with skin bleaching or tanning. I say love the skin your in. It is so wrong how each bottle of bleaching cream is basically saying that "white" is the right way. When I actually have kids when I'm like 26 haha, then I'll make sure to let them know that their skin is beautiful because I'm sure they will take my gorgeous complexion. Everybody no matter what color is beautiful. Black is beautiful.
Well, I think if you get it from a dermatologist it would be safer. I got my skin bleach on my forehead because i had bad problems with acne. With using the bleaching cream that i was prescribed, my bumps faded away, my skin lightening, and I never had to do it ever again. I continue to pray that i never happens. I honestly believe with doctor care it can help.
thats crazy. i only used cream to try and get rid of my acne scares but i had to get rid of it because it was lightening my WHOLE face and not just the spots and i did not like that. i know my older aunts that have been using it for years. its crazy
i dont give a fuck, BLEACHING is for people who dont feel good about there self. its some bull shit people trying to say whats the differents in bleaching and haven our dark skin people flat iron our hair, bitchs beleave it or not we dont do different things to our hair because we want to look good for you we do it for our self.it makes it ez-r for us to keep our hair up.dont got shit todo with any thing else.i wont ever bleach. point blank dark skin people please stop.YOUR BEAUTIFUL!
@princess82944 Bleaching was invented for whites not blacks to fade dark spots. Bleaching on dark skin will lighten dark areas it is not intended for the full body and will never make a black person white. This is the reason most brands were named they way they were like Porcelana. Also asians used it for their skin. Whites have been bleaching since lemon juice existed. Funny how we as blacks tend to be harder on each other than any other races. Some flat iron some bleach we all happy!
@miss2umister bleaching was invented for any one of dark skin asians, blacks,mexican.. they made if for any one with dark skin...flat irons its cool.. bleaching not cool. no one really knows the long term effects of bleaching so me and you cant answer
@princess82944 Skin bleaching has been around since 300 bc, it has definately been used since i was a little girl and I am 40 so long term use a effects we know
Some people just like the glow of a more yellowish skin tone. There are some white people that hate black skin but tan, because they just like the look it gives them, not because they want to be black. Just like how some black people would hate to have white skin, but would prefer a lighter skintone, only because they like how it looks not because they hate themselves. I personally prefer the richness of dark skin, but i can understand that some may prefer that glow you can get with light skin.
(cont.) which, seems a close parralel to companies who don't make dark enough foundation, and imply that you need to use fade creams before they will deign to serve you.
It does seem to go both ways, & that culture wants everyone to be the same medium warm undertoned color. I must respectfully disagree on tanning, because, as a woman-of-lost-melanin, I have yet to find a single makeup company that can can match me on true porcelain foundation, & some makeup counter SA have told me that I need to " go get some sun" (and what? turn grey, since I have no yellow), or use a self-tanner to turn darker, before they would condescend to even try to match me. (cont.)
my comment to 11:30...we always have relaxers to changewhat we were born with...am not a relaxer hater..(currently transitioning) but it makes you wonder...have you read the slogans on relaxer perm boxes e.g 'beautiful straight healthy hair' etc and worse....check it out x
Personally, I wouldnt want to be white, no offense. I just want to know why some of them try so hard to put blacks/other races down as if they are superior. Is there something we are missing from this picture? Do they want what we naturally have?
as i was watching your videos i waslistening 2 my lil bro and his friends talk about girls and they were looking at pics on fb , they would see a dark skin girl her that would be pretty dressed nice and hair done but they would say she was ugly but when they would see a light skin girl who would have just like a ponytail and just plain clothes they would say she bad and stuff like that .I dont have any problem with skin color but this was just wat i noticed today while i was watching your video
Wish I had this video when I was 11,12,13... I had the lowest self esteem partly because of my skin color. But it came to me too and I'm glad to be brown!!
You should come out with a cream to darken your skin. Oh wait, they do have that. It's called tanning lotion. Let me see the tanning lotion box says:" Smooth evenly over entire face and body. Color is instant and will intensify in 3 hours. Apply up to 3 times weekly. Levels go from medium, dark to very dark. Contains no sunscreen". There is no conspiracy. The conspiracy is in your mind. Some people want dark skin some want light skin and there's lotions on the market for every fool and class.
I dont get it. why do White people wanna get darker but black people wanna get lighter I mean we got white people addicted to tanning beds and we got black people
love it. very informative. thanx 4 addressing this topic. i hope it helped the brown/dark skinned women and girls in the world so they wont continue to think negatively about their beautiful skin and try to be sumthin their not. God created u this color for a reason. accept who u are and be happy. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL :)
yeah this self degrading movement is just as causual as gettin your hair done overseas in third world countires. Its as if women of color are brainwashed at a young age that light is better or prettier from friends or family, so its like an on going cycle of self hate. Thats what I think.
I love you Adrianna I love the fact that you stand up for what you believe in! They are way too many black people who don’t see the danger in skin lighting. I think it amazing how you have taken time to address the issue. I’m17 and 1 thing I knw is tht Black is Beautiful! That thanks to my mum she raised 2b comfortable in my own skin. At the end of the day we need to remember Beauty is MUCH MORE THEN SKIN DEEP! We need to be happy with what God gave us. and appreciate what we have!!!!
i thinkt the cream was made basically to lessen the appearance of blotches or " dark spots" in the skin because some women have that problem even lighter toned women have dark blotchy spots so i jus think it all depends on the person using it and exactly what they choose to use it for.
i think its sickening i hate how bleaching cream is in the african american hair product section. wtf! like who tha fuk said a nigga want white skin an shyt crazy real tlk
@MsShellyrose Yeah, they even say things like, get darker beautiful skin at tanning booths..goes both ways. And yes we all have problems due to the media. Most white women on TV are fake and tanned, black women in the media are usually lighter skinned. Its a problem as a whole. And yes its the same thing.
LMAO @ this is recommended for yo black ass! But girl you definitely spoke the truth .. didnt sugar coat it.. Its sad foreal. Men especially dont help cause they do praise lighter toned women more. As a child I didtn care but in school I did try to stay out the sun in the summer because ppl werent so nice.. but Im FINE!!lol and love my brown skin!! and I love me some smooth chocolate men!! but love ya channel girl! <3 keep it up!
