Illegal skin lightening creams being sold in London

nicko wrote:Just going to say that Eddie.

eddie wrote:Of course rags, these are bought knowingly.
So my question is, why are these women so desperate to become lighter in skin tone, that they'd risk their health?
Like silly women who go on sunbeds to become darker I suppose.

eddie wrote:I know Horatio and I simply can't understand where that horrible mentality came from!
It's the same with a lot of white girls, they crave to be suntanned all year round....never mind the damage they were doing to their skin with sun beds.

eddie wrote:That was really interesting Horatio, certainly explains it very well.
I know that among black women, the more lighter you are, the more you're "envied" and hair is a massive factor and an issue, to a lot of younger black women.

It's a shame. Beauty is found in every race and colour.

sassy wrote:There is a very evocative study on film of children.  They are shown a range of dolls, white and black, and are asked to pick out who is the prettiest, who is the naughtiest, who is the most popular, who is the cleverest etc etc.  Was very sad to see that a huge percentage of the children, white and black, picked out the white dolls as the the prettiest, the black dolls at the naughtiest etc.  And it's all because of what they have picked up from society.

eddie wrote:That was really interesting Horatio, certainly explains it very well.
I know that among black women, the more lighter you are, the more you're "envied" and hair is a massive factor and an issue, to a lot of younger black women.

It's a shame. Beauty is found in every race and colour.

eddie wrote:

sassy wrote:There is a very evocative study on film of children.  They are shown a range of dolls, white and black, and are asked to pick out who is the prettiest, who is the naughtiest, who is the most popular, who is the cleverest etc etc.  Was very sad to see that a huge percentage of the children, white and black, picked out the white dolls as the the prettiest, the black dolls at the naughtiest etc.  And it's all because of what they have picked up from society.

Yeah I've seen that. It made for very uncomfortable and upsetting viewing.

sassy wrote:There is a very evocative study on film of children.  They are shown a range of dolls, white and black, and are asked to pick out who is the prettiest, who is the naughtiest, who is the most popular, who is the cleverest etc etc.  Was very sad to see that a huge percentage of the children, white and black, picked out the white dolls as the the prettiest, the black dolls at the naughtiest etc.  And it's all because of what they have picked up from society.

eddie wrote:I've dated all shades and each was handsome in his own way.
I don't really have a "type" if I'm honest.

I absolutely love Afro hairstyles and always, always wanted one. I tell my black friends they're mad when they straighten their hair!! "Get a bloody Afro!"

eddie wrote:See that pic is a stunning example of a good looking woman with an Afro.
It looks so funky

eddie wrote:See that pic is a stunning example of a good looking woman with an Afro.
It looks so funky

Raggamuffin wrote:

eddie wrote:See that pic is a stunning example of a good looking woman with an Afro.
It looks so funky

Well yes - it's Diana Ross.

Isn't the little black girl dressed up for a child's beauty pageant? A lot of people don't approve of those.

Nobody ever says - white women shouldn't get tans because it's beautiful to be pale, do they? I find all this gushing about "black is beautiful" a bit over the top. Some black women look great, as do some white women. It's all superficial anyway, so why not treat it that way?

eddie wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Well yes - it's Diana Ross.

Isn't the little black girl dressed up for a child's beauty pageant? A lot of people don't approve of those.

Nobody ever says - white women shouldn't get tans because it's beautiful to be pale, do they? I find all this gushing about "black is beautiful" a bit over the top. Some black women look great, as do some white women. It's all superficial anyway, so why not treat it that way?

I do agree with all that rags. Except we happened to be talking about black skin and how its perceived - so us "gushing" was agreeing that lots of people with dark skin can be stunning and don't need to lighten their skin.

@Vic the make up was the very first thing I noticed. I hate it on children.