Thoughts, inputs people? Please don't say it's the sun, she has been in the same Cali ever since. After Chris Beat her up she has appeared darker. Here are some pics.

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Here is a pic of her regular complexion were she is pale.

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Hmm, weird change I wonder whts causing it.

I was just thinking that.

Hope she's okay! :)

Wow,now that more like the color she had when she first came out. That's really strange.. wonder what's the problem.

Maybe she stopped after she had gotten beaten because the brusies were more apparent with light skin. She looks nice with dark skin so maybe she has just decided to keep it that way.

Yeah! I've noticed that recently..

All I can add to the conversation is the "light" photo is made outdoors and the "darker" photos are made indoors. Natural lighting can make you look several shades lighter.

All I can add to the conversation is the "light" photo is made outdoors and the "darker" photos are made indoors. Natural lighting can make you look several shades lighter.

Maybe! The first sets of pictures do seem to be at night.

Flash isn't equal to the sun, though.

All I can add to the conversation is the "light" photo is made outdoors and the "darker" photos are made indoors. Natural lighting can make you look several shades lighter.

That's true but there are also other photos of her where she is VERY light.

For example here are some pics that LetLoveRule on AMHD posted:
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She def looks darker now

Rihanna has been bleaching since she was a kid, she even admitted that her mom use to put bleaching cream on her as a child growing up in the Caribbean

If that is true I think it was wrong for her mother to do that to her as a child. It should have her choice not her mother's.

I don't think anybody is interested in what she is using now though since she has gotten darker lollll
Anyway I hope my little riri is alrightttt

Omg you guys are acting like she is ill or something because she's darker now.. stop it! Maybe its because its night? Have you thought of that? Besides, she still would look good

I think she used a combination of things to get that light colour, probably pills and cream

I think she got darker because she couldn't undergo her regimen in hospital. Wonder what she's using. The results don't seem to last that long, though they are very pronounced.

Its just the different lighting http://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/rihanna3.jpg http://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/rihanna-new-gun-tattoo-1.jpg http://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/rihanna-at-bar-deluxab84b41.jpg her top half is light because the flash from the camera obviously.

Lol... I remember I had made a mention of rihannas bruises looking more like lightener cream burns...

And I felt foolish saying that.. people did tell me that I was possibly wrong

But now look at what's happening to her.. shez getting darker... lolzzzzzzzzz

Lol @ imgorgeous

All I can add to the conversation is the "light" photo is made outdoors and the "darker" photos are made indoors. Natural lighting can make you look several shades lighter.

I agree, I think it's a combination of the change in lighting as well as different makeup

It looks like bleaching to me

I agree with Lighterr, anyone who says rihanna is not visibly lighter in skin color than when she first came out obiviously needs to have their eyes checked, and please stop that story about weather changes. Several millions of people from hot climates migrate to the U.S yearly they don't go paler about 3 shades after that.

I was googling to try and find some of her childhood photos to see what she looked like when she was a kid, only found one and she was definitely browner.

I did come across this photo which looks strange to me. Neck up she's ultra white, I think she got carried away with the lightening creams about her neck or something. Or could be makeup, but who puts makeup on their neck?

Here's the photo:
http://www.topnews.in/uploads/rihanna1.jpg

A little strange huh? What ever it is, the multicolour makes it seem more likely that she's into skin lightening, however she may achieve it.