TOO MUCH thinkin was involved in this video..not sayin itz bad 2 think bout things..but ppl can always find something that justifies an opinion even if itz not logical.the directions for fadecream clearly explain wut 2 do regarding the treatment of a scar. I ddnt c the "wrong" or "subliminal msg" that they were tryin 2 convey.using words such as "perfect, clean, beautiful etc" is simply a means of advertisement 2 capture the interest of a buyer..BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL but this video was overanalyzed
im a little bit darker than you, and i have used fading cream, BUT it was only because i had some really bad scars on my knees as a child and used the cream to bring my skin back to its original color, i have stopped though, WHO CARES IF MY KNEES ARE DARK!
i agree with u... my friend and i were discussing the other day how most of the guys that go to our school don't even look at the black girls anymore because of our color... but when a white or lighter girl walks in they are all over them becasue they are LIGHTER! it makes me mad and upset because when i have kids one day i don't want them to feel any more inferior just because of their color. Yes we have come a long way but i think we still have a wase to go.
@lillala248 I wouldn't care if I were you. Mostly I believe you should be focusing on your school books instead of worrying about a boy looking at you. Education comes first.
also I have been accused of doing this because I have clear skin ! lol.. like many blk people and other people of color some parts of my body have differnt tones to them those creams are suppose to be to even out the skin tone but I don't trust them. Not every bw who buys them are bleaching to get white but some honestly want to get rid of dark marks on them that come from pimples,sun burn/tans, and just having uneven skin, those creams wont get your whole body light..will talk about it more ..
I don't know any BW that have ever done that now I don't know what goes on in somebodys house but It's not very common with American BW only once did I suspect 2 bw of doing it because their face has patches of red sorta like a chemical peel and they were from Africa. In the beuaty supply store I have never seen a bw buy them.I plan on doing a video about this as well.
I guess, well know, that the people I was around and things I saw on tv ( and I use to watch A LOT of tv back them), influenced those thoughts. It wasn't until my freshman year of high school, when I started to appreciate my looks.
Your being paranoid. What it's saying is that if you have dark spots on your skin, that are darker than your complexion, in order to even out your skin, it will tone and even the skin out. Now I have had to lighten dark acne scars and some of those products will bleach the skin, so you have to be careful to not use too much but I think that too many darker skin people have this chip on their shoulder that people are tired of. Black women all colors are beautiful.
When I first watching this, I thought you were talking about that show with Jessica Simpson, it was something about True Beauty. On one of the episodes, this Filipino lady had really messed up skin. It was the result of use make up with bleaching ingredients in it. I was really sad. She had light blotches all over her skin. I think it's crazy how people go to great lengths for lighter skin.
Me, I use to be the same way when I was a little girl. I actually wanted to be white back then....
ithink wat alot of ppl dont know is that there are African ppl who are very fareskinned [[esp in congo, ethiopia, etc]], i have no problem with that bc they are NATURALLY FARE, born that way. i myself am caramel, n like u said in the summer im darker than in the winter. ppl jus need to accept wat they are born as and the aging process of life[[bc i also know ppl who want to keep their fare complexion by bleaching their skin]]... concept of lighter is better is complete trash. #BEAUTY IS BEAUTY
i wonder how many rabbits had to sufferand to die for such bleaching stuff...
iixNe0NBl4cKxii 6 days ago
But skin color in society is Huge for some reason. I think you're a beautiful black young lady with amazing radient skin. It's great actually. You remind me of Gabriel Union. Wtf cares about color ? It's dumb distugusting & completley overrated pretty much like everything else society promotes. With skin color there's power ? Paper bag test ? No with Education there's power ! Kudos to you for furthering your education. That's what us black folk need to focus on rather then who's lighter &
liddocb 1 month ago
Women should embrace their color not destroy it to be medeocre. I knew one chick who bleached. Her skin looked bright & it glowed, her lips where rosy too. Then I got up close to her, something about her skin didn't look right. It was almost gross actually. Goes to show beauty has it's limits. Unfortunantly this light skin epedemic is sad, but true. Honestly being light you hardly notice it, it's like driving a car, as you get used to driving in it you forget what it looks like on the outside.
liddocb 1 month ago
Might make a racial comment about my skin. & then I saw the same tyra episode you saw around the same time & I considered bleaching crazy enough. When I turned 17 I got light again, ppl noticed & I never heard a black joke again. I'm 18 & still lighter. Personally I think I look better that way because that's how I looked as a little kid, basically I look like me (if that makes sense), Never ever saying every black women does. Personally I think dark skin is beautiful, it's exotic & sexy.
liddocb 1 month ago
Society is All BRAINWASH. Black women have been descriminated against for years & years for some reason. I personally am butterscotch lightskinned, but growing up in about junior high I had gotten darker it seemed. It hardly bothered me, but I would put on sun screen thinking That much exposure to the sun was unhealthy for my skin. In high school my skin was still darker, it Never bothered me until my junior year, when I started to notice & feel inferior of my dark skin because, playfully a kid
liddocb 1 month ago
girl this dnt make no sense. back in the day they use to favoritize lightskinned ppl/kids happened to my mom. she was a darker brown. like your color and they use to favoritize her light cousin and sister, openly thank god it didnt affect her too bad she has great confidence now but she didnt back then. i didnt think folks wanting to be light was that serious anymore. but its origins come from back in the day. why they started gloryfying lightskinned. idk but they created a mess smh
duhb0ojaink 1 month ago
There are darkening skin creams, a white lady I knew was using it to get "tanned".
MemoGrafix 3 months ago
@MemoGrafix yeah, but lets get real here. Do you see white women dying to get afro weaves? Getting nose jobs to make their noses Bigger and wider? Getting surgeries to make their asses FATTER? The reason ppl talk abt the skin color issue, is because it is like a marker for the bigger picture. In essence, it is taking one of the defining features of being a person "of color" and saying it is something we should get rid of. The number one surgery in Asia is nose jobs (to make them more "slender")
zazezalo 2 months ago
@MemoGrafix followed closely by eye surgeries to make their eyes appear "more youthful". Now are you gonna tell me..."oh but Megan Fox got a nose job" or "but white ppl get botox around their eyes all the time". No because the difference is this: white ppl do things to look younger & thinner. Other races do things to look less of their race. And thats just the truth. Dont believe me, why is it that all the asian makeup gurus always have this obsession w/ making their eyes appear bigger? U dont
zazezalo 2 months ago
@MemoGrafix see blacks, whites, or hispanics do it (as often)... Sorry for ranting, but it's just Im tired of people pretending that the world does not have a huge RACE issue going on when it clearly does. You will never hear a white man saying "oh I got a girlfriend...and she's TANNED" as like a fuckin achievement or something...but you WILL hear a black man say "oh I got a girlfriend....and she LIGHT!" Im just sayin'....
zazezalo 2 months ago
@zazezalo:Who's the hell is Megan Fox? Don't bother I don't care. She must be white.
