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finey88
May 30, 2009, 01:14 PM
From what I have been reading I am starting to wonder if it can be done and it doesn't seem so. I am tired of the scams... I don't need creams that will make me darker or ruin my skin I want something legit! Is that too much to ask for? Huh is it? I'm hearing diana stadler is a scam does funky mommy products really work or is that a scam too. :mad:

finey88
May 30, 2009, 07:23 PM
I think I will just go to a dermatologist to lighten my skin.

gold3509
Jun 1, 2009, 02:17 PM
Yes you can successfully lighten you skin... with hydroquinone or bio claire products... mix cream and oil together bio claire...

Some dermatologist wouldn't lets you lighten your skin... I went to the dermatologist and he give me hydroquinone one time and refuse to give to me again... piss me off...


I use bio claire and it lighten my skin very well...

PINKFASCINATION
Jun 14, 2009, 01:55 PM
I know what you mean finey88 and I'm almost about to give up. But here's what I know. I looked at a pic of myself when I was 21 in Hawaii and my skin was so white. I remember I went to a black dermatologist and she prescribed for me retin-a with a pump-tip (cant remember the strength) and 4% hq. I was pale in no time. Totally forgetting I was like obsessed again and searching for what works. Here's what I think- We are all searching for something out there new and the main thing that has always worked is right in front of our faces. HQ. Rihanna is the color of michael jackson and what did he use I THOUGHT. Let me see if I can find that out. Check this page out and you will see too how he did it http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1054653/Is-mystery-skin-bleaching-cream-sold-eBay-secret-Jackos-white-face.html Now- that's probably what Rihanna is using too. I bet she went to a dermatologist (BLACK) and that's what they gave her too, retin-a and 4% cream and she went and bought it by the truckload. I have been buying my retin-a & 4% cream direct from mexico for years. I have a mechanic who goes there often to visit his family and he ships it back for me (antibiotics too). But I have been just using it with a q-tip for the dark dots to clear them up. I am acne free with the peanut allergy lately and as long as I don't eat anything made where peanuts are processed Im fine. Now I'm tired of spending my money on all these natural products that don't do crap. I will take the HQ powder I bought from a photography site I have had for years and find out how to mix 4-6% and start smearing it on. As far as the cancer goes S.O.D. will take care of that!

lighterrr
Jun 16, 2009, 04:24 PM
I lightened pink but I'm no success story, I got white spots now from mono and more and more pop up daily, and a dark mark under my eye from high hq usage so I don't know what to say to you except to stay away from mono, now my doc says I have vitiligo, I should have just kept my dark whoopie goldberg colour

brightskingal
Jun 16, 2009, 05:24 PM
i lightened pink but im no sucess story, i got white spots now from mono and more and more pop up daily, and a dark mark under my eye from high hq usage so i dont know what to say to you except to stay away from mono, now my doc says i have vitiligo, i should have just kept my dark whoopie goldberg colour


Are you serious? Wow:eek:

lighterrr
Jun 16, 2009, 06:18 PM
Yep my only options are to repig or to keep using movate gel once I work up the courage to start again to get a very pale colour like rihanna colour and ill still have mj white spots everywhere

PINKFASCINATION
Jun 17, 2009, 02:04 PM
Yes I would stop using everything and totally repigment. Then if you must start again use the obaji system or the L'MAJ or both. Sorry for the result but stay away from the mono.

mobster
Jun 17, 2009, 02:27 PM
Yes I wouldn't have the guts to try mono,
But Intresting to see the page of the skin bleaching Michael Jackson used, that cream on the page, contains 4% Hydroquinone, but Michael used something a lot stronger before this cream, I am 100% sure, that cream Eldopaque, I have something similar, and I bet you is the same result with that cream.

weezing
Jun 17, 2009, 06:27 PM
I lightened up as well but like lighter I'm no success stories because the product gave me acne the acne eventually turned into black spots and they were all over my face there gone now thank god. The product I use was bio claire lotion and I'm pretty sure it contains hq. I'm going to mix kojic acid and alpha arbutin I don't think its been done before so I'm hoping it's a good mixture and will give me good results

lighterrr
Jun 17, 2009, 06:48 PM
I lightened up aswell but like lighter I'm no success stories because the product gave me acne the acne eventually turned into black spots and they were all over my face there gone now thank god. The product I use was bio claire lotion and I'm pretty sure it contains hq. I'm going to mix kojic acid and alpha arbutin I don't think its been done before so I'm hoping its a good mixture and will give me good results

weezing I am just moistutizing a lot now and using a little retina at the same time, can you tell me did you use the powder are you mixing your own products

innuendo
Jun 17, 2009, 07:55 PM
Lighterr's story makes me glad I never tried mono :eek:

lighterrr
Jun 17, 2009, 08:25 PM
lighterr's story makes me glad i never tried mono :eek:

If you read the other post there are 3 other members that had the same problem and only 1 repigged successfully so far, I am trying to get her product list that she used, wish me luck

exotic chinky
Jun 17, 2009, 09:03 PM
I've never heard a success story from this board, I'm contemplating L'maj but it's pricely but in the meantime I was just going to go for funkymommy.. if I have a BAD result.. then I'll immediately discontinue usage before I mar my skin

exotic chinky
Jun 17, 2009, 09:05 PM
Here's another idea maybe the reason some of these lightening products don't work on some of you guy's skin is because you've over-lightened.. sort of like overprocessin hair with perm, if you use it too much your skin will adapt and the effect will be lesser and lesser if that makes SENSE..

weezing
Jun 18, 2009, 06:01 AM
weezing i am just moistutizing alot now and using a little retina at the same time, can you tell me did you use the powder are you mixing your own products

I plan on mixing the alpha arbutin powder with the kojic acid lotion

lighterrr
Jun 18, 2009, 07:00 AM
I plan on mixing the alpha arbutin powder with the kojic acid lotion

OK thanks weezing, let me know how you do

PunkChic
Jun 18, 2009, 02:14 PM
The best results I had was from using ARBUTIN and sunblock. But this was for evening out the skin.

Using Kojic acid alone never really did do much for me.

sassiibrown
Jun 18, 2009, 06:21 PM
here's another idea maybe the reason some of these lightening products don't work on some of you guy's skin is because you've over-lightened.. sort of like overprocessin hair with perm, if you use it too much your skin will adapt and the effect will be lesser and lesser if that makes SENSE..

I believe this, and I think this was my problem with HQ, I got too excited and applied too much too often for my skin after I saw it working rather quickly.. and that's probably why it failed.
Now I plan to use my bleaching cream every other day then gradually daily and then maybe twice a day sometimes to get the full effect. We'll see how it goes!

ladydanielle
Jun 18, 2009, 08:22 PM
Yes it is absolutely possible to lighten. I think the problem on this board is that there is too few educated answers and too many vendors acting like people. It gets hard to distinguish and information gets distorted. Bio-Claire is a silly product to use simply for the fact of the overwhelming amount of negative reviews and the extremely cheap packaging. I mean seriously, you guys really think they have this amazing new veg-atle lightening ingredient and willing to sell it for so cheap with such crappy packaging? I mean come on, we can all afford to use a little common sense when it comes to lightening.

Arbutin is only good if you buy it from a reputable source like skinactives.com. Stop buying from shady vendors in india and thailand that don't give a crap about your american skin and will sell you steroids, mercury, high doses of hq, and dangerous stuff to fulfill your lightening needs at the expense of your skin.

I am one who has lighted from simple retin-A and hydro. It simply works, there's no doubt about it. I also supplement with natural cremes that I make myself. I simply don't trust products with ingredients I'm not familiar with and I can't buy at an actives site.

Skin lightening is nothing new, at this point we pretty much know what ingredients work and what ingredients don't work. If a company comes up with an amazing lighter without hydro, and is safe ( void of steroids and mercury ) I THINK ITS SAFE TO ASSUME THEY Won't BE SELLING IT FOR 5.99 at the Beauty supply store!

lighterrr
Jun 19, 2009, 10:35 AM
I think the biggest problem on the board is that people have no patience, and they want to be light like yesterday.

phillymantis
Jun 19, 2009, 08:49 PM
3 years ago using Fair and white extreme whitenizer in conjunction with the likewise named soap...

I managed to lighten from a dark black shade to a very light brown...

Unfortunately the problem with these creams is that they never last... and when they stop working it's a wrap!

After 9 months... the cream stopped working and would simply just make my skin red and irritated...

I tried the same brand 2 years later... and it still won't give me the effects it gave me for those 9 months when I looked like a completely different person

I tried bio claire that did a little something but its weak... and will only bring you about 1 shade down... or 2 I don't know

But nothing that can alter your entire look.

