Skin Lightening
Skin lightening, also commonly called skin whitening or bleaching, is the process of using products or home remedies to lighten or fade discolorations in the skin. Most individuals that have skin conditions such as hyperpigmentation or similar skin imperfections seek out ways to perform skin lightening to make their skin more clear and beautiful.
There are many different ways to lighten your skin. Most methods involve using a skin lightening product of some sort. These come in many different variations and forms including:
Skin Lightening Cream
Skin Lightening Soap
Skin Lightening Gel
and several others
There are literally thousands of products on the market today that are designed to help with skin lightening. Some can be found at regular stores and pharmacies but higher end, and usually more effective, skin lightening products are generally sold online exclusively. Many brands have created lines specifically for skin brightening such as Civant, Estee Lauder, the Kardashian sisters and several large cosmetics companies as well.
Skin lightening works for a variety of skin conditions and impurities. Many of these things can be completely gotten rid of through the use of skin brightening creams, lotions and gels. Skin conditions that skin lightening works best for include:
Scars
Acne Marks
Dark Spots
Age Spots
Melasma
Hyperpigmentation
Sun Damaged Skin
Freckles
As you can see, the process is actually effective on pretty much any skin flaw. There are products that are good for all skin tones, too. Lightening and bleaching creams for black skin are a rare find but they do exist. If you would like to know more about the products that are available be sure to read our reviews of each of the following:
Meladerm
Perfect Skin
Dermology
While there are many more products similar to these, these are the top 3 rated products that are available. Click on the name of each to read our review of the product as well as reviews of others who have read the information on our website and provided their opinions of each product. If you have used any of these products yourself please feel free to leave your review of them by posting a "comment" under the related post.
We review loads of skin lightening products and will continue to post new reviews often as we find new products and test their effectiveness. All reviews include information about each product's ingredients, price, value and effectiveness for your education. If you would like to submit a review of another product that we do not have listed please email us at admin@skinlighteningpro.com and suggest the product you know to be reviewed.
IMPORTANT: Before you begin use of ANY skin lightening product or cosmetic product in general, please be sure to consult your doctor to ensure that it is O.K. for you to use the product. Information provided on this website is educational only and is not medical advice and should not be taken as such. Skin lightening products are generally very safe to use but you should still discuss it with your doctor or physician before starting to use one.
Find out more about Skin Lightening Cream on our website
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Skin Lightening Cream
Skin lightening creams have always been the elephant in the room among black women. Whether in the USA, Europe the Caribbean, South America...skin lightening creams, have held a taboo standing in the black community, yet women continue to use the creams, in order to attain a beauty standard, that is seen all too often in RnB videos, or amongst many of the biggest celebrities, the theme is always the same: lighter skinned black women.
Now if we add the fascination that African American men have with Latina women, we see the same theme: Lighter skinned women.
Is it a good thing, or a bad thing? To answer this, we have to take an objective stance regarding skin lightening creams, and the reasons that black women use them. The basic argument against skin lightening is that it's a form of self-hate, selling out our collective African descent, and heritage regardless of whether we are Black people from the Caribbean, Latin America, the United States, or Europe. However, that argument in itself could be said to be flawed because of the diverse range of shades of black on the African continent itself.
From seeing extremely light skinned Nigerian Igbo and Fulani women, some even having green and grey eyes, to the deepest, richest blue black of women in South Sudan, and every shade in between, it can be said conversely that the whole argument about skin lightening creams being about self-hate, is a flawed argument due to the fact that there are naturally light skinned people in Africa.
So is it selling out? Or is it Black women trying to actually look more Igbo, Fulani or Northern Somali and get closer to their African roots? It is an alternative viewpoint.
But, due to the negativity that has been directed at Black men, and especially dark skinned black men, and the behaviour that blacks display themselves, like for instance, overtly favourable attitudes toward lighter skinned blacks, one can see, that often, the choice to use a skin lightening cream, is a psychological one.
In short, a person who uses skin lightening creams, at the deepest level of their being, believes that by becoming lighter, they will feel better about themselves, and they will be treated more favourably.
It is as simple as that.
This is a choice, just as wearing mascara, lipstick, or using hair relaxer, hair weaves, getting a line up, shaving etc., these are all efforts, to change how you look and present yourself to the world.