MemoGrafix 2 months ago
@zazezalo: Black people are stupid to use lightening creams due to self-hatred taught long ago. Use it for medical (Vitiligo/Scarring). After some know of self & of beauty we natually have, many are convinced straight blond hair, light skin, & thin noses is best for darker skin . There's Nubian (Black) people born that way, I write about ones who aren't born with those features. LOOKING like "Wolves-in-sheep's-clothing". People may be offended. The truth hurts, then be in pain.
MemoGrafix 2 months ago
@zazezalo: I do see white women obtaining the breasts, lips, hips & Derrieres, we are naturally adorned with. I even saw a white man on Taboo, where white people are getting ass implants to get their asses bigger. Hmmm. I remember in the 1970's, white people in NY was getting tight curly perms to have the Afro and buying Afro wigs. Are you old enough to remember that? Also, white women/men do wear weaves today as for many centuries. Even that's something that originated in Afrika.
MemoGrafix 2 months ago
@zazezalo: You are absolutely correct, regarding your comments to me or whoever. Also, like it or don't, I have a huge race issue with my people and the confusion they ALLOW themselves to endure over looking as white/light people do. Like that's an ACHIEVEMENT. It's downgrading to our beauty. I am fully aware of the lengths a lot of people around the world today will go in the name of looking appealing to everyone else and/or themselves.
MemoGrafix 2 months ago
@MemoGrafix Yeah I realise that nowadays white women are doing the same things that degrade themselves and their race. (aka bigger butts and lips, etc.) but they do all that just because white men are (seemingly) more open about being attracted to women of color (esp. mixed women). Like this white guy told me he wasnt attracted to white women b/c they didnt have shapes like black women--its that type of attidtude that makes white women want to get shapes to please "their men". But all in all
zazezalo 2 months ago
@MemoGrafix I agree--every race does stupid crap to be more "appealing" even to the point of denigrating themselves and their family. But I have total a prob. w/ black culture b/c its so pervasive. for example, the "classic beauty" for whites was always Marilyn Monroe: blonde hair, big bust, small waist, sultry eyes, etc...something exemplifying "white beauty". But when we think of "black beauty" we think Beyonce, Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams, not Grace Jones, Naomi Campbell, or Iman.
zazezalo 2 months ago
It really makes me sad how these women are ruening their skin like this....I'm not the one to judge but it's not even a healthy light it's an omg u look sick light skinned that honestly has a bad outcome ....I really have some questions on why do they do that and etc... But great video can honestly see what your trying to say nd your hair looks great....
roroswifey 3 months ago
All races of people use it! And not only black people get dark skin or dark spots! I think people take it too far sometimes!
TrueW0man247 4 months ago
Actually there are darkening skin creams. I was in Sallys here in Texas and i saw all of these tanning lotions. One said chocolate tan. CHOCOLATE TAN!! I WAS LIKE WHAT? I showed my mom I couldnt believe it. White people have so many darkening products from sprays to lotions to even a CAPSULE. It does exist though.
blackspaniard1025 4 months ago
@constance380 they darken their skin cause they want 2 b black but not as dark. but my thing is i would neva down grade myself to their standards. cause im perfect just the way i am. if god wanted us all 2 look alike he would have made us that way but he didnt. just b proud of who u r. and if u need a skin tone use coco butter cream not bleaching cream. let their azz by their own product cause im not. great topic.
27ableladylove 4 months ago
skin bleaching is horrible
klegend0 4 months ago
Smart black women. That's right education
01latise 5 months ago
...im 16 and i have "natural" hair i just wear weaves and these comments are making me want to hate myself by people saying that if you wear weaves you hate yourself.. i don't hate my kinky hair, it's just difficult to prepare within the 5 minutes i have to get ready for school & when i find that there is weave that i can wear where i won't have to relax my hair to get a quick 2 min wrap i wear it! point blank! wen im home & on weekends i wear my afro.. if i hated myself i would've killed myself
naveahsmoments 5 months ago
White women wear extensions basically the same thing as weave. They just call it something different to make it seem more okay to do. Like it's normal and not self hating.
UNSEENoUNIDENTIFIED 5 months ago
ur hair is pretty ♥
Lilbluerocket 5 months ago
If bleaching cream is a trap, maybe foundation is too. You don't see women of color buying foundation that is darker than their skin. it's always lighter shade of their skin.
FromUTube2BigScreen 5 months ago
I used bleaching cream on my knees and elbows after pregnancy because they got like 7 shades darker than the rest of me. I am supposed to use it on the dark spots on my face (horrible acne scars) but I don't want to look even worse. Not everyone who uses skin bleach has a problem with their blackness.
ryoshi100 6 months ago
Why can't black women lighten their skin when white women can darker theres
constance380 6 months ago
i hate that some black women think like that we are so lost as a people maybe if they knew black history they wouldnt think like that
tdiesel24 6 months ago
these african american girls are so dumb and ugly to come in front of camera and talk about thinks they shouldn't aahkk. they are not ugly but they are useless as well
deeqable 6 months ago
I think if you bleach or tan your skin..its self hate..why cant u b your self and love who u r???
ItsmejazzyG 6 months ago
I totally agree & you are beautiful I might add (:
ToriNikeia 6 months ago
I think that if black women wanna bleach their skin or be lighter its their choice juss like how white peoplee wanna be tan buu they make it more of a big deal that black people wanna get lighter! samee effects can happen ! So if peoplee wanna be lighter or darker thats them doesnt make them dumb stupid or anything likee that truthfully light skin is wat most people want or feel that they should be bekuss of thee music sayin light skinned red bones nothin bouu dark girls soo donn blame the gurl
rayuneque 6 months ago
PLEASE WHAT TYPE OF SUNSCREEN DO YOU USE? I NEED HELP, AMBI WORKED FOR ME THEN MY SPOTS GOT DARKER AFTER THE BANANA BOAT SUNCREEN DIDN'T WORK :(.
GodsGenuineGift 7 months ago
White women do more plastic surgery than any other race, most of them hate themselfs so they want black women to hate themselfs as well.
chocolatebx25 7 months ago
just because someone hair is straight does not mean there hair is not natural. her hair can be natural, she just gets it straighten. she DOESNT have to wear her hair natural to let me people know " oh my hair is natural, no chemicals, im being true to my black ". the shxt isnt about that .. just be happy with who you are.