Basically... in this line of business you can't stick with that works... and that's how you up... all the experimenting

lighterrr
Jun 19, 2009, 10:21 PM
3 years ago using Fair and white extreme whitenizer in conjuction with the likewise named soap...

i managed to lighten from a dark black shade to a very light brown...

unfortunately the problem with these creams is that they never last...and when they stop working its a wrap!

after 9 months...the cream stopped working and would simply just make my skin red and irritated...

i tried the same brand 2 years later...and it still wont give me the effects it gave me for those 9 months when i looked like a completely different person

i tried bio claire that did a lil something but its weak...and will only bring you bout 1 shade down...or 2 i dunno

but nothing that can alter your entire look.

basically...in this line of business you can't stick with that works....and thats how you up ....all the experimenting

Yes you make a very good point, I agree with you

Cynbenet
Jun 20, 2009, 07:32 AM
i lightened pink but im no sucess story, i got white spots now from mono and more and more pop up daily, and a dark mark under my eye from high hq usage so i dont know what to say to you except to stay away from mono, now my doc says i have vitiligo, i should have just kept my dark whoopie goldberg colour

If you were whoopi Goldberg's color, why did you want to lighten yourself so much? I personally need to lighten my body for the simple fact that the sun here in Florida burned me over the summer (it didn't seem to burn my face, just my body). So I need a skin lightener to get my natural color back but reading this forum it seems a lot of blacks have used skin cream because they had low self esteem as a dark person.

clueless2008
Jun 21, 2009, 08:39 PM
Ladydanielle, You are exactly right! There are people who have completely depigmented their skin with monobenzone. And, there are people who have lighten their skin with other creams. The difference is, these people have gotten legit creams from US pharmacies, which were prescribed by a doctor. You have to do research, research, and more research if you want to successfully lighten your skin. I will tell you that there are only a few chemicals known to man that will 100% depigment your skin. And only a handful of other chemicals that will lighten the skin as well. So all of these other ingredients are just "made up" marketing tools in order to make money.

mcgm802820
Jun 23, 2009, 06:55 AM
Well said, clueless :)...

glitter
Jun 24, 2009, 06:16 AM
Has anyone used funkymommy GLUTA-C Glutathione Supplement?? but I heard some not so good things about the site...

Anyone has any good or bad experience? With the site and GLUTA-C Glutathione Supplement that they sell?

Your help is ver mush appreciated

Thank you

mysterious5
Jun 24, 2009, 08:27 AM
If you were whoopi Goldberg's color, why did you want to lighten yourself so much? I personally need to lighten my body for the simple fact that the sun here in Florida burned me over the summer (it didn't seem to burn my face, just my body). So I need a skin lightener to get my natural color back but reading this forum it seems alot of blacks have used skin cream because they had low self esteem as a dark person.




to be honest, society has made black people have low self esteem. I mean how many dark skinned chics do you see on TV? Only about a handful. But the videos and movies are filled with light skinned chics with light eyes, oh yea and don't forget the big booties.
now, I've had a lighter complexion since forever, my brothers and sister who are darker than me were always jealous and thought I got more love from my parents which is not true. Wow, now within the last year a combo of pregnancy and sun has made me become a bit browner, nothing too serious in my mind until random people started telling me how different I look now that I'm darker. I mean, this damn lady who is a family "friend" saw me and said in front of EVERYONE how I look so UGLY now that I've gotten darker. I mean, who says that!! Even the damn guy at the gas station said that I look better with lighter skin after I showed him my id. ITS NOT FICTION THAT WE MADE IN OUR HEADS THAT LIGHTER IS BETTER, It's a REALITY THAT IS TOLD TO US EVERYDAY BY TV AND EVEN OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT. So I don't blame anyone for wanting to lighten their skin, I just think that it needs to be done safely and maybe not as extreme like michael jackson.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL MY GIRLS. AND PLEASE BE SAFE!!