It's a choice, and if one feels they want to use skin lightening creams, then they can, if they choose to.
The real question regarding skin lightening creams, really should be is safety. The majority of skin lightening creams on the market, that black women buy from neighbourhood beauty stores, owned by Korean and Pakistani business people, in the United States and United Kingdom respectively, are completely unsafe.
Dangerous ingredients, have been found in such skin lightening creams, sold by neighbourhood beauty stores, leading to serious problems for users.
It's almost, as if there is a sanctioned effort to injure black women by the sellers of conventional skin lightening creams, in the neighbourhood beauty stores.
Nubianblue.com, a specialist black skincare company, has developed a range of skin lightening creams that uses only natural plant ingredients, and enzymes, to lighten dark skin, that are safe and actually nourish the skin.
Seeing the need for a safe skin lightening product, the founders of the company ensured that all skin lightening creams made by NubianBlue.com undergo 28 separate quality tests, to certify safety, quality and effectiveness.
The founding of such companies such as NubianBlue, has allowed black women, who choose to use skin lightening creams, to feel safer and more comfortable using them, because they know, that the creams made by such specialist companies are safe as evidenced by skin lightening creams from NubianBlue.com , rather than black women who take chances buying essentially dangerous chemicals in a jar from neighbourhood hair and beauty shops.
Find out more about Skin Lightening Products on our site.
Now if we add the fascination that African American men have with Latina women, we see the same theme: Lighter skinned women.
Is it a good thing, or a bad thing? To answer this, we have to take an objective stance regarding skin lightening creams, and the reasons that black women use them. The basic argument against skin lightening is that it's a form of self-hate, selling out our collective African descent, and heritage regardless of whether we are Black people from the Caribbean, Latin America, the United States, or Europe. However, that argument in itself could be said to be flawed because of the diverse range of shades of black on the African continent itself.
From seeing extremely light skinned Nigerian Igbo and Fulani women, some even having green and grey eyes, to the deepest, richest blue black of women in South Sudan, and every shade in between, it can be said conversely that the whole argument about skin lightening creams being about self-hate, is a flawed argument due to the fact that there are naturally light skinned people in Africa.
So is it selling out? Or is it Black women trying to actually look more Igbo, Fulani or Northern Somali and get closer to their African roots? It is an alternative viewpoint.
But, due to the negativity that has been directed at Black men, and especially dark skinned black men, and the behaviour that blacks display themselves, like for instance, overtly favourable attitudes toward lighter skinned blacks, one can see, that often, the choice to use a skin lightening cream, is a psychological one.
In short, a person who uses skin lightening creams, at the deepest level of their being, believes that by becoming lighter, they will feel better about themselves, and they will be treated more favourably.
It is as simple as that.
This is a choice, just as wearing mascara, lipstick, or using hair relaxer, hair weaves, getting a line up, shaving etc., these are all efforts, to change how you look and present yourself to the world.
It's a choice, and if one feels they want to use skin lightening creams, then they can, if they choose to.
The real question regarding skin lightening creams, really should be is safety. The majority of skin lightening creams on the market, that black women buy from neighbourhood beauty stores, owned by Korean and Pakistani business people, in the United States and United Kingdom respectively, are completely unsafe.
Dangerous ingredients, have been found in such skin lightening creams, sold by neighbourhood beauty stores, leading to serious problems for users.
It's almost, as if there is a sanctioned effort to injure black women by the sellers of conventional skin lightening creams, in the neighbourhood beauty stores.
Nubianblue.com, a specialist black skincare company, has developed a range of skin lightening creams that uses only natural plant ingredients, and enzymes, to lighten dark skin, that are safe and actually nourish the skin.
Seeing the need for a safe skin lightening product, the founders of the company ensured that all skin lightening creams made by NubianBlue.com undergo 28 separate quality tests, to certify safety, quality and effectiveness.
The founding of such companies such as NubianBlue, has allowed black women, who choose to use skin lightening creams, to feel safer and more comfortable using them, because they know, that the creams made by such specialist companies are safe as evidenced by skin lightening creams from NubianBlue.com , rather than black women who take chances buying essentially dangerous chemicals in a jar from neighbourhood hair and beauty shops.
Find out more about Skin Lightening Products on our site.
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