MinxTheNudist 8 months ago
there is not a difference to bleaching and tanning its the same!! they both can fuck up your skin!! white ppl who tan have or a risk than black people do. blacks just soak up the sun while white have to run and hide from it!! white people curl there hair like black ppl do. black str8.n there hair like whites do. whites say lame things about race b4 a black person wud. look at every comment when u look at a video n see how many whites r talkin bout blacks n how black aint worrid about yall....
kiakiakia333 8 months ago
I read your comments this girl asked you why its for whit girl to tant their skin but its wrong for black girl to bleach their skin? i woul like to answer that question TANT AND BLEACH are totaly different things, bleaching mean you washing away your normal skin with a chemical. white people wish they can have a cream for them to get dark like black people but its imposible for them that they go sit on the sun to get dark or go tant their skin.BLACK PEOPLE WHITE PEOPLE ARE JUST JEALOUSE OF US
MsNadegee 8 months ago
why is it okay for white girls to tan thier skin but it is wrong for black girls to lighten thier skin they are both doing the samething which is changing thier complexion.
belindakino1 8 months ago
@belindakino1 because a tan can go away and its not as bad people are putting BLEACHH on their skin do u know how strong bleach is they can die its way different
lookatdadamage94 8 months ago
@lookatdadamage94 yea but tanning is just as dangerous u can get skin cancer from it as well ask your doctor they will tell u
belindakino1 8 months ago
You over-analyze this wayyy too much. Black people should be able to enjoy the right of changing their looks just like white people have always been able to without being brought down by other blacks.
MiCorazonDeOro 8 months ago
I'm African-American and I embrace my lucious lips, my wide hips, my large breasts, my dark brown skin, my heritage, my super duper butt, and my wonderful history and contributions that my ancestors have made into this world;)
jburlesquequeen 8 months ago
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I'm African-American and I embrace my lucious lips, my wide hips, my large breasts, my dark brown skin, my heritage, my super duper butt, and my wonderful history and contributions that my ancestors have made into this world;)
jburlesquequeen 8 months ago
I'm African-American and I embrace my lucious lips, my wide hips, my large breasts, my dark brown skin, my heritage, my super duper butt, and my wonderful history and contributions that my ancestors have made into this world;)
jburlesquequeen 8 months ago
Don't buy bleaching creams....thats all you have to do.....they will go out of buisness...learn to love yourself....gr8 vid :)
purpleTqueen 9 months ago
Hair and skin are different....what you do to your hair is not self hate...and therr are some black people in africa with naturally straight hair....bleaching your skin is more self hate as thats something which people judge you on straight away...not your hair!
purpleTqueen 9 months ago
do you think there's a difference between bleaching and tanning?
prettiegirl07 9 months ago
..It's not just recommended for black people who are darkskin, but those who are asian, middle eastern, ect. there are others who are dark. not just black people. but i feel like this, people got a right to look like however they want to look. it's not up to you or anybody else, it's what they want to do. so nobody's pressuring them to change their skintone, they do it because it's what they want to do. same thing for if you want to even your skintone.there's nothing wrong with that.
LilBlkAznBeauty 9 months ago
i was to b z look in @ ur sexy lips
MrSkinny09 9 months ago
Not entertain that foolishness because of society. God made us perfectly the way he wanted us to look. He made all of us beautiful from white to very dark skin. Because in God's eyes we are valuable and he loves us. So if we focus on God and his ways and not the foolish and ignorant society we will live a life of peace and joy because of Christ. Be blessed. =D
creativeinspired 9 months ago
I listened to both parts and I want to say thanks for putting it out there and speaking your mind. I heard you loud and clear. Who cares about ignorant comments. Because obviously they cannot relate. I am too a dark skin sista and like you I have never had an issue because my mom made me feel that Im beautiful and that showed in my attitude. However i believe we all had that moment where a dark skin may have thoughts about being light skin. But you have to nip it the bud very early and...
creativeinspired 9 months ago
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LOL You People are so hypocritical. The girl in the video has straight hair, NOT HER NATURAL HAIR. She is obviously using harsh chemicals to strengthen her hair. Why? because she doesn't like her afro hair, just like the women who bleach their skins, don't like their complexion. she, too, decided to use harsh, chemicals to straighten her hair to be accepted in the "white" world.
You & Tyra Banks need to look in the mirror. Start with your hair.
SEE!
you are just as stupid.
lovelambert 9 months ago
@lovelambert lmfao im stupid? this is not even my hair i dont have any chemicals(i'm natural) in my hair OH YEA i forgot that doesnt matter because im wearing a horses tail on my head oh darn I guess I trustly hate myself let me go jump off a bridge....
thomasadrianna 9 months ago 19
@thomasadrianna @lovelambert has a perfectly valid point. By having a weave or relaxing your hair you are as much hating the beauty of your natural ethnicity as someone bleaching their skin so you are really in no position to judge someone else.
skyblue299 5 months ago
@thomasadrianna also a lot of spanish indian and asian people use bleach. I studied bleach and white people actually came out with it to remain fair way bk in the day or to be more fair when they had been in the sun. SMH
blackspaniard1025 4 months ago
@lovelambert Don't try to be smart if you don't know what your talking about ! You DO NOT have to use HARSH CHEMICALS to have your hair straight ! & i love how your saying what she doesn't about herself.. So you know her on a personal level ? Ha Okay come correct or don't come at all oh yeah P.S NOT ALL BLACK PEOPLES NATURAL HAIR IS AFRO LIKE
Armsokimboo 7 months ago
@lovelambert ...that was the stupidest point someone has ever made on this topic...just stop. thats like saying white girls hate themselves when they tan and scrunch their hair :/ let her do wat she want and stop hatin so bad
Qtee4eva16 7 months ago
@lovelambert no, they are not the same. Kinky hair is hard to manage a relaxer helps it comb. Dark skin is never hard to manage lightening has no benefit but vanity.
wishywashygirl19 4 months ago
I’m sorry I had to give my testimonials in Puzzle peaces Thomasadrianna. I wish youtube would expand their character limit per post. Any ways there is a link I wanted you to see…also there is a lot more I wish to say to you on the topic…but I’ll do so through personal messages through your you tube account. There is soooo much to this.
leistungsfahig 10 months ago
@leistungsfahig i loved your testimony i undestood every part of it thanks alot for your input :) very good points
thomasadrianna 10 months ago
Most people who would be considered very dark are made to feel inferior and invisible and dispensable based on statistical reports. The evidence is blatantly clear Thomasadrianna I can tell you stories of bigotry I’ve encountered that would give would give you a seizure. To an extent these people don’t have a choice. If you can brush of or “bleach off” a hindrance…Why not eliminate one of the odds against you?
leistungsfahig 10 months ago
I’m a person of color, I stem from multiple ethnicities, (white and black and others) but based on one’s visual observation it is evident that I am a person of color. In this world that’s a strike against me due to stereotyping, prejudging and not adhering (racially of course) to “human beauty” Whatever that means! Its almost a “fact” that Halle Berry’s and Barack Obama’s skin tone play a role in their success.