Cynbenet
Jun 24, 2009, 02:44 PM
to be honest, society has made black people have low self esteem. i mean how many dark skinned chics do you see on tv? only about a handful. but the videos and movies are filled with light skinned chics with light eyes, oh yea and dont forget the big booties.
now, i've had a lighter complexion since forever, my brothers and sister who are darker than me were always jealous and thought i got more love from my parents which is not true. wow, now within the last year a combo of pregnancy and sun has made me become a bit browner, nothing too serious in my mind until random ppl started tellin me how different i look now that i'm darker. i mean, this damn lady who is a family "friend" saw me and said in front of EVERYONE how i look so UGLY now that i've gotten darker. i mean, who says dat!!!!! even the damn guy at the gas station said that i look better with lighter skin after i showed him my id. ITS NOT FICTION THAT WE MADE IN OUR HEADS THAT LIGHTER IS BETTER, ITS A REALITY THAT IS TOLD TO US EVERYDAY BY TV AND EVEN OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT. so i dont blame anyone for wanting to lighten their skin, i just think that it needs to be done safely and maybe not as extreme like michael jackson.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL MY GIRLS. AND PLEASE BE SAFE!!!

LOL... I agree... the black celebrities are getting lighter by the minute.

MAHARANI
Jun 27, 2009, 08:42 AM
QUOTE [QUOTE=mysterious5;1816354]
now, I've had a lighter complexion since forever, my brothers and sister who are darker than me were always jealous and thought I got more love from my parents which is not true. Wow, now within the last year a combo of pregnancy and sun has made me become a bit browner, nothing too serious in my mind until random people started telling me how different I look now that I'm darker. I mean, this damn lady who is a family "friend" saw me and said in front of EVERYONE how I look so UGLY now that I've gotten darker. I mean, who says that!! Even the damn guy at the gas station said that I look better with lighter skin after I showed him my id. ITS NOT FICTION THAT WE MADE IN OUR HEADS THAT LIGHTER IS BETTER, It's a REALITY THAT IS TOLD TO US EVERYDAY BY TV AND EVEN OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT.QUOTE] QUOTE





You know it always astounds me that people are so rude. A lot of people seem to get great pleasure about making people feel bad about themselves. Quite frankly, anyone like that is not worth my time and I have to pity their small mindedness and their lack of manners and good courtesy.

fairr
Jun 27, 2009, 09:34 AM
I agree with you
But I feel it's true
I feel so much uglier when I'm dark even though everything about myself is just the same
That one factor seems to change everything about a person and how people persieve them!

lighterrr
Jun 27, 2009, 12:25 PM
So very true

imgorgeous
Jun 28, 2009, 08:11 AM
Hi LIGHTER..
You promised to show your pics and I send you my email id...

You haven't sent me your pics yet !

Could you please send me your pics ?

RedDiamond
Jun 28, 2009, 03:35 PM
Me eitherm lighterrr. LOL I know u busy now.

lighterrr
Jun 28, 2009, 05:05 PM
Gorgeous I sent you my pics with my white spots, red I will also send you my pic with the white spots

imgorgeous
Jun 29, 2009, 08:53 AM
Yes I received them.. thanks... although I don't think you should be very worried about them!

It doesn't look too bad...

Atho I mussay... the same problem has happened with MEPK5 or kai...

Where is she though these days ?

lighterrr
Jun 29, 2009, 07:13 PM
Yep I am part of the white spots club, and if people are using real mono they'll join us soon

lilmsj
Jun 29, 2009, 09:40 PM
Helo just started by journey going to be starting my arbutin and hydrogen peroxide 35% mix can't wait

lighterrr
Jun 30, 2009, 06:35 PM
K keep us posted on how that goes

LovelylilReject
Jul 16, 2009, 03:41 AM
i agree with you
but i feel it's true
i feel so much uglier when i'm dark even though everything about myself is just the same
that one factor seems to change everything about a person and how people persieve them!

No it's not how other people see you... it's just your insecurity.(people do not care or spend time judging your skin tone)(... wait unless you got a horrible orangey fake tan then people talk lol) Honestly. If your african american.. you're african american. People will still see you as black.. even if you bleach your skin. It doesn't change who you are. You got deeper problems than your skin color. & Hey I am white... I have some native american in me but I'm still a pretty light complection, I've wanted to be lighter though. I'm into the punk/scene thing and pale skin, dark crazy hair was what made you stand out... so I felt I need to be pale pale not just medium. How else could I pull off this image? Well I realized that yeah I think I'm ugly and disgusting but something tells me if I get my skin snow white I'll be stoked for a while but just find something else to obsess over and change like my nose or something.

