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Old Nov 18, 2005, 08:58 AM
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Skin lightner for African/African American/Black people????

Ok I am fairly new on this site and I am having a hard time figuring out what race is everyone. I am not trying to racist or anything. What works on other races doesn't work on black people and vice versa...With that being said...

Hi, Im Amina. I was a mid brown color. Before going to college I hardly went outside (overprotective mother needed to know where her children were at all time ). So I did not know anything about sunscreen lotion. Now I am 4 shade darker than my usual color. Though I love my dark skin it just feels weird looking at pictures of my lighter skin vs now. I was wondering if anyone know of a product that works. I just want my mid brown skin color back.

 
     

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Old Jan 23, 2006, 09:04 AM   #41  
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argument?

Hi Brownsugar,
No arguments here. This is an open forum for everybody to write their opinion.
You are very upset on the posting over the photo. Take it easy.
 
 
     
 
 
Old Feb 11, 2006, 05:06 PM   #42  
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entity33 if you had bothered to read my previous posts then you would not have made this complete and false accusation of me trying to "persuade people into using monobenzone". I have always stated my position on the use of monobenzone and that is that I believe its going to the extreme in skin whiting this of course is only in my opinion and I have always emphasised that. Also concerning Latoya Wilson I have never used her to backup any ridiculous claims I supposedly made, I don’t understand what your trying to make me out to be but you obviously don’t know what your talking about if your trying to make me seem like this.

Also just cause you’re an admin in a monobenzone forum doesn’t mean you know more about monobenzone then the average person if I’m correct you your self haven’t even used monobenzone your self so I just don’t understand what your trying to make your self out to be. Wasn’t it back in December that you never even heard of monobenzone? Infact I have the link below to prove it. Do you remember in December when you yes entity33 you continually asked me to reply to your question of what monobenzone was in the first place if you don’t remember I think this link will refresh your memory

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthr...2523#post62523

Your not a doctor in the first place so you cant state many of these things your saying as fact also if I’m correct your not a user of monobenzone your self so you cant even state this as fact on behalf of personal use. so if any one is possibly misinforming people its you, by stating things you've heard as fact, as for me i have never stated anything I’ve said as fact.


In all of the posts I have made I have always said things like I think... or I heard that...or in my opinion... I never ever said its a said..., its a fact that... or this is true for sure... because this is a forum where people can come and give opinions, and advice of there own. Since you did not do your research on me before making this accusation about me to prove my point I’ve put a link below on every post I’ve made. By all means look through and then tell me if I’ve ever told anyone what to do or think of monobenzone.

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/search.php?searchid=540853

(*if the link above doesn't work just right click on my name and go down to all posts made by Brownsugar*)



How about you let everyone else decide what to believe and what not to believe for themselves it is not in your place to tell people who’s worth listening to.

I hope this clarifies my position, and intentions on this forum I’m just like all of you looking for that perfect product to lighten my skin a few shades.
 
 
     
 
 
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Yeah you got me Brownsugar. That was a beautiful rebuttal I must admit.

But the majority of things I said is correct and clarifies on most of the misinformation that has been rumored around the net about monobenzone, which in result would cause many people to destroy their otherwise beautiful/even skin tone (usually permanently).

My apologies for directly insulting your credibility and indirectly affecting your reputation on this forum. But other than that, I stand by everything else I said. Everyone feel free to believe me or not.

Sorry again Brownsugar... don't hate me
Apology accepted, no worries I'm not a hater
 
 
     
 
 
Old Mar 13, 2006, 11:50 AM   #44  
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Amina, I would like to say I really agree with your comment about what works on some Black may not work on other Blacks. However, a few years ago I used a Tone Skin (Esoteria Cream/ night and day) product that may be purchased in Walgreens, RiteAid, or Walmart etc. The only advice I would say about using the product is you have to reduce the useage of the cream as you retrive the complexion you desire, which means you would need to reduce using the product to 1 once a week to every other week to once a month.
In regards to Ethnicity, I am Black. However, I perfer to be considered as an (Afro-West Indian American). see pics @ BLACKPEOPLEMEET.COM
and search for CHAYOTE23
Ok thanx for that info, I checked the Walgreens website and this product is fairly inexpensive, I think like 9 bucks.. I saw where u said to slowly reduce the usage but how long does this last?
 
 
     
 
 
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i have been using products sold by this lady who lives in Nashville, US. She is an indian and has these herbal products. the best product that she has are Shagrain and Sha Gold Mask, which i have used for 8 months now. It has made my skin fairer by 2-3 degrees, but i am looking for some pill that i can have orally too, to complement the shagrain and sha gold mask.

I want to use something that is 100% natural. I used some of these products - godiva, amira, etc with no results at all.

Then I went Regis in New York and one of the girls there put me in contact with this woman in Nashville. She told me some stuff about my skin and I sent her my pictures and she solved some of my queries on skin lightening.

She told me that:

This may seem elementary to some of you here, but, what she told me is:

1. skin is dark for 2 reasons : permanent tanning ( tanning during childhood), hereditary factors.

2. by cleaning ur skin everyday (without using any whitening products) you can improve your skin tone by 1-2 degrees.

3. If you use a mild exfoliant you can improve it another one degree

She gave me alot of tips on cleaning my face and stuff. She taught me that it's a regular process and you have to use 3-4 thing together to attain the colour you want.

But, I don't get the time to use all the stuff she says.

Can someone tell me if glutathione is safe to ingest orally.
 
 
     
 
 
Old Apr 8, 2006, 12:33 PM   #46  
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i was wondering has anyone seen the list of Oprah's favorite things. there is this one product - hope in a bottle by the company PHILOSOPHY.COM. I went through their site. They have 2 products for skin whitening . has anyone used anything
 
 
     
 
 
Old Aug 27, 2007, 03:55 PM   #47  
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Try clear essence at Clear Essence® Cosmetics USA, Inc.. I had the same problem with the sun darkening my skin this product line worked for me, It's not messy and works very well.
 
 
     
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