leistungsfahig 10 months ago
Thomasadrianna! You are so beautiful! I do indeed see your point my dear! We live in a very Ethnocentric, Eurocentric world which is not going to change any time this century… now you’ve treaded on a very controversial topic which really in a way there is no answer. This is a conundrum that has perplexed us for centuries…skin color, differences, disparity!
leistungsfahig 10 months ago
they do it because now days boys and men think light skin girls are prettyer then dark skin girls and all you here in the rap songs is how they lookin for a yellow bone .im dark skin and i've gotten hooked up with guys before over the phone and i would meet them later through a friend. evry time i did though they would always ask if i was light skin and one time when i siad no the boy was like eww i am. i just hung up. who says eww to some ones skin color.sorry this so lon felt the need 2 share
nieceiedust 10 months ago
shut up
claudiafarrell 11 months ago
Self hatin pigs.. you all deserve to die. Giving up the heritage of the indigenous, just a bunch of cowards that should die slow
Africa1991 1 year ago
i blame the media
Anna84970 1 year ago
this is legit , the realest thing ive seen on youtube.
nicka11207 1 year ago
I use lightening creams from my spa because when I get acne and it goes away i am left with a dark spot that takes forever to go away. The product only lightens the hyperpigmentation NOT my skin as a whole. You need to wear SPF but the UV rays from the sun causes the melanocytes to flare up and cause more dark spots. I think you are overanylzing some of the products as a racial issue instead of a skin care issue. If you can get rid of your acne scars, why not??
chandra0927 1 year ago
Also I wanted to add celebirty influences. Look at rihanna and beyonce both of which if you look back they had darker skin and for example beyonce is getting lighter and lighter! And i feel thats what is beautiful
Live2Love2much 1 year ago
i am darkskin woman. i didn't even know it until people start comparing me to my sisters. my parents had 3 girls and i was the only one that cam out a couple shades darker than my sisters. i felt like my whole family treated them better because they were lighter. i later found out it was own insecurities that i couldn't handle so i had to blame someone. now i embrace my complexion because god my made me this what we all know he never makes mistakes.
mariamalious1 1 year ago
only thing i can say is lord know i hate when someone tells me youre pretty for a dark skin girl.. or you dark skin but you pretty tho wtf!!!
makeda2010able 1 year ago 5
When i read a lable on fading creams it mostly says to put on your dark spot because sum african american or any women of color tend to get hyperpigmentation on a scar if left untreated. putting a fading creme on that spot will give u an even skintone, but some women think it will make you lighter and thats completwely false unless u move to a place where its always cloudy then ur skin color might get one or two shades lighter. I use fading cremes on my dark scars to help even out my face.
Dollieglitz 1 year ago
have been dark skinned. I pretty much have a all black dating rule and i dont see anything special about light skinned black boys. Now you tell me that society isnt effed up. Who all agrees that experience molded what i believe in boys and dating? Cause i do.
2112k9 1 year ago
@2112k9 man please don't take it out on light skinned dudes im light and i love darkskin women i aint one of them niggas that think im better then somebody else cause my skin tone
dazeguy513 1 year ago
You will be amazed at how early color is proven to be negative. Im a sophomore bhut when i was in the THIRD GRADE i liked a hispanic boy who told me he would not date me because i would make dark kids. Wtf! Then it hurt me but it made me love my color. My mother is dark skin and so is my brother. I on the other hand would be categorized as "red bone" so ive never been called dark (which makes me question how i could i make dark kids). My current boyfriend is dark skin ACTUALLY all my boyfriends
2112k9 1 year ago
@2112k9 wow thats crazy being black american you can never know what complexion your child might have ... i am dark skin and my children father is dark skin n haitain our kids would be classified as "red" .. so what tht tell you.. lol
makeda2010able 1 year ago
hi babes..dark skin rocks/light skin rocks..whatever ur skin colour(yes with a U) shouldnt define beauty
where i am from (africa) - depends on the distance from the equator and the majority skin colouring of the general population... in high school the local saying was if you are light skinned you are either a witch or a thief, and that is what I went through as a kid...but i love all shades of black either way.. everyone's shade of black is beautiful...
jeantaeoneal 1 year ago
i always thought the fading creams were for skin discoloration? like for scars, kind of like the one you were talking about in the first part of this video.
oreeishaj07 1 year ago
so i can use the creams to get rid of old scars?
shanti0889 1 year ago
@shanti0889 yeah you can.
i also had a doctor prescribe me a skin bleaching cream because of my eczema scars i use to have and it got rid of most of the scars.
but when i stopped using it i found out that the FDA had pulled it off the market at the time because it was basically poisonous to the blood stream.
so use with caution.
i also used a base ....more like a vaseline...over the area before i applied the cream.....for protection.
hope that helped. =]
makiesaysno 1 year ago
so i can use the creams to get rid of old scars?
shanti0889 1 year ago
you keep it 100 hun!!!! #realtalk you definitely hit the nail on the head! i love your videos cos you keep it real all the time!
Ps: BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!!! (Y)
dasky2710 1 year ago
you keep it 100 hun!!!! #realtalk you definitely hit the nail on the head! i love your videos cos ypu keep it real all the time!
dasky2710 1 year ago
@boo912nikki I totally agree. I am very happy with being my deep brown color, I wish everyone loved their skin color.
iforgotmypassword17 1 year ago
im lite skinned and i used to want to be darker. last summer i was constantly at the beach & i got sun freckles not cool. The complexion u are is the complexion that makes you beautiful point blank. And what good world the world be if everyone was the same color? That what I love about Brazil, on the beach is proof all skin tones are sexy if you take care of your body period!!
Dawn0564 1 year ago
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I appreciate your views on bleaching, but we must also learn to appreciate the natural hair that we have, kinky many may call it, but the natural hair and our skin that we have represent african within us. We should learn to love ourselves
Layawayiiiiii 1 year ago
I appreciate your views on bleaching, but we must also learn to appreciate the natural hair that we have, kinky many may call it, but the natural hair and our skin that we have represent african within us. We should learn to love ourselves
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hawtshay 1 year ago
I also thought these products were used for uneven skintone, not for people who want to lightening their skins. I know there are black people who use it for that very purpose. I don't think it is the company that is trying to promote light skin over dark skin. It is black people with messed up minds who think it for this purpose.