Sorry for that rant... part of me still really wants to find something that does work (I've only used cvs hydroquinone 2 & 3%) I can't tell if it has really changed anything haven't used it very long.. kinda want to try it in a really high dosage like 40% or higher. I won't use mono though I don't think it's worth the risk of having weird white spots 0_O

sweet_smileys
Jul 17, 2009, 01:09 AM
I have tried Laneige white plus renew and its working wonders on me! But then again I am asian and my skin tone is much lighter too. But I have freckles and some uneven skin tones and the white plus renew skin refiner and essence has worked wonders on me! It is a very popular product in korea and I bought a few extras here! If any one wants to try please let me know and I can sell you one of my extras. [EMAIL REMOVED] good luck and hope everyone finds something to help!

-sweet_smileys

LovelylilReject
Jul 17, 2009, 01:25 AM
Has it lightened you at least a shade?

sweet_smileys
Jul 17, 2009, 01:28 AM
Yes it has lightened me a shade plus it evens out my skin tone so my skin looks more even. If you go to YouTube there are a few girls that have reviewed the product. That is where I found out about it.

LovelylilReject
Jul 17, 2009, 01:58 AM
yes it has lightened me a shade plus it evens out my skin tone so my skin looks more even. if you go to youtube there are a few girls that have reviewed the product. that is where i found out about it.

thanks! You have any before after pics?. probably now. I just want tosee something work. =[

I'll check out the vids now

Fallen_angel_here_in_this_life
Jan 12, 2010, 05:42 PM
Not trying to be rude but the people on this thread saying things like "I feel uglier when I'm darker" must be children. Sorry to say! I lightened myself many shades but I look at the pics of me from when I was darker and I was beautiful. Have you people not seen any beautiful dark people? I lightened myself because I simply wanted to be lighter, not that I felt ugly, I know for a fact that I've always been beautiful. There are a great ton of beautiful dark women, who pull men left to right.

L0stChild
Jan 12, 2010, 06:42 PM
Not trying to be rude but the people on this thread saying things like "I feel uglier when I'm darker" must be children. Sorry to say! I lightened myself many shades but I look at the pics of me from when I was darker and I was beautiful. Have you people not seen any beautiful dark people? I lightened myself because I simply wanted to be lighter, not that I felt ugly, I know for a fact that I've always been beautiful. There are a great ton of beautiful dark women, who pull men left to right.

Don't say that they are children; they just feel insecure. I know that feeling, though I'm Asian with a light skin. But I have some dark skin pigmentation in some areas that I want to lighten. I have loads of scab marks too, which are more obvious since I'm light.

Yes there are tons of dark-skinned beauties. But the media has kind of 'downplayed' Blacks or dark-skinned people since a very long time ago. It's hard to change the mindset of 'light is better'.

L0stChild
Jan 12, 2010, 06:47 PM
to be honest, society has made black people have low self esteem. i mean how many dark skinned chics do you see on tv? only about a handful. but the videos and movies are filled with light skinned chics with light eyes, oh yea and dont forget the big booties.
now, i've had a lighter complexion since forever, my brothers and sister who are darker than me were always jealous and thought i got more love from my parents which is not true. wow, now within the last year a combo of pregnancy and sun has made me become a bit browner, nothing too serious in my mind until random ppl started tellin me how different i look now that i'm darker. i mean, this damn lady who is a family "friend" saw me and said in front of EVERYONE how i look so UGLY now that i've gotten darker. i mean, who says dat!!!!! even the damn guy at the gas station said that i look better with lighter skin after i showed him my id. ITS NOT FICTION THAT WE MADE IN OUR HEADS THAT LIGHTER IS BETTER, ITS A REALITY THAT IS TOLD TO US EVERYDAY BY TV AND EVEN OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT. so i dont blame anyone for wanting to lighten their skin, i just think that it needs to be done safely and maybe not as extreme like michael jackson.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL MY GIRLS. AND PLEASE BE SAFE!!!

I agree with you that society hasn't been nice to darker-skinned people! Even us Asians, those of us who are slightly darker are made fun of to be said to look 'Indian' which is totally wrong.

Btw, about Michael Jackson, he had vitiligo which made him look like a reverse leopard - dark with white spots. And eventually it gave him such BIG patches of white that his makeup cannot hide them, so he had to lighten his skin to matched the depigmented areas. (It would be way easier to use less fair tone makeup than to use more dark tone makeup)

Fallen_angel_here_in_this_life
Jan 12, 2010, 06:49 PM
Don't say that they are children; they just feel insecure. I know that feeling, though I'm Asian with a light skin. But I have some dark skin pigmentation in some areas that I want to lighten. I have loads of scab marks too, which are more obvious since I'm light.

