on BBC1 tonight at 10:35 there is a programme called 'make me white'
BBC One has announced plans to screen a one-off documentary which follows those who want to have lighter skin.
The One Show presenter Anita Rani will front Make Me White when it airs later this summer.
The 40-minute programme sees Rani meet women and men who have embarked on a quest for lighter skin, as well as look at products and companies behind the market.
Pressures within her own Asian community are explored and health risks are highlighted as the show reveals the extent of damage illegal products can cause.
"I have never understood why fair equals beautiful because I love being brown," said Rani. "Through this film, I will find out where this pressure to change your skin colour is coming from."
Skin lightening is big business. The market for cosmetics to lighten darker skin is now reported to be worth millions of pounds; Anita Rani (presenter of Watchdog and The One Show) is on a journey to find out why. Starting in her own family, with her mother's preference for lighter skin, she explores the pressures within the Asian community that lead a growing number of people to want to "lighten up".
Anita says: "I have never understood why fair equals beautiful because I love being brown. Through this film, I want to find out where this pressure to change your skin colour is coming from."
Illegal cosmetics are available under the counter in Asian and Afro-Caribbean shops up and down the country. Many illegal creams contain banned chemicals which pose health risks and can cause irreversible damage. Anita goes undercover to see how readily available they are, and she meets one woman who regrets ever using them.
She takes a hard look at the businesses that make money on the promise of lightening dark skin, and tackles the cosmetic distributors and lifestyle magazines that promote and advertise skin lightening products.
Finally, Anita tests one of the legal leading brand skin lightening products for herself. Will it work?
so supposedly she's going to be trying some super product ah can't wait to see the results!
hope this is of intrest guys lol
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