Renyc9 1 year ago
@Renyc9 Original skin bleaching creams were prescribed by doctors for skin (hyper/hypo)pigmentation, but people started misuing it. It's a lot worse in India because the tv advertisements are absolutely sickening. Type "9x fairness cream commercial" on youtube, you will see what i'm talking about.
amazingracepp 1 year ago
ADRIIIIII LMAO girl 8:57 had me dieing!!!
sweettwix 1 year ago
It's called marketing....and it is all psychological.. so everyone can buy buy buy!!!! Be an educated consumer. It is not just bleaching cream, it's everything.
ceellebee 1 year ago
we are to blame for buying them but I also think we are trapped. they load these products on the market and sometimes saying NO is hard. this is the same thing with wigs/weaves where there are so many beauty supply stores that if you don't go as a black woman, you feel like your missing something. I am working hard to grow my hair and once I do I will try to stay away from beauty supply stores.
kenyagirl2009 1 year ago
we are to blame for buying them but I also think we are trapped. they load these products on the market and sometimes saying NO is hard. this is the same thing with wigs/weaves where there are so many beauty supply stores that if you don't go as a black woman, you feel like your missing something. I am working hard to grow my hair and once I do I will try to stay away from beauty supply stores.
kenyagirl2009 1 year ago
Im 17 & agree with you on the skin bleaching. Im Nigerian (YAY! lol) and growing up i saw alot of nigerians bleaching their skin. One day, i was at one African store looking for some black soap(yay! lol) and in that isle i saw MANY skin fading/bleaching/lightening produts in that entire isle. It hurt me because here we are DARK and BEAUTIFUL from the homeland and were trying to get lighter???? Anyways, the fact is that we ALL should love our skin and not form to what society wants up to be!
RHiNeSToNeSHaDeS 1 year ago 2
@RHiNeSToNeSHaDeS : this is a major thing in Africa and I am Kenyan and I know what you mean. Why are we using creams really? Something is off here. Take care!
kenyagirl2009 1 year ago
@boo912nikki I agree
BlaqueWoods 1 year ago
It's 2011. We have all found ways to change ourselves. Whether your white, black, latino, asian, etc. The most important thing is the reasoning behind the change. White women change the way they look all the time and it is always advertised on TV and no one is looking down on them. Just because a black women decides to lighten her skin for what ever reason doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem. I love my dark skin and so does my white husband so I wouldn't do this, but to each his own!
frankifromnyc 1 year ago
she taught us at an early age that if besides you no1 else loves your color guess what God will! but with that said I love your show, your a beautiful person inside and out and God has a great purpose for you. Stay fabolous! Stay Real!
NCEEMAIL 1 year ago
products have also caused her to produce facial hairs on her chin. her scaring is permanent. And she continues to use it! not as much, but she still does. And even after her facing the side effects of the harmful acids still hasnt stopped he from using it and she was Beautiful! now at family gatherings, some members we havent seen in a long time dnt remember her. but this topic is 1 that black women in general will struggle with 4 a long time. i myslef has never bleached, sisters, nor mother,
NCEEMAIL 1 year ago
Now sorry for the paragraphs but I had to share this store because this women had rathered let her child starve for the day then not have her bleaching cremes and what not! And so many of them buy in bulk and ship to women back homein haiti where it isnt sold. And im not saying its just haitian women in particular, however, I have seen a massive use of it in our community. I have a cousin who was naturally red who used it and now she looks like a whitish pink! Like im not even joking and the
NCEEMAIL 1 year ago
son was who was around the age of 6 was complaining that he was hungry. She said she didnt have money and proceeded to the register with a basket of various fair and white and tropiclear which is another "popular" brand of bleaching creme down here. The cashier rang everything up, said the total was $70 something dollars. this women took out her credits carrd and paid for it. her son again said mommy im hungry, she told him again what u want me to do I have money? I stood there like seriously?
NCEEMAIL 1 year ago
Hey Adri. ok so I live in miami Im basically your skin tone and love my chocolate skin. Now I'am also haitian and one thing I realized from a very young age is they do bleach alot.(Note I said they and not me cause I dont) I have numerous aunts and cousins who do it and I would always ask them why? like do you know the short term and long term damage this will do to your skin!? I remember once my sister and I went to the bbs 5 blocks from my house and there was a haitian lady in there and her
NCEEMAIL 1 year ago
We as black women need to stop being so color obsessed. You dont see white women going on for days about who is and isnt tanning. Honestly! The woman who bleaches and the one who doesnt but constantly preaches and raves about skin tone are equally insecure in my eyes.
murdamia 1 year ago
@boo912nikki u've made a very good point!! Ive met people from europe and some of the white guys LOVE and I mean LOVE DARK skin. It makes me feel better about myself. In the black community (or at lease where I am from) the guys dont even look my way, rather, they look to the lighter complexion. I have even had white friends tell me my skin is gorgeous, they wish they had my skin.. blah blah. and I appreciate it. I'm not bashing the black community at all... just some examples ive experienced.
babangel3 1 year ago 2
Little sis let me give you a lil bit of history. First, you don't want to buy fading creams from the beauty supply. These creams were made for White people to get rid of brown age spots. These creams were not made for us. You think these companies care whether you're dark skinned? Hell No. These are marketed in the Black community. White people want to hide their age by getting rid of the brown spots.
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zeta2d4 1 year ago
Im only 14, but from the tlks and what I see today in society, THE MEDIA is what has its hold on us darker, beautiful women. We are beautiful no matter what tone, physical features or hair textures we have. If we are prone to seeing light skin, or white women ALL THE TIME in EVERY commercial, music video, or fashion probes where going to feel that where ugly & ppl look down on us for being dark. We as darker women have to find the strenght in ourselves to say, where beautiful & I love me for me.
CuteAsxDarkBone19 1 year ago
@CuteAsxDarkBone19 : Amen I am struggling but hope to get to the place of saying I love me for me. Being a woman is difficult as well cos so many judgments are passed down upon us.
kenyagirl2009 1 year ago
How come no one cares about white people wanting to be darker?
ttee216 1 year ago
i love ur passion!!! keep it up gurl!
LIFE478 1 year ago 2
I am curious of why you bought the MOST affective fading creme for $11 and say you are not going to use it....you could have took notes like you did all the other fading creme that you saw....hmmmm??