Yes there are tons of dark-skinned beauties. But the media has kind of 'downplayed' Blacks or dark-skinned people since a very long time ago. It's hard to change the mindset of 'light is better'.

To be honest, when my skin was darker I never felt "downplayed". I never was single and received constant compliments. Maybe it has something to do with generation. Perhaps the older generation of blacks preferred lighter skin. The younger generation (which I'm part of) does seem to care. Even now that I'm much lighter, I still go out with my dark skinned friends and plenty of guys try to get at them. I think if you look good (regardless of color) people will treat you good. If you're don't... they simply won't. I have one particular friend with very light skin and she is constantly picked on by guys, I mean CONSTANTLY. She's very light and guess what, butt--FUGLY!

Fallen_angel_here_in_this_life
Jan 12, 2010, 06:53 PM
Not trying to sound rude but if you're Asian, chances are you can not judge the black community. You are looking from the outside in, not the inside out. My mom is half Indian and half Quatarian, so I'm mixed with Asian but I can relate to the blacks considering I have black relatives and grew up with them. Like I said, blacks today in the younger generation do not care.

BTW, having dark pigmentations and wanting to correct them is not the same as a dark person who openly says they feel "ugly" being dark. A person with a skin condition feeling ugly is understandable. However; using darkness as an excuse for uglient is not buyable. There are just as many ugly light women as there are dark.

L0stChild
Jan 12, 2010, 08:12 PM
To be honest, when my skin was darker I never felt "downplayed". I never was single and received constant compliments. Maybe it has something to do with generation. Perhaps the older generation of blacks preferred lighter skin. The younger generation (which I'm part of) does seem to care. Even now that I'm much lighter, I still go out with my dark skinned friends and plenty of guys try to get at them. I think if you look good (regardless of color) people will treat you good. If you're don't...they simply won't. I have one particular friend with very light skin and she is constantly picked on by guys, I mean CONSTANTLY. She's very light and guess what, butt--FUGLY!

You'r one of the lucky ones then, girl ;) I don't see why people need to feel 'ugly' just because their Black/darker-skinned. Skin color shouldn't make a difference at all!

Like you said, I'm Asian so I don't really know how people see Blacks. I don't know if it's true that the older generation preferred lighter skin and the younger ones are like 'anything'. If that is so, why are there some celebs that lightened their skin, for e.g. Rihanna? It's peer pressure. To feel more 'beautiful' (even though she already is!). She's part of us, the younger generation. Michael Jackson was the older generation. But for him skin lightening wasn't a choice as he had vitiligo.

Lol I'm not exactly butt ugly but I'm not beautiful either xD I STILL get made fun of for stuff though, and I hate it! That's why I can 'kind of' understand why some darker-skinned people hate their skin colour.

L0stChild
Jan 12, 2010, 08:16 PM
And another thing you darker-skinned girls have to your advantage is that scab scars and skin discolourations are not as obvious as they are on my light skin!

So don't lighten yourselves just for vanity's sake, we look best in the skin colour we were born in! (I wasn't born with pigmentation - guess it's the years of using products with harsh chemicals)

honey21
Jan 13, 2010, 01:05 AM
I agree with the real ladydanielle






Yes it is absolutely possible to lighten. I think the problem on this board is that there is too few educated answers and too many vendors acting like people. It gets hard to distinguish and information gets distorted. Bio-Claire is a silly product to use simply for the fact of the overwhelming amount of negative reviews and the extremely cheap packaging. I mean seriously, you guys really think they have this amazing new veg-atle lightening ingredient and willing to sell it for so cheap with such crappy packaging? I mean come on, we can all afford to use a little common sense when it comes to lightening.

Arbutin is only good if you buy it from a reputable source like skinactives.com. Stop buying from shady vendors in india and thailand that don't give a crap about your american skin and will sell you steroids, mercury, high doses of hq, and dangerous stuff to fulfill your lightening needs at the expense of your skin.

I am one who has lighted from simple retin-A and hydro. It simply works, there's no doubt about it. I also supplement with natural cremes that I make myself. I simply don't trust products with ingredients I'm not familiar with and I can't buy at an actives site.