1DivineChocolate 1 year ago
@1DivineChocolate and I know you said you may use it on your elbows...but it doesn't matter...the point is you are using it to lighten a part of your body whether it is your elbows, knees, face, etc....like the "prescribed" fade creme you got from your doctor, you used it to "lighten" that spot....my point is that everyone has an issue with something and want to fix it the best way they know how...white ppl = tanning black ppl = fade creme...all the same to me....my opinion
1DivineChocolate 1 year ago
well i'm black and i have nice caramel/brown skin and get dark spots when i have a bump or something (i don't mess with it) and it leaves dark spots..i don't see anything wrong with using it for that purpose, but to put it on your whole body..thats a little extreme
itscomplicated011 1 year ago
My daughter was teased when she was younger by, of course, other black children for being so dark. She would come home crying and my grandmother (her great grand mother) who was damn near white would sit her down and verbally beat her ass, Lol...., about this issue. Letting her know how beautiful she is and to ignore or have better come backs for those kids when they teased her. Well, my daughter is now grown and not only does the guys that teased her but white guys are after that chocolate.
lilliangreen 1 year ago 2
@thomasadrianna....i'm not exactly sure why...but thats what ive heard local deramtologists say...skin bleaching is a huge issue in my country as well, and experts and doctors keep warning people about the daners of it...bleaching so severely damages the pigmentation and the elastciity of the skin, so i guess its more prone to UV rays, etc after a while....
candikking 1 year ago
this has enlightned me & me think about how many people i can think of right now that are using lightening and fading creams. I actually kno a man that was really chocolate & for the last 2 years he has been using lightening creams & i be came really light almost peach colored NOW he his skin is uneven with dark and light spots. I have noticed grown ups that i have known for years using lightening creams. SMH!
crunkzoebarbie 1 year ago
white people are the ones making those fading creams
neanealuvmuzik 1 year ago
i can't understand this idea of light skinned people having it better in life. I'm light and i get nothing handed to me. I'm as single as a lonely blade of grass blowing in the wind. broke as hell. i get made fun for having light skin all the time by people. i get people asking me what I'm mixed with when I'm not mixed at all. I've had a guy say I'd be pretty if i was darker. i do use lightening creams for my acne scares but i have no interest in being lighter or darker. my skin color is perfect
21momiji12 1 year ago
bleaching creams are dangerous and can cause skin cancer. I don't condone anything that deals with skin bleaching or tanning. I say love the skin your in. It is so wrong how each bottle of bleaching cream is basically saying that "white" is the right way. When I actually have kids when I'm like 26 haha, then I'll make sure to let them know that their skin is beautiful because I'm sure they will take my gorgeous complexion. Everybody no matter what color is beautiful. Black is beautiful.
UniqueTrendz 1 year ago
This world is totally mixed up. Lighter people wanna be darker, Darker people wanna be lighter! Make up ur minds!
Jamericangazagyal 1 year ago 24
Where can you watch the Tyra episode
mizzdimplez21 1 year ago
Well, I think if you get it from a dermatologist it would be safer. I got my skin bleach on my forehead because i had bad problems with acne. With using the bleaching cream that i was prescribed, my bumps faded away, my skin lightening, and I never had to do it ever again. I continue to pray that i never happens. I honestly believe with doctor care it can help.
msfantasy2013 1 year ago
thats crazy. i only used cream to try and get rid of my acne scares but i had to get rid of it because it was lightening my WHOLE face and not just the spots and i did not like that. i know my older aunts that have been using it for years. its crazy
Letta510 1 year ago
i dont give a fuck, BLEACHING is for people who dont feel good about there self. its some bull shit people trying to say whats the differents in bleaching and haven our dark skin people flat iron our hair, bitchs beleave it or not we dont do different things to our hair because we want to look good for you we do it for our self.it makes it ez-r for us to keep our hair up.dont got shit todo with any thing else.i wont ever bleach. point blank dark skin people please stop.YOUR BEAUTIFUL!
princess82944 1 year ago
@princess82944 Bleaching was invented for whites not blacks to fade dark spots. Bleaching on dark skin will lighten dark areas it is not intended for the full body and will never make a black person white. This is the reason most brands were named they way they were like Porcelana. Also asians used it for their skin. Whites have been bleaching since lemon juice existed. Funny how we as blacks tend to be harder on each other than any other races. Some flat iron some bleach we all happy!
miss2umister 1 year ago
@miss2umister bleaching was invented for any one of dark skin asians, blacks,mexican.. they made if for any one with dark skin...flat irons its cool.. bleaching not cool. no one really knows the long term effects of bleaching so me and you cant answer
princess82944 1 year ago
@princess82944 Skin bleaching has been around since 300 bc, it has definately been used since i was a little girl and I am 40 so long term use a effects we know
miss2umister 1 year ago
This video was very deep
MissCandyDelight2012 1 year ago
Some people just like the glow of a more yellowish skin tone. There are some white people that hate black skin but tan, because they just like the look it gives them, not because they want to be black. Just like how some black people would hate to have white skin, but would prefer a lighter skintone, only because they like how it looks not because they hate themselves. I personally prefer the richness of dark skin, but i can understand that some may prefer that glow you can get with light skin.
Bohemiianbeauty 1 year ago
(cont.) which, seems a close parralel to companies who don't make dark enough foundation, and imply that you need to use fade creams before they will deign to serve you.
MissJupiterWheels 1 year ago
It does seem to go both ways, & that culture wants everyone to be the same medium warm undertoned color. I must respectfully disagree on tanning, because, as a woman-of-lost-melanin, I have yet to find a single makeup company that can can match me on true porcelain foundation, & some makeup counter SA have told me that I need to " go get some sun" (and what? turn grey, since I have no yellow), or use a self-tanner to turn darker, before they would condescend to even try to match me. (cont.)
MissJupiterWheels 1 year ago
my comment to 11:30...we always have relaxers to changewhat we were born with...am not a relaxer hater..(currently transitioning) but it makes you wonder...have you read the slogans on relaxer perm boxes e.g 'beautiful straight healthy hair' etc and worse....check it out x
MzStarlette 1 year ago
Personally, I wouldnt want to be white, no offense. I just want to know why some of them try so hard to put blacks/other races down as if they are superior. Is there something we are missing from this picture? Do they want what we naturally have?
jnp2487 1 year ago
as i was watching your videos i waslistening 2 my lil bro and his friends talk about girls and they were looking at pics on fb , they would see a dark skin girl her that would be pretty dressed nice and hair done but they would say she was ugly but when they would see a light skin girl who would have just like a ponytail and just plain clothes they would say she bad and stuff like that .I dont have any problem with skin color but this was just wat i noticed today while i was watching your video
themizzgoldsmith26 1 year ago
Im happy i just use a Skin whitener for areas where i have uneven skin like my neck.
textmonsterlm 1 year ago
Wish I had this video when I was 11,12,13... I had the lowest self esteem partly because of my skin color. But it came to me too and I'm glad to be brown!!
NSugaBuga 1 year ago
You should come out with a cream to darken your skin. Oh wait, they do have that. It's called tanning lotion. Let me see the tanning lotion box says:" Smooth evenly over entire face and body. Color is instant and will intensify in 3 hours. Apply up to 3 times weekly. Levels go from medium, dark to very dark. Contains no sunscreen". There is no conspiracy. The conspiracy is in your mind. Some people want dark skin some want light skin and there's lotions on the market for every fool and class.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
I dont get it. why do White people wanna get darker but black people wanna get lighter I mean we got white people addicted to tanning beds and we got black people
addicted to lighting products.
mrnbrc 1 year ago
love it. very informative. thanx 4 addressing this topic. i hope it helped the brown/dark skinned women and girls in the world so they wont continue to think negatively about their beautiful skin and try to be sumthin their not. God created u this color for a reason. accept who u are and be happy. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL :)
sloganh1 1 year ago
yeah this self degrading movement is just as causual as gettin your hair done overseas in third world countires. Its as if women of color are brainwashed at a young age that light is better or prettier from friends or family, so its like an on going cycle of self hate. Thats what I think.
urbanChic1 1 year ago
i use fading cream but just to get rid of the imperfections on my face from acne
shardae0638 1 year ago
I love you Adrianna I love the fact that you stand up for what you believe in! They are way too many black people who don’t see the danger in skin lighting. I think it amazing how you have taken time to address the issue. I’m17 and 1 thing I knw is tht Black is Beautiful! That thanks to my mum she raised 2b comfortable in my own skin. At the end of the day we need to remember Beauty is MUCH MORE THEN SKIN DEEP! We need to be happy with what God gave us. and appreciate what we have!!!!
FaSHii0NBAB3Z 1 year ago
i thinkt the cream was made basically to lessen the appearance of blotches or " dark spots" in the skin because some women have that problem even lighter toned women have dark blotchy spots so i jus think it all depends on the person using it and exactly what they choose to use it for.
msdazisha 1 year ago
TRUE TALK!!
Gambiaann 1 year ago
i think its sickening i hate how bleaching cream is in the african american hair product section. wtf! like who tha fuk said a nigga want white skin an shyt crazy real tlk
mzdivalicious20 1 year ago
white people have lotions too. jergins darking lotion. tanning salons on every corner. spray tan. tanning beds. etc. we all have some issues i think.
MsShellyrose 1 year ago 44
@MsShellyrose Yeah, they even say things like, get darker beautiful skin at tanning booths..goes both ways. And yes we all have problems due to the media. Most white women on TV are fake and tanned, black women in the media are usually lighter skinned. Its a problem as a whole. And yes its the same thing.
levontra 1 year ago
wow very insightful video:)
bb2flyx 1 year ago
LMAO @ this is recommended for yo black ass! But girl you definitely spoke the truth .. didnt sugar coat it.. Its sad foreal. Men especially dont help cause they do praise lighter toned women more. As a child I didtn care but in school I did try to stay out the sun in the summer because ppl werent so nice.. but Im FINE!!lol and love my brown skin!! and I love me some smooth chocolate men!! but love ya channel girl! <3 keep it up!
poohbearlove08 1 year ago
TOO MUCH thinkin was involved in this video..not sayin itz bad 2 think bout things..but ppl can always find something that justifies an opinion even if itz not logical.the directions for fadecream clearly explain wut 2 do regarding the treatment of a scar. I ddnt c the "wrong" or "subliminal msg" that they were tryin 2 convey.using words such as "perfect, clean, beautiful etc" is simply a means of advertisement 2 capture the interest of a buyer..BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL but this video was overanalyzed
ashjmusic715 1 year ago
im a little bit darker than you, and i have used fading cream, BUT it was only because i had some really bad scars on my knees as a child and used the cream to bring my skin back to its original color, i have stopped though, WHO CARES IF MY KNEES ARE DARK!
locatrinbagonian 1 year ago
encouraging words of advice thanks a lot
girlllyj 1 year ago
i agree with u... my friend and i were discussing the other day how most of the guys that go to our school don't even look at the black girls anymore because of our color... but when a white or lighter girl walks in they are all over them becasue they are LIGHTER! it makes me mad and upset because when i have kids one day i don't want them to feel any more inferior just because of their color. Yes we have come a long way but i think we still have a wase to go.
lillala248 1 year ago
@lillala248 I wouldn't care if I were you. Mostly I believe you should be focusing on your school books instead of worrying about a boy looking at you. Education comes first.
2pac4realu 1 year ago
i would like to lighten my knees and elbows..what can i use?
bmrmamma 1 year ago
@bmrmamma stick 2 what GOD gave u...
Gambiaann 1 year ago
also I have been accused of doing this because I have clear skin ! lol.. like many blk people and other people of color some parts of my body have differnt tones to them those creams are suppose to be to even out the skin tone but I don't trust them. Not every bw who buys them are bleaching to get white but some honestly want to get rid of dark marks on them that come from pimples,sun burn/tans, and just having uneven skin, those creams wont get your whole body light..will talk about it more ..
CerebralMadness 1 year ago 11
I don't know any BW that have ever done that now I don't know what goes on in somebodys house but It's not very common with American BW only once did I suspect 2 bw of doing it because their face has patches of red sorta like a chemical peel and they were from Africa. In the beuaty supply store I have never seen a bw buy them.I plan on doing a video about this as well.
CerebralMadness 1 year ago
I guess, well know, that the people I was around and things I saw on tv ( and I use to watch A LOT of tv back them), influenced those thoughts. It wasn't until my freshman year of high school, when I started to appreciate my looks.
But hey, I didn't love myself, who would?
loveshinae 1 year ago
Your being paranoid. What it's saying is that if you have dark spots on your skin, that are darker than your complexion, in order to even out your skin, it will tone and even the skin out. Now I have had to lighten dark acne scars and some of those products will bleach the skin, so you have to be careful to not use too much but I think that too many darker skin people have this chip on their shoulder that people are tired of. Black women all colors are beautiful.
terrycloth97 1 year ago
When I first watching this, I thought you were talking about that show with Jessica Simpson, it was something about True Beauty. On one of the episodes, this Filipino lady had really messed up skin. It was the result of use make up with bleaching ingredients in it. I was really sad. She had light blotches all over her skin. I think it's crazy how people go to great lengths for lighter skin.
Me, I use to be the same way when I was a little girl. I actually wanted to be white back then....
loveshinae 1 year ago
ithink wat alot of ppl dont know is that there are African ppl who are very fareskinned [[esp in congo, ethiopia, etc]], i have no problem with that bc they are NATURALLY FARE, born that way. i myself am caramel, n like u said in the summer im darker than in the winter. ppl jus need to accept wat they are born as and the aging process of life[[bc i also know ppl who want to keep their fare complexion by bleaching their skin]]... concept of lighter is better is complete trash. #BEAUTY IS BEAUTY
sweettweet1010682 1 year ago