Skin lightening is nothing new, at this point we pretty much know what ingredients work and what ingredients don't work. If a company comes up with an amazing lighter without hydro, and is safe ( void of steroids and mercury ) I THINK ITS SAFE TO ASSUME THEY Won't BE SELLING IT FOR 5.99 at the Beauty supply store!

live1
Jan 13, 2010, 03:02 AM
Bs nothing lightens my skin hq ra is useless

Caramel1989
Feb 2, 2010, 01:18 PM
I used diana stadler.. it Doesn't work and they give little portions... I do still use the black soap fromt hem... not really doing much... maybe after a year of use lol.. its been 7month at least... I just use till it ends... and the cream was so small... my friend used G&G and its really worked BUT I tried and it gave me MANY blackheads because its to oily for my already oily skin but I am a witnes to how it worked for her... she went from like michelle williams from destiny's child to rihanna on her darker days ( not when she looks white lol) I wish I could continue using it :( if you have dry skin it works but I have to tell you that it does have hydroquinone which isn't good for the skin for long term use but you have to continue your lighteneing product forever or you will darken again.. :( and products withogh hydroquinone are less effective.. it sux I know

jasmynn
Feb 3, 2010, 02:50 PM
I've probably posted this a couple times, but my skin too is very dark and hard to lighten. I purchased Makari day cream and body milk. The first couple weeks, I saw no results again. So, I purchased nadinola from walmart and fair and white exfoliating soap with aha and used it with the body milk. I turned really light really fast. The problem is now, I don't know if it's the nadinola with the soap or the bodymilk with the soap that encouraged the fast results? (hopefully it's nadinola because of course its waaay cheaper!) The day cream did nothing for me at all.

mistyjane
Feb 3, 2010, 03:37 PM
I've probably posted this a couple times, but my skin too is very dark and hard to lighten. I purchased Makari day cream and body milk. The first couple weeks, I saw no results again. So, I purchased nadinola from walmart and fair and white exfoliating soap with aha and used it with the body milk. I turned really light really fast. The problem is now, I dont know if it's the nadinola with the soap or the bodymilk with the soap that encouraged the fast results? (hopefully it's nadinola b/c of course its waaay cheaper!) The day cream did nothing for me at all.

I believe it is nadinola cause if the day cream did nothing I don't think the body milk works for you...
Nadinola works for many people :)

applebeee
Feb 4, 2010, 02:21 PM
Wow, the information you guys find on here! Has anyone try to get a perscription for this medication? I'm going to get it!





i know what you mean finey88 and im almost about to give up. But heres what i know. I looked at a pic of myself when i was 21 in hawaii and my skin was so white. I remember i went to a black dermatologist and she prescribed for me retin-a with a pump-tip (cant remember the strength) and 4% hq. I was pale in no time. Totally forgetting i was like obsessed again and searching for what works. Heres what i think- we are all searching for something out there new and the main thing that has always worked is right in front of our faces. Hq. Rihanna is the color of michael jackson and what did he use i thought. Lemme see if i can find that out. Check this page out and you will see too how he did it Is this mystery skin-bleaching cream sold on eBay the secret behind Jacko's white face? | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1054653/is-mystery-skin-bleaching-cream-sold-ebay-secret-jackos-white-face.html) now- thats probably what rihanna is using too. I bet she went to a dermatologist (black) and thats what they gave her too, retin-a and 4% cream and she went and bought it by the truckload. I have been buying my retin-a & 4% cream direct from mexico for years. I have a mechanic who goes there often to visit his family and he ships it back for me (antibiotics too). But i have been just using it with a q-tip for the dark dots to clear them up. I am acne free with the peanut allergy lately and as long as i dont eat anything made where peanuts are processed im fine. Now im tired of spending my money on all these natural products that dont do crap. I will take the hq powder i bought from a photography site i have had for years and find out how to mix 4-6% and start smearing it on. As far as the cancer goes s.o.d. Will take care of that!

Golden_Girl
Feb 4, 2010, 09:49 PM
You do not need s prescription for hq 4%/retin-a depending where you get it. I just received my last order 3 days ago and this has helped me to lighten, I'm using some other things as well. It's not for everyone and I understand others who want to choose a non-hydroquinone lightening route though.

Karma12
Feb 6, 2010, 02:59 AM
Hey what products work for getting rid of uneven skin tones
My body is light its just parts of my face